One half-way house solution (really its fudge!) might be to buy one of those new pro-CD decks which can play mp3s. I almost bought one recently, although in the event I opted for an ordinary deck on price, thinking that, if it came down to it, I could of course just burn CD-Rs of mp3s, (biting my tongue on the sound quality issue.) This way, I can always maintain the full-spectrum quality and ethos and malleability of analogue DJing (or so-called DJing, in my case, ha!) and play out anything I might only possess in mp3 format, on CD.
However, I realized years ago that the benefits of digital are overwhelming and it's just a matter of time before I decide to go for it properly (I'll always need some proper hands-on format though so I would probably still look at final scratch or serato (?), possibly Ableton.) But I would wherever possible, still buy vinyl and/or cds. Even if I played out digital files, I'd still like to know that I had access to the full-fat version. Plus it gives you the flexibility to decide the quality at which you play them out - that might depend on how long a set you have, laptop capacity etc ... hmmm. K -----Original Message----- From: Gil Yaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 June 2005 14:05 To: [email protected]; 'robin' Subject: RE: (313) legit mp3 downloads (artists get PAID)? Well that's the reason why I asked for a list of who offered digital downloads in the first place. Geeze, my turntables sit collecting dust. I hate the thought of thinking about my next move where I have to box up all my old vinyl. And really, if you take the time to catalog, and backup your music collection it should be fine. Records are great, but they just don't compare to the convenience of keeping things in digital format. Plus, there's really no worry about music going out of print with digital format. The problem of scarcity is gone. -- -----Original Message----- From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:59 AM To: 313 Subject: Re: (313) legit mp3 downloads (artists get PAID)? this does raise the larger issue of: would you switch to buying digital downloads instead of vinyl? (assume you have the means to dj them digitally) i struggle with this one, i think i prefer to buy vinyl. partly cos i love it but partly cos of the whole package (i prefer cds to downloads too). hats off to marsel for the 256k mp3s tho (but like ken i'd prefer full fat) robin... Odeluga, Ken wrote: > So they do Martin. I hadn't caught up with them yet. Need to bookmark. > It's a positive trend. > > (Even though fundamentally I of course I prefer uncompressed audio - > especially 'live'!) >
