[78-L] Vinyl continues its comeback

Cary Ginell soundthink at live.com
Thu Dec 10 07:06:29 PST 2009


Good ones do. As I said, it's a science with those who are serious about it. They cart around crates full of vinyl. It's a lot more complex than one might think.

Cary Ginell

> From: saag at telia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:09:31 +0100
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vinyl continues its comeback
> 
> David Lennick wrote:
> 
> > SOMEBODY is playing all those LPs in the clubs! And Numark is making the
> > turntables for them, complete with pitch variation and reverse direction.
> 
> I've yet to see a dj playing LPs!
> Dj's play 7'', 10'' or 12'' singles or EP's at 33 or 45 rpm. Used to be 
> called "maxi singles" when we were young(er). The format was invented for 
> dj's, just as Technics, Numark and other manufacturers make special 
> turntables and cartridges and slipmats for dj's.
> --
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> > Criminy, if they only "created rhythmic sounds," they wouldn't need more 
> > than > one record in their libraries.
> 
> They don't as a matter of fact. Many, if not most dj's use a physical, 
> "generic" disc only to reproduce the scratching movement; the impulses are 
> registered digitally and affect - in real time - whatever track you choose 
> to play from your computer.
> Looks like real - is real, because it's still handicraft - but the guys 
> don't have to carry around big boxes of vinyl.
> Kristjan 
> 
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