Digital MP3 Turntables
March 5th, 2008
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ION PROFILE USB TURNTABLE VINYL TO MP3 MAC WINDOWS DIGITAL MUSC CONVERTER MULTI |  |
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Ion Quick Play Turntable #iT21 Connects to your PC/MAC Converts to Digital MP3 | |
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IT Innovative Technology USB Turntable Record Vinyl Albums to Digital MP3 or CD | |
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Denon DN-S3700 DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER TURNTABLE DJ MP3 CD CDRW DNS3700 3700 | |
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US $849.00 | 29d 15h 57m |
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CORTEX HDTT-5000 USB MP3 DIGITAL MEDIA DJ TURNTABLE NEW | |
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US $449.95 | 22d 3h 30m |
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Denon DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable MP3 Capable Table Top CD Player - New | |
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Denon DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable MP3 Capable Table Top CD Player | |
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US $837.49 | 20d 16h 19m |
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NEW PIONEER CDJ-200 PRO TABLE TOP DIGITAL TURNTABLE DJ CD MP3 PLAYER CDJ200 | |
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US $359.99 | 20d 13h 28m |
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Denon DN-S1200 DIGITAL MEDIA TURNTABLE DJ CLUB MIXER MP3 CD CDRW | |
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US $800.00 | 19d 16h 16m |
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NEW Denon DN-S3700 DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER TURNTABLE DJ MP3 CD CDRW DNS3700 3700 | |
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US $899.99 | 19d 15h 49m |
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NUMARK MIXDECK PRO DJ IPOD CD MP3 USB PA DIGITAL SYSTEM TURNTABLE SOFTWARE XLR | |
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US $700.00 | 15d 10h 53m |
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Pioneer Digital Multi Player USB Cd MP3 Turntable CDJ-350 Tabletop Player | |
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US $499.99 | 4d 17h 17m |
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CORTEX HDTT-5000 DIGITAL MUSIC CONTROLLER (CLEARANCE) MEDIA PLAYER TURNTABLE MP3 | |
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US $268.03 | 13d 16h 14m |
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Digital MP3 Turntables
Should I get a Turntable with USB, or one with the ability to read vinyl?
Right now I am torn between getting a Numark HDX Turntable (with USB), or a Numark X2 (which can play vinyl). Both boast the same features besides the ones stated. I am not going to ask which is better but I am going to ask this;
What are the advantages of Vinyl over HDD, MP3, CD or USB?
And one of them might be the sound quality is better, but is there any way to make digital audio sound just as good?
Please help.
The music I will be playing mostly is Electronic (trance, techno, stuff like that) and some more modern, Urban listener music (like Let it rock and others similar or on similar radio stations).
I was in exactly your position once. There are the obvious difference, such as, you can't play vinyl in the car, the convenience of CD's and MP3's and how much cheaper it is to burn CD's compared to making your own records.
According to an article I read a while back, vinyl recrods cover a wider range on the sound thing scale, but the human ear can't hear it as far as the record takes it anyway. But you can never change the vinyl lover in me (there's something about actually touching the music that gets me going)! In my opinion, you can rightly judge a true fan of music by seeing if they own vinyl's or not. To me, the advantages of records over the others are just genuinity, "touching" the music, being able to manipulate the music more, the fun of "digging", and more girls.
Please watch Scratch at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7085594575841814301&ei=07dMSfyWL564qAPUtameCw&q=scratch+dj+documentary&hl=en&dur=3 It's all about the origin and passion of original DJ's
Whatever you choose, make sure you won't regret it. If your budget allows it you can get 2 of each, 2 vinyl turntables and 2 usb/cd turntables.
You can purchase Scratch Live, where you're able to play any music on your laptop, to your vinyl turntables (CD turntables too). These run about $539 at the cheapest. This is my strategy of choice.
But if you're stuck on the HDX turntable (i see why you like it, it looks really high quality), you can still get that while squeezing the most sound quality out of it. Simply make sure you get a quality mixer (most mixers have built in preamps), a quality amplifier, and quality speakers. It will still sound clean, I promise.
