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Posted by ºJDº on Dec-29-2007 00:29:

Djm-400

is there anyway to have it so that the master volume is the same level as channel 1/2 .. i like mixing in my headphones and I hate the fact that I have to increase the volume on the master and sometimes forget to lower it and almost blow my ear drums out anytime i switch back to my channel 1/2s

Posted by JD8180 on Dec-29-2007 05:09:

i don't get what you're doing? there's two separate knobs; a master knob, and the headphone volume knob (right around the area where the headphone cue buttons are) there's no reason for either of these to be turned up to any levels that would be almost blowing out your ear drums.

Posted by ºJDº on Dec-29-2007 05:30:

what i mean is that when i switch to master on the headphone cue i have to turn it up ALOT (headphone knob) in order to hear it.. then if I switch back to channel 1/2 its loud as fuck and have to turn it back down again using the headphone knob..

Posted by JD8180 on Dec-29-2007 05:41:

so i'm assuming then that your master volume is turned down really low? why don't you raise the master volume a bit to have the volumes match that of the chan 1/2 cues?

Posted by ºJDº on Dec-29-2007 07:42:

it's not turned down really low.. my master (top right) is about halfway.. my headphone cue is about middleish.. when I press MASTER on the mixer with channel 1/2 off its almost impossible to hear it unless I turn it up.. and when I turn it up sometimes I forget to turn it down and when I switch back to channel 1/2 its super loud.

Posted by cmay119 on Dec-29-2007 10:25:

I have the DJM-400 as well, and I know what you're talking about. The best alternative route I've found thus far is to just cue up with the master channel 'off' in the headphones and do it by channel 1 & 2. Switch back to master once you're ready to bring the track in...

External monitors are also a way to alleviate this issue.

Posted by ºJDº on Dec-29-2007 10:44:

ya i just mix off my monitors.. I hate just having to beatmatch the track then switch to master and turn the volume up ;(

Posted by JD8180 on Dec-29-2007 16:38:

i have the djm 400 as well and i don't have this issue i have my master levels at like 2 o'clock though. that could be why.

Posted by itsamemario on Jan-01-2008 14:37:

turn down the gain on the channels, turn up master so its at a reasonable level, stfu and mix..

Posted by ºJDº on Jan-01-2008 17:56:

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Posted by JD8180 on Jan-01-2008 18:20:

well he's right. the only possible explanation i can think of is the either your master is too low, or your gains are too high (or a combination of the both) and because of it you have to raise the headphone levels to hear the master cue. why don't you just fiddle with all the volumes/gains until they're all pretty much even?

Posted by piggy on Jan-01-2008 18:23:

I have the DJM400 as well and don't have this problem. My master level is set between 2 and 3 o'clock.

When you have a song playing are the LED indicators of the master and channels at similar levels? If not you should adjust your master level so that it is.

Posted by miamitranceman on Jan-01-2008 19:39:

Exactly, like the pic in your av as a matter of fact!

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Originally posted by piggy
I have the DJM400 as well and don't have this problem. My master level is set between 2 and 3 o'clock.

When you have a song playing are the LED indicators of the master and channels at similar levels? If not you should adjust your master level so that it is.

Posted by ºJDº on Jan-04-2008 19:29:

ok I understand what you guys are saying.

however, I can't even get the 3 bars (left,middle,right) to be even the same level.. usually its just left and right are the same levels depending on if im mixing two songs or not.

I tried playing around with my gains and the master level knob and I wasn't even remotely able to get anything close to that guys avatar picture.

both my gains are at about 10 o'clock.. my master is at about 10 o'clock .. and my hi is at about 10 o'clock (usually stays here) and my mid is usually at around 2o'clock when the song is playing and lo is at around the same when its playing.

total side note as well: if the levels are red is that bad? I have a DJ buddy and he told me that red is bad and I saw him dj'ing at a party on the weekend WITH my mixer and he was red lining the fuck out of it.. I was like wtf?

Posted by miamitranceman on Jan-04-2008 22:32:

Red lining is definitely bad for the mixer. You'll start to hear distortion. On club systems, however, it's usually so loud andway and the clubs have their own limiters that dj's routinely redline. If it was on my mixer I'd be pissed though.