Vinyl vs MP3 Poll.

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Which do you use?

  • Vinyl all the way!

    Votes: 31 55.4%

  • MP mofo'in 3! / wav files

    Votes: 7 12.5%

  • Both

    Votes: 18 32.1%
  • Total voters
    56
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nupski said:
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 :thumbsup:
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Thats the luddite in your John coming to the fore :). I know what you mean though Theres a sense when you see a young kid playing cd's that you think hes not earnt his dues. Hes not gone without solid food for a week becasue hes spent all his wages on records, hes not spent hours on end searching through boxes just in the hope of finding one tune. But the kids who are going out today, the 20 year olds have never seen a guy play vinyl and to put it quite simply they don't give a toss. You either move with the times or get left behind and i am not ready to hang the head phones up just quite yet. Might have to have a sort out of my tunes though. I played back by dope demand last week and cleared the dancefloor, I was utterly shocked at that
 
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easty said:
Thats the luddite in your John coming to the fore :). I know what you mean though Theres a sense when you see a young kid playing cd's that you think hes not earnt his dues. Hes not gone without solid food for a week becasue hes spent all his wages on records, hes not spent hours on end searching through boxes just in the hope of finding one tune. But the kids who are going out today, the 20 year olds have never seen a guy play vinyl and to put it quite simply they don't give a toss. You either move with the times or get left behind and i am not ready to hang the head phones up just quite yet. Might have to have a sort out of my tunes though. I played back by dope demand last week and cleared the dancefloor, I was utterly shocked at that
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hahaha i know what ur saying m8, and tbh a lot of new stuff ent available on vinyl, so if u do want to move with the times u haven't got a lot of choice.

i don't think it has to do with people not paying their dues though, its not easy to play vinyl, and when i see it done well by someone with real skill and talent i get an extra kick out of that. not saying that playing mp3s doesn't take skill, but everyone that i know of that has tried both says it's much easier

plus, as i said before, the experience of actually mixing mp3s has left me a bit cold so far. having said that i've not tried pro scratch yet, so i'd better reserve judgement until i have ;) :thumbsup:
 
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nupski said:
not saying that playing mp3s doesn't take skill, but everyone that i know of that has tried both says it's much easier
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I actually think it's easier to use vinyl. Not saying I think it's hard to mix with CDs, but the "hands on" feel that you get from vinyl is easier for me.

Biggest upside for using CDs is not having to worry about them drifting out of time, unless you're playing your vinyl rips where it still keeps you on your toes :)
 
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ilovepiano said:
I actually think it's easier to use vinyl. Not saying I think it's hard to mix with CDs, but the "hands on" feel that you get from vinyl is easier for me.

Biggest upside for using CDs is not having to worry about them drifting out of time, unless you're playing your vinyl rips where it still keeps you on your toes :)
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lol, there's always an exception that proves any rule m8, i was actually talking about using software packages like vdj and traktor, i couldn't really comment on how easy (or otherwise) it is to use cdjs cos i've never tried em. i guess to a certain extent, like with dex, it depends which ones ur using, but tbh not having to worry about beatmatching is surely a massive advantage, so i stand by my original comment :thumbsup:
 
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Tilly Tina Tunz said:
Music is music if you're enjoying what you hear is it important what format its in?? Just dance,smile & be happy :D
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well said Tina :thumbsup: does it really matter what its played on or how its made or even who its by, if it sounds good to you thats all that matters phones: phones: phones:

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i might have guessed you would have that classic 1979 Nolan sisters track, I'm in the mood for dancing, glued to your right deck ;)

as for the poll I'm gonna vote mp3 :$ and here are my reasons why, i sold all my vinyl around 93, and 83ish-93 spent far too much money on vinyl :eek: not that i didn't enjoy it i played out for a couple of years lugged crates and 1210s up 2 flights of stairs every Fri & sat and spilt many pints of beer over those treasured black disc's. and loved every minute, then i got sick of spending all my cash trying to keep up with the latest sounds to spin at the weekend mainly for others benefit, and with the death of warehouse parties and the sudden boom of every tom dick and stiletto clad disco dolly become overnight ravers,(i know that sounds snobby, but the scene lost what appealed to me when it became mainstream) i just got bored with the whole thing, so hung up the phones and sold up.

i bought Cd's after that just steady away if i really liked them and taped the essential mix most weeks and that fed my needs for music, i even bought a Phillips cd recorder so i could put tapes onto cd :crazy:

then came the tinter net and p2p, and yep i will hold my hand up and admit i grabbed all the tunes i used to own and a good few more for free, :p yes some are not the best quality in the world, but i honestly can say hand on heart i have not downloaded a record that i would have bought if it wasn't available for free. i still buy Cd's, if i really like a band or tune i do buy it. but 98% of stuff i have was grabbed for free, i can understand how annoying it would be for anyone who has searched and payed allot of money for a tune on vinyl, and someone else just dl for free :mad: but thats just how it is I'm affraid...:S as for all this vinyl purist thing I'm gonna be honest and say its bollox, i hear time and time again that its so much easier to DJ digital, well maybe straight forward mixing is, but the boundaries, remixes, re-edits and tools available are endless for the digital DJ :cool: if they can be arsed to use them. most of the top DJ use new technology, but I'm with whoever said they prefer to see a DJ spinning vinyl than Cd's or mp3, i hate seeing a live DJ scrolling through a laptop, but most of the music i hear, is DJ mixes i have downloaded from soundcloud and if it sounds great i couldn't give a flying how they made it phones:

i don't DJ now, but have once played on osa, and i did borrow a friends 1210s and used vinyl, but I'm 98% mp3 for what i need, but the question is if i won the lotto and could afford too, buy a complete set up.
i would buy a numark ns7, and buy the best quality mp3s available to spin, because the options for adventure and imagination with digital wipes the floor with vinyl. and thats a slightly fresh, honest opinion, which i know wont go down well with the vinyl collectors :eek:

after reading that i ought to just add, i rarely listen to mp3s either these days unless its a mix i have burned to CD for the car, most of the music i listen too is on youtube....or internet radio..
 
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emmabell22 said:
VINYL ffs if ya love it that much, spell it right.



BTW I am a grammar nazi.
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thats me hung drawn and quartered then :$

i have just discovered the spell check tool and tried it on my last post :eek: i have to say i was shocked at how many mistakes i had made, i think I'm getting worse as i get older too, or i could have always been thick or lazy :$

i have just done the same on this post and only made 1 mistake, i had to change im to I'm :D so maybe I'm not as thick as i thought and last night was down to too many mulled wines :thumbsup:
 


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