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I handle vinyl every week (DJ). Yes its a convenient format, the sound might be warm. I mostly like vinyl because its half of its own playback device. As a DJ i
by mrottenkolber 12y ago
I handle vinyl every week (DJ). Yes its a convenient format, the sound might be warm. I mostly like vinyl because its half of its own playback device. As a DJ its definitely convenient to be like "oh I spin this thing and it plays whatever the needle is on". Vinyl makes for a very nice percussion instrument.
But guys, the worst thing to have when you are moving or there is a flood or you are broke is vinyl. It's heavy, it degrades (in theory it should last, but in practice...), it sells bad. Once you have a dedicated room for your vinyl collection I will believe you when you say you like the format.
Imho the future of vinyl should be a "dubplate"-esque existence. Press them to play them, throw em out when you no longer need it. A consumption good. Collecting vinyl is insane, but making use of it is nice. Play it till its dirty and then get rid of it. I need none of the romance that goes with it.
I forgot to say: There are genres which rely on vinyl for archival purposes. That's right, we don't have backups. We need a grand plan for safe keeping past music. There is so much history going away for a fiver... save whats on the vinyl!
- digi_owl 12y ago> I need none of the romance that goes with it. Could be be looking at a second romantic movement?
- niklasni1 12y agoI wonder how much old 90's jungle/dnb and other dance music is just gone because it only ever existed on vinyl. Such a shame to think about.
- Paul_S 12y agoI'm sure there's a 24 bit 96Khz rip from a pristine vinyl disc on what.
- jtmcmc 12y agoYou would be extremely wrong.
- mrottenkolber 12y agoVinyl rips always suck.
- JonnieCache 12y agoIt's all still out there. You will enjoy http://blogtotheoldskool.com http://blogtotheoldskool.com Weep for the tunes that were never even pressed in the first place though, those definitely aren't on any private tracker. TBF weaponry of this kind shouldn't really be in the hands of the general public: https://soundcloud.com/dubplates-vinyls/dillinja-deep https://soundcloud.com/dubplates-vinyls/dillinja-deep
- mrottenkolber 12y agoUK's dance music from the 80s-90s is actually still available (see discogs.com). There are some rarities (like white labels from which there only were 50 copies in the first place) but besides from that the situation now is nice. BUT, what's in 20 years from now? The vinyl does degrade (because I want to play that tune from 91, not just own it), and I can't RIP from vinyl because the sound is worthless (ironic how we cherish the vinyl sound while its completely useless for a recording). What I am really scared about is all the DAT tapes going missing. A grand initiative should be started now, to archive FLAC copies of all master recordings.