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Posted by avikonen on Dec-02-2004 15:15:

Rotary or Line Faders?

Which would you prefer - rotary or line faders? Why? What kind of music do you spin?

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Posted by Vero on Dec-02-2004 15:35:

i spin mostly trance and a little prog. but i love nobs, they are so much more fun than faders IMO. im not talking about control or quality or anything, for me, it just make spinning a little more fun with some rotarty nobs. (btw, i do not have a rotary mixer just yet)

*edit:* btw, your pic links are bad

Posted by tu_face on Dec-02-2004 15:36:

i play techno, and i prefer line faders. quicker and sharper action, less fiddly, you can cut with them.

Posted by DannyO on Dec-02-2004 16:12:

I went with Rotary, Line has there benefits like what tu_face said, but I can make a smoother transition with rotaries, I own a Denon X1500, and you can quite easly mod it to have rotaries, but I've heard rumors that Denon will bring out a convertion kit anyway.

Heres a pic of what a guy did to his X1500.

Posted by onceler on Dec-02-2004 16:44:

I like rotary but that is just cuz I am not snapping.

Posted by Exodus17 on Dec-02-2004 17:32:

i like Linear faders

im sure knobs have a longer life, i find a mixer with rotary Eqs and linear channel faders to be more pleasant looking... thats just me though

i spin trance at the mo - but im looking into getting more DnB and House so im not so restricted to one genre

Posted by avikonen on Dec-02-2004 18:05:

Damn images!

I posted the link in the original message. Thanks!

quote:
Originally posted by Vero
i spin mostly trance and a little prog. but i love nobs, they are so much more fun than faders IMO. im not talking about control or quality or anything, for me, it just make spinning a little more fun with some rotarty nobs. (btw, i do not have a rotary mixer just yet)

*edit:* btw, your pic links are bad

Posted by zoomzoom on Dec-02-2004 21:22:

I've never used rotary faders, so I indicated line on the poll. However, like someone else mentioned, I love the feel of knobs and can see myself enjoying the use of rotaries.

Posted by Tony Morello on Dec-02-2004 22:13:

i like rotarites because i spin prog house and it makes for a smooth transition
although i do like line faders when i spin other kinds of music since it makes for easier use of fader tricks, although a rotary mixer with a fully adjustable cross fader would be the best of both worlds i guess

Posted by djtrinity on Dec-03-2004 02:08:

I definately like rotary better.....it feels more natural for me personally and they are fun.....right now i have a UREI & Bozak and there both incredible but one thing i don't like with rotaries is its a bitch spinning cd's on them.....on the UREI u can get away with using one hand for 2 knobs if there next to each other(still try'n to get that down thou)........

Posted by dartman on Dec-03-2004 07:41:

i just got a rotary mixer a few weeks ago and it takes some getting used to. i'm digging the rotaries. i dont have anything against linear faders though. they're both good but if i had to choose, i would say i like rotaries better. i play mostly trance and a little bit of prog.

Posted by Keith Chambers on Dec-03-2004 08:58:

Rotary/Trance

Posted by wee_rooney on Dec-03-2004 09:31:

Rotary, i spin minimal techno

Posted by dj chex on Dec-03-2004 15:37:

mixing = rotary

scratching = fader

I perfer the sound and feel of rotarys for most of the music i spin. But when i wanna screw around w/ a few battle records, give me my line faders.

Posted by janos on Dec-03-2004 16:11:

I have a Pioneer DJM600 Mixer (Faders) but I so wish I had a rotary mixer. I can mix smoothly using either but it just somehow feels a lot better using rotary's!

Allen & Heath Zone 92 Rotary Edition....

Posted by Zack Roth on Dec-03-2004 18:43:

I own the Xone:92 with rotary knobs and by the far the best mixer I've ever used. I feel like I have a lot more control with knobs, and I just prefer the turning motion as opposed to pushing faders. I mostly spin progressive

Posted by janos on Dec-03-2004 19:04:

quote:
Originally posted by zizack
I own the Xone:92 with rotary knobs and by the far the best mixer I've ever used. I feel like I have a lot more control with knobs, and I just prefer the turning motion as opposed to pushing faders. I mostly spin progressive

You lucky person!

I used one at a club a month ago and I was having so much fun!

Superb sound quality & looks to die for!

Definatly my first purchase next year!

Posted by PVD fanatic on Dec-03-2004 22:27:

is it true rotary knob mixers dont have the option of headphone mixing?? as in you can cue both records in ur headphones??? or is this true for just "certain" mixers?? just somethign i heard, just wondering...

Posted by djtrinity on Dec-03-2004 22:36:

quote:
Originally posted by PVD fanatic
is it true rotary knob mixers dont have the option of headphone mixing?? as in you can cue both records in ur headphones??? or is this true for just "certain" mixers?? just somethign i heard, just wondering...

the new rane 2016 has split cue the old version doesn't...the vestax 46,urei,bozak do not have split cue

actually the 46 does have split u hear one track in left ear and other track in right but not both in same cup

Posted by Zack Roth on Dec-05-2004 05:35:

quote:
Originally posted by PVD fanatic
is it true rotary knob mixers dont have the option of headphone mixing?? as in you can cue both records in ur headphones??? or is this true for just "certain" mixers?? just somethign i heard, just wondering...

Xome: 92 has split cue as well as cue/master mix. The one thing that annoys me about it is you can't cue multiple channels at the same time.

Posted by DizkokidD on Dec-05-2004 20:08:

Rotary

Posted by 3xx3r7 on Dec-06-2004 05:10:

I have a mixer with line faders, but dream of rotaries.

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Dec-06-2004 19:31:

both have thier uses.

i prefer line faders on the channel levels and crossfader..
... but i like a nice smooth rotary gain control on the phono channel like most mixers have... and use that as a rotary control when i need it.

rotary controls can be much more precise and seem to produce a smoother sound for transitions and bringing in beats.

the debate is fairly silly considering most mixers have line faders and a rotary gain knob -- just swap the knob on the gain control with a nice fat knob and you have both!

Posted by C3sharp on Dec-06-2004 22:02:

I spin trance and have been using ilne faders, but only until I can afford a rotary mixer. I guess it just seems like I have more control and accuracy with rotary. *Drools over Allen & Heath Xone 92 Rotary Edition*

Posted by Liam on Dec-06-2004 22:41:

Nice long line faders... I own a NUO 5.

I play speedgarage, bass heavy prog, 2 step, breaks, uk garage....

I like the line faders because they are great for cutting.