The debate rages on all fronts... Still.

I'm another former vinyl addict who used 1200s for 7 years or so, then figured out that I could buy a little iBook, soundcard, and Traktor and things got way easier. I could just plug into the house mixer and manually beatmatch, EQ, chop, etc..

But that got boring, and it came time to evolve. Now I'm in the midst of learning Live and it has already given me the nudge I needed to start producing tunes. It's slow going right now, but every night I crack some new technique that ups the game.

I wonder if hardcore vinyl DJs consider the fact that NOT learning Live is actually holding them and the scene back? The transition from Live DJ to Live producer to Live live act is seamless, and it can only help bring new music into the world.

For the acid fans, try out Audiorealism Bassline 2. Run that thing through a saturator, distortion, reverb, etc. and listen to it wail. I know I wouldn't be trying my hand at Acid if I had to buy a 303. Too expensive and complex for me.

It does hurt, though. I have a heap of really good vinyl that I'm still selling, and it's slow going. I'm of the mind to mark everything down to $10 each and just sell what I can.

Times move on, and we can only choose to keep up with them or fall behind. It's too bad more labels didn't see the MP3 wave coming. The writing had been on the wall for ages.