Ok guys lets face it.

[Sunil]

As for talk of auto beat matching, I really don't like that idea I have to say, will these contraptions play your set for you as well?!

Mate, you sound almost as if you're actually scared that these computers are gonna come in and steal all your DJ gigs!

Not at all. I'm holding out for the super dooper model that'll give oral sex everytime the crowd cheer.

Lets be clear: I'm comfortable in the knowledge that there are things I am always going to be better than a computer at doing. Picking the right records, reading the crowd, knowing when to drop the bass back in for maximum effect etc. Whatever your little tricks are, their your little bits of artistic flair, and a machine has no hope in hell of emulating them.

I didn't think we were talking about computers? Anyway I go with what you are saying, it leads to the same reason why I'm not interested in replacing vinyl with CD.

All Steve is saying is that given the knowledge of the relative BPMs of two pieces of music, a computer will be much better at getting them playing at the same speed, and in time - and will do it much faster than anyone here..

Well to be honest I am far more interested in using a computer in preference to a CD deck, I see far more possibilities to using a laptop in tandem with decks.

Unless you find beatmatching fun, in which case go ahead, enjoy...

Yes I do find beat matching fun, it's a terrible pity that such a basic enjoyment of Djing should be scoffed at. I mean what do we want to do, completely kill the live aspect of DJing as we know it? Things are so calculated and clinical these days as it is (which is what turns a lot of people off the music).. auto beat matching is only going to add to that. It comes down the the same old thing though.. if there were better music to play, we wouldn't be getting as flustered over CD vs Vinyl as sales would not be suffering as much. Good music = more sales.

Btw. guys, I think many of you are completely neglecting to realise that ALL music sales are down, not just vinyl. So vinyl is going to die, we are all going to die too, but until some of you can put a rough time frame on when this may come about then it's pretty much an unvalidated arguement. Vinyl may decrease in popularity but it's not going anywhere anytime soon, I challenge anyone here to try and prove otherwise.