The other option would be the BCD3000, £150 is not that much. But I have definately made up my mind to get some CDJ's in the future if I decide to upgrade.
Do either of these options sound like a big load a poo?
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Actually, you'd be surprised. In the UK, sure - the vast majority of DJs play CDs, certainly in techno anyway. But in Berlin it's almost always vinyl or Traktor. When I moved over I was actually pretty surprised at how many of the smaller clubs either don't have CDJs or don't set them up because nobody uses them. They're considered to be toys, almost. Consequently I've started buying a lot more vinyl because I don't really want to start laptop DJing and equally don't want to have to deal with showing up at a club and not being able to play half of my stuff.BigPoe wrote:Ah man, this is a really interesting topic. I really don't get why everyone is still using CDs! It just seems like they're the industry standard when it would make a lot more sense to to have mp3 decks.
Well, it's all the advantages of laptop DJing without the lack of tactile control. It's yet to convert me, but I can certainly see the appeal for those who don't mind looking at a screen in a club or taking their laptop out gigging.BigPoe wrote:Yeah, I know there's the whole traktor scratch thing as well, which again I don't really understand unless you want to pretend to play vinyl. (Having said that, I have DJed a bit with it and it's pretty good fun).
I think the two main issues with this plan are:What I'm advocating is like a CD deck but one that uses USB drives instead of CDs. To me that seems like the most logical option for digital.
This is what I've got at home: http://www.numark.com/d2director#
It's pretty tacky but the concept is great, I just don't think it really ever took off. If you had something like this in clubs all you'd need to take as a DJ would be a pen drive. No laptop, no CD case.
1) Yep, I definitely agree that browsing is an issue but I don't see that it's an expense issue. When you're spending thousands on mixers, decks etc. the price of a decent screen would be relatively cheap, and actually you'd have the ability to organise your tunes much more easily that juggling records/CDs.damagedgoods wrote:Well, it's all the advantages of laptop DJing without the lack of tactile control. It's yet to convert me, but I can certainly see the appeal for those who don't mind looking at a screen in a club or taking their laptop out gigging.BigPoe wrote:Yeah, I know there's the whole traktor scratch thing as well, which again I don't really understand unless you want to pretend to play vinyl. (Having said that, I have DJed a bit with it and it's pretty good fun).
I think the two main issues with this plan are:What I'm advocating is like a CD deck but one that uses USB drives instead of CDs. To me that seems like the most logical option for digital.
This is what I've got at home: http://www.numark.com/d2director#
It's pretty tacky but the concept is great, I just don't think it really ever took off. If you had something like this in clubs all you'd need to take as a DJ would be a pen drive. No laptop, no CD case.
1) Browsing - you need a good user interface and one that's fairly consistent with whatever the DJ has at home, otherwise they'll get to the club and be very confused about what all the buttons do. Not only that, but realistically a comfortable-to-use unit will need a screen at least the size of a tabletop CDJ. Major expense.
2) Possibly more important - standardisation. It'll never take off until it's already taken off enough that loads of DJs and clubs already use it. By which point it's already taken off. Know what I mean?