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From college dorm rooms to high school sleepovers, an all-but-extinct music medium has been showing up lately. And we don't mean CDs. Vinyl records, especially the full-length LPs that helped define the golden era of rock in the 1960s and '70s, are suddenly cool again. Some of the new fans are baby boomers nostalgic for their youth. But to the surprise and delight of music executives, increasing numbers of the iPod generation are also purchasing turntables (or dusting off Dad's), buying long-playing vinyl records and giving them a spin.
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11 responses // Vinyl gets its groove back

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.vi...
    I could talk about how vinyl is superior in so many ways but I'll try and contain myself.

    So many DJs made the switch to digital formats, whether playing off CD decks, Serato Scratch or just running programs like Ableton - I think it affects the quality of the track and I personally, would take vinyl over anything else any day of the week.

    With this 'digital' revolution has come criticism over DJs becoming lazy and 'pre-beatmatching' their tracks (basically meaning mixing the tracks could be done by a deaf granny)

    Not only does vinyl look cooler and sound much better - you look much more professional turning up at a club with a bag big enough to house a small family.

    The return to vinyl is a welcome return for many in the music industry and I'm sure people like these have done their part in maintaining the love for vinyl.
    mattbrawn
  • Ha! Great quote on that myspace page: 'Ere come the premix... "wow this dj is amazing, hang on a minute, He's not even touching the mixer, what a cheat! And I've got this - it's the latest Fabric CD, what a rip off!"

    I've always been a bit disappointed with the whole CD mixing thing. My old flatmate had some CD decks -- CDJ or whatever they're called -- and would refer to himself as 'spinning', 'scratching', etc. I totally felt like it was cheating. No skills in that.

    Vinyl forever!
    abbym0308
  • I will never sell my record collection nor will i sell my turntables....it is true that vinyl sounds better because of the analog signal that is one continous wave other than the signal that comes from digital recording which is sampled at 44.1 k....that in itself is the argument....now that almost all recordings from major studios are being done digitally it stands to reason that the sound quality from vinyl is just a digitlal recording anyway,so it does not sound any better than a cd....and the fact that most people cannot hear the difference makes the fact that vinyl will never recover the way cassette recordings did....
    BUT I LOVE VINYL
    cheakywillie
  • As a non-DJ (there's still some of us out there) I'm less of a vinyl junkie than most of you it seems. I like the smell of old records and the crackly sound but either my ears aren't good enough or my speakers aren't; I rarely notice a big difference.

    If I did a test, with an CD and a record facing off against each other, I imagine I'd notice but I don't think it would persuade me to spend all that money on building up a back catalogue in vinyl.

    An old, retro record player would look great in my room but, personally speaking, the sound quality alone wouldn't sell it for me. Apologies for my heathen words.
    richjm
  • http://current.com/items/86399221_rza_talks_to_kotori_a...
    "Not only does vinyl look cooler and sound much better - you look much more professional turning up at a club with a bag big enough to house a small family. " LOOKS?? Sounds like a load of poser BS to me. you wanna talk about what makes clubs suck, it's people regurjing all of this overheard nonsense about what djing is. Look here, either you gonna dance or you ain't, OK, that's what music is for. IT"S NOT FOR TALKING ABOUT! and neither is DJing. "and would refer to himself as 'spinning', 'scratching', etc. I totally felt like it was cheating" CHEATING who?? Being that dnb and hip-hop are kin, this applies to both "YOu don't do hip-hop, you have to BE it!!!" and the only people cheating are the people trying to DO culture instead of living it!! In case you missed it, thats tha RZA!! and he ain't talking about putting two million dollars of his own cash into revitalizing the wax industry! No disrepect KhSiNg, we all got love for records and I'm glad that kids are listening to them, this is for the other commentors. So all you jealous fronters either get some 'quipment and throw a party or learn the difference between theory and opinion!! i realize that your young and don't remember this, but this culture is about being FRESH not retro like everything else in your lives!
    ConditionedGoods
  • Ha! Yeah Matt, you big poser. :-D

    Interesting points ConditionedGoods. I like what you're saying about nonsense spouted about what DJing is. First and foremost priority is making good sounds and people having a good time.

    And I like the bit about you calling my chum Matt a poser. Man, that made my day.
    richjm
  • I recently heard an interview with Peter Adarkwah of BBE Records where he simply said that he used Serato because his back couldn't handle carrying records anymore - fair enough.
    khsing
  • Yupp...plus and I'm quoting DJ Marky here from when he was on Fabio & Groove 'bout three weeks ago "You can make your own proper VIP version" and "people send me the tunes as an e-mail and I can play them out that night". They talked about Serato for fifteen minutes like two 7th graders who'd just seen boobs for the first time.
    ConditionedGoods
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tMDZI3IsE8
    The reason I love vinyl is not only for, in my opinion, the better sound quality, but that it's also an object that you can hold in your hands, unfortunately with CDs and laptops you don't get that sexy 'first time out of the sleeve' feel that comes with vinyl.

    Tunes that are sent over AIM are predominantly Mp3, which I'm sure you'll agree, just haven't got the same sound quality. Of all the digital alternatives to trusty 12"s, Serato is by far the best - it's an amazing development and one that I believe has tried to maintain the values that come with DJs mixing their tunes on a set of turntables.

    I understand that for people who travel the world playing their 'sound,' digital mediums may be more appealing- what with their ease of transport and ability to 'back-up' your collection, but what about the people who use CD decks as an easy alternative - pre beatmatching tracks so they are essentially, playing the tracks and not mixing them - does anyone see this as fair game?

    I see the return of vinyl not as 'retro' image chic, rather the re-incorporation of one of the music industries most important commodities, both physically and financially.

    DJ Marky is an excellent example of how both can be so well combined - there's no doubt he can't mix, his abilities behind the decks are formidable, but I'd bet my bottom dollar that when he turns up for his 8 hour DJ slot tonight, he'll be carrying at least two boxes of 12"s.
    mattbrawn
  • Well actually, like I said, Marky and Fab talked a lot about Serato and Marky said he does everything with it. He talked a bit about cd decks and how they are hard to use. Personally I have Numrk CDXs which have a real piece of vinyl on them and I think they're very good. Ok so let's get to the meat of this. Yes i absolutely do not show up with premade mixes, I have ableton but I do not use it in that way (letting it beatmatch for me), and I despise those who do. Thats just my personal opinion from having worked hard to learn this stuff since 1995. Re-incorporate sounds a bit odd because 12"s never went anywhere. Dubplates are the real casualty in all this. And lastly, as for sound quality, warmth, what have you, as I have spoken about before; there are many machines which can be used similarly to a guitar effect pedals (including actual guitar effects pedals) I use a Tascam Porta-Studio which has over 500 built in sound modes. (Even a vinyl effect) Serato can also be ran through the vinyl effect on Ableton. So you going to see Marky tonight?? Well now you've got a good topic to get an interview. I'll be waiting to see it.
    ConditionedGoods
  • http://www.vimeo.com/623587
    Dj Craze and Serato....
    ConditionedGoods

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