Size Is Not Everything if Ya Wanna Scratch or Be a Turntabalist

0:00 You have in front of you the Pioneer XDJ-RX

Alright guys, you have in front of you the Pioneer XDJ-RX. This video is hopefully going to stop an argument, just like finish it completely. Some people out there seem to think that the platters on the RX are crap. They're small, they're rubbish, they're not that good, they're just tiny and why even have them? Well, let's go back a couple of years. In fact, let's go back to when certainly some people watching this video may have not even been born. When the only turntables were... turntables? When the only players were turntables and where all you could really use was vinyl. Of course the turntables then, Technics mostly, were rather big and you had a lot of surface area to touch, to fiddle, to prod, to poke.

1:36 It from another point of view

Nowadays, you've got these miniscule tiny little buttons pretty much. Well, a big button at that, but this is pretty much all you need for today's standard. Now let's take away the fact that the platter on the RX is small. Alright, let's prove a point here. Let's just grab a CD and there is a CD and it is... ...bigger than a CD, but not that much. So is that an issue? Is that going to be a problem? No it isn't because you have to think along these lines. If you are a pro professional DJ then you pretty much should be able to scratch using a button. Yes, just a button. You don't have to have a huge massive turntable. Look at it from another point of view. When you've got a big wheel and you want to do a big move or you want to, say, have a nice long scratch.

You've got to move on the outside. Of course, you can move on the inside. But then if you're moving on the inside, you might as well have a small platter which... Hello? So when you're moving on the outside, you have to have large movements. But the further inwards you go, the less movements means the more control. OK, so let's have a listen.

2:46 What you should be worried about is that horrific word that everyone h

I don't see a problem in that at all. What you should be worried about is that horrific word that everyone hates latency. The worst thing in the world is when you go or you move your movement is...

So, all right, what I'm trying to simulate here for the people who maybe are partially sighted is my movement is before the sound. So it's like move, sound, move, sound, move, sound, move, sound. Now, even if the latency is like milliseconds for a lot of professional scratch turntablers, it can put them off because their moves are so quick and precise. The sound has to be, of course, exactly at the same time when they move, which is, of course, what you will get. Not maybe possibly you will get with real vinyl, but you will not get that with some PC. On the other hand, with the RX, because you don't have to use a laptop, the sound is there because you're using a thumb drive. So, again, I'm just trying to prove a point here.

OK, so my point, my personal opinion is it doesn't matter about the size. In this case, size does not matter. All right. This is the RX. Have you got one? Do you like it? Is it any good? Are you used to it? Are you a bit pissed off that you bought it or would you like to buy one because you just think it's the best thing since sliced bread? Now, I have said in the past that I do like the RX. What this controller is doing is it's taking away the need for a laptop. It's taking away the need for separates. It's all in one. So. To finish off, this video simply is about the turntable. The platter itself does not need to be huge. At the end of the day, I like that saying it's the DJ that counts. Practice and enjoy.

Thank you.

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