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Polls - have your say

Having dispensed with the site update section ( I never filled it in anyway and tend to report site updates in the news anyway), I've now added a polls section. In here will be all sorts of polls about many different facets of turntablism but with a leaning towards technology issues. Some of these will be just for a laugh but others will hopefully help shape skratchworx in 2004.

There is one big difference with these polls - you can add comments as well. But as with any good poll system, your IP is logged so you should only be able to vote once. Have a go and report back any issues you find.

Battles - do you enter?

Do you play out?


Poll
Do you enter battles?
Yes - post a file bitch!     16%  31
No - want to but not good enough     44%  83
No - nothing to prove     40%  75
Sample comment: battles and other stuff. real djs talk with thier hands... - Dj Gemini
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Poll
As a turntablist, are you still in the bedroom or do you play out live?
Strictly Bedroom     30%  61
Play private parties only     30%  62
Hold down a regular gig     31%  64
Touring and getting paid!     8%  17
Sample comment: I have gone away of the bedroom and focus now on my mobile DJ skills. I rarley incorporate my scratching skills with mixing. But I would love too, not that I can't. - DJ Blend
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Some are born to battle, others simply to watch. Which are you?

Confirmed bedroom DJ or glory seeking club resident?

Carts - what's your choice?

Tone Arms - straight, S or other?


Poll
What carts do you use?
Shure     61%  119
Stanton     15%  29
Ortofon     23%  44
Other     1%  2
Sample comment: i use both ortofonstantonand shurepickups - anonymous
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Poll
Do you prefer straight or s-arm on your deck?
S-arm     52%  82
Straight     44%  70
J-arm baby!     4%  6
Sample comment: Always used 1200s but got a pair of TTX's and they're the shit. - Remedy
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Shure seems to rule the roost but what's the real picture? The Technics and it's S arm continue to be popular, but other arms are available. What's your choice?

Crossfader Adjustment

Fader Reverses


Poll
Is it important for crossfaders to have cut-in adjustability e.g. like Ecler and Pioneer down to 1mm?
Yes     88%  115
No     12%  15
Sample comment: i wouldn't go as far as to say that it's important, i'd say it was mor eof a very useful feature that gives someone the ability to make the mixer feel the same as another one that they may use more regularly... - djp
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Poll
Should a good scratch mixer have reverses on all Faders?
Yes - all faders     76%  100
Crossfader only     10%  13
I don't need reverses     14%  19
Sample comment: A lot of cats got the hamster style so it would be unfair to exclude them. - Slugworth!?
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Do you want a standard fader or the ability to tweak the hell out of it? Reverses on all faders yes or no?

EQ Kills

EQ Knobs or faders?


Poll
Do you need EQ's to kill?
Yes     81%  98
No     19%  23
Sample comment: The flexibility of the kill on the EQ definitely gives you more flexibility to mix, but if your mixer has kill switches that hit the right EQ range, you are doing the same thing... - jez
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Poll
As a scratch DJ, do you prefer rotary or fader EQ's?
Fader     44%  58
Rotary     56%  75
Sample comment: faders fuck up the flow - phil
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A mixer is judged well if it's EQ's kill. Is that a necessity for you? With a few notable exceptions, pretty much all mixers have EQ knobs. But what do you like?