Vinyl or digital

something like this for ableton -
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/UC33e-main.html

and something like this for traktor - http://www.synthtopia.com/news/06_01/FaderFox_2.html

both

Agreed !!

you crave attention like a teenage girl alex

Spot on Matt

Personally i reckon i will get away with just linking a mixer up to it.

Funk D-void was class at Habit and as far as i know he only used traktor.

i cant compare it to digital as ive never use it, unless it sweeps me off my feet i will stick with the vinyl, i just like lookin at my record boxes knowing i worked hard for that collection. i want a pair of cd's but i will still use vinyl more often, anyway it would be a pisstake tryin to get rid of me collection. is digital really that good?

I do that with windows media files

At the end of the day this is just my opinion, i don't 'play out', to be honest i don't aspire to, i just love my tunes and love mixing them!

You can play around a lot more with digital (fx, loops etc) but the end result is usually no different to using two 1210's and a normal mixer.

I love it

yeah? i want to start playing out but do many clubs have these facilities?

Most clubs these days have CDJs in, if not take your own. With regards to Traktor/Abelton etc you would just have that and your tunes on a lap top which you'd then rig up to the set up thats already there

ofcourse its differant, it takes alot more time to master mixing properly

The principal is exactly the same and it produces the same results. That was my point frankenstein

haha aye i can make a mix on winamp though, without a proper controller you may aswell just be doing that

I think you will see more and more djs starting to do more live stuff (i.e. incoporating Laptops / Samplers etc etc) into their sets

I prefer CDJ because of the flexibitlity the technology gives you

But a fresh bit of vinyl is much more satisfying to put on than a CDR


Within 6 months I will be using my Laptop running Ableton alongside the standard technics/cdj setup

i would definately consider running aleton alongside cd decks/technics, i would never move totally to laptop though

One of the reasons I wouldnt at the moment is that i have got a good enough cataloguing system in place to know where all the tracks where etc

i like vinyl compared to cd's i bought a cdj 1000mk2 for christmas
and i bet it's had about 50 quids worth of use dont get me wrong i think the cdj would be class for tricks and looping but i think you need two to feel the benefit plus i only have a djm 300
(2 channell ) mixer so only mixing vinyl to cd vise versa. i do like the feel of vinyl as you've got more control over it plus it's output is louder to cd's. never used traktor or abelton so can't comment on this although i would love to get a copy of abelton to give it a
try, really want a four channell mixer so i can incorporate all three together and looking to get another cdj by end of the year but vinyl is still my love for the mo