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Posted by djRocket on Dec-05-2004 20:43:

Worried

ok I'm new to djing and just ordered the vestax pcv-275 mixer. I have read the threads about how it doesn't have a headphone cue, but so many epople have the mixer I thought it wasn't that big of a deal. Well, my question is, for a beginning dj like myself, will I have a hard time learning to beat match with this mixer? Or will I be able to do it. Thanks in advance

Posted by sym on Dec-05-2004 20:44:

Re: Worried

quote:
Originally posted by djRocket
ok I'm new to djing and just ordered the vestax pcv-275 mixer. I have read the threads about how it doesn't have a headphone cue, but so many epople have the mixer I thought it wasn't that big of a deal. Well, my question is, for a beginning dj like myself, will I have a hard time learning to beat match with this mixer? Or will I be able to do it. Thanks in advance

Doesn't have a headphone cue? I have a pcv-275 and it has split cue.

Posted by djxtension on Dec-05-2004 20:45:

It will be no problem to be beatmatch with this mixer.

Posted by djRocket on Dec-05-2004 20:51:

alright sweet, that's all I needed thanks. I know it has a split cue but you can't listend to just the cued track or just the playing track in your headphones can you?

Posted by nrjizer on Dec-05-2004 21:15:

yes you can, for each channel there is an on/off switch for the cue. You can have all 3 channels in both headphones going at once if you want.

Posted by djRocket on Dec-05-2004 21:18:

awesome!

Posted by djtrinity on Dec-06-2004 00:57:

that will be a perfect beginner mixer for ya......good luck

Posted by Trance Nutter on Dec-06-2004 02:02:

Sorry, I just want to clarify this cos I was thinking of getting the mixer myself sometime soon.

So it has both:
Split cue - where one channel is in one cup and another in the other cup
Mixed cue - where the tracks are in both cups simultaneously (ie all tracks playing in each cup)

Or does it only have split (by my definition above)?

I'm as slow as a canadian today.....

Posted by beats and beeps on Dec-06-2004 02:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Trance Nutter
Sorry, I just want to clarify this cos I was thinking of getting the mixer myself sometime soon.

So it has both:
Split cue - where one channel is in one cup and another in the other cup
Mixed cue - where the tracks are in both cups simultaneously (ie all tracks playing in each cup)

Or does it only have split (by my definition above)?

I'm as slow as a canadian today.....

Yes, and stfu eh?

Posted by Trance Nutter on Dec-06-2004 02:30:

quote:
Originally posted by beats and beeps
Yes, and stfu eh?

joking

Was gonna say a New Zealander, but not as many people would have got it.

Posted by starlabs on Dec-06-2004 10:25:

Well one thing that the Vestax PCV 275 doesn't have, and I don't remembering anyone on this board mentioning it, is that there's no stereo master out to your headphones.

It's a minor point, but I'd wish it had it. Currently I'm mixing purely in the headphones - my mixer isn't attached to any other audio outputs. Not being able to hear the mix in stereo is a slight inconvenience. But if you're going to connect your mixer to an amp/powered speakers, then it's a moot point.

Other than that, it's a great mixer. Solid feel, awesome looks, and a fair price.

Posted by Max Thomson on Dec-06-2004 13:01:

This mixer does not have a cue pan switch so you can't fade between the master and the cued track. Not a big deal, though.

Posted by tu_face on Dec-06-2004 17:28:

true, it doesn't have a cue pan, but i find this is easily doable through moving the gain of your cue track right down whilst switching up the headfone volume.. you just have to remember to put it back up when you are done

on a sidenote: this mixer is built like a tank.

Posted by beats and beeps on Dec-06-2004 19:25:

my crossfader is a bit messed up though.