Flash Demonstrates Analog vs. Digital!

[nowjones]

"Ah Grand Master, cuts fasta"!!! Feeling the weight of the beat with the flick of the wrist was the best! And listening to that on tape is a whole nother degree of added flavor. Word up!

[SaypheZonE]

analog will always be better than digital. The only reason digital exists is for convenience, affordability, and efficiency. That's the whole point of technology.

[GrumpyOldAssFart]

the truth!!

I'm an '80s kid and I agree with you and I wish people would get that.

BTW, I like the way analog sounds.

My cassettes sound better than songs on CDs and my mp3s

[TheOneartist]

The analogue scratching sounds SO much better. Looks a lot more badass when you do it, too.

[MrDetailtv]

The new very new djs suck they have not live

Long to really know what music is that instant dj can not outplayed any oldschool cat

[djr0llag]

Yo Flash i totaly agree wiv wot u saying there man n i wasent even born in the 70's n also hip hop wouldent be hip hop without u dude far two many DJ's these days hav no idea what hip hop realy is they need to take it back (yo how far back) way back as goes a lil something like FLASH big up mutch luv to the Real Hip Hop

[teekanne15]

Hadn´t imagined him so bigheaded

[pitolove71]

Aww man, I'm so honored! Kids don't know what they have these days! I had to sell, stick-up, hop trains to go see this dude live! Grand Master Flash the God of the turntables! Peace bro...

[77LeBon]

I get goose bumps when the master is present!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oatstao]

I respect what you contributed Flash, but those video games take things a step backwards. Serato, a different story, it's real tool. PEace

[jivefyve]

1:56-2:31 my favorite part of the whole vid

[goowakjei]

loving the pennys on the needles! thats proper old school!!

[80vieyra]

Good video!!!!



[wookiewhat]

Those blister/boils on his neck are putting me off

[oatstao]

@wookiewhat get over it you fucking shortsighted ignoramus. let's see how beautiful you look you punk.

[ColdGripHandle]

Ain't no way in hell uma let the GMF have a youtube site without me subscribing.

Also Traktor is not an american company. Native instruments is in europe somewhere.

[iolanik]

With all digital recordings they equilibrate all of the top end frequencies so that you could never go above the "Redline" but analog, you can record your tracks that go above the redline giving more "depth" ....if you dont believe me listen to an orginal cleaned vinyl and a c version and you tell me which one has more depth and volume.

[dexfx69]

respect to you bro!

[TheFerguson33]

Notice the pennies on the stylist he"s probably got 20 grams on the record.

[brandtzeigler]

This is the shit. All the other is bullshit. This is seriously what the music we live today is built on. Poppin' KRS-1 for the digital. you can hear the fucking space in the sound. "as opposed to being a record, it's a file, a wave file". The sound is cut, stilted. You can hear the difference. Check the beginning when it is record and mixer only. 44,100 is not enough.

[Rugerman205]

GMF doing the TransFormers scratch is nice to see period!!!

[Jrburrow]

Class is in session. I luv this dude. Please keep it coming.

[FUKTV]

Vinyl purists r just fanboys, 8-track tape is the best sounding medium to record onto.

All mediums have their good and bad points, for example who wants to spend out for new needles everytime you lend your decks out to a party coz of a drunk dj.

Music should be about people getting together and having a good time... sure equipment plays a part but there are some anal mothercunters out there who wrongly think they are special. A good tune will cut thru ALL the crap, be it analog or digital.

[brandtzeigler]

@FUKTV 8-track was absolutely never a player in sound. It was the predecessor to the analog tape. It, like the tape, lost fidelity with each play. Quality needles will last hella-long time. I am not a DJ, but I can get by with my record player for more than a year on 1 needle using my record player moderately. Once the "fuzz" begins to attack, I am ready to buy another anyways. Digital has its limits. GMF didn't really highlight the difference, but you can definitely hear the 01 hits.

[americannable]

long live the gods of hip hop

[priyonjoni]

6:44 practice your transformers grandpa hip hop lol j/k....he's the man

[wookiewhat]

he has a demotivational in the background

[domincan88]

i must say after watching you play analog and digital i must say when you scratch the analog way sounds ten times better.