Sorry it's so long, I hope I helped 
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ION PROFILE USB TURNTABLE VINYL TO MP3 MAC WINDOWS DIGITAL MUSC CONVERTER MULTI | |
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US $89.99 | 16d 14h 3m |
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Ion Quick Play Turntable #iT21 Connects to your PC/MAC Converts to Digital MP3 | |
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US $75.99 | 12d 12h 54m |
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IT Innovative Technology USB Turntable Record Vinyl Albums to Digital MP3 or CD | |
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US $69.00 | 2h 40m |
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Denon DN-S3700 DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER TURNTABLE DJ MP3 CD CDRW DNS3700 3700 | |
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US $849.00 | 29d 15h 57m |
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CORTEX HDTT-5000 USB MP3 DIGITAL MEDIA DJ TURNTABLE NEW | |
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US $449.95 | 22d 3h 30m |
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Denon DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable MP3 Capable Table Top CD Player - New | |
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US $849.99 | 20d 16h 19m |
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Denon DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable MP3 Capable Table Top CD Player | |
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US $837.49 | 20d 16h 19m |
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NEW PIONEER CDJ-200 PRO TABLE TOP DIGITAL TURNTABLE DJ CD MP3 PLAYER CDJ200 | |
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US $359.99 | 20d 13h 28m |
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Denon DN-S1200 DIGITAL MEDIA TURNTABLE DJ CLUB MIXER MP3 CD CDRW | |
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US $800.00 | 19d 16h 16m |
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NEW Denon DN-S3700 DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER TURNTABLE DJ MP3 CD CDRW DNS3700 3700 | |
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US $899.99 | 19d 15h 49m |
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NUMARK MIXDECK PRO DJ IPOD CD MP3 USB PA DIGITAL SYSTEM TURNTABLE SOFTWARE XLR | |
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US $700.00 | 15d 10h 53m |
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Pioneer Digital Multi Player USB Cd MP3 Turntable CDJ-350 Tabletop Player | |
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US $499.99 | 4d 17h 17m |
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CORTEX HDTT-5000 DIGITAL MUSIC CONTROLLER (CLEARANCE) MEDIA PLAYER TURNTABLE MP3 | |
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US $268.03 | 13d 16h 14m |
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Ion Quick Play Turntable #iT21 Connects to your PC/MAC Converts to Digital MP3 | |
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US $75.99 | 12d 12h 54m |
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Numark HDX Digital DJ Turntable CD/MP3 Player with Removable HD and keyboard! | |
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US $200.00 | 1d 16h 58m |
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Pioneer CDJ-1000MK3 Professional CD/MP3 Digital Turntable NO RESERVE | |
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MP3 $93.99 MP3. Lossy compression, De facto standard, Digital audio player, Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEG1, Bell Labs, Thomson SA, Psychoacoustics, Audio compression (data), Auditory masking, Codec, Digital signal processor, Karlheinz Brandenburg, MPEG1 Audio Layer II, MPEG2, Data compression, ID3, APE tag, List of codecs, MP3 Surround Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 2010/07/30 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.30 inches |
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Odyssey ATA Black Label Coffin for Two Turntables and Mixer $399.99 This Glide Style DJ coffin from Odyssey's Black Label series is specially designed for digital DJs who prefer to manipulate their mixing software with turntables. The ATA case fits a 12" mixer, and two 1200 style turntables (Technics, Stanton and Numark) in battle mode. The 12" mixer case features a gliding dual platform with a pull out traygreat for laptop interfaces and external hard drives as well as wireless mics and other essential DJ gear. Odyssey's Black Label ATA flight cases are made to the same standards as its Flight Zone series but with a twisteach compartment features a valley or pit that allows for more ventilation of the DJ equipment as well as an area for cable management. The components used to produce this series, including the aluminum trim and hardware, is anodized and/or powder coated in black for a one of a kind look that is so slick looking it's beyond cool. |
