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comment by JackTheBandit
JackTheBandit  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: No laptops in the DJ booth

Unless you're doing a live set or some more creative things on 3 decks/ other hardware, the laptop in the booth is amateurish. especially if you're maxing a 2 tracks simultaneously.

Even in genres like Jersery Club, future beats, etc where controllers laptop are popular, experienced selectors and artists move on from that setup.





CrazyEyeJoe  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

... why? Who cares what the source of the music is? As long as the DJ picks good tracks and has a good mix, why on Earth would it matter what equipment they're using?

JackTheBandit  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Culture.

Hip-Hop, House/Techno, Reggae/Dancehall cultures place emphasis on the skill in manipulating the music via a turntable (and CDJs like the club standard Nexus.) Because of that, there is an association of quality with being able to perform well on turntables/CDJ and a mixer. Also, in genres like House/Techno/Reggae/Dancehall, there's a lot of quality music that only exists in a vinyl format for this reason.