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Some of the “advances” I would argue are not advances at all, but cynical grabs by the market place at claiming more market share and more dj dollars. Most of the “advances” are unnecessary falling into the realm of cosmetic or the very particular.

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The market is driving “advances” at a rate impossible for most of us to keep abreast of, let alone update to. The DJ market place is too rich a field for commercial enterprise not to mine.

The second system I use is CDJ’s with Pioneers proprietary file management software: Rekordbox.

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The amount of time spent honing my craft with records is unique in the context of the moment where new devices, systems and software are rolling out daily (battlefield DJ booth).

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Roughly broken down this looks like 15 years of analogue vinyl, 5 years of analogue vinyl plus CD’s, and about 5 years using a computer based system with DVS and other controllers. This system offers me something unique that no other system does: access to a particular feeling of comfort and aptitude that has been developed over time.

My system of preference is analogue vinyl played on the only device possible for this format: the turntable.Digital options include: WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, M4V, etc… They can be lossless or compressed (lossy). Analogue options include vinyl (records) and tape as in cassettes. Traktor, Serato, Rekordbox, Ableton Live, all of which can utilise hardware devices as the means to control media.įormat: the nature of the audio replication: analogue or digital. CD’s, USB sticks, CD players as timecode players for a DVS or controllers for computer based DJ apps and lastly the litany of computer based apps i.e. Systems of delivery include: turntables with traditional vinyl, turntables with a digital vinyl system (DVS), CD players playing on board digital media i.e. DEFINITIONSĭelivery System: in the context of this piece a system is the dj’ing mode of delivery. You’re only fooling yourself not the dance floor and certainly not your contemporaries. mp3) however lost out it’s no good and if you’re using one it’s time to stop. Analogue or lossless digital both have their merits and it turns out they don’t need to hate one another in their childish vying for the ultimate accolade. But in its wake there is a new battlefield and it is being waged against DJ’s and the aggressor is the market place. This conflict has come to a happy enough conclusion. Once upon a time the dominant skirmish in our ranks was the *Battle of the Formats, AKA The Format Wars. If you are not a dj but someone interested in the art you may get some insight into the hidden miasma the contemporary DJ must negotiate to survive. If you are a DJ you may get some insight into your own process or have some questions revealed and or answered. That’s what I’m hoping for, because I’m really struggling at the moment to determine the best way forward with my technical set up and work flow.

Whilst this may be a self indulgent exercise I’m almost certain that in writing down my current dilemma and “talking” it through with you, we may both get some clarity. I’m going to honestly share the current state of play in my dj tech life in an effort to make sense of it and pick my way through the minefield. Confusion, insecurity and second guessing reign supreme, forced obsolescence, constant upgrades and continual updates are common methods of attack. The casualties are the DJ’s for whom this war, ostensibly at least is being waged.

My viewpoint is that the dj marketplace is waging a cynical war of product line advancement that is no more advanced than an arms race. This is an account of my personal dilemma from the frontline of battlefield DJ booth.

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