Derrick May Interview About The End Of Vinyl

[dtl]

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA5D_poJJVA&eurl=http://electronicstandards.wordpress.com/


Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpyzKpw6VqY&eurl=http://electronicstandards.wordpress.com/

[Si the Sigh]

End of vinyl my arse...

[massplanck]

The End of Derrick May.

[eyeswithoutaface]

im not even going to check these out, i know they'l be a guy i respect musically speaking a load of arse, which is never nice

[DannyBlack]

At what point do they start talking about vinyl?? :lol:

[MARK ANXIOUS]

interesting.. although, really shit interviewer hahaha

he makes alot of very valid points in part 1...

[DannyBlack]

Agreed, he does. But its just the way things are going. I don't think vinyl will completely die. I just think we may go through a recession (spelling?).

[massplanck]

Digital for the masses. Short vinyl run for the enthusiasts. Job done.

[Martin Dust]

How many times can you guys have the same convo? :)

[Si the Sigh]

How many times can you guys have the same convo? :)

Stick around and we'll see...:lol:

[eyeswithoutaface]

How many times can you guys have the same convo? :)

exacta-diddely-mondo

[dtl]

Half of the reason I posted the link was to show my new signature. I am definitely trying to keep the vinyl thing alive...

[Mindful]

It actualy quite good ...
Its not like he just goes on a random rant about "the death of vinyl"
for the full interveiw...
Some of the things he says make perfect sense.

[theledge]

Who cares

Bring on the death of vinyl

It's **** all to do with the format anyway

[dtl]

Over 40,000 records on Djdtl - Discogs Marketplace (http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=Djdtl)

[qUE]

I think he's just trying to justify moving to laptop only.

We've got vinyl pressed this year, probably a few to many copies for our own good, but meh.


Vinyl will always beat digital hands down for these reasons and probably more;

* It's far more hands on, if the DJ wants to do any crazyness like offset timing, pitch bending leadlines or reverse.

* It doesn't crash.

* It actually takes some skill to beat match tracks together.

* Cutting, scratching, part drop or sample drop has no latency.

* Pitching is analog, rather than a sample-hold algorithm with dodgey filtering.

* Frequency response is far superior than the ****ing awful audio chipsets they put onboard laptops.

* Electronic noise floor is near nothing.


Obvious disadvantages are the needle bouncing/skating from a lively crowd and twats coming up to you and requesting Wigfield - Saturday Night. But still more amusing that looking like a lemon with a rebooting laptop.

Just my honest opinion :)


Now I need to get my decks fixed, anyone know where I can buy a cheap Technics armature?

[Francisco Scaramanga]

How many times can you guys have the same convo? :)

Roughly as many times as somebody decides to interview someone about it. I personally couldn't care less what anyone says about it anymore, but here I am commenting anyway. Probably just cause I want to see another 20 page vinyl debate just for the sake of it...