[dubified89]

@domincan88 This video itself is a digital recording though keep in mind.

[ajohnstitch]

@dubified89 best comment yet

[ahjteam]

I wonder why is he talking about "Corporate America" when Serato is from New Zealand and Native Instruments is from Germany

[IntelInside2020]

@ahjteam yeah he essentially means multinational corporations

[ThePerQLator]

a legend and a pioneer he is.. but its 2011.. and hes still doing the baby scratch and chirp? cmon.....

[vytildie]

@ThePerQLator He's giving an example - a tutorial if you will, to the lowest common denominator for comprehension. That's EXACTLY what I was looking for! Got in a debate last night and some friends explained and I came here to find THIS! I'm O L D honey! '85 kicking LIVE!!!

[ThePerQLator]

@vytildie no hes not just giving an example and tutorial.. ive seen him do the same thing live.. theres a bunch of videos on here of him doing that and not much more.. sorry man.....

[CitizenofTatooine]

@ThePerQLator

Shut up.

[ThePerQLator]

@CitizenofTatooine oh ok.. just cause u said so.. fucking idiot..

[Watchugonedo27]

i really wish bands wouldnt have started using digital to record albums. i know it is easier but the true musicians are the people who can cut an album without the touch up and pitch correcting capabilities of digital audio suites

[mikkve2012]

Thanks flash! for yours creations.



[zynnywal736]

whats the song 1:51 ???

[mikkve2012]

@zynnywal736 this is "get up and dance" by Freedom.

[catalina221]

A big welcome for the number one. Congratulations and good vibes from Chile.

[franklynthree]

INDEED.... YOU ARE MY DUDE FLASH

[haloskater24]

wats the song at 5:40?????

[bigVC25]

@haloskater24 check the rhyme - a tribe called quest

[haloskater24]

wats that song at 5:40

[audioh0lic]

1:36 uh oh dont do that to your needles

[Hamalakwath]

YOU THE BEST GRANDMASTER FLASH

[lowryroy]

The original party rocker!! Keep on going Flash!!!

[YORKPEPPER]

wtf.. when i scratch like that my friends say i suck... how come is cool w this guy?

[dizzyrocks2001]

All you dinosaurs who are 'keeping it real' and refuse to embrace new technology are gonna be left behind... cya!

[TheOtotheD]

Analogue everyday of the week. Digital DJ's aint got a clue, downloading tunes off the next, or playing them from Spotify. When I Dj'd the best thing was buying a new record, or looking everywhere for that one record you wanted, finding it, playing it, mixin it, scratching it. The art of digging is lost on a Digital DJ, who probably just plays the same tunes as everybody else.

Plus, bit gutted Flash is plugging Activision, talk about corporate America.

[beyo2120]

id love to just spend a day picking his brain about hip hop origins. so..there were no mixers before flash or, there were but they just didnt have crossfader switches which he invented? or.. theres so many questions..

[screw67]

@beyo2120

GMF invented a way to listen to the record that wasnt playing so he could mix records on time and on beat, which, as great as he was, Kool Herc couldnt do. Basically Flash is responsible for the "cue system" on mixers, they had xrossfaders, though.

[beyo2120]

@screw67 yeah..theres a lot of other things though

[phoneke]

Preach Flash! I keep tryina tell'em. You are (Pure Funk) in DJ form!

[palmrockbermuda]

THE BOSS

[2coolforyourdog]

hi :-D what track you did play at 5:00 (before you started to play Tribe Called Quest)?? thx a lot

[ep784]

I wish I could have Flash teach me the turntables

[SunnyWinters718]

Peace Flash - i'm bugging out over here on how you used the Tech 12s to move what was on Traktor DJ - how is that possible ?

i'm a Park Jam Baby by the way - 100 park in the Bronx - Soundview

[Backin2time]

yeah Flash you are a Scientist indeed, keep building Knowledge is Supreme.

[dewatsa]

I taught this guy everything he knows.

[dustboy157]

Peace to the Grand Master!

