What Mixer do you use?

superisk · Post by **superisk** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:25 pm

drbluebeat wrote:

Rooted still rock one of these badboys

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:45 pm

Superisk wrote:
drbluebeat wrote:
Rooted still rock one of these badboys

yeh i was gonna say! the sight of it makes me feel warm... happy days in there, sadly, for me, now passed

robotic · Post by **robotic** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:54 pm

elgato wrote:allen and heath top end are ridiculous, some deep fx, but at a price. but they do seem to be creeping into the clubs more and more

thing i hate about these though is the cue... the best thing about my mixer is the little mini-crossfader for the headphones, so you can get the exact balance you want for monitoring

maybe i'm misreading you here, but how do you not have cue/mix balance on the a&h? or are you unable to 'get the exact balance for monitoring' with a rotary knob?

a&h is god for dj mixers - no contest. pioneer fx sound like crap, i cringe every time i hear them.

edit: also, no fx on a&h, just filters. but real analog filters... HUGE qualitative difference to the pioneer!!

hate recordings · Post by **hate recordings** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:22 am

Superisk wrote:Vestax PMC05 MkII

any self respecting dj owns this mixer. everything else is for toys.

tho, i was thinkin about savin up some money for the pmc-007. exactly the same as the 05, but it's got the 07 linefaders (the linefader contour option - essential for the eurocut) and a mid-eq knob, something not present on the 05 or 07.

turntablism first. everything else, including love, is secondary

product · Post by **product** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:34 am

brklss · Post by **brklss** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:59 am

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:15 am

robotic wrote:
elgato wrote:allen and heath top end are ridiculous, some deep fx, but at a price. but they do seem to be creeping into the clubs more and more

thing i hate about these though is the cue... the best thing about my mixer is the little mini-crossfader for the headphones, so you can get the exact balance you want for monitoring
maybe i'm misreading you here, but how do you not have cue/mix balance on the a&h? or are you unable to 'get the exact balance for monitoring' with a rotary knob?

a&h is god for dj mixers - no contest. pioneer fx sound like crap, i cringe every time i hear them.

edit: also, no fx on a&h, just filters. but real analog filters... HUGE qualitative difference to the pioneer!!

ive got to admit ive struggled to get the exact balance i want on a&h, but ive only used the big high end ones about 3 times, in quite high intensity club situations, so i wasnt about to spend too much time mincing around. i have always wondered why there'd be such an obvious design flaw on such a high end mixer. but it didnt seem to be a case of selecting the two channels then adjusting using the knob...is it as simple as that?

but i do think that the delay and reverb do pretty well on the pioneer, but maybe i just dont have an ear trained enough to hear the issue

doxxor · Post by **doxxor** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:21 am

greavesy wrote:I got one of these badboys...

Fucking great but kind of expensive... effects are great, echo, delay and reverb are great for dubstep.

Had mine about three years and it is pretty fucked up... buttons don't work, one of the channels knackered. Used it for loads of parties and I think it has drunk more than it's fair share of beer. Anyone know where to get them fixed?

Used it for one of our nights in Corsica Studios and loads of knobs got nicked off it. Youngsta was playing... I reckon he had away with them.

Dan you little bastard give them back!

Defo reckomend one if you can afford it.

Pioneer also has the DJM 400 which has the same features and then some but only two channels if money is an object...

tsk · Post by **tsk** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:26 am

robotic wrote:a&h is god for dj mixers - no contest. pioneer fx sound like crap, i cringe every time i hear them.

edit: also, no fx on a&h, just filters. but real analog filters... HUGE qualitative difference to the pioneer!!

With you on this one, for playing on there is nothing better but you wouldn't want to maintain the thing though, sound engineers call them the Allen & Grief but their filters are the total dogs bollocks but I would really like an echo &/or reverb on the xone range - no reason you can't do those in an all analogue sound path.

If I take a couple of months off from buying records or get a bonus from work that isn't eaten by my credit card bill I'm going to pick up an Ecler Nuo 5.

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:12 am

I use a piece of crap mixer and a pair of old headphones as a mic.

I would buy a new mixer and a mic but I can't stop buying dubstep records.

etidorhpa · Post by **etidorhpa** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:00 am

haha, i hear ya selector.dub, same boat my friend. This genre is killing my overdraft.
Tell you what that 'pioneer djm707' is pure sex, never seen one of them before, av to check that out.
Basically i need a decent mixer, two/three channel with kill switches and basic effects to replace my numark DXM01-USB, what in an ideal world should i be looking at?....no more messin about this time still, i want a mixer for life

robotic · Post by **robotic** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:52 am

elgato wrote:ive got to admit ive struggled to get the exact balance i want on a&h, but ive only used the big high end ones about 3 times, in quite high intensity club situations, so i wasnt about to spend too much time mincing around. i have always wondered why there'd be such an obvious design flaw on such a high end mixer. but it didnt seem to be a case of selecting the two channels then adjusting using the knob...is it as simple as that?

yer man... instead of a 'mini-crossfader', this function is on a rotary knob labeled cue / add mix, right above the headphone volume knob (which is exactly how it is on most dj mixers btw... stanton is kind of a freak in that regard).

tsk wrote:With you on this one, for playing on there is nothing better but you wouldn't want to maintain the thing though, sound engineers call them the Allen & Grief but their filters are the total dogs bollocks but I would really like an echo &/or reverb on the xone range - no reason you can't do those in an all analogue sound path.

haven't had any problems maintaining mine - obviously after a while faders wear out and dust collects around the knobs, but that's not anything doesn't happen on every other mixer as well. granted the a&h replacement parts are in direct correlation to its initial cost...

the reason why there are no fx on these mixers is that the philosophy was to produce the most high-quality, high-end dj mixers on the market. some cheap digital fx (a la pioneer) would pretty much negate that idea. and high-end reverb and delay components - or at least high-quality d/a converters needed for splicing in digital fx - would drive the price up substantially. expensive enuff as is yea? ;/

my baby (did i mention it's the hottest-looking mixer ever?!):

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:07 pm

i also need a new mixer, im not looking for nothing special, but i NEEEEED effects on it, i fuckin love the sound it brings to dubstep..

i bet use lot av got loadsa reccomendations

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:28 pm

Used to want to be a scratch DJ. How times have changed. Still a great mixer though.[/url]

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:18 pm

selector.dub.u wrote:I use a piece of crap mixer and a pair of old headphones as a mic.

I would buy a new mixer and a mic but I can't stop buying dubstep records.

x2

Getting a new one soon though...

will · Post by **will** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:21 pm

got a shitty 2 channel gemini one but in the process of buying a new 3+ channel mixer...possibly a Xone62 if i can see a cheap one on ebay or if not then maybe Numark 5000FX which looks pretty good for the price http://www.decks.co.uk/products/mixers/numark/n5000fx

rickyricardo · Post by **rickyricardo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:38 pm

anton wrote:

AMEN!!

I bought this mixer for no other reason than it's fucking rock solid. I remember someone saying that the bass response on it was rather weak, but I still have yet to notice any real difference with it.

My model has bigger Eq knobs though

backstab · Post by **backstab** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:15 pm

ike wrote:

numark dxm06

nice easy to use fx, cheap..

i like

skunkrock · Post by **skunkrock** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:40 pm

highly recommended. fat eq pots are awesome with full kill and switches. balanced outs. fast fader. nice and compact, good price too

unlikely · Post by **unlikely** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:55 pm

I wish i had an Ecler

I've got a Stanton SA-8 atm, should be really good but just don't feel right, all loose and rickety (eq's are really nice), the model up is lovely tho

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