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Odyssey ATA Black Label Coffin for Two Turntables and Mixer 886830079160 $339.99 This Glide Style DJ coffin case from Odyssey's Black Label series is specially designed for digital DJs who prefer to manipulate their mixing software with turntables. The ATA case fits a 10" mixer, and two 1200 style turntables (Technics, Stanton and Numark) in battle mode. The 10" mixer cases feature a gliding dual platform with a pull out tray—great for laptop interfaces and external hard drives as well as wireless mics and other essential DJ gear. Odyssey's Black Label Series ATA flight cases are made to the same standards as its Flight Zone series but with a twist—each compartment features a valley or pit that allows for more ventilation of the DJ equipment as well as an area for cable management. The components used to produce these Odyssey DJ cases, including the aluminum trim and hardware, is anodized and/or powder coated in "Black" for a one of a kind look that is so slick, it's effortlessly cool. |
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Odyssey ATA Black Label Coffin for Two Turntables and Mixer 889406672635 $339.99 This Glide Style DJ coffin from Odyssey's Black Label series is specially designed for digital DJs who prefer to manipulate their mixing software with turntables. The ATA case fits a 12" mixer, and two 1200 style turntables (Technics, Stanton and Numark) in battle mode. The 12" mixer case features a gliding dual platform with a pull out traygreat for laptop interfaces and external hard drives as well as wireless mics and other essential DJ gear. Odyssey's Black Label ATA flight cases are made to the same standards as its Flight Zone series but with a twisteach compartment features a valley or pit that allows for more ventilation of the DJ equipment as well as an area for cable management. The components used to produce this series, including the aluminum trim and hardware, is anodized and/or powder coated in black for a one of a kind look that is so slick looking it's beyond cool. |
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MP3 Boombox ME-909 - digital player / radio $38.99 Visual Land MP3 Boombox ME-909 - Digital player / radio - WMA MP3 - display: 1.3" - pink |
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digital turntable prototype on touchscreen (curltable)
House Music and the Digital Age
House music has always been pushed forward by DJ's wanting and craving new music. Music that their peer's haven't yet heard let alone had the ability to own. Music that is upfront and rare.
As the volume of dance labels and artists increased towards the end of the last millennium, mainly due to the ability to produce very highly polished music on a simple pc, the sales quantity of each release decreased as the market did not increase with amount of new music flooding in. With this change record companies needed to address costs to reflect these lower sales. Label's looked to technology to help cut the costs of running their business. One major area where this came to fruition was promotions.
For years the DJ's choice and only option was vinyl, clubs only had vinyl turntables and in the odd instance where they did have CD turntables they were very poor. This changed with the launch of the pioneer CDJ series. DJ's were suddenly able to do everything they could on vinyl turntables and more but using CD's. Labels had previously had only one option to press a run of promotional records to send out to DJ's. The cost of manufacture and shipping to DJ's was huge. Overnight DJ's could use CD's. It's much cheaper to manufacture and half the price to ship, an added bonus was that music could be burnt straight from a pc where the track had been written and in a DJ's hands the following day being played to a packed club that evening. For labels and producers this was a fantastic way to promote new music and for the DJ this was bliss new music really quickly - fresh and exclusive! All went well with this new format until the mp3 came along. Suddenly promotional music was finding its way onto the file sharing sites like Limewire and Soulseek. DJ's who had been sent music on CD or even emailed as mp3's began sharing this music. The thought process behind people doing this went against all that had gone before as most DJ's hide their secret weapons rather than sharing with anyone at all. This had a knock on by taking the control the labels had of who had their product when and where away. Also potential revenue began being lost and to a section of the music industry where every sale counts this was frustrating and hugely detrimental.
Dance music releases usually only have a shelf life of around 8 weeks. There are obvious exceptions to this rule but 95% of releases are played in clubs and sell for this length of time and that's it. File sharing screwed this up by both the sales and also the structure of the chosen few influencing bigger DJ's not having something they can fully get behind during the promotional stage of a release. Therefore less people got to hear it, less are influenced and less potentially buy it. The industry has never really recovered from file sharing but more recently the sale of mp3's and specifically dance music mp3's has boomed and this has helped to a certain extent slow the decline and with time the scene could once again flourish. The one problem dance music has encountered with sales of mp3's is price but that is another story.
About the Author
Pezz has been a director within the 3 Beat Group for over 15 years. From the early days managing the world famous dance music store (www.threebeatrecords.co.uk), writing for Update and Muzik magazines and DJ'ing worldwide to producing tracks for 3 Beat Music and more recently helping build 3 Beat Label Management 3 Beat Digital - the mp3 downloads site and the dance label Boss Records.
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