Vinyl vs MP3 Poll.

[Shooms]

I think my setup pretty much speaks for itself... x2 1210 m5gs, a 3 channel mixer, a shit load of vinyl.... plus a lappy & Traktor Scratch Pro for new music not available on vinyl plus the ability to nab stuff from Youtube like speeches / film quotes / noises etc etc & arse about with it using timecoded vinyl.

 

[Brock Landers]

I think my setup pretty much speaks for itself... x2 1210 m5gs, a 3 channel mixer, a shit load of vinyl.... plus a lappy & Traktor Scratch Pro for new music not available on vinyl plus the ability to nab stuff from Youtube like speeches / film quotes / noises etc etc & arse about with it using timecoded vinyl.

Can I ask where you got that cool print from?

 

[Shooms]

Can I ask where you got that cool print from?

The Mondays one or the X Ray Decks one ?

The Mondays one was offa ebay years back (& I wallpaper pasted it to a thin piece of MDF) & the X Ray one was from HMV a few months back

 

[Benny-Advocaat]

the X Ray one was from HMV a few months back

I have one of those

 

[Brock Landers]

I have one of those

I NEED one of those.

 

[BlackburnRaver]

Voted for BOTH...

Both are superior to the other in different ways...

Vinyl - The feel of it, the fact that when you own a record you have something physical not logical, the tan lines, the joy of searching for a record for ages then finally finding it for 50p in a bargain bucket, the crackle on a quiet part of the tune...the list goes on and on....
Bad parts are it's a BASTARD to store, it's damaged easily, it can be very expensive, it's difficult to vary your collection without spending lots etc etc...

Digital - It's easy to store, easy to transport, it can be free or very cheap, easy to vary your collection, easy to obtain, it's easy to be creative with (traktor, ableton)
Bad parts are that you what you own is logical, it's 1 and 0's on a disc drive, you won't spend as much time planning a set like you would do when you search through your vinyl... can't think of anymore at the moment...


All in all, I use Vinyl with 1210's... I've used CDJ's and they just take all the fun out of it IMO... I also love the collecting side of it, it's great when the postie brings your most wanted on a saturday morning

That said, I'd love to have a go with Ableton, I think what you can do in terms of creativity takes DJ'ing to a whole new level... I wouldn't mind Serato or Traktor either, that way I could vary what I play

 

[wayne]

The thing i dislike on mps vs viynl is its just not as fun imo- also no covers- memories of where u bought it- get excited when u dig it out again- an mp3 is just an audio file all said and done a shadow of its former glory

 

[BOD]

Ive gone for vinyl

 

[easty]

Playing on decks is more fun. Playing digital opens up more possibilities. Was at Unity last saturday with Damo and Wozza, half way through the show Dave who works in the vinyl exchange emailed a new track that he had finished through to damo. Damo downloaded onto a stick, stuck it in them new cdj's that play usb's and played the track on air. You can't do that with Vinyl and that is why imo digital forms are better than vinyl. They might not be as much fun for the person playing the track but its a lot better for the people listening and they are the important ones imo

 

[wayne]

I agree on the versatility bit dave I have the denon dnhs wich is brilliant for it having a usb funtion

 

[djay]

Playing on decks is more fun. Playing digital opens up more possibilities. Was at Unity last saturday with Damo and Wozza, half way through the show Dave who works in the vinyl exchange emailed a new track that he had finished through to damo. Damo downloaded onto a stick, stuck it in them new cdj's that play usb's and played the track on air. You can't do that with Vinyl and that is why imo digital forms are better than vinyl. They might not be as much fun for the person playing the track but its a lot better for the people listening and they are the important ones imo

People should never sell there records etc it's part of our life and history of who we are, but as said many times digital gives you so much more creativity while live that vynil just can't produce and for breaking records which is what a dj was there for originally it can't be beaten as you can even download straight to your phone via 3g even and x-fer that file to laptop or go straight into a mixer and bam new track just finished 10 minz ago is now storming the dance floor.

