for all of the cd junkies in dj land.... a carl cox inteview

[colione98]

Carl Cox Interview

October 13, 2005

-By Emily Tan(club planet)


Emily-
"Are you still a vinyl hold-out?"

Cox
"I’ve gone over to CDs, now. I’m using three Pioneer CDJ-1000s, or the Pioneer DVJ-X1, it doesn’t matter which. I find myself more challenged now using CD players, actually. For many years, I was using only turntables, for like 30 years of my life! There’s a lot more you can do with CD players, and using them challenges me to do better as a DJ and to push elements of DJing more than I could ever do with turntables. What people get to hear is something unique, and it shouldn’t matter whether I play it on vinyl or CDs. In fact, I’m not using any vinyl anymore; that chapter is closed, for me".

"That's some harsh wording"- said the kid......

[nova]

Originally Posted by colione98

Carl Cox Interview

October 13, 2005

-By Emily Tan(club planet)


Emily-
"Are you still a vinyl hold-out?"

Cox
"I’ve gone over to CDs, now. I’m using three Pioneer CDJ-1000s, or the Pioneer DVJ-X1, it doesn’t matter which. I find myself more challenged now using CD players, actually. For many years, I was using only turntables, for like 30 years of my life! There’s a lot more you can do with CD players, and using them challenges me to do better as a DJ and to push elements of DJing more than I could ever do with turntables. What people get to hear is something unique, and it shouldn’t matter whether I play it on vinyl or CDs. In fact, I’m not using any vinyl anymore; that chapter is closed, for me".

"That's some harsh wording"- said the kid......

[colione98]

You know what that means, slowly but surely..... all my gems I buy on wax will be available to the masses via mp3... :'( :'(

[jbit]

Vinyl has a real sense of nostalgia to it, but the times they are a changin'

I'll never part with my records though

[slamminshaun]

I went to 100% CD's five years ago and never looked back or regretted it. I used to catch shit from knuckle-head wanna be DJ's that would say I wasn't a "real DJ" because "anybody can spin CD's". It's nice to know that guys like Carl Cox have validated what many of us already knew....it doesn't matter what you play on, but how you play it. Every big name DJ (except Oakenfold I think) is using CD's now, and some (like Carl Cox and Sasha) no longer use vinyl.

[swank]

Originally Posted by Slammin'

I went to 100% CD's five years ago and never looked back or regretted it. I used to catch shit from knuckle-head wanna be DJ's that would say I wasn't a "real DJ" because "anybody can spin CD's". It's nice to know that guys like Carl Cox have validated what many of us already knew....it doesn't matter what you play on, but how you play it. Every big name DJ (except Oakenfold I think) is using CD's now, and some (like Carl Cox and Sasha) no longer use vinyl.

word!

and when I moved to finalscratch....I got a little flack too...but now I think it's what you do and not what you do it with that counts

[LeVeL]

Originally Posted by Slammin'

Every big name DJ (except Oakenfold I think) is using CD's now, and some (like Carl Cox and Sasha) no longer use vinyl.

Actually Oakey uses CD's but not in 100% of his sets.

[sross]

The vinyl vs CD debate is a complete no brainer on so many levels.

[AlanS]

Nothing shocking here...I'm just a vinyl junkie, always have been, always will be. And I spin CDs too.

[Cosmigonon]

Originally Posted by LeVeL'

[quote author=Slammin' Shaun link=board=2;threadid=21176;start=0#msg251242 date=1129239358]
Every big name DJ (except Oakenfold I think) is using CD's now, and some (like Carl Cox and Sasha) no longer use vinyl.

Actually Oakey uses CD's but not in 100% of his sets.
[/quote]

You seem to know waaaaaaaaay too much stuff about Oakie, you're starting to worry me...