A superstar DJ and his technology

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: A superstar DJ and his technology

wat

[nietzsche]

the point is that, if used correctly, all this new technology makes creativity limitless, not more limiting, as Oakey suggests.

not to mention that as a Bedroom DJ and and horribly inept producer, I can still get my hands on good music and share my bad creations with others through the digital format.

[darkmark]

i agree with oakey....to the extent of laptops....cdj's sure....but once u go laptop u've basically broken down barriers for creativity within a parameter. What you can do with turntables, records, and maybe some cdj's is more intriguing than fucking around on a laptop.

I managed to get into a Coldcut show a few years ago and they basically were sitting behind a desk with two laptops. They cut up video and music live. You could see everything they were doing because their UI desktops were was beamed up on the screens. Amazing show. So, it can be done! At least by coldcut anyway...

[Localizer]

digital junkies can piss off...thanks..

There always are ones who are afraid of technology rather than embracing it. Kind of like Bush. Kudos.

Eh? I use cdj's, but I don't use it as often as I use my tt's...my cdj's just sit around and it's rare that I pop a cd in.

[evangelion]

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2 things:

"You're pulling records out, trying to match the key, the structure, looking for the breaks."

When did he start doing this??? Never did when I saw him.



"Paul Oakenfold is one of the world's leading DJs and remixers."

[Luke]

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nice to have a Dj related article on CNN nonetheless

[Erik Mitchell]

digital junkies can piss off...thanks..

There always are ones who are afraid of technology rather than embracing it. Kind of like Bush. Kudos.

[galo]

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what a pile of crap, the whole thing that you just put a cd in and it does it for you, has he ever heard zabiela play, how you can embrace the technology to get a better live performance, the man is so out of touch.

[chato]

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[Localizer]

thank you captain obvious.....however, i wasn't talking about final scratch, i was talking about solely using the laptop as your powerhouse for performing in livesets. ie: using software like ableton during your performance....

oh and final scratch is ghey too....digital junkies can piss off...thanks..

[remoh]

i agree with oakey....to the extent of laptops....cdj's sure....but once u go laptop u've basically broken down barriers for creativity within a parameter. What you can do with turntables, records, and maybe some cdj's is more intriguing than fucking around on a laptop.

bro the laptop is just storage and the software its the interface ...you use specially coded records that read the mp3 ...so you are still using vinyl..its called final scratch

[jaytech]

i couldn't really understand some of the language he used as i'm from down under.. is that british for "i'm out of the game?"

all he's basically saying is how everything should stay the way it was in the nineties, and i think the millions of words sent back and forth across the internet and every other means of communication in the last three years would suggest that no, it shouldn't

[RuOnPoint]

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what a tool!

[gjg21]

http://www.yoshop.com/app/YO

are you sure they closed down? i order from them all the time.

and they have downloads too

Hooj went out of business.. not yoshitoshi

tho www.hooj.com.. you can still order from

i believe he was referring to the actual store location, which did close down.

the online operation continues though.

[Localizer]

i agree with oakey....to the extent of laptops....cdj's sure....but once u go laptop u've basically broken down barriers for creativity within a parameter. What you can do with turntables, records, and maybe some cdj's is more intriguing than fucking around on a laptop.