So Mampi Swift has turned to CDJ's now Whos next? Fierce???

I have over 4000 vinyls and they take over your life, but still I much prefer to using CDJ's ( I got some finally).... it just ainlt the same, not as tactile , can;t see the breakdowns ..you can on vinyl, and unless your willing to pay dollars you ain't gonna be scratching those bad boys. THat said I have bought downloads but well, I have to agree....I used to spend every Saturday from Oct 93 to around 2007 when my local shop shut buying tracks..in fact at one point I was going to several shops....and nearly ended up being a second job on a Saturday...let me tell you promos were rare then..V recordinsg or a Virus or something like tha t, maybe 50 or 100 copies and I used to get my hands on them ( though I did have a pal at Main Source and write record reviews which helps)... but there was some real exclusivity in getting a promo. Now it means fuck all ...some twat like that Bullitstorm prick prob d/ld it 4 months ago illegally from SOul seek or whatever it is. And if you want to go further, the internet is killing the pirate radio scene which pushed a lot of our established [producers..why ? cos people take it all for granted...DnB has gone so overground its on commercials and even in the charts booo hooo boo hooo. THat said change is change and well you gotta move with the times. but fucking pirate radio still better than all these shite internet radio stations with like 4 listeners...any cunt can set up an internet station.
 
TeddyBizzle said:
I bagged serato in January and too be honest it doesn't do it for me. Yes it cheaper and convenient but i don't get excited about mixing as much anymore. Tunes have become pretty much worthless. With a vinyl you bagged it because you loved it and you wanted to play it. A 99p mp3 can sit on my desktop and I might never spin it. My passion for it has decreased.
Wheres the excitement of release dates and waiting for the postman or going on an excursion to a not so local record shop to buy a physical product. I understand the whole club argument and yeah a lot of places turntables are shockingly bad which is a terrible shame.
Don't even get me started about digital shopping. At least with vinyl there is some quality control about what gets put up for sale. It seems any old badger can record a fart and put that up for sale on beatport these days. 99% of the stuff on there is amazingly poor.
I still bag a fair few vinyls but nowhere near as much.
I salute everyone that keeps the format going.
Digital sucks but sadly it's the way forward.
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I get what you are saying. I don't like the digital culture at all. Sat listening to fusty mp3 clips on the internet on your home PC, everybody sharing their tracks, zero exclusivity, sifting through 100's of releases as every man and his dog have their own digital label. You just couldn't beat going to record shops and getting to speak to other DJs about music, the mad promo rush when SRD would only distribute a couple to your local record store or the satisfying feel of carrying a heavy wad of vinyl back home with you.

But on the plus side of Serato I now carry a library of around 700 - 800 tracks which would be impossible with vinyl, I no longer have to replace tracks I've rinsed to death and while everything is going digital it still keeps the traditional analogue feel. Wonder what would happen if you opened an internet cafe specialising in music downloads? Wonder if people would go out of their house to buy in shops and try claim back record shop culture?
 
Rich Pitchshift said:
I get what you are saying. I don't like the digital culture at all. Sat listening to fusty mp3 clips on the internet on your home PC, everybody sharing their tracks, zero exclusivity, sifting through 100's of releases as every man and his dog have their own digital label. You just couldn't beat going to record shops and getting to speak to other DJs about music, the mad promo rush when SRD would only distribute a couple to your local record store or the satisfying feel of carrying a heavy wad of vinyl back home with you.

But on the plus side of Serato I now carry a library of around 700 - 800 tracks which would be impossible with vinyl, I no longer have to replace tracks I've rinsed to death and while everything is going digital it still keeps the traditional analogue feel. Wonder what would happen if you opened an internet cafe specialising in music downloads? Wonder if people would go out of their house to buy in shops and try claim back record shop culture?
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not a bad idea mate..
 
Record labels need to do more about it if you ask me. Free downloads with every vinyl, lps pressed on less plates (like hip hop ones) to keep costs down and pass that on to the buyer, nice artwork, tunes only available on vinyl etc etc.
 
Im not gonna lie. I use cdj's a lot but i do love vinyl i just dont have enough space for a vinyl set up. and it is true about the club not looking after there gear but what mampi complained about the most is how much it cost to cut dubplates and that most of the cutting houses are closing down
 
TeddyBizzle said:
I bagged serato in January and too be honest it doesn't do it for me. Yes it cheaper and convenient but i don't get excited about mixing as much anymore. Tunes have become pretty much worthless. With a vinyl you bagged it because you loved it and you wanted to play it. A 99p mp3 can sit on my desktop and I might never spin it. My passion for it has decreased.
Wheres the excitement of release dates and waiting for the postman or going on an excursion to a not so local record shop to buy a physical product. I understand the whole club argument and yeah a lot of places turntables are shockingly bad which is a terrible shame.
Don't even get me started about digital shopping. At least with vinyl there is some quality control about what gets put up for sale. It seems any old badger can record a fart and put that up for sale on beatport these days. 99% of the stuff on there is amazingly poor.
I still bag a fair few vinyls but nowhere near as much.
I salute everyone that keeps the format going.
Digital sucks but sadly it's the way forward.
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Inevitably it is the way forward unfortunately, especially as more and more labels are becoming digital. All of Cause4Concern's stuff is digital release only, and even Viper's next release by Inside Info seems to be digital only which is pretty sad as I really wanted a piece of that Honey Bee remix on vinyl...:mad: How long before the other big labels follow suit? I dare say there isn't a great deal of money to be made selling vinyl any more as less and less people are buying it. Only the labels that sell a decent amout of units can be making any decent profit from it, i.e. Ram, Hospital, Virus, Vision - a lot of the others must struggle.

Out of interest, how much does it cost to get set up with serato? I've never even looked into it before but it is pretty amazing what it can do, my issue would be that my laptop isn't reliable enough so that would need replacing as well.....£££!!!
 

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