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Posted by khaele on Jun-26-2006 23:58:

Just got my TT's

I just bought my new TT's all I could afford was a Numark Battle Pak, Numark DM950 and Numark 1625's. I'm really happy and here are some of the pictures I took.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/176236...57594178634453/

I've been having fun, but I've noticed that there are 3 ways to control the volume on the mixer and I don't know when to use which kind. There's the Master which I don't know how to use cause I'm just using it to my stereo so it doesn't matter I'm not doing a gig. The Trim or Gain, somone called it Gain. I notice the Trim changes what I hear and the outputs while the Fader, the last one, only changes the outputs. I was just wondering when you decide when to use Trim Vs. Gain Vs. Master Volume. Anyways I'm having fun, hope you all had a good day.

-k

Posted by chris harrington on Jun-27-2006 00:09:

That looks sweet mate. I got some numark tts 2. I have the TTX1's. I love them. I was gonna get what you have as well but i found a friend who was selling $2500 of barly used equipment for $600 so i got that instead and im really happy. Im not quiet sure what ur asking but i will take my best shot at answering ur question. I usully get a good volume with my master/gain controlls and then us the upfaders to fade in and out of tracks. your trim controll should just be volume for ur headphones i think but im not sure my mixer dosent have a trim controll so im nout sure. i hope that helps u.

Posted by khaele on Jun-27-2006 00:16:

Well by the individual channels above the bass I have treble and above that I have 'trim' which changes the output and what I hear in my headphones. Below the Bass I have the Faders that go up and down and change the outputs only not what I hear.

Posted by Tsukai on Jun-27-2006 00:29:

I usually have the channel a/b upfaders up all the way first, play some songs, and adjust the master fader to a level that you want. The trim/gain is used when the cued track is quiter/louder than the live track, its there to help you adjust the volume to get more smoother mixes. However, this is something you probably won't have any issues with any new records you buy now. Most records are now mastered to a certain db.

Edit: Oh gratz on your new setup. I still remember unpacking my first setup.

Posted by hyperdance on Jun-27-2006 13:58:

is the gain not for ajusting the volume of each track you are playing? say tt1 is playing a track which is alot quieter than tt2s' track, so you increase the gain volume for tt1s' track, so they are roughly the same volume.

Posted by T-Soma on Jun-27-2006 14:02:

There is no right and wrong way to perform an art...
But the common thing would be.
Master stays the same.
Gain to get the songs the same level.
The upfaders to fade between the two.

The gain is a controll of the input flow.

Posted by khaele on Jun-27-2006 15:54:

Very nice thanks! I'm having a lot of fun so far, learning to beatmatch is tough as it was hard to get the pitch right between the two songs. Thanks for the help I think I'm getting it pretty well, just gonna start playing w/ the crossfader for now.

Posted by dark_Omens on Jun-28-2006 00:17:

Nice! I'm glad that you're having fun with it. Keep it up, and you will learn to beatmatch before you know it. Two suggestions to help your mixing: Record all the mixing you do (if possible), and listen to other live sets. Both will give you an idea of what you sound like, or other ways in which you can improve your mixing.