[djverdugo7]

Listing to da man hip hop was built in the 70's i was there my self as teenager. l can still hear the music that was play back then and it was heavy duty stuff, great stuff.

[djverdugo7]

Vinyl sound best over all, bass treble dimension ect. When he switched to digital the bass on that sounded distorted big time and  treble is too bright. vinyl rules!

[bytesize]

Great work here Flash. Always cool to see you having some fun in your work environment! Thanks for the upload.

[zoddan]

TRUE

[Justonai]

Great camera work...it feels like I'm in the room!

[bathinthefountain]

@Justonai you high? haha

[Justonai]

@bathinthefountain haha maybe lol

[YasarYoot]

Analog is faster but is hevay

Digital has delay but is not so hevay

Over and Out YASAR YOOT

[jamesharvey]

What!!! This was a good video before he started shilling for Activision

[djwelly]

Get em told Flash!!!! Legend!!

[M3chah]

this is official!!!

[iverson25allen]

Wait, Dj GmF made the turntables?

[jian2069]

@iverson25allen he didn't design/make them, he was the first to use them creatively

[iverson25allen]

@jian2069 Lmfaoooo I love the way you put it lollol.

[Jhaxias]

Hey flash, this is an invite for you to come to new Zealand, a little country at the bottom of the pacific, next to Australia. I'm 15 and mostly likely your biggest and youngest fan. (at least in NZ!) my name is DJ Jazzy James, and I can prove my skills if I had some gear of my own (not hinting, honest!) keep the ball rolling flash, you've been the inspiration for many, many DJs around the world. Thank you Bro.

[rialbb]

sweet i use the same head phones

[nemotracks]

Thanks Flash. I have enjoyed your music since the F5 "the message", "new york", "white lines" etc. I know all of these songs by heart, still..

Great your still playing! Keep it coming. To me you're still the best rapper and dj ever!

[A3roboy]

It all looks so fake and lame with the laptop... Vinyl all the way!

[djfingersflores]

much respect... love to see the old school djs still doin' it!!..

[dubplatestyle]

nice MPC

[hoke000]

Oop, cant let flash on my decks, you see him drop that needle on the slipmat!!!! Ruined! Haha just playin, OG as all hell love it, thank god for the 70's

[Asad1969]

DJ Cyrus checkin in from the Boogie Down. One Love to Grandmaster Flash the Original Hip Hop Scientist. Now that he's vouched for digital equipment- We can elevate this DJ thing to an even higher level.

[djbj1966]

need the title & artist of the 1st & 2nd songs

[tobythelegend]

1st is

krs one - sound of da police

Sorry I dont know the 2nd one.

[oj713479]

grandmaster flash your my hero hahaha

[chilltprb]

@DopeNeedlz

We did have cross faders back in the days. Before pioneer, rane and vestax, etc. we had Gemini, Numark and believe or not Radio Shack Realistic Mixers. All these had cross faders. Also if you were good, you could do fast cuts without a cross fader. I use to do it with a two channel Gemini (my first mixer I bought at an electronic store on Forty Doo-Wap & 8th Ave.)

[hitmancoolio]

He is real hiphop.

[Luccio80]

Flash got something there! Really nice :D

[23pokrzywa]

What's the song that starts playing at 4:44?

[gordenenator]

It's the Beatnuts - No Escapin This

[stevenmcnair1897]

He's got a point. Very fun to watch. I wish He did some more videos

[db187db]

grandmaster flash..... could watch him dj all day still, amazing

[gregsrob]

give me vinyl all the time. digital has killed the art of djing and has killed music. Glad the mutha fuckers like Sony are losing money down to downloading. lol

[HellolzEveryone]

@gregsrob yeah, except sony makes some of the best studio headphones.

[NotReallyFailure]

@HellolzEveryone sony became shit nowadays

[MrP00sy]

@gregsrob it hasnt 'killed the art of djing' nd it hasnt killed music. i use a midi controller, but i never use the sync button, nor do i use cue points or effects. all i use on it r xfade nd volume fade, eq, jogwheels nd play button. nd also have u herd of DVS?. mixing with it is exactly like with vinyl, but u dont hav 2 lug around all ur records

[10eleven]

@gregsrob i can't stand when i hear rubbish like this. go watch dj rafik to see just how much digital has 'killed the art of djing'.

