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The Move from Vinyl to CD
After some time (I wanted to move to CD in 1997) I have finally got a machine that I believe is sonically and technically up to the job of replacing the hallowed and much loved 1210. I was originally asked to demo the Technics CD deck in New York at the beginning of the year but I didn’t have the space in my calendar, however after finally getting my hands on one I have concluded that I will now switch over to cd’s in the short term, this will take some time and allow me to road test the machine in clubs. Initially I will bring my own, but would appreciate any promoters that read this and have budget to either hire or buy, to supply 2-3 of them, eventually my technical rider will change and any one with questions can send either an email to my office or speak to my road manager direct. Please note that Pioneer/Denon or other makes of cd decks will not be used, furthermore technics 1210’s will still be needed.
I know some of you flat earthers will be upset, but whilst I love vinyl it’s time has been written on the wall for ages and I felt that Final Scratch and Albeton live wasn’t for me in terms of interface and sound quality (although some djs have their own valid and different opinions). In my mind at the moment the pro’s outweigh the cons, it will speed up the both mine and other producers music to clubs (being cheaper for smaller labels/artists), the bass frequencies will be fatter and stereo (in non bridged systems), the flexibility in mixing techniques not available to vinyl (and some computer systems ) are exciting, and it uses a standard that is already tried and tested. The only cons that I can think of are slower load up time than vinyl and inability of titling each cd with vdu outlet to a central LCD. I believe these are not unsurmountable problems.
I must also say that this is an entirely professional decision, I am not sponsored by this company.
Finally............
Notice to promo/record companies and artists:
Please from now on can you send both vinyl and cd of all singles/albums that you feel suit the material that I play out e.g.: Novamute, Ruskin, inigo Kennedy, Victim, end2end, twilight, 76, turbo, Birmingham Boys, DiskoB, Gigolo, electrix etc. etc. etc. Can all cd’s please be labelled clearly as cdr’s without writing/print can easily be lost, also please don’t forget to finalise, and if it has been professionally mastered please label “production copy”. Only 16bit 44.1 will be played, mp3 will be ignored. Finally, if you can afford to, than please send any back cat on cd if you know I have been a fan!
Many many thanks
Dave Clarke
contact:
info@daveclarke.com
From Vinyl to CD part 2.
Having taking longer than expected to get off the ground, I finally did a weekend of only cd dj'ing. The reason for the long time was in a way technical, (my cdr laser burnt out, stopping any 12 inch transfers dead), but I can finally say that, for me, it seems inevitable that vinyl is no longer a format that will feature in my dj'ing future. I've had an interesting amount of debate come my way, some from people who are obviously passionate about the romanticism of wax, other declaring I am wholeheartedly wrong about cd sounding better and others welcoming the change. Of course I love vinyl and of course I will miss it (it's been part of my life for 28 years) but I was always told not to shoot the messenger and cd is just that, the sound quality in a club is much better than vinyl for two simple reasons, a) no bass feedback and b) better stereo separation. Both a and b can mostly be sorted out by good location and maintenance but the chances of this happening were about 20%. Some people are convinced that all things digital are inherently evil, again I love analogue but (please note this) "for me" the bass is so much more defined on cd's on a club sound system, the majority of masters for techno are made in digital and mastered at 16bit 44.1 and mp3 is simply not a format I will take seriously in a professional environment.
A few words about my experiences on the DZ1200's; yes the pitch lock doesn't work on bass heavy music, but I never had one on vinyl so I am not bothered and there will always be the question of latency even on a top end Eventide harmoniser. The sonic quality when changing tempo up or down on bass only driven grooves is a shame, there is a weird high pitched harmonic that seems to suggest that the nyquist filtering is shot, I tried bypassing this by using an Apogee mini dac, but it was still present which suggests to me that the cd is converted to analogue and back to digital even before it hits the digi out (I might be wrong so don't quote me), is it a problem though?......In a studio environment, yes without a doubt I will not be using this deck for any mix lp's, but in a club it sounds and works fine enough (although I would love this issue to be fixed in the mk 2's).
I would like to thank every label/ artist who has sent me cd's, I didn't expect so much and so soon, I will still need both Vinyl (for possible inclusion on a mix lp project) and CD's whenever possible so please keep sending them.
DC
