The Digital DJ Is Here To Stay!

When I was into the whole mobile disco scene around 6 years ago, the Idea of a Digital DJ wasn’t very welcome by a lot of DJ’s who were using CD, MiniDisc & Vinyl. I did quite a bit of experimentation with various DJ software and hardware controllers, at which there were very few of at the time. I really enjoyed the fact that I had my entire CD collection at hand and could cue up a track in seconds and that there was no risk of scratching CDs. However most of the features such as automation and playlists I never really bothered with, I merely used the software as a glorified CD player.

Today, mostly out of boredom, I was looking at the DJ gear that’s available today, and I’m pretty impressed in how far it has actually come. For instance the Pioneer MEP-7000 CD/MP3 player with USB capabilities allowing you to plug in a hard drive or flash drive with your entire CD collection on it. That for me is enough to get me away from the computer but still have the music library advantages of traditional DJ software.

I also find it fascinating how popular the projection of music videos is becoming, with products such as the Pioneer DVJ-1000 and SVM-1000 available, It’s expensive with the DVJ costing £1500 and the SVM costing £3500, I can’t really see this taking off in the mobile scene though because you want people on the dancefloor, not sitting at tables watching music videos all night.

Looking at the range of equipment available today for the Digital DJ has got me thinking, how much longer does the CD have left?