Likes of larry lavern used to do the same thing years ago but in his day the mp3 would of been a tape deliverd to him mid set times have changed and as anyone thats ever used a vci300 or v7 etc will know it feels just like spinnig records same touch and feel withought the masses of storage space needed.

As for cheeper midi consoles well yes i agree they feel nothing like records the platters are just non respondant and it's a much more mechanical feel to them alltogether.

Each to there own but as long as it still gets played then i'm happy either way.

 

[nupski]

Playing on decks is more fun. Playing digital opens up more possibilities. Was at Unity last saturday with Damo and Wozza, half way through the show Dave who works in the vinyl exchange emailed a new track that he had finished through to damo. Damo downloaded onto a stick, stuck it in them new cdj's that play usb's and played the track on air. You can't do that with Vinyl and that is why imo digital forms are better than vinyl. They might not be as much fun for the person playing the track but its a lot better for the people listening and they are the important ones imo

i can't argue with this easty, but i have to disagree when it comes to playing live. for me there always has been, and always will be, an extra level of enjoyment when i know the dj is playing on wax, even if there are a couple of mistakes along the way

 

[djay]

i can't argue with this easty, but i have to disagree when it comes to playing live. for me there always has been, and always will be, an extra level of enjoyment when i know the dj is playing on wax, even if there are a couple of mistakes along the way

Thing is john most of the time now you wouldnt know in a club if they were spinnin records or wav/mp3, it's not like it sounds any different really when your off your nut and there is no more records jumping with over zealous people jumping about infronmt of you

 

[DC Mills]

People should never sell there records etc it's part of our life and history of who we are, but as said many times digital gives you so much more creativity while live that vynil just can't produce and for breaking records which is what a dj was there for originally it can't be beaten as you can even download straight to your phone via 3g even and x-fer that file to laptop or go straight into a mixer and bam new track just finished 10 minz ago is now storming the dance floor.

Likes of larry lavern used to do the same thing years ago but in his day the mp3 would of been a tape deliverd to him mid set times have changed and as anyone thats ever used a vci300 or v7 etc will know it feels just like spinnig records same touch and feel withought the masses of storage space needed.

As for cheeper midi consoles well yes i agree they feel nothing like records the platters are just non respondant and it's a much more mechanical feel to them alltogether.

Each to there own but as long as it still gets played then i'm happy either way.

Sometimes we have to sell up / give away. I gave my collection away when I split from my ex. Workin on building it up again. I now have a good few hundred vinyl & over 20k mp3's. Sometimes needs must.

Emz.

 

[U31]

There is no way im defined by a collection of shit that has been collected over the years... If needs be i could turn my back on everything but a pair of boots & socks, jeans or craghoppers, tee, fleece and coat. Id even leave the bikes behind if i had to, and shed no tear. Its just stuff.
Somewhere safe to eat sleep shit n shower are the only truly important things in life.

 

[DC Mills]

There is no way im defined by a collection of shit that has been collected over the years... If needs be i could turn my back on everything but a pair of boots & socks, jeans or craghoppers, tee, fleece and coat. Id even leave the bikes behind if i had to, and shed no tear. Its just stuff.
Somewhere safe to eat sleep shit n shower are the only truly important things in life.

Well said. Someone to love comes in tops for me.

 

[DC Mills]

Even tho he just stuck cold hands down my back!!!!!!

 

[U31]

Not strictly necessary, but certainly rounds yer life off nicely...

Me Maz and the kids have been at our skintest lately, with the house move, the old car dying and needing a new one the week we moved, the kids birthdays all but 1 being in the next 4 week, chrimbo, cost of living skyrocketing, and ultimately me not bringing as much cash in as usual, by rights we should be proper miserable, but its the happiest we've been!

 

[U31]

Oh.... MP3..... its easier to lug about!

 

[DC Mills]

Bless ya. We ain't exactly rollin in it either, but we are f00kin happy as.