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Posted by Abbas on Jul-30-2002 21:34:

Opinions on this mixer.....

Well, I know probably it is not that great......but I got it at a great price with a pair of Technics MK3Ds (with needles, etc......$700 USD)....

The mixer is American DJ Q-3433, I haven't heard much about this mixer

and the specs:
Fader "Q" start
Balanced XLR outputs
Rotary Kills -30dB for treble and mids
3 Phono, 4 lines, 3 AUX and 3 mic
Silver brushed aluminum face plate
Feather Fadertm crossfader
Gain each channel
Split Cue monitor
Zone w/ treble and bass control
Rotary Kills -35dB for bass on each channel

any thoughts or experiences with this mixer....please let me know!!!

Thanx!!

Posted by Sinonick on Jul-31-2002 22:56:

never used one, but from the specs it seems pretty cool for such a deal.

i think that YOU should be the one to share your thoughts or experiences with this mixer...

Sino

Posted by Abbas on Jul-31-2002 23:05:

I would share my thoughts, but I never even got it yet....

its on its way from Cali at the moment and I'm new to mixing, meaning this my first set of TTs and my first mixer.....(i.e..rookie!)

I was hoping someone would give me some thoughts!

Posted by Dj Flesch on Jul-31-2002 23:21:

my main thing against this mixer 9(though I've never used it) is that it doesn't have gain LEDs for each of the channels. This will make it difficult to make the volume levels of your two channels that you will mix together difficult. You can add this on as an aftermarket item, though I'd get a mixer with it build it.

Posted by Sinonick on Aug-01-2002 00:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Flesch
my main thing against this mixer 9(though I've never used it) is that it doesn't have gain LEDs for each of the channels. This will make it difficult to make the volume levels of your two channels that you will mix together difficult. You can add this on as an aftermarket item, though I'd get a mixer with it build it.

it has leds! there's a button next to the main out leds, when you press it you got the dB level of two of the channels... (don't know which, probably the ones using the crossfader every time)

hope that helped, Abbas, we're gonna find out whether it's good or not, no matter how roockie you are (being a roockie isn't bad, everyone was a roockie once). in a short period of time you'll know .

wish ya all da best...

Posted by Abbas on Aug-02-2002 23:25:

Yeah, I know we all gotta start somewhere.....thanks for the words of encouragement

my TTs should be here on Tuesday, so its all good!!!

I did look around for more info though! and there is an LED for each channel! here is some more:

� Bass, mid & treble control for mics
� Individual Volume control for each mic. Neutrik� combo microphone connection
� 1/4"(6.3mm)/XLR. On/off/talkover switch for DJ mic
� High quality replaceable Feather Fader plus for smooth, clean crossfading
� On/Off Channel assign switch for crossfader
� Gain control for each channel
� Bass, mid and treble control for each channel
� Master volume control
� Stereo/Mono switch
� Cue mixing slider
� Split Cue monitoring
� Cue Level Control
� Cue button with LED for each channel
� Master Level Indicators with peak hold
� Left/Right master balance

actually i found all the features and specs here....
http://www.americandj.com/pdffiles/Q3433SX.pdf

from what I see its not too bad at all, but then again I don't know much!