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by **Greg J** on Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:35 am

PS, I would use only vinyl, because there isn't any delay and it sounds better, but it's too damn heavy.

I'm so glad the days of carting around 4 crates of records and STILL not having everything you need are over!

by **DjDavey2007** on Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:13 pm

my friday night residency i stick to vinyl on on my sat one they got fs so i use a mixture of the both - would like to go over to fs for good but its very hard to get 320 quality full length unmixed garage tracks. ukgmp3 has come about in the last few months and im a big fan of them.

Hopefully the will expand a bit more

by **DJ Bobby V** on Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:05 pm

CD's.I like to remix the song or re-edit so it's mixable.Also I can make medleys and mash ups,burn it then play it ANYWHERE.

by **Dover** on Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:05 am

records are way more tangiable imo, i feel liek you have way more control over what your playing. Analog is the way to go

by **styles** on Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:36 am

a use both 2x pioneer cdj 1000mk3 and technics 1210 mk5g's have to say over the last year or so moved more onto the cdjs vinyls lost its apeal these days with the stupid prices

by **bradstar1987** on Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:24 am

for me def cds

by **bradstar1987** on Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:25 am

and the occasional vinyl for old times

by **diamondsandgold** on Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:51 am

I use Serato, records are way too heavy.

by TM on Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:10 pm

I still use Vinyl, but am in the process of switching to CD. Not a fan of laptop.

by **retrorespect** on Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:36 pm

I have a weekly 2hr slot plus other club work. At my weekly slot I normally play vinyl to cd, but other clubs i normally am all cd due to there been no turntables in the clubs any moor.

by **RunningManDJ** on Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:37 am

I've gone from 12s, to CDs, to timecode. It's all about luggage. I hated carrying 3-4 bags of records all over the place. I still have a few thousand vinyls, but they stay at home. I don't by much anymore, and if I do, I convert it.

by **Tommy G** on Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:36 pm

In Holland it's very common to use CD's.

by **FRYDAE** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:42 am

Because our sets consist of almost exclusively our/others producers dub-plates I rock serato now...In no way is this one of those "it aint djing if you dont rock techs/funk cd's" rants. In fact i KNOW that if your talking bout consistency or true perfect pitch (no drift) mixes cdj's are superior by far. My problem was and still is that ive played records for a decade the 1st time i touched cdj's i felt as though i never had mixed and i was re-learning something ive known how to do for almost half my life. my point is that if i started djing today i would undoubtedly go the cdj route but @ this point in my life being a touring dj to realearn the trade seems silly.

by **popnfresh** on Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:56 am

I saw a bit on tv not too long ago where they were saying that vinyl is almost outselling cds and that does not even take into account the smaller dj type record shops etc. Digital still wins out over all which is the way I have gone. there is just way too much music out there to try and keep up with purchasing hard copies. Of course I still do when its not available digitally or i need a pella thats only on vinyl etc. I have found that a lot of the time digital downloads actually come with more bonuses but it seems to vary pretty greatly from label to label release to release etc

by **sampagne** on Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:23 pm

I've now been dj-ing for about nine years. And I'm extremely happy for the last three years with my Mac with TracktorScratch/Traktor Dj Studio 3 on it.

It's also nice to connect the midi from the djm800 to the software, to trigger loops etc.

by **supadjdonb** on Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:46 pm

Serato Serato Serato Serato !!!!!!!
Just use the vinyl with the serato it's the same without the digging in the crates mess.

Lets say you DJ at a club that has this wild ass way to get to the booth ...Do you really feel like lifting crates in this situation?

by **jo.19** on Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:01 pm

Started w/vinyl, used to carry 4 crates w me to the club every night. Now serato cause it's the s**t all I gota carry is a laptop jeuh!

by **sureno** on Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:03 am

if im Dj'in at a grubby club il take my cd wallet
if its a nice club MBP and Traktor Scratch Pro
if its on the fly i got my MBP, Traktor Pro and a vci-100

by **arjun** on Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:53 pm

mk3+cds=

by **djiceburg** on Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:10 pm

I use vinyl for playing live, and I will use ableton if im producing an original track or remixing something...
If I have the opportunity though, I will remix tracks with vinyl, but I gotta have 3 decks for that...

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