Do you split the headphone sound, or do you listen to both tables?

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Posted by toxa on Jul-24-2002 20:12:

Do you split the headphone sound, or do you listen to both tables?

I was wondering, because both ways work, but which one do you use?

Posted by ampburner on Jul-24-2002 20:28:

both at the same time, on the headphones. I never mix using the monitor speakers for monitoring...

Posted by Haak on Jul-25-2002 05:45:

quote:
Originally posted by ampburner
both at the same time, on the headphones. I never mix using the monitor speakers for monitoring...

Same here

Posted by toxa on Jul-25-2002 13:44:

I heard from a lot of people that its better to learn speaker monitoring, is that true?

Posted by Subsonik on Jul-25-2002 14:34:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Xtronic
I heard from a lot of people that its better to learn speaker monitoring, is that true?

well, i dont think so, becoz if you are spinning in a club with bad monitoringspeakers, you cant hear your mix, if your monitoring with headphone, its always the same sound

Posted by DJ-Kuza on Jul-25-2002 14:47:

Do both. Some mixers might not have split cue.

1. Use one headphone with the incoming track and one ear on the monitor to beat match.

2. Test your beatmatching with both trakcs in the ehadphones with both cups on your ears. If it's matched then you know you did good witht he monitor and now you can fix your EQ's on the new track to sound good. Cause now you hear what the people will hear when you bring it in.

Posted by ampburner on Jul-25-2002 14:59:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ-Kuza
Do both. Some mixers might not have split cue.

He isn't talking about split cue, but about both tables on both ears at the same time.

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Jul-25-2002 15:02:

quote:
Originally posted by ampburner
both at the same time, on the headphones. I never mix using the monitor speakers for monitoring...

me too
the best way to do it.

Posted by MekTek on Jul-25-2002 15:24:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ-Kuza
Do both. Some mixers might not have split cue.

1. Use one headphone with the incoming track and one ear on the monitor to beat match.

2. Test your beatmatching with both trakcs in the ehadphones with both cups on your ears. If it's matched then you know you did good witht he monitor and now you can fix your EQ's on the new track to sound good. Cause now you hear what the people will hear when you bring it in.

i do it the same way. headphone off one ear, to the monitor(s) n one cup on the other ear monitoring the cue track.

Posted by u4ea on Jul-25-2002 18:07:

I listen to both tables in my 'phones...I don't use the monitor.

I have the live mix in both ears, and the profile tune in both ears...i adjust the volumes of both songs in my ears so that I can hear a distinct pattern in the music...easier to correct drifting beats for me.

Posted by DJ-Kuza on Jul-25-2002 18:56:

What I'm saying, is you might not be playing at a club where you can hear both records in the headphones at the same time. So learn to o both.

Posted by ampburner on Jul-26-2002 00:05:

don't all mixers have that feature?. it's a basic feature if you ask me...could be wrong but I don't think so. split cue isn't standard, but cueing multiple channels is. at least I was under that impression...

Posted by JayD on Jul-26-2002 00:27:

quote:
Originally posted by ampburner
don't all mixers have that feature?. it's a basic feature if you ask me...could be wrong but I don't think so. split cue isn't standard, but cueing multiple channels is. at least I was under that impression...

Nope, most club use Rane mixers. Some of the Rane mixers do not have headphone mixing. Like previously said, its better to do both headaphone mixing and with one cup. If you have the split cue option on the mixer (Vestax PCV-275) u should try using that, its works better I think.

JaY

Posted by ampburner on Jul-26-2002 00:32:

OMG are you for real? *shrugs* I didn't know that

so which of these is a 'common' rane mixer then?
http://www.rane.com/djcat.html#mixers

Posted by jesten on Jul-26-2002 01:20:

At first I use the monitors to beatmatch and I use the both TTs in the headphones for the fine tuning.

Posted by DJ LIQUID on Jul-26-2002 02:07:

i dont split it...i have the same channel come out of both headphones

well...i only keep one ear on my phones so i guess it doesnt really matter

Posted by DJ Chrono on Jul-26-2002 02:45:

i find it's hard to hear when the beats are aligned with split cue on, so I don't use it.

Posted by mikefasssy on Jul-26-2002 05:13:

both

Posted by matt_a on Jul-27-2002 12:15:

quote:
Originally posted by ampburner

both at the same time, on the headphones. I never mix using the monitor speakers for monitoring...

Same. I find it so much easier. I never use split cue either. I don't think it really matters as long as the mixing sounds good.
BTW why the hell wouldn't a mixer have headhone mixing. They are like the $100 mixers. Why would clubs use those?

Posted by ampburner on Jul-27-2002 13:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Trancey Ash

Same. I find it so much easier. I never use split cue either. I don't think it really matters as long as the mixing sounds good.
BTW why the hell wouldn't a mixer have headhone mixing. They are like the $100 mixers. Why would clubs use those?

yup that's what I was thinking... even the cheapest mixers have that feature... actually, I'm not sure it should even be called a feauture, it's so basic...

Posted by Veldrid on Jul-28-2002 01:53:

The club I go to has some cheap ass mixer I have never ever heard of and it doesnt have split cue. The thing that really pisses me off about that club is that they also have a DJM 600 but only bring it out for the out of state DJs.

Posted by matt_a on Jul-28-2002 06:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Veldrid

The club I go to has some cheap ass mixer I have never ever heard of and it doesnt have split cue. The thing that really pisses me off about that club is that they also have a DJM 600 but only bring it out for the out of state DJs.

The BASTARDS!

Posted by ampburner on Jul-28-2002 12:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Trancey Ash
The BASTARDS!

lol ! but still... if it has no split cue, it does have the ability tp cue both channels right?