Dont bother with either, they are both pretty much obsolete (12″ def is cds not far behind)Whats your budget ? If its a big one (fnar fnar) get a decent laptop/soundcard/ MIDI controller then ride the crest of a high and beautiful wave into the future.

Not yet , I do not have the cash prize monies, but as soon as I do thats where im going with my mixing , Nothing new is released on 12″ (I do collect old acid trance/goa trance but they are in various conditions its very rare to find anything in mint condtion) Prog Psy and Psy trance is pretty much all released in FLAC.

Vinyl wins for sound quality and joy of mixing, can’t beat a nice heft turntable with big torque and a vinyl.

However it is expensive and takes up a lot of space to have a vinyl collection

If you’re thinking of going digital why use CDs at all? You could just do mp3s with traktor and a set of MIDI turntables, they’re getting pretty good nowadays

@partymonkey 422605 wrote:

i have a macbook pro and a budget of about 500 dolla right now

i realy dont understand the consept of mixing with cds

vinyl mixing seems so cool compared to cdjs but i dont wana have problems because evryones mooved on

The concept is exactly the same ,just with more twiddley knobs and flashing lights (and yes that it a technical term) I.e set your own cue points, more effects,sampling and looping made easier.

Depends on what your into playing ,if its all old stuff then you’ll be ok, but should you wish to play new tunes your going to be stuck, as I have realised !

Alot of d+b/jungle still comes out on vinyl … and if you do get vinyl decks you can still use something like serato and mix mp3’s from your laptop on vinyl decks using timecoded vinyl.

i wish i’d started off with and learned how to mix with turntables as everybody i know who uses them seems to be religous about not using cd’s so it must be decent.

after using cdjs for a couple of years now i dont really see the point in vinyl. as long as you get the records properly (ie. 320kbs on juno or trackitdown etc.) with good sound quality then it’s all good. certain types of techno are really difficult to find on mp3/wav though and are only sold as Vinyl. 🙁

Stand alone sound card is a must, yes, for sure, both for proper gain and clear/depth of the sound. After i got this t.c. electronic with optical hook up….it have to be heard, it is like night and day

mine is an old one but the price was free due to a minor defect (one of the mic in channels which I never use 🙂 ).. its a t.c. electronic konnekt 24d and have midi in out, big jacks and modern twist connectors, fire wire controller and of course optical coax and tos link….