Most controllers with jogwheels on the market today have two modes.
Difference between vinyl and cdj mode.
What are most djs using.
Cdj mode and vinyl mode.
Cdj mode allows you to use the whole jogwheel to pitch bend temporarily show down or speed up the track.
A top panel button switches from vinyl mode to cdj mode in which the jog dial behaves more like a traditional cd player.
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You ve just unboxed your brand new cdj and already you re confused do you use cdj mode or vinyl mode.
Please let me know what you guys like to use.
I use vinyl mode because i used vinyl before and in some way feel more connected with the record or the music this way when cueing the tracks up that old school feeling to work on the decks but i see some of the big name djs like fedde le grand is skipping the vinyl mode this days after he got into the 2000s with rekordbox prepared usb sticks and all the cues ready to go.
For instance spinning the dial backward in this mode simply slows down the music rather than performing a vinyl like.
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Should i use vinyl mode or cdj mode.
I cant get to grips with vinyl mode but if this is what the majority of d b djs are using i will use my decks in this setting and get used to it.
In the past cdj and vinyl users disapproved of controller djs.
This goes a long way in making the beat matching process with cdj 1000 similar to vinyl.
However more and more expert djs are now beginning to use controller setups.