No vocals in a set? Jesus

Prob get more listeners

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.

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

          LT42

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

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              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.

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

                    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.

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

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

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

                                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.

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

                                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.

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