Serrato and similar methods

i've messed around with serato in a studio environment, and have dj'ed with others who used serato and records, so i have witnessed up close the way it works. in my previous post on here about serato, i think i made it clear that i personally don't trust this new sh!t over vinyl, but i hadn't thought about it in the way that cazillac and stonetrooper point out...using serato to mix tracks that u can't get on vinyl...like your own beats or just to bust out tracks for a one time occasion that u wouldn't want to have bought on wax.
i still believe records sound better, and i'm just too stubborn b/c of all the $$$$$ i've invested in records over the past 15 years. but i'm starting to see the light (kinda)

indough wrote:I always used to have a rough setlist worked out even with vinyl. You should always have your music arranged in a way that you know whats where anyways, regardless of what format you're using.

i dont use this so thats why i ask, i still play VINYL ONLY

As I said it doesn't matter, if you organize your digital collection well then you know where to look for music of a certain feel, just the same as you would with vinyl. More selection doesn't necessarily mean it's harder as long as you can think quick on the spot.

I always make sure to bring some regular records to a serato gig anyway, just as a fail-safe. I have to say though, it hasn't given me any grief yet.

i hear there's a latency, when you go back to scratch on regular vinyl it dont feel the same, this is what i have heard is this tru? my partner has scratched with the best of them and he said there is a latency when goin back to vinyl scratchin.

i'm just curious to find out about this cause i have customers that ask questions and i dont use this so i dont know.
- wont use it either it's just not for me.

dj e.d.e wrote:i hear there's a latency, when you go back to scratch on regular vinyl it dont feel the same, this is what i have heard is this tru? my partner has scratched with the best of them and he said there is a latency when goin back to vinyl scratchin.

I have no problem with latency. Maybe its the computer.

dj e.d.e wrote:i'm just curious to find out about this cause i have customers that ask questions and i dont use this so i dont know.
- wont use it either it's just not for me.

You should try it before you make a judgement like that. You might like it.

nnnaaw im cool wit out it trust me!!! i like to work

what do you mean you like to work?

in regards to latency there is a very small amount of latency noticeable on some PC's... however there is none on most Mac's. but like somebody else said, that depends on the computer, something about the way the sound packets travel through the usb cord to the processer...

in regards to digital crates you basically just organize your songs just the way you would real records (by BPM's, genre, group, alphabetical, whatever) you just click on the crate and the screen displays those songs.

indough wrote:what do you mean you like to work?

luggin my heavy crates!!! pullin off the record that just finished

dj e.d.e wrote:

indough wrote:what do you mean you like to work?

luggin my heavy crates!!! pullin off the record that just finished

I can do without the luggin heavy crates but usually there always someone that wants to help with that... I love spinning real vinyl way better than serato and as long as my crates are sitting on top of a table or something then I can dig all night if the money's right.