Moving to cdj from vinyl In about a week I will be playing at a block party that supplies cdjs. I have played on a kontrol s4 and currently spin on vinyl with ssl but have never used cdjs. How much different will the experience be? Should I rent cdjs before the event just to check out how they work?
Thanks. |
Nancey Inderlied
26.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kwal
Outside of the platter to adjust the track and the top of the platter is touch sensitive like I mentioned in my first post.
CDJ platters are not, and have never been, touch sensitive, they're pressure sensitive. Feathering the top of the platter like a record works just fine on CDJs, you just have to get used to how much pressure you need to stop it. |
Sonja Roybal
25.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by a burdenless pig
I'm still gonna be using the cdj's with SSL. So i'm assuming they will be very similar in that regard.
I'd actually feel better just playing cd's. Make sure you test SSL out on the cdjs first. |
Marisol Eward
25.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kwal
If you're solid with vinyl and know what your doing without depending 100% on the program to do the work for you then I would say you could figure it out in about a day, would be even easier if your buddy would help you. And they are similar to the s4, and by similar I mean they're used in the same way.. Outside of the platter to adjust the track and the top of the platter is touch sensitive like I mentioned in my first post.
I'm still gonna be using the cdj's with SSL. So i'm assuming they will be very similar in that regard. |
Hellen Mindrup
25.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by a burdenless pig
but a day or so with cdjs should be enough to feel comfortable with them?
If you're solid with vinyl and know what your doing without depending 100% on the program to do the work for you then I would say you could figure it out in about a day, would be even easier if your buddy would help you. And they are similar to the s4, and by similar I mean they're used in the same way.. Outside of the platter to adjust the track and the top of the platter is touch sensitive like I mentioned in my first post. |
Hellen Mindrup
26.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
As a vinyl DJ I never have CDJ's in vinyl mode. It feels awful.
Put them in CDJ mode and then use the platter as you would do with vinyl.
It's much easier if you are just beatmatching 4/4 music. If you are scratching then you can swapw between the the modes.
And, yes CDJ's are completely different to vinyl. Totally different. I don't have any CDJ's anymore just technics and controllers and if I have a big gig coming up i borrow my mates just to get back in the feel of them. Ive done plenty of gigs on CDJ's where i just rock up and do it but its good to have the odd practice.
Right on I should have included something about using them in CDJ mode... But yeah once you get the touch with the CDJs spinning on them isn't a big deal anymore if you just plan on using them to play from track to track. |
nayit ruiz jaramillo
26.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kwal
It'll be different no doubt, just know that you can't adjust the CDJ like you can the vinyl.. .
As a vinyl DJ I never have CDJ's in vinyl mode. It feels awful.
Put them in CDJ mode and then use the platter as you would do with vinyl.
It's much easier if you are just beatmatching 4/4 music. If you are scratching then you can swapw between the the modes.
And, yes CDJ's are completely different to vinyl. Totally different. I don't have any CDJ's anymore just technics and controllers and if I have a big gig coming up i borrow my mates just to get back in the feel of them. Ive done plenty of gigs on CDJ's where i just rock up and do it but its good to have the odd practice. |
Marisol Eward
25.07.2013 | In about a week I will be playing at a block party that supplies cdjs. I have played on a kontrol s4 and currently spin on vinyl with ssl but have never used cdjs. How much different will the experience be? Should I rent cdjs before the event just to check out how they work?
Thanks. |
Nancey Inderlied
26.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kwal
Outside of the platter to adjust the track and the top of the platter is touch sensitive like I mentioned in my first post.
CDJ platters are not, and have never been, touch sensitive, they're pressure sensitive. Feathering the top of the platter like a record works just fine on CDJs, you just have to get used to how much pressure you need to stop it. |
Sonja Roybal
25.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by a burdenless pig
I'm still gonna be using the cdj's with SSL. So i'm assuming they will be very similar in that regard.
I'd actually feel better just playing cd's. Make sure you test SSL out on the cdjs first. |
Marisol Eward
25.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kwal
If you're solid with vinyl and know what your doing without depending 100% on the program to do the work for you then I would say you could figure it out in about a day, would be even easier if your buddy would help you. And they are similar to the s4, and by similar I mean they're used in the same way.. Outside of the platter to adjust the track and the top of the platter is touch sensitive like I mentioned in my first post.
I'm still gonna be using the cdj's with SSL. So i'm assuming they will be very similar in that regard. |
Hellen Mindrup
25.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by a burdenless pig
but a day or so with cdjs should be enough to feel comfortable with them?
If you're solid with vinyl and know what your doing without depending 100% on the program to do the work for you then I would say you could figure it out in about a day, would be even easier if your buddy would help you. And they are similar to the s4, and by similar I mean they're used in the same way.. Outside of the platter to adjust the track and the top of the platter is touch sensitive like I mentioned in my first post. |
Marisol Eward
25.07.2013 | but a day or so with cdjs should be enough to feel comfortable with them? |
Sonja Roybal
25.07.2013 | To me, the weirdest part was not having the moving platter and not being able to see the grooves. The first time I ever touched a cdj was during a gig where there were problems with the TT's. The guy I was tagging with just handed me his cd sleeve and we went from there. It's different, but mixing is mixing. |
Leon Albornoz
25.07.2013 | They work the same way (center is touch sensitive and sides are pitch bending). However, they feel completely different. High-end CDJ's (2000's) are a lot more precise than any controller I've tried. But yes, the fundamentals are the same. |
Marisol Eward
25.07.2013 | So would the jog wheels on a kontrol s4 be a good comparison to the way a cdj feels? |
Marcelina Hanaway
25.07.2013 | Never tried CDJ mode, tbh. What's the difference? |
Alla Bluemke
25.07.2013 | Thats interesting. I always put my cdjs in vinyl mode. Just so used to using them like that that CDJ mode just feels weird. |
Hellen Mindrup
26.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
As a vinyl DJ I never have CDJ's in vinyl mode. It feels awful.
Put them in CDJ mode and then use the platter as you would do with vinyl.
It's much easier if you are just beatmatching 4/4 music. If you are scratching then you can swapw between the the modes.
And, yes CDJ's are completely different to vinyl. Totally different. I don't have any CDJ's anymore just technics and controllers and if I have a big gig coming up i borrow my mates just to get back in the feel of them. Ive done plenty of gigs on CDJ's where i just rock up and do it but its good to have the odd practice.
Right on I should have included something about using them in CDJ mode... But yeah once you get the touch with the CDJs spinning on them isn't a big deal anymore if you just plan on using them to play from track to track. |
nayit ruiz jaramillo
26.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kwal
It'll be different no doubt, just know that you can't adjust the CDJ like you can the vinyl.. .
As a vinyl DJ I never have CDJ's in vinyl mode. It feels awful.
Put them in CDJ mode and then use the platter as you would do with vinyl.
It's much easier if you are just beatmatching 4/4 music. If you are scratching then you can swapw between the the modes.
And, yes CDJ's are completely different to vinyl. Totally different. I don't have any CDJ's anymore just technics and controllers and if I have a big gig coming up i borrow my mates just to get back in the feel of them. Ive done plenty of gigs on CDJ's where i just rock up and do it but its good to have the odd practice. |
Hellen Mindrup
25.07.2013 | It'll be different no doubt, just know that you can't adjust the CDJ like you can the vinyl.. The top of the CDJ platter is touch sensitive so if you lay a finger on it the track will stop.
You have to use the jog on the outside of the platter to speed/slow it down.. And in small adjustments, don't spin the thing all crazy.
If you can get that aspect down the rest of the CDJ shouldn't be very hard to understand if you already spin vinyl. |
