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Still, I imagine these will be standard in a year or so. Not that I am using them, prefer the vinyl control thing and some vinyl in between, so...
Really? I've never seen anyone show up to a gig with a USB stick, but I guess it depends where you live/play. You in London?tone-def wrote:USB sticks will replace CD's. at the moment i carry around vinyl, CD's with my own tunes on and an 8GB USB stick. sometimes i might have to play somewhere with only CDJ's then i have to get burning, but it's rare.
Scratch is fine. Absolutely wonderful to use. One thing i like about scratch & vinyl is the ability to quickly browse the track. No usb stick can do that.damagedgoods wrote:Yeah, I agree. Controlling an internal mixer on your laptop with a MIDI controller is a big bag of balls. Note this does NOT apply to Traktor/Serato scratch timecode vinyl, which feels as fast as real vinyl (or at least fast enough that you can't tell the difference) - I'm talking about using a MIDI controller for faders and EQ, etc.MINIMALTECHNOHOUSE wrote:Go with CD's / Mixer.
I find laptop DJ'ing very "dull" in that the resolution of the controls is CRAP.
Nothing beats a real mixer and good quality set of decks.
I play mostly vinyl and sometimes CD, but if you can't afford turntables, one thing you could do for the time being is buy a cheap (but real) mixer and a midi controller to control the decks, plus an audio interface if you don't already have one. It's not ideal, but if you're not scratching you don't need a massively fast response from the decks themselves. The advantage is that instead of spending lots of hundreds on a pair of decks, you could spend a fewer number of hundreds on an audio interface, controller and software (traktor/equivalent). IIRC the behringer BCD3000 actually includes an audio interface and retails for about £150; whether said interface has two stereo outs (so you can use it with a mixer) i'm not sure. I wouldn't gig with it because it feels cheap and horrible but it's ok for learning if you've got a real mixer.
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yeah i'm in london.damagedgoods wrote:Really? I've never seen anyone show up to a gig with a USB stick, but I guess it depends where you live/play. You in London?tone-def wrote:USB sticks will replace CD's. at the moment i carry around vinyl, CD's with my own tunes on and an 8GB USB stick. sometimes i might have to play somewhere with only CDJ's then i have to get burning, but it's rare.
Ah, that's what I meant - I've never seen anyone playing tunes on CDJs off a USB stick. That's probably because I've never played in a venue with CDJ2000s.tone-def wrote: you wouldn't notice me playing off a USB stick because it would be connected to someone's laptop and i'll be using serato or trackor scratch. also it's something about the size of your thumb so it's very discrete.
i wouldn't go to a gig with just a USB stick or i'd make sure it's cool to use someone's laptop or if they have CDJ2000's.