Switch over to CDs?

[Jay Selway]

Just curious if any of you guys have made the switch over to mixing almost entirely on CDs?

I recently bought 2 cdj1000s and an Allen & Health xone:62. I don't even have my 1200s hooked up anymore.

:yikes:

[rajdeep]

I have my entire collection on CDs and prefer to use CDs, reduces wear on vinyls. But I do continue to practise with the tables since that's what parties typically have for the DJs.

[: ORI :]

I would if i had CDJs

[milo]

i actually taught myself to dj/beatmix with cd's first, nearly 10 years ago.
vinyl wasn't too hard to learn after that.

i was (and still am) pretty happy playing cd's in public,
provided good cdj decks are available.

i use both formats, but tend to stick to one or the other
for dj sets, depending on the style i'm playing.

not sure if i'll ever switch to cd's exclusively.
that would involve a bit too much time transferring vinyl to disc.

since most places still only have turntables, i'll still keep
buying a bit of vinyl (mostly tech house stuff)

[genna]

I mix both... but i can't switch completely for 2 reasons: 1 cddecks are not available all the time, so i need to have vinyl anyway... 2. I only have one CD deck at home... so i can only mix vinyl-cd-vinyl

I like records better, but CDs have many advantages... or you can just wait for MP4/WMA to come out and be cheap enough on CDJs.... then all you need is a pair of CDJs and 2 CDs filled with compressed audio.... :)

[Matt Sanborn]

I have cd decks but they only get used for promos or stuff I only have on CD.

I like vinyl too much to switch- and I play in many different clubs...only a portion of them have cd decks...and then only a portion of those have cd dex worth a shit

[uberclkgtr]

all the music i like is pressed to vinyl, not CDs. so i use vinyl. i like the feel of vinyl better than using CD decks, though some of the good CD decks have some nice effects.

[hue-e]

I'll take vinyl before cd, but will go either way... I have a lot of my friends dubz to spin and probably wont be seeing it out on vinyl for a while... either way, it's about the beatz anyway right?

[genna]

since this is going to detiriorate to "what's better argument" anyway i might as well start this, hehe

I don't have any attachment to either format, but both have advantages and disadvantages in current DJ culture... the way i see it is this

You can argue all you want about actual quality of music, but that's mostly personal preference

Vinyl Pros:
1. Cheap, simple, reliable equipment(pretty much the only thing that makes techs bad is stylus or records themselves... easy fix by a dj on the spot)
2. Common and consistant equimpment

Vinyl Conns
1. Expensive and hard to find music(records)
2. Unreliable and hard to maintain media

CD Pros:
1. Easy to find and cheap music
2. Much more consistent and reliable media(cds)

CD conns
1. Expensive, complex, and not as reliable equipment(you need to have a spare if you really want to be sure)
2. No guarantee CD player is available, and no guarantee it is good or familiar


Basically, they are nearly oposite... recs require little upfront costs, but get expensive soon... CDs are the other way around.

IT sort of depends what you value... and also reliablility and PRICE of CDDecks will be coming down more and more, making some of the cons of them irrelavant, while availability of records will get less and less, making pros of them irrelavant.... Progress, i guess

[technoticau]

switch over? no
integrate? y not?

[djinfuze]

I think the new thing is really going to be final scratch, since I really feel that cdjs don't feel natural. Final Scratch is the new shiz!

[DjAmP]

i don't see why dj's who like final scratch don't like cd players.. the only reson i don't like cd players, is because when it starts skipping, your pretty much fucked..

[neuroticinsight]

no, final scratch is a fart in the wind. no one uses it and most of the people i know who have used it hate it. every club these days should make at least one cdj available to djs imo. most djs outside of small time locals actually require them, usually at least two! people do not press that many vinyl promos these days, so most of the djs with upfront stuff get it all on cd. also, cdjs are much more feasable for less known djs now with online shops like beatport and edmdigital. you can find at least 50% of new releases online at digital stores these days, plus tons of exclusive stuff. and prices are good. usually 1.50 for cd quality and then you can pay two or three for better quality. check out www.beatport.com and www.edmdigital.com as well as digital download services on www.city16.com www.releaserecords.com ....a lot of record labels offer their back catelogues for digital dl on their websites as well.

[rajdeep]

the only reson i don't like cd players, is because when it starts skipping, your pretty much fucked..

That has never happened to me over the 3 years I've played on CD players.

[Elektronkind]

That has never happened to me over the 3 years I've played on CD players.

Me neither. I've had some CDs that the CDJ didnt recognise, but you know this right off the bat and it always has been due to using crappy CDRs or dust was on the blank when it was burned.

Problems with CDs are just as likely to happen as a vinyl record skips.

/dale