Guys, seriously.

Dan

No vocals in a set? Jesus

Along_the_Wire

Matt That’s a low-hanging fruit thread all by itself.

Matt

Along_the_Wire Probably. I do miss playing vinyl. When I see a DJ play a vinyl set on these days, I can’t help feel that the digital DJing experience just lacks, in comparison.

I’d be surprised if a lot of us who started out playing records didn’t feel the same way.

Dan

Prob get more listeners

LT42

Matt Agreed, I like watching how diff jocks work the vinyl, the less touching the record the better imo.

Dubman

LT42

Still haven’t mastered that yet. It’s much harder than using the fingers.

LT42

Dubman I watched a DJ called Gemini one time and he never touched the record once it was on the deck, just the pitch control. I didn’t get it at first but when I tried it myself I found it easier to lock the exact speeds, you just had to master the timing of the release then when queuing. Afterward whenever I’d see a DJ constantly pushing and pulling it looked naff and didn’t feel like they had total control. Horses for course though.

303abuser

LT42 i always viewed having to touch the record as a panic move. if you’re on top of the mix, the pitch is all you need and makes adjustments way smoother.

SM001

If you didn’t learn how to mix on a pair of belt-drives you’re an amateur. 😅

Along_the_Wire

SM001 I learnt the hard way with a Faderfox and Ableton, then moved onto Traktor with an A&H Xone 3 and a sync button to the XDJ XZ and avoiding the sync button apart from car-crash rescue. So don’t come on here telling me I’m an amateur.

LT42

SM001 haha, the caveat to my post being don’t try this with a pair of KAMs. Technics only, people.

SM001

Along_the_Wire In fairness I haven’t DJ’d in nearly 15 years so know nothing of the pains of digital mixing. 😅

Dubman

LT42
Tried using belt-drives & a Phonic back in 89 as nobody could afford Technics.. It sounded bloody awful

Homegrove

I always likened going from belt drives to Technics was like going from playing snooker to playing pool with the kind of table that had big pockets.

NasserAlazzawi

If anyone ever sees me actually trying to mix vinyl again, tell me I’m drunk and that I should do something useful.

Echo

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