I actually like the concept, but then again I'm always a half an inch away from a hernia with the 1,000+ CDs I roll with every time I spin. But I remember when CDs first came out and DJs were all like, "Bah! The turn table is better because X, Y and Z. CDs will never replace records."
That said, I do worry ever so slightly about the quality of audio funneled through an iPod. Usually the compression rate is horrid and on a big house system that will be patently obvious. Granted one could just as easily have those same low-bit rate songs on a burned CD.
I've spun with lots of people that use horribly compressed mp3's burned onto CD and it is pretty obvious. That said, I rip all my stuff at 192 VBR and you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between that and a real CD in a club. Also, all the Metropolis servicing downloads come at 320 which I consider to be a bit overkill.
that's the old model, the iDJ 2 lets you use just one iPod. I've been using my laptop to DJ for quite a few years now...I can't even handle the idea of lugging cases and cases of CDs anymore
If I ever get around to ripping all my CDs for backup (lossless, please, I can tell any MP3 I've ever heard, maybe there are good ones but I really don't believe) you better believe that I'd rather carry around 1-2TB of storage which is recoverable than a case full of absolutely irreplaceable CDs!!! It only takes a few hours to copy everything you have once it's on a computer disk. And I'm paranoid enough that I leave all my CDs in jewel cases because of the number I've seen destroyed in notebook style cases, so carrying stuff into the booth really builds muscles :-)
I agree that it makes more sense to work from a disk archive than from actual CD audio if possible, and I see nothing wrong with producing sound from a laptop computer
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Ummmmm.... most of the CDs you'd find in my case are classical. Spinning classical and other obscure music is my debatable claim to fame. And I listen to live classical music as often as I can afford to. So tiny differences do matter. Philosophically, throwing information away before you're sure you don't want it has proven foolish in many other situations, so I rebel against it in music, about which I care a lot. Yes, I could get 5x as many minutes or maybe more with compression. But if I can store 1000 CDs or more on one disk drive, does it matter? Why worry? Use lossless compression and get 2:1 if you need space. If you want to carry your entire collection in your back pocket, compression makes sense until the drives get bigger in a week or a month. If you're delivering streaming audio to a multicast audience, compression makes sense because real-time bandwidth is limited. For downloads, does it matter? Compared to video, uncompressed audio is nothing. Just my cantankerous opinions...
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I actually like the concept, but then again I'm always a half an inch away from a hernia with the 1,000+ CDs I roll with every time I spin. But I remember when CDs first came out and DJs were all like, "Bah! The turn table is better because X, Y and Z. CDs will never replace records."
That said, I do worry ever so slightly about the quality of audio funneled through an iPod. Usually the compression rate is horrid and on a big house system that will be patently obvious. Granted one could just as easily have those same low-bit rate songs on a burned CD.
At least it's a Numark though. Good name.
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Really? You bring that many CDs to an event? geez.
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maybe there are good ones but I really don't believe) you better believe that I'd rather carry around 1-2TB of storage which is recoverable than a case full of absolutely irreplaceable CDs!!! It only takes a few hours to copy everything you have once it's on a computer disk. And I'm paranoid enough that I leave all my CDs in jewel cases because of the number I've seen destroyed in notebook style cases, so carrying stuff into the booth really builds muscles :-)
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Philosophically, throwing information away before you're sure you don't want it has proven foolish in many other situations, so I rebel against it in music, about which I care a lot.
Yes, I could get 5x as many minutes or maybe more with compression. But if I can store 1000 CDs or more on one disk drive, does it matter? Why worry? Use lossless compression and get 2:1 if you need space.
If you want to carry your entire collection in your back pocket, compression makes sense until the drives get bigger in a week or a month. If you're delivering streaming audio to a multicast audience, compression makes sense because real-time bandwidth is limited. For downloads, does it matter? Compared to video, uncompressed audio is nothing.
Just my cantankerous opinions...
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