Best CDs to use?

taiyo yuden gold if you can find the originals

Been a while since we've had this question! Taiyo Yuden are the most expensive option and are pretty good.

Having said that, I've mostly used Verbatim CD-Rs in the past with, maybe, 1 dud per 60 or so.

Your burn settings are one of the most important parts. Use a reliable program (Nero was my favourite) and burn at a steady speed (lower = more stable).

Thanks a lot :)

Never had a problem with Verbatim Cdr or Sony. 

Back in the cd days I always used TDK Cds.. The best I tried!

Back in the cd days I always used TDK Cds.. The best I tried!

thanks again fellas. hey christoffer, what are  u using nowadays?

Rekordbox.. It have changed they way i perform a lot. Actually i were really Sceptical to take the step away from cd. With the quantised loop on the 2000 players I really play the way i want. you are able to choose when you want to do the drops and a lot more. Edits I would do in Logic is something I am able to do live. Rekordbox on a USB memory is wonderfull and I play 3-5 times a Week at clubs with 2000 players.

Verbatim , Philips , TDK and Intenso <- budget but if you care your discs like the average DJ....

I burn with Itunes , works verry well never experienced problems (I usually burn MP3 CD's since I do not come along 800MK1/1000MK2/1 anymore) and I burn with text mode on ofcourse.

so christoffer, you are using only a USB flash drive with files on it that were analyzed in rekordbox? no laptop or anything when performing? and i just made a new topic relating to this. ive seen a lot of my favorite djs using just cds, but whenever i used only CDs i noticed the bpm takes a while to load usually, and sometimes the bpm isnt even accurate. perhaps they are using CDs in conjunction with an SD card or USB? or am i missing something

Or they just don't read the bpm and.do it by ear :-) the advantage of using usb with recordbox is that it loads the pre analysed waveform and bpm info keys etc directly from the stick so you are dependent from the analysis did by the software ps. The bpm detection is pretty good by the way but don't belive that's 100% accurate

If you prepare your music in Rekordbox and make the necessary manual adjustments to the BPM grid, the the BPM displayed on the CDJ-2000 will be incredibly accurate.  You still need to mix by ear, of course, but the BPM will get you very close to the correct matching.

With CD, your BPM reading will never be as accurate as with USB prepared in Rekordbox.

Reggie: Exactly.. i got one main USB and then 2 others as reserve. I am always scared that somethinh could go wrong so i also got a udg cd case with 24 cds. Its a very tiny case so its easy to always bring it as a backup..

Good luck!

thanks for all the information guys. and also, to what you said thano, i realize they could beatmatch by ear. thats not the part that baffled me. the part that baffled me was, and maybe this is because i come from a serato background originally, is how limited using just CDs seemed to me in terms of looping. are these DJs really setting manual loops all the time? also having to set your hot cues over and over while in the heat of the mix is probably a pain in the ass,but maybe it adds to the fun for them

CDJ 2000's have the loop cutter thingy and the loop for the needle search.

Though CDJ's like the 1000mk3 require manual in-out to be set.

800's 900's and 850's have loops instead of hotcues.