Re: [microsound] Make your own vinyl

[tasty radish <tastyradish@xxxxxxxxx>]

yeah, aside from the sheer pain of lugging heavy
records around, it is still the best dj medium, by
far. even the little things -- like searching thru
records for the right song/groove are far more
exciting/fun & rewarding then having your eyes glued
to the screen, scrolling thru lists for a passable
(sound quality-wise) mp3... (i am endlessly surprised
that people think mp3's sound ok over a serious sound
system.. to me it they sound sub-standard most often
-> the highs are off, the low end is shyte, etc. etc.
No? I mean come on.. mp3's, aside from their
portability are crap...)
 

But, the dream of digital is exciting (modular,
sleekly portable, endlessly flexible, huge storage,
etc.). And it will come one way or the other... 

right now, you can spend a whole lot of time neatly
organizing your laptop dj thang to be some kind of
incredible set, with all kinds of segueys etc. 

but to me, this doesn't seem like dj'ing, as much as a
kind of presentation.  

To me, what makes dj'ing take off is a certain direct
instrumental spontaneoity, that goes on live, not
fixed sets, or limited range of physical change you
can make to the sound (i.e. the ridiculous scratching
on Traktor or Mixx, etc.).   At present, records are
essential -- for the real dj set... 

-Andrew
 



Subject: Re: [microsound] Make your own vinyl
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>IMHO, as long as there will be DJ's, there will be
>vinyl. There's  
>certainly a huge trend for DJ's to use
laptops/traktor >and a  
>combination of iPods and CDs, but plenty of them love
>the feel and  
>design of vinyl. As a DJ I know I prefer spinning
>vinyl over anything  
>else, especially as a physical thing. For me, playing
>vinyl is  
>playing an instrument, and nowhere close to doing the
>same thing with  
>digital media.



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