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Posted by mikefasssy on May-06-2002 03:37:

xfader or volumes?

i recently (two weeks) picked up some vestax pda-1s (HURRA) and a numark dm2000x mixer. they rock (i dont care what you say). i can sorta beatmatch (sometimes) but what i want to know is what to use, the X fader or the volume levels? I mix both ways, although i find volume mixing more fun. what am i supposed to be doing or is there a right way? sometimes i heard people say the x fader is for fairies, but then ill see someone describing this cool mix they do and it involves bangin the fader over. any help would be great!

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-06-2002 03:42:

both + eq's

no wrong or right way.....just as long as it sounds good

Posted by Great Outdoors on May-06-2002 05:47:

Erm, neither, actually. I keep the cross-fader in the middle all the time, and my volumes are all the way up for both channels. If I need to mute that channel, i will turn the EQ knobs on that channel all the way down.

Posted by Xquisite on May-06-2002 07:11:

yeah, it's personal preference.

The only time i ever touch the XFader is when i'm mixing hip hop or scratching. Other than that, i use the volume faders when i'm mixing trance/house. Some people use gains, but i dont because gains directly affect the cue volume in my headphones.

Posted by Technaut on May-06-2002 10:53:

I use the lot man, the X Fader, the volume faders, all the EQ knobs the hole shabang lot

Technaut

Posted by DJ TranceFormer on May-06-2002 22:24:

depends on what kindda faders you have, on my old gemini i used only volume faders, now i use both volume and crossfaer cuz i didn't get used to the curve yet. Ofcourse i use the EQs

Posted by Trypsin on May-06-2002 22:32:

volume + eq because my xfader is broke

Actually I'm not complaining, I find that using volume is a bit more accurate than xfader because you can do more complicated fades as necessary depending on the volumes of the particular tracks you're mixing.

Posted by inatrance on May-06-2002 23:53:

eq's and volumes, I dont use xfader

Posted by inatrance on May-06-2002 23:53:

Re: xfader or volumes?

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Posted by Dmatrox on May-07-2002 00:13:

ive gotten used to mixing with volumes.

Posted by sot on May-07-2002 02:09:

I turn crossfader off and just use the volumes. Much more smoother mixing this way

Posted by Eugene on May-07-2002 02:22:

We've been through this, haven't we?

Posted by DJTJ on May-07-2002 09:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Eugene
We've been through this, haven't we?

Many, many, many times. People need to learn to read old posts before asking the same questions again and again.