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Originally Posted by Tyler
Also, how much is the dislike/like for ableton/etc split along the traditional dj's who've invested SO DAMN MUCH MONEY in vinyl(me and the rev)/new dj's who don't want to have to spend all that stupid money (smart chaps) to get the respect due them lines.
Actually, saying that us trad guys 'dislike' ableton is probably a little strong. I bet the both of us (rev and I, here) knew about and used (and still use) ableton way way way before a lot of people.
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Tyler, please don't make the money argument. Once upon a time I owned a Nakamichi Dragon cassette tape player. Do you hear me crying about investing SO DAMN MUCH MONEY in a technology that is outdated? Not at all.
And that's the point. We may be at a point in time when vinyl, as tough as it is for you to hear, is becoming outdated. It's expensive, heavy to carry around, doesn't really loop, etc. Digital music, live programming, these things are the way of the future. You should be accepting them rather than putting them down. So you've used abelton live - am I supposed to be impressed because you used it way way way before a lot of people?
I go out to see Richie Hawtin play music because I want to have fun and dance, but also because I want to hear music taken in a new direction. It also happens to be one of the reasons that I travel far and wide to see Underworld play music.
If that's not a direction that you want to follow, then play vinyl, have fun and rock parties out that way. I still play mostly vinyl myself. But don't knock those dj's and musicians who are pushing the envelope, trying to take the sound to places it has never been before.