Numark Matrix 3 good or bad choice?

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Posted by DJQues on Oct-24-2003 23:39:

Numark Matrix 3 good or bad choice?

Was looking into getting the Matrix 3 and needed to know if anybody has used it and what they thought about it.I can get it for $204.00 and figured for the price i couldn't go wrong. But if it sucks hairy monkey nuts than i won't bother.

Posted by djshan on Oct-25-2003 01:18:

it sucks when u make a transition. the matrix 3 is only good if your gonna scratch hip hop or sometin, just my opinion. its hard to make a transition with trance with the matrix 3.

Posted by VIO on Oct-26-2003 18:32:

if you're mixing trance or anything other then hip hop or something like that you should be using your up faders for the transitions not the crossfader. you have so much more control if you use your up faders.

Posted by djshan on Oct-27-2003 14:51:

quote:
Originally posted by VIO
if you're mixing trance or anything other then hip hop or something like that you should be using your up faders for the transitions not the crossfader. you have so much more control if you use your up faders.

yes i know but the up faders dont make much of a difference with the crossfader, the transition will almost sound the same. using the master eq's might work. the only reasoni got rid of my matrix 3 bcuz the transitions werent smooth when i try to start the mix into track B.

Posted by VIO on Oct-27-2003 18:36:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_moonshine
yes i know but the up faders dont make much of a difference with the crossfader, the transition will almost sound the same. using the master eq's might work. the only reasoni got rid of my matrix 3 bcuz the transitions werent smooth when i try to start the mix into track B.

i'm sorry, i don't understand what you're saying. when i said just use the up faders i meant that you leave the crossfader in the center position the entire time and use nothing but the up faders, never touching the crossfader. then you don't have to worry about the cut in time of the crossfader and you have a lot more control over your transition.

Posted by djshan on Oct-27-2003 23:00:

quote:
Originally posted by VIO
i'm sorry, i don't understand what you're saying. when i said just use the up faders i meant that you leave the crossfader in the center position the entire time and use nothing but the up faders, never touching the crossfader. then you don't have to worry about the cut in time of the crossfader and you have a lot more control over your transition.

well i also meant the same thing, the up faders will work just like the crossfader when u make a transistion.

Posted by DJQues on Oct-28-2003 13:05:

Have you guys heard anything about the SMX-401 from stanton?

Posted by T:REBEL on Oct-28-2003 18:57:

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Originally posted by DJQues
Have you guys heard anything about the SMX-401 from stanton?

[ Ques ]

Like I said in another post...

The SMX-401 is the pretty much the same thing as the Stanton RMS-THREE...

Numark Matrix-3 is an okay mixer for a beginning DJ but I would rather choose the SMX-401/RMS-Three. I dislike the X-Fader, because it isn't as loose. I like a loose feel for faster cuts and tricks. The Matrix-3 X-Fader feels more like a CHANNEL/VOLUME fader to me.

For some reason, Numark's mixers ( the em-360 & em-460) seem to have a problem with the headphone jack and its sound output. Don't know if you Numark owners have had this problem...

Posted by quddha on Oct-28-2003 20:17:

I have a matrix3. No problems with it. I've been able to make some tight mixes with my mixer, so I'm not complaining.

Posted by m0sh on Oct-28-2003 21:23:

Get Numark DXM 06 Mixer insted

Posted by DC Generator on Oct-30-2003 07:13:

What do you mean by the headphone jack on the Numark. I've noticed sometimes when I plug my headphones in I only get sound in one, but other thatn that it's fine.

Posted by quddha on Oct-30-2003 16:40:

Uh, i wouldn't call it fine if you only get sound in one. Lol, maybe you just don't plug it all the way in, i do that sometimes hehe.

i agree though, the matrix3 crossfader is useless.

Posted by tdurden on Nov-11-2003 01:13:

quote:
Originally posted by DJQues
Have you guys heard anything about the SMX-401 from stanton?

I'm certainly not the authority on it, as I'm new to this, but I just bought one. I mentioned in another thread, the only beef I have with it is the signal drop-off at center point on the xfader. Stantons' idea of a fix for something too technical for me to get into to. The workaround appears to be to lower the gain on the channel strips, or something like that. Let me see if I can find the thread...

Here 'tis

Posted by VIO on Nov-11-2003 16:59:

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Originally posted by tdurden
I'm certainly not the authority on it, as I'm new to this, but I just bought one. I mentioned in another thread, the only beef I have with it is the signal drop-off at center point on the xfader. Stantons' idea of a fix for something too technical for me to get into to. The workaround appears to be to lower the gain on the channel strips, or something like that. Let me see if I can find the thread...

Here 'tis

that's actually not a work around but a type of x-fader curve. it's a rarely used x-fader curve since most djs hate it. it's supposed to make "trance" or "techno" mixes smoother as it's like slightly lowering the up fader on the track playing over the mains as you bring in the new track. that way you don't get really loud when both tracks are playing and then quiet when you fade out the first track. me, i think it's useless and they should have stuck with a standard curve. i never use the x-fader anyway. cheers.