Turntablism

person who plays recorded music for an audience

thumb|A typical modern component turntable, showing the curved tonearm with a headshell at the end, under which lies the magnetic cartridge and its attached stylus touching down on the grooves of a black record placed on the turntable's platter

analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove

thumb|right|DJ Qbert manipulating a record turntable at a turntablism competition in [[Lyon in 2006]] thumb|World premiere of the Tri-Phonic Turntable, July 14, 1997, London thumb|right|230px|Record producer DJ Jazzy Jeff|Jazzy Jeff manipulating a record turntable in England in 2005. Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. The mixer is plugged into a PA system (for live events) or broadcasting equipment (if the DJ is performing o

line of turntables

audio mixing console used by DJs

Disco Mix Club

thumb|upright=1.3|A DJ setup in a nightclub, consisting of three CDJs (top), three [[turntables for vinyl records and a DJ mixer]] A CDJ is a specialized digital music player for DJing. Originally designed to play music from compact discs, many CDJs can play digital music files stored on USB flash drives or SD cards. In typical use, at least two CDJs are plugged into a DJ mixer. CDJs have jog wheels and pitch faders that allow manipulation of the digital music similar to a vinyl record on a DJ turntable. Many have additional features that are not present on turntables, such as looping, beat an