DJ Equiptment

A Disc Jockey

The first turntables invented were for DJ was made in 1974 the "direct-drive" SL-1200 released by Technical. DJ's are disc jokey they are responsible for hyping up the crowd with music they play. They introduce songs and play popular tunes. Decks were not originally made for DJing but just to play music.

The basic equipment they need is speakers, a turntable, headphones, a mixer and vinyls if they are using analogue turntables. However if the DJ is using Digital decks then he would need a PC or laptop, speakers, a DJ software (Traktor), Mixer, Pad machine, microphone  headphones. The equipment depends on the DJ's preference.People love the warm sound vinyls produce, rather than the clean sound of digital. You can make a collection that no-one else has with vinyls which can cause you to feel accomplished. However you will definitely spend more money on vinyls because not all tracks these days are released on vinyl. You have to take care of vinyl but when you use them for DJing you could damage them. You have to carry vinyls from club to club which could start to frustrate the DJ especially if he doesn't have much love for vinyls. If you take your House vinyls to a R&B club you are in trouble but if you was using digital then to solve the problem all you would have to do is click onto another folder. If you break the needle and you don't have a spare one your also in trouble.

Turntables

Turntables were used to play records, The volume fade is to increase or decrease the volume and  a turntable has a Dust cover's job is to protect the turntable from dust. The needle is connected to the tone-arm which holds the needle in place so it can play the music on the vinyl. The pitch control is used to change the pitch of the song, power button is to turn the turntable on and off, speed calibration ostrobe is used to make the two different speeds of the song the same, platter is where the vinyls is played, the play button is to play or stop the record.

Digital

DJing is a massive career opportunity for music lovers and there's lots of equipment that we can use to make DJing a simpler job. In the club or at home all you need to do now days is to have a little sense for the timing a great tune from your favourite artist and your on your was into the world of music, but it wasn't always that easy. During these last few decades there has being a hand full of technique discovered and lots of new equipment invented to make the world of DJ that we have now.

Digital decks are the upgrade of turntables. You can show the same amount of skill when using digital, its easier, you don't have to carry heavy crates of records because you can carry a large amount of music with the laptop and if that isn't enough then their are memory cards. It is cheaper too loads of music online for a great price and if you want an new exclusive track you can get it sent to you through email. Most music these days are released in the MP3 format, record companies don't spend their money on records if they can sell it in a cheaper, popular format. On the other hand there are people out there collecting vinyls so there is also money to be made in that part of the music industry. Instead of relying on technology they can show their skills on vinyl and people might remember them for this. The only big reason i think people can't let go of vinyl is because of the sound and they don't want to be accused of not being a 'real' DJ. I think it depends on the person.

DJ TLM
I agree with DJ TLM i think he talks a lot of sense. TLM is saying that a DJ is someone who has skills, musical knowledge, originality, creativity. None of that can be found in awith in a software. The reason why this is true is because the button or knob may turn into the click of a mouse but you still need to know when to drop the next song or even what song to drop it with.




 Here DJ Rodigan using CDs he was using vinyl before but he has upgraded. I'm sure there will be a time when CDs are no longer made and DJ Rodigan make an effort to upgrade again and he will still be as good as he is now or has ever been.

 A lot of people would support my view, if you can DJ in an easier way and still get the same reaction from the crowd then why technology? I am not a vinyl lover and I'm not a digital lover either but if one is slightly simpler than the other then i know which one I would choose.the truth is, it depends what on the type DJ you are, if they are passionate about vinyl then then use vinyl to increase your scrachting techinque but if your all about the hits and the banggers then use digital. All I can say is that is a lot of practice gets a DJ places whether digital or analog.