[americannable]

@gregsrob says the unaccomplished dj

[houseofjrk]

much love GMF 4 life

[18punto10]

The Whole Darn Family - Seven Minutes of Funk

[agustinbv9]

what was the first analog song? the one with the sax or trumpets

[joerg2711]

the first song on vynil,what he is playing,please tell me the name of this beat.

[FUNKtionDJ]

The first vinyl track is as is said below the Whole Darn Family - Seven Minutes Of Funk...........Which is the dope bassline that Flash is going back and forth with. The one with the horns which he cuts to after this is Freedom - Get Up And Dance......awesome track from 1979. Both of these jams are available as part of the awesome compilation Ultimate Breaks and Beats which is available on CD and DVD.

Peace

[joerg2711]

sorry,but what was the first analog song? it´s my

favourite grandmaster beat!!!

[FUNKtionDJ]

joerg2711

first analog beat is Whole Darn Family 'Seven Minutes Of Funk'

[sweepee213]

graffiti started in the late 60's (taki 183),then came dj's,mc's & breakers

[proent]

whats that on his neck

[UnclePete808]

it's the 70's

[misterplops]

Where can I buy a clean (sealed if possible) **vinyl** copy of "White Lines" and "The Message"?

(the ones on eBay are usually in less than ideal condition)

[DjDestinyChicago]

Real old school with the penny on the needle! 5/5

[KillerSim187]

lol KRS Sound of the Police!!! Hip-Hop

[Meanstr1de]

Yep Corporate America lol

[STURAY72]

So glad your tellin' it how it is and was, the truth from The GRAND-MASTER FFFLLLAAASSSHHHHH.

[HashBrownTKO]

Sorry, but what was the second anolog song. The one after sounds of the police by krs-one

[STURAY72]

No escapin' this - The Beatnuts

[Ryn2k8]

this just makes me want to start dj'ing again.

[spin9000]

Flash, I'm glad that you are finally tellin' YOUR own story 4rm YOUR own mouth! DJ Spinny SPIN

[RFIGGZ]

Back in the day there was no party like a Grandmaster Flash Party!

The Bronx 4Life.....................

[sarascratch]

かっこいいです！

[DeeJayHRave]

@sarascratch

Haha.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Analogue all day !

[djreadyred]

I'm a unofficial GMF historian! Flash used his skills to come up with a fader system and peek a boo cue switch so he could hear what he was doing so that the beat wasseamless!

I'm glad Flash is still doing his thing and still important to the culture!

Best teaching tool ever is The Adventure Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels of Steel on ! Find that repeat what Grandmaster does before he does it that will teach you timing and you will see just how good Flash was and still is back in the day!

[BOBBYBLENDZ]

ha, glad to see i ain't the only ol' dog that can't transform for shhhh.

[KnuckleBallz]

LONG LIVE THE FLASH!

[xthedon]

Yo Flash, do think that this technology saved the DJ's out there from dying out? I mean it might be new technology taking over, but it makes it easier to work with music, keeps you from luggin around crates, keeps you from having to carry your favorite records and wearing it out. Im thinkin bout buying one of those kits. Cuz Back then I didnt have the money, now im workin and it would be a hobby. I got the music in digital form, so one of those would be perfect. The skills stay the same

[hiphophobbyklub]

Thank You,Flash!

It Hurts!

Every Day...

Suckers Just Don't Know....SHIT!!!

[DJDEEEZNUUUTS]

The master still got it!!!

[shaftlx]

there is just one Master ..and is this Gentlemen...OLD SKOOL BABY!! Thank GOD u were born !!

[darkhorse10036]

That opens up a forum for how people "crate digg" and, organize these days as well. I remember when you had to have help to move all them crates and build a crate barricade of vinyl around the DJ booth

[chrisrap4ever]

how did u used to scratch in the 70s?

[chrisrap4ever]

long live the flash!

[TopOfNewYork90]

fresh vid bro!

peace