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I still carry some CD's around with me .. but the computer has made finding, loading and playback of music SO much easier. Most 'mobile' types are moving equipment, just like you are - so I don't think you have an edge on anyone because you bring and play CD's.
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I'm all for whatever works for you. But I'd never go back to cd's.
Reliability. Never had a digital file skip. Never had a digital file snap. Never had a digital file get so coated with condensation coming in from cold to heat or heat to cold that I had to wait for the file AND the player get up to temperature. Never left an important digital file on my desk. Never had a skuldugerous guest steal a greatest hits digital album.
There's is nothing about using CDs that makes any mobile DJ sense.
Of course, if one does not know digital top to bottom and has not mastered the art of vinyl, or tape, or CD to digital transformation, I join you wholeheartedly in the har-de-har-har. Stay with vinyl and end all the laughter.
There's is nothing about using CDs that makes any mobile DJ sense.
Of course, if one does not know digital top to bottom and has not mastered the art of vinyl, or tape, or CD to digital transformation, I join you wholeheartedly in the har-de-har-har. Stay with vinyl and end all the laughter.
Cap - leave your machine in the cold overnight - and then we'll revisit the 'wait for it to warm up / condensation / reliability / file problem' conversation.
Leave your machine unattended somewhere - and we'll also revisit the 'steals' conversation.
I agree with all that Cap has said .. because most of us do not do this.
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Yeah, I get that it seems convenient, but as tig immediately pointed out, there are downsides to everything. My experience has been the exact opposite-- commercial digital files suck, and I've been @$#% at enough events by bad files to decide to stick with CD's, which make more than perfect mobile sense to me.
Kidding before, of course, but an actual hardee har this time. I'll wager I have as good a handle on audio transfer from any source as anyone here; I've likely spent more time in actual studios over the last 35-ish years (studios, not corners of rooms with computers) and I have owned my own for the last 5 years or so (an actual studio with a control room, two tracking rooms, shop, library, etc., not in my garage, and not a laptop with Pro Tools and an mbox in the corner of a room somewhere). Pretty sure I have "mastered the art of vinyl, or tape, or CD to digital transformation." It's just more reliable to use CD's and be done with it (unless one hasn't mastered the art of keeping the CD players and CD's dry and warm, and putting them into the machine, and taking them out).
GJ
Kidding before, of course, but an actual hardee har this time. I'll wager I have as good a handle on audio transfer from any source as anyone here; I've likely spent more time in actual studios over the last 35-ish years (studios, not corners of rooms with computers) and I have owned my own for the last 5 years or so (an actual studio with a control room, two tracking rooms, shop, library, etc., not in my garage, and not a laptop with Pro Tools and an mbox in the corner of a room somewhere). Pretty sure I have "mastered the art of vinyl, or tape, or CD to digital transformation." It's just more reliable to use CD's and be done with it (unless one hasn't mastered the art of keeping the CD players and CD's dry and warm, and putting them into the machine, and taking them out).
GJ
Skullduggery can not be found in my internal word bank due to rare use in Public settings, TV, and Internet, and my word bank updates don't have the word pre installed. I ask that you replace that adjective with a more widely known word such as Tricky, or Double Crossing
Reasons to use CDs:
1. Sound Quality is top notch. You can achieve the same with digital MP3s, but hard to do
2. Some people still appreciate seeing a big CD Collection at an event
3. You can claim you have the Legally Purchased songs via CD (Some DJs may use Illegally obtained music) - However, This has no bearing with guests, clients, or any one else.
Reasons Not to use CDs:
1. Less weight, and less items you need to load in/out if you get rid of CDs and go digital
2. CDs skip from time to time...No matter how good of condition the CDs are in. They will skip
3. They become Scratched after so many years of using (Sometimes can scratch much quicker)
4. Some CDs can break in transport, or break by accident due to you bending your flat case to fast
5. Many guests/clients will go "WOW, this DJ is still using CDs..I haven't bought a CD in years" - I had that comment jast a few months ago at a gig
6. The Lasers on CD Drives become slower, or end up getting Burn out after years of use. If you are using an older mixer with cd players, odds are one of your decks could start going bad.
Overall, there seems to be more negatives than there are positives with CDs. I just recently encoded all of my CDs onto flash drives, and onto both of my laptops, so starting in 2016 I will be using laptops only. For the past 8 years I have been deejaying with a laptop, and my CD collection with about 30 - 50% of the music I play still being from CD. I'm not doing that any more. Digital only moving forward with a 2 laptop set up.
I may still burn a CD to use for wedding ceremonies, but that will likely be it.
I'm in total agreement with this. The less moving parts, the better - I think digital is far more reliable. Still, three weak links. Corrupt files, HDD, and USB port.
We've dealt here with corrupt files, find them & fix them. HDD's, start using SSD's. Which brings me to the lowly USB port. IMHO, mechanically, a real weak link, and why I don't like using external HDD's for my library when I DJ. So, at any real important gigs (i.e. weddings) I run two laptops, identical DJ software, same library on internal drives, two controllers w/built in soundcards (Vestax Typhoons small and light) out to one analog mixer. I can switch instantly - which (knock on wood) I haven't had to do yet, but I'm ready.
Well, obviously there are lots of opinions about favorite work-flows, and there always will be. I don't see a time when I'll need to go all digital (currently I have a hybrid system with CD's and files, but I prefer the CD's).
However, if I was going to go all digi, I'd probably consider using something like this: USB Digital Analog Converter .
It seems like one "audiophile" product that might actually make sense, and actually do what it's supposed to...
GJ
However, if I was going to go all digi, I'd probably consider using something like this: USB Digital Analog Converter .
It seems like one "audiophile" product that might actually make sense, and actually do what it's supposed to...
GJ
CDs are digital. There's only a difference in medium and file type. CD and DVD has been a robust medium for a decades, but newer technology (SSD, streaming, clouds etc.) has made this media type rarely used (at least by me). I still burn DVDs or CDs for archival back up, but how long will it be until this media type is phased out completely?
As others have noted, if I happen to come across file issues, I will rerip as needed. I bring backups in case the inevitable happens and I also have some CD's with me in case there is something really fubar'd. When I first went digital, I played 75% CD and 25% machine. Now, it's 99.9% machine. The advantage imo - faster to find, load and play media.
Advantage of ripped files is I can have multiple hot backups (laptop or iPad or iPhone) ready to go .. and redundant files if needed .. tough to do with CDs.
I generally agree and it IS all about what YOU want and like. I am a big proponent of not having all of your eggs in one basket. On the computer side, I can use a Windows box just as easily as a Mac and others. On the music side, I can play out of whatever player I need to .. be it a computer based player (Serato, VDJ, etc) or hardware based (CD, vinyl, cassette, etc). If I want to break out the decks for some reason, I can. Rob still carries turntables (although he uses vinyl control media).
It will be a loooooooooooong time before it's phased out. It will be even longer for spindle based hard discs to go away as well.
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