Haha, to be fair - they are playing actual records :)
At the time neither the tech nor acceptance were there for the modern tools. While increasingly there were CDJs around, they didn't feel the same for people who did any scratching.
Also, turntables were everywhere you went, so you could take everything you needed in your bag (laptop, 2 x records, little conversion box) and you could just plug into an existing setup, anywhere, without issue.
Digital vinyl bridged the gap as people started moving over. Also, at the time the software only worked with records and cds. Now you have a huge selection of controllers to choose from.
At the time neither the tech nor acceptance were there for the modern tools. While increasingly there were CDJs around, they didn't feel the same for people who did any scratching.
Also, turntables were everywhere you went, so you could take everything you needed in your bag (laptop, 2 x records, little conversion box) and you could just plug into an existing setup, anywhere, without issue.
Digital vinyl bridged the gap as people started moving over. Also, at the time the software only worked with records and cds. Now you have a huge selection of controllers to choose from.
I'm actually about to sell all my stuff to buy a "controller" (something like https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=reloop+terminal+mix+8&tbm=...) so that I have something convenient and always ready to go.