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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:19:40 PM
Subject: Re: (313) Pioneer, Technics, Pacemaker, Laptop ?
Pacemaker and ipod DJing will soon show their limitations to you; they're
quite toylike gadgets and not at all robust;
I understand (for a gig use
the only solution that works for me is NI traktor scratch (sure,
similar products would probably work aswell) , you can connect the
special cables that goes between the technics and the mixer in between
sets and you dont have to leave the computer or audiointerface in the
booth prior to
First of all im a vinyl lover and Ill never give up that... Maybe thats
silly but ive become too much used to browse easily with pictures on the
records and put them fast on the decks. My basic brain also considers i
will not pay for something i can get for free, then vinyl is also a way
to
I think it's kind of down to you to decide how you do what you do.
1. If you're comfortable with records, and want to go digital, the
vinyl controlling a laptop thing is fully mature. The friends I know
that DJ this way seem to like Serato the best. Traktor Scratch is a
lot fancier -- 4 decks!
Benoît Pueyo wrote:
First of all im a vinyl lover and Ill never give up that... Maybe thats
silly but ive become too much used to browse easily with pictures on the
records and put them fast on the decks. My basic brain also considers i
will not pay for something i can get for free, then vinyl
Pacemaker and ipod DJing will soon show their limitations to you; they're
quite toylike gadgets and not at all robust;
I understand (for a gig use), however to me these devices are not more
fragile than a laptop. I know they are gadgets but dont they fit to
'ocasionnaly' play mp3s in gigs
Well, in either case: all manufacturers aren't going to include docking
stations in all of their products as it'll increase the basic costs for
users who might not need those features (many mixers don't have XLR
outputs, some don't have 1/4 mono pairs, etc).
The type of device you're looking
I'm of the philosophy that you should never go to a gig without
everything you need to plug directly into any sound system you might
encounter.
In my case that means I have a pair of 1/4 to XLR Male cables, so I
can plug directly into the stage plug box, plus a stereo RCA cable and
RCA-1/4
And what about the Pioneer vs Technics ? Ive not yet played on the
Technics, but I can say that the Pioneer do 'touch' very different
than vinyl even if they are as much easy to use as regular vinyl
decks.
Benoît.
