FInal Scratch, for all its convenience, is yet to make a Dj set considerable better. In fact, I still think its slowed down things like track selection.
Ableton on the other hand has made non-DJs like Brenden Gillan into really enjoyable DJs and really good DJs like Surgeon into friggin megamix deities. however- i've not seen surgeon actually play with ableton. is it just him and a laptop? o ris he still playing records along with the ableton loops? On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Martin wrote: > Surgeon mainly uses Ableton now to play live. Both appz offer advantages > over 12's. The first being, you don't have to carry a box of 12's > everywhere - pure pain in the ass as anyone who's walked more than ten yards > with a bag of 80+ will tell you. Popping on a plane with a laptop with > back-up in your pocket has loads of advantages over losing your records to a > thiefing fcuker at the airport. > > Of the two, I would say Ableton offers more advantages than Final Scratch > but requires more prep work before a set. I really can't see the point in > buying the vinyl side of Final Scratch unless you plan to do some scratching > or love doing backspins. > > Surgeon has set the benchmark for what you can do, I've never heard him play > the same set twice and he can play for 4 hours plus without repeating > himself and it's add loads of depth to his stuff, some of the stuff he does > is so sweet, clever and so on target. > > Also, with MP3's now becoming more available it's only a short matter of > time before it's the main way to play out. Why you say, well when you > consider that a distributor and shops still make more than the artist it > won't be long before artist can sell direct to the punter and make enough to > live on without all the hassle and have direct contact and feedback. It's > not as far away as you may think. > > Martin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bleep43" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Thorin Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: (313) final scratch (fwd) > > > > It's a major technological breakthrough for the art of DJing, so therefore > > it will have both positive and negative aspects. I'm seriously considering > > buying it so that I can then start playing all genres of music when > playing > > out. > > > > Surgeon's set at Split on Saturday in London confirmed to me what this can > > do - he has progressed beyond all other techno DJs in the genre right now > by > > using it to cross-reference what he calls proper techno. It was > thunderingly > > futuristic, and sounded phenomenal. Derrick May sounded quite lame in > > comparison. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Thorin Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:57 PM > > Subject: (313) final scratch (fwd) > > > > > > > > > > Another good point, but being american and inebriated by consumer > culture > > as > > > I am, I like to own things. Having a physical piece of wax [sometimes] > > with > > > a cute little picture on it, or even just a white label, is just fun to > > me. > > > So I still break out in a rash when I think about selling off my vinyl. > > > (Plus that I've sold so much cool vinyl that I've had to kick myself > for.) > > > > > > Carissa Tintinalli writes: > > > > > > > I think there's been an interesting economic impact, especially for > > those > > > > djs who don't or barely make an income from playing out. > > > > > > > > Final Scratch has allowed a lot of djs I know to sell off large chunks > > of > > > > their record collections so they could make money to buy more records, > > buy > > > > gear, press tracks or even simply pay rent. Selling all your records > > years > > > > ago was considered a sure sign of either retirment or insanity. With > > Final > > > > Scratch, you can make bank and still keep playing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
