Eighth Dimension (badmood@earthlink.net)
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:00:57 -0500
At 1:15 PM -0700 on 9/9/99, Elson Trinidad wrote:
> Just curious, what is the equivalent of the 1200 in the CD player world?
I use the Pioneers dealies which come closest , I suppose , but there is no
equivalent in my opinion ... apples n' oranges ...
At 3:48 PM -0400 on 9/9/99, kk wrote:
> michael i was really surprised to see you say that beatmatching with cd's
>isn't
> that easy -- i've always been a vinyl guy myself, but the one time i got a
After mixing vinyl for 10 years it was really weird getting used to them
... I still find myself instinctively touching the side of the CD player to
"slow down the record" sometimes , for real ... it gets even more confusing
as I use a CD player in tandem with turntables so I'm switching back and
forth ... it's a different style and can be confusing sometimes ...
also , I'm still not convinced that CD players are any easier because it's
essentially the same process -> slowing and speeding up the music on time
with a pitch lever ... are you sure you didn't find it easier because you
already had beat mixing experience on turntables ? I bet a beginner would
find CD mixing just as tough ...
At 7:57 PM +0000 on 9/9/99, jason egbuna wrote:
> still can't give cd mixing the same credit. Maybe it's just the
> view/atmosphere that is created on the turntables (uh...see A-Trak, DMC
> 1997...big up Montreal).
I'm not including 'turntablism' because that's not the type of DJing we're
talking about ... 'turntablism' , as the name implies, involves turntables
... you don't see a harp player calling himself a 'guitarist'... people
like trick DJs aren't there to move a dancefloor ... they are more like
rock concerts that you're watching ... the DJing I think we're talking
about involves the dancefloor where the DJ is no more but the "man behind
the curtain" as I think someone said ... then it all comes down to that
'same end result' --> making yr ass move around ...
At 1:10 PM -0700 on 9/9/99, Moonlight wrote:
>
> I actually think that might be cooler. Would that be easier or harder to do?
> Couldn't be that much different than using CDs, right?
I'm not getting into the "is tape mixing the same as CD mixing" comment
because if you were serious , I feel you should think a little and figure
it out yourself ... tape mixing would be interesting , though ... some
decks have pitch controls ... many a DJ learned beat matching with one
turntable and a tape deck , usually mixing the record to the tape but not
vice-versa ... oh, and if you were serious and you still haven't figured it
out , it's all about the cue-ing, mannnnn ...
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