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What exactly is splie cueing ???

What exactly is splie cueing ???

Any info would be appreciated...

Its simple
normal cue:
you hear the selected cuechannel in stereo in your headphones
Split cue:
You hear the selected cue channel in one ear (normally left) and the main output (ie the one playing) in the other. they are seperated from each other, or 'split' hence the name.

Blend cue is where you hear both the selected cue and the main output in BOTH ears at the same time.

one channel in one headphone cup, another channel in the other headphone cup.

These channels could be (depending on mixer) main, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc

so u can hear 2 songs... just not on top of each other, but in the 2 earphones, separately ??? how difficult is it to go from from having them both playing on top of each other, and correcting your beatmatching mistake, to going to split cueing?

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Originally posted by PVD fanatic so u can hear 2 songs... just not on top of each other, but in the 2 earphones, separately ???

right

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how difficult is it to go from from having them both playing on top of each other, and correcting your beatmatching mistake, to going to split cueing?

huh?

i personally love split cueing- i find it more comfortable using it- but i know others who dont get on with it. It can take abot of adjusting to.
its also dependant on the mixer. Formula sounds for example- their split cue is shit (dont ask me why, i cant explain it) but cloud mixers have it down to perfection.
All down to how you like it really.
Learn every available method- as odds on you will encounter them all at some point.

Often you will find it splits the meters on the main output too- enabling you match one with the other visually

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Originally posted by PVD fanatic so u can hear 2 songs... just not on top of each other, but in the 2 earphones, separately ??? how difficult is it to go from from having them both playing on top of each other, and correcting your beatmatching mistake, to going to split cueing?

If you�re used to monitoring with the headphones on both ears, I should say it will take a lot of getting used.

I just stick with my one ear in the headphones on the incoming channel and the other ear listening to the booth monitor outside the heaphones. Pretty flexible technique as it will work with most if not all mixers.

i'm used to mixing on the pioneer-djm500, where i can put both songs on and check my beatmatching....

i will be mixing w/ the new rane mp2016a, which has split cue... i've never done this before.. so i'm a little worried how i'll adjust... i am not perfect at the one headphone , other ear listening to the booth monitor, but i am ok at it... its a big gig, and i'm worreid the split cue will be hard for me... i am used to beiong able to check on my beatmatching.

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Originally posted by PVD fanatic i'm used to mixing on the pioneer-djm500, where i can put both songs on and check my beatmatching.... i will be mixing w/ the new rane mp2016a, which has split cue... i've never done this before.. so i'm a little worried how i'll adjust... i am not perfect at the one headphone , other ear listening to the booth monitor, but i am ok at it... its a big gig, and i'm worreid the split cue will be hard for me... i am used to beiong able to check on my beatmatching.

heh, well, i would suggest practicing up. the transition from one technique to the other isn't too hard, but don't go into it without practicing it up first. as much as it sounds like the same thing, it's not. the one cup on, one cup off method takes a little more concentration at making sure things are matched up. once you get it though, you won't look back. i personally hate listening to two tracks in the headphones now.

it sucks, cause theres no way for me to practice that ahead of time..

why? you have a djm-500....
just click the incoming channel on in the headphones. keep the right side of the phones off and match the songs

hmmmm, my vestax mixer has balance controls for the channel, if I moved one channel all the way to 'L' and the other all the way to 'R'... the 'L' channel would come in through the left cup and the 'R' channel through the right, is that split cueing?

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Originally posted by trance85 hmmmm, my vestax mixer has balance controls for the channel, if I moved one channel all the way to 'L' and the other all the way to 'R'... the 'L' channel would come in through the left cup and the 'R' channel through the right, is that split cueing?

yea except when you mix its gona sound way fucked up to whoever is listening.

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yea except when you mix its gona sound way fucked up to whoever is listening.

Yea that seems to be the problem though, 'cause it moves whatever deck I have "live" to only the 'R' or 'L' speaker/monitor. ?

split cuing can be turned on or off

I'd say your best bet is to practice with one cup on and one cup off listening to the monitor. Thats the closest you'll get to split cue without having a mixer with the function. I used to mix entirely in the headphones but on the advice of a friend I started mixing with only the cue in the headphones and it didn't take very long to adapt. A day of practice straightened me out.

I mix only with headphones, but I'm trying to get used to mix with monitors (hopeless so far )

It takes time mate, don't give up

When I have the crossfader all the way to side 1, so only deck 1 is playing, and I start deck 2, if I put P.F.L. to 'ON' is it the same thing as cueing? I'm told it is, the music from deck 2 only comes up in my headphones, but the music from deck 1 is also in my headphones still, should cueing isolate only one of the channels in your headphones?

i prefer split during begining 10-20 secs of beatmatching, its a bit easier at the start, but i always switch back to stereo to check the exact beatmathing before i begin mixing it in. its easier to distinguish the songs with split i think, but stereo is a bit mroe precise in my book.

i don't get it though. i learned to mix on a cheap stanton mixer, one cup on, other off. then i started messing with the PFL/PGM fader, to blend them. made it a bit easier. till one day i feel infront of a DJM600 and said "this has split cue right?", "right."

switched it to split cue, felt even more comfortable. it was just like 1 ear monitoring, just i didn't have to blast the phones so hard and my ears didn't get near as tired.

it's fun when i can get split cue at house parties, that way i normally turn the booth monitors to the crowd, for better sound.

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