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How DVS is Revolutionising the Industry for DJs

How DVS is Revolutionising the Industry for DJs

Vinyl is the classic format for most DJs. Most experienced pros have an extensive vinyl collection, and it wouldn’t make sense to sell it off to go digital. At the same time, DJs have an emotional connection to their music and prefer the feeling of physically mixing their collection. Naturally, digital formats have taken over amongst many DJs – especially given that it’s more practical and easier to use. But how is DVS revolutionising the industry and bridging the gap between both formats?

Vinyl’s Comeback

Despite the shift over to the simpler digital format, vinyl has been making a comeback recently. Indeed, campaigns such as National Record Store Day have helped ensure that vinyl sales in 2020 in the UK reached heights not seen since the early 1990s. For DJ gear, it’s often a choice between vinyl and digital setups. A vinyl system will feature a turntable and you’ll spend most of your time physically spinning and mixing the system yourself. Meanwhile, you’ll be a lot less busy with digital. You’ll have a controller setup that can sync music for you.

How DVS is Bridging the Gap Between Vinyl and Digital

DVS (digital vinyl systems) help marry these two techniques and formats. They allow you to DJ using DJ software and digital files, but while using the turntables associated with vinyl. The effect is twofold: you ensure that the sensation of physically DJing remains, while keeping a high-tech digital setup.

DVS uses timecoded vinyl records on a traditional turntable. This enables the system to turn the timecoded output into digital data. Once you have the digital data, you can instantly make changes in the tempo, direction and position of the selected track – tracks react as if you were scratching and spinning them on the turntable. Whatever you’ve played on your software will then be sent back out as audio playback. Put simply, DVS gets the best of both world with vinyl and digital.

DVS will usually come in the form of a mixer and a turntable both together.

Drawbacks

There are still a few drawbacks, even if DVS does successfully integrate digital and vinyl. As with any vinyl turntable, there are potential issues in the club. Dirt and grit can lodge itself in the turntable, harming audio playback. Plus, there’s always the worry that someone could knock against your table causing the music to jump. This can be all part of the charm of vinyl though, and appeal to the more traditional DJs.

DJs can sometimes appear to split into two camps over digital and vinyl. But through new technology, and particularly DVS, it’s easier than ever to bring the two together.

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