Reply to a story, and a question. Vinyl DVS

so i started getting into this dj thing when i stumbled across this site, and started getting into the "underground scene" if you can call it that. well thats what it is where i come from, and since i saw one dj using vinyl dvs, i knew i just had to get into it.

so i got an APC 40 for cheap, and my friend let me have his copy of traktor 2 pro scratch, as he decided he was moving to serato. he does vinyl DVS, and said i could use it for controllerism and stuff. he sold his soundcard to help buy his new rane mixer. so then i started controllerism wth the apc. made mappings for myself. but i never quite felt ok with it. i was talked into doing some shows with controllers at the local record shop, but around the turntablists, i felt embarrassed, and unskilled.

so i saved up and got a cleap but workable set of Gemini XL-500II Turntables, a 2 ch. gemini mixer and a handfull of scratch and break records off a retiring cover band.

i decided buying a cheap audio 4 and controll vinyl was next.

the controll vinyl arives tomorrow, and i get my first taste of vinyl DVS. ive been practicing hard on the regular vinyl that i have, and want to know what your expierences and stories are getting to the stages of DVS, and if its really that close to real vinyl. i am loving the real vinyl. i finally feel like im interacting with the music, not a machine.

i plan on remapping my apc as a second controller, or link traktor and ableton for something like the bridge. a midi-fighter is going to be in there somewhere too (i already have one. came when i had a controllerist dream)


personal stories/expierence/preferance on controllers and Vinyl DVS?

sorry for the Uber long post.