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Posted by Ugg on May-01-2002 08:14:

My new toys...

My mixer finally came today... the last of my new toys!
Check them out... I'm in DJ heaven!
(appologies to dialup users for large pic sizes)

2 Technics 1200 MK2's, 2 Ortofon Concorde DJ Carts, and a Vestax PCV-275 mixer

Posted by blighty on May-01-2002 08:28:

Hi mate,

The pictures don't work, have you used the correct url?

Greetings,
Blighty

Posted by Dj Moriano on May-01-2002 12:42:

here r my "toys" but the pictures are littel bit dark....

Posted by Ugg on May-01-2002 15:28:

quote:
Originally posted by blighty
Hi mate,

The pictures don't work, have you used the correct url?

Greetings,
Blighty

The URLs were correct, but Geocities wasn't serving up the pics. Damn Geocities! Oh well, what else can I expect for free?

Dj Moriano,
I only see one TT! How do you like the KAOS pad? Does the mixer have nice effects?

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-01-2002 15:33:

congrats. nice gear

Posted by JohnSmith on May-01-2002 16:02:

hey, i'm getting the same thing!

whoohoo!

Posted by D-Syde on May-01-2002 16:03:

Hey Dj Moriano..I just got the Kaoss Mixer too. Its pretty damn cool, huh? Im still learning all the effects and stuff, but man it rocks!

Posted by Dj Moriano on May-01-2002 17:41:

quote:
Originally posted by D-Syde
Hey Dj Moriano..I just got the Kaoss Mixer too. Its pretty damn cool, huh? Im still learning all the effects and stuff, but man it rocks!

hey you can call me Eitan....

and yes I love it
the delays are awesome.... the only thing I don't like it's that there isn't a balance control...

Posted by D-Syde on May-01-2002 18:01:

What do you mean by balance control? You mean for the left and right channels. Yeah I noticed that too...and I think it totally sucks!

There are a few things that I dont like about it....I wish the Gain nobs, I think they call them Peak or Trim nobs were full size. Also I havent found a way to completely turn the headphones off...besides turning the volume all the way down. Through your headphones you can choose to listen to the right or left channels, or both at the same time, but I havent found a way to turn both channels off.

Posted by Dj Moriano on May-01-2002 19:29:

yesh the trim control it's kind of suck but it's not such of a big deal ...

I put 2 sample of my own try to put a sample of a horn it's sound great it's make you feel like u r in a party.....

Posted by Kevin on May-01-2002 19:36:

Hey Ugg,

Can you post a really big and clear picture of the mixer? I would like to see in detail the layout of this mixer and be able to read everything on it.

Thanks!!!

Posted by DJ Chrono on May-01-2002 21:33:

nice mixers guys I was considering one of the two.. but I've decided on the PCV-275. Just looks more substantial, and crazy.

Posted by JohnSmith on May-01-2002 21:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Kevin
Hey Ugg,

Can you post a really big and clear picture of the mixer? I would like to see in detail the layout of this mixer and be able to read everything on it.

Thanks!!!

straight from vestax (sorry to modem users)

i'll be getting this puppy soon too.

Posted by Ugg on May-01-2002 23:46:

quote:
Originally posted by JohnSmith

straight from vestax (sorry to modem users)

i'll be getting this puppy soon too.

Thanks JohnSmith.

Below is a pic of the front (tried like hell to get the flash right ) and one of the back panel. I think you can see the controls a little better than in the Vestax pic.

Without having spent much time on it, my initial opinion of the 275 is that it's a VERY nice mixer to work with. Everything is laid out just right, all of the controls feel good, and it sounds great. One thing I'm curious about : the cross fader is very loose. To get it to the other side you can almost just tap it with your finger. Are cross faders supposed to be this quick? or is this Vestax's PCV fader technology at work?

Posted by Haak on May-02-2002 00:06:

nice gear!!

my babies:

Posted by Ugg on May-02-2002 00:15:

Very nice!

I was wondering what the 275 would look like next to the black 1200's (or 1210's). I would have bought black 1200's, but they were on backorder and silver was in-stock. Guess I just couldn't wait!

Posted by JohnSmith on May-02-2002 00:20:

cool.

yeah, i think all vestax cross faders are this loose. i heard someone bragging that he could blow it across. on the 170 it is that loose too.

one question about this mixer, i notice it doesn't have LEDs for the individual channels. does this mean you have to get the volume levels right in the headphones, and you can't just look at the levels?

or can it be switched so you can see both?

Posted by Haak on May-02-2002 00:40:

you can see the volume level of the channel(s) that have the cue-switch on, it's the one to the right

Posted by JohnSmith on May-02-2002 01:00:

hmm..

ok, but there is only two there.

can you have channel one on one side, and channel two on the other side, and the master at the same time?

*edit*
actually, the two are for the master. there is apparently only one for cueing. so, i guess you can only see one track at a time on the cue meter? what happens if you turn on cueing on all 3 channels?

*edit*

what about the center channel?
i assume that is always live?

Posted by djsblaha on May-02-2002 01:22:

What's the real difference between the split cue monitor and the old vestax master monitor pfl? I'm going to be getting a pcv mixer to replace my pmc 17a in a month when i graduate... isn't it just a fancy name for the same thing?

Posted by Haak on May-02-2002 11:07:

quote:
Originally posted by JohnSmith
*edit*
actually, the two are for the master. there is apparently only one for cueing. so, i guess you can only see one track at a time on the cue meter? what happens if you turn on cueing on all 3 channels?

*edit*

If you put cueing on 2 or 3 channels, the LED will show the volume of the channels combined