CDJ 1000s
I have a gig coming up and i will be using a pair or 1000s for the first time. What are 1000s like at reading mp3 cds with about 30 songs on each. I have a pair of 200s and they are very slow at loading each song and sometimes the cd will jitter or just stop.
The reading speed isn’t great. Note that only the MK2 and MK3 read MP3’s… if they have the 1000-MK1, you are outta luck.
I’d recommend not using mp3 cd’s if you can avoid it. The loading speed on my mk3’s is OK, but I have had occasions where they have spit an error code and refused to play a track - with no obvious reason.
This has never happened to me when playing redbook audio (and I’ve played some really dodgy / old CDs) If you’re playing “actual” audio, I think it’s worth taking the time to burn audio cds.
I’ve got 800s, and they had no problem reading mp3 cds, although it’s been a while since I used them so they might seem slow to me now that I use a controller
for back up i’d burn a few audio cds too…but yeah make sure they arent mk1’s or ur fucked
I honestly wouldn’t even risk it. Just burn normal CDs, and write down the tracks.
Ive got 800’s too and they are far faster than 1000s at reading CD’s,
All my audio is burned to audio CD’s anyway, only some of my backups are MP3
Can any1 name even a single advantage of having mp3 over audio? because I cant think of any.
more tracks per cd
like already said don’t use mp3’s. it’ll improve read speed. less error’s and F up’s. also your tracks are spread over several disks helping out picking and finding tracks easier
.mp3 can be multi channel encoded over .cda which is just stereo. Also you can quickly download .mp3’s whilst mixing enabling them to be added to your mix quickly I.E next track even
Can anyone name an advantage of using CD players at all in this day and age of djing?
Only argument I’ve ever heard of is you don’t need a laptop…
But using just a external hard drive for all your music is easily better than burning tons of cd’s…
I would love some insight from people who use cdj’s instead of DVS or straight digital. It really dumbfounds me.
wtf. You’re expecting to be able to download and burn an mp3 to a disc DURING your set? And why couldn’t you just burn it is an audio cd rather than an mp3 cd? Makes no sense to me.
Reasons - I would rather have 40 songs on a CD that i know i will play and have the comfort of flicking through instead of looking through audio CD after audio CD looking for a track..
I usually have 4 MP3 CD’s, 2 for the warm up of my set and 2 for the main set and occasionally have a extra one full of ‘safe tracks’ but i also always have my CD wallet full of genre split MP3 CD’s, (i play the same clubs all the time and know what the crowd want so the whole ‘the crowd might not be digging what your playing’ argument is not valid.
Reasons - I do not see the need to have 2 decks and a billion sample decks and thousands of buttons to ‘mash’ and ‘bash’. I am quite happy with going into a gig with a wallet of MP3 CDs playing track in track out with rock solid tight mixing, playing tracks people love and throwing some little effects over the top.
All samples and acapellas i want to throw over the top of my tracks are often done in Ableton and this is what makes my sets unique.. all my ‘edits’. People can think what they think about this, but it gives me enough time to select what i need to do during the gig and gives me practice in Ableton.
So MP3’s on CDJ1000’s is a win win for me.
And reason for using CDJ’s over traktor etc etc is a simple answer - CDJ’s is my preference, your preference is your preference it will never change my preference! P.S. I own DVS and a X1.
Do you ever find yourself using CD players which do not support mp3 CDs and if so what do you do in that situation?
If this is aimed at me my simple answer is, as said in my previous post i always play the same gigs and i know they all have CDJ1000 mk3’s, occasionally some gigs have 800 mk2s and 400s but all support MP3’s and if they do not i bring my own along which doesn’t bother me at all because it happens once every 6 months or so.
Makes sense! 
Less shit to bring around - CD case if the venue has old Pios, flash drive if they have the new line. Also the level of standardization - no one that isn’t me would know what to do with my digital setup without a manual, but a pair of CDJs and DJM800 are pretty familiar to most people. And if we’re talking about CDJ2000s… most of what I would care about from typical DJ software is already implemented on the CDJs.
And more importantly than objective advantages/disadvantages is just the matter of personal preference. If I’m playing a trance set and just letting tracks play out, CDJs are much more fun and comfortable for me than running my over-the-top digital setup.
Oh hell yes. One thing I reaaaaally envy about those who use CDs.