#REKORD BUDDY VS UPDATE#
#REKORD BUDDY VS SOFTWARE#
#REKORD BUDDY VS PLUS#

Confusion, insecurity and second guessing reign supreme, forced obsolescence, constant upgrades and continual updates are common methods of attack. 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. 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. 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. If you are a DJ you may get some insight into your own process or have some questions revealed and or answered. 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.

Once upon a time the dominant skirmish in our ranks was the *Battle of the Formats, AKA The Format Wars. This conflict has come to a happy enough conclusion. But in its wake there is a new battlefield and it is being waged against DJ’s and the aggressor is the market place. 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. mp3) however lost out it’s no good and if you’re using one it’s time to stop. You’re only fooling yourself not the dance floor and certainly not your contemporaries. DEFINITIONSĭelivery System: in the context of this piece a system is the dj’ing mode of delivery. Systems of delivery include: turntables with traditional vinyl, turntables with a digital vinyl system (DVS), CD players playing on board digital media i.e.

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. 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. Analogue options include vinyl (records) and tape as in cassettes. 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).

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.

#REKORD BUDDY VS PLUS#

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.

#REKORD BUDDY VS SOFTWARE#

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).

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

The DJ market place is too rich a field for commercial enterprise not to mine.

#REKORD BUDDY VS UPDATE#

The market is driving “advances” at a rate impossible for most of us to keep abreast of, let alone update to. Most of the “advances” are unnecessary falling into the realm of cosmetic or the very particular. 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. Many software upgrades roll out before the bugs in the previous ones have been eradicated and with new versions of software wave upon wave of new hardware we are led to believe will truly harness our creative potential.Īll of this leads to a stressful situation for DJ’s. So how do you make sense of it? My dilemma Whether you are established or starting out, you can’t escape this noise. When I play on CDJ’s I utilise Pioneer’s Rekordbox software which has cleverly chained me to the Pioneer arsenal of devices of which the CDJ range is the current overlord. I actually quite like Rekordbox and rate it as a music cataloging application. This set up is great for any DJ environment which contains the industry standard device range: 2 turntables, 2 CDJ’s and a mixer. Here I have the security blanket of my vinyl with the added option of playing digital tracks on the CDJ’s.

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