I can’t get over the vinyl!
I am dj since 98-99, I grew up with vinyl, I went to record stores… I played 30 records in one hour. I loved to browse my vinyl case. I have two releases on vinyl.
Tese days, record stores are closed, music is changed, no more vinyl releases…
Now I am a digital dj, I keep pushing buttons, I am good in that too, but i cant get used to digital stuff. Its like, soulless, plastic, unnatural for me.
I never used final scratch but i have got traktor scratch with control vinyl and cds and am very very impressed with its natural feel. Using the control vinyl is amazing i think if thats what your into.
didn’t numark have these to? and who made the one that was both, played cds if the needle wasn’t dropped? or did i make that up?
anyone remember that stupid thing for scratch control on early cd players that used a wheel sat on the edge of a tt linked to the cdj? think it was for a denon unit?
i love playing my old vinyl when i can!! i enjoy it a LOT more than playing on a controller… but having said that, i still enjoy ‘spinning’ on controllers. and tbh i still play on cdj’s more than anything else.
Traktor 2 kicks the shit out of Final Scratch, far tighter, more flexible - it’s far better (and you can slap a piece of vinyl and play in through the software should the mood take you …)
Yeah, vinyl still has it’s charm. But there’s one major advantage of the digital route that is hardly getting mentioned: One man, no matter how strong, can only carry two or three full record bags
One of my mates, DJing for many years, now in his mid 30s, actually slipped two discs by carrying vinyl all the time.
Love those black discs, but I also love having a functional spine.