I have yet to play live for the first time, but I was wondering how easy it is to get accustomed to the club's equipment. This club I might play at is using a completely different setup than mine at home which scares me.

all depends on what the equipment is I guess... some systems are easy to get used to and some are a pain in the ass...

just pray that their monitors are adequate and everything else should fall in place.

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First time i saw this at a club I thought I would never be able to get used to it right away...

If you are really scared try and go there during the day to practice.


Tell them you want to see how the monitors are setup and that you may have to make some little adjustements ( that's always a good excuse but sometimes they freak out when you tell them you want to adjust the stuff ).

It is very easy. Clubs will probably have better equipment so think of it as getting to play with expensive gear. What's so daunting about someone letting you bang out choons on big speakers using top of the line gear? Nothing... tear it up.

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Originally posted by Xtracktor First time i saw this at a club I thought I would never be able to get used to it right away... [IMG]http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/gakkiwatanabe/img10411445024.jpeg[/IMG]

I've actually asked myself about that exact mixer that was shown above. What's up with that...how the hell does it work? did you end up getting comfortable with it?

the only thing i dont like abt that mixer is that u can only listen to one source at a time in the cans

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Originally posted by OTtrancer I've actually asked myself about that exact mixer that was shown above. What's up with that...how the hell does it work? did you end up getting comfortable with it?

It's just like a fader mixer apart from the fact it's rotary controls simple as that.
And if the club doesn't suck it will have the EQ board ( it's an extra thing ( that picture just let's you pick the source and set gain and volumes ) )

^^^ well, i dont like quite a FEW things on it (without the XP addon):

- has no EQs.
- you are forced to be supersmooth (rotary knobs), when sometimes being sharp is a better way. if you try to be harsh with them, being precise becomes hard.
- kind of awkward to handle at first.
- primitive (and very limited) cue function (one source at a time).

if that's the mixer in the setup, i'd recommend finding one elsewhere to practice on (see if any friends have one or whatever) or try to go to the club and mess around with it, get a feel for it.

you control the volumes on the big knobs. the smaller knobs control the channel level (which you should match by eary, as you have no meters). so yeah, no EQs, and weird at first. still, doable. if they have the mp2016XP (addon to the basic mixer) you'll have EQs and all CUEing functions you want, so you'll be a lot better off.

good luck.

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The fact that the 2016 is very raw is a big reason why I bought it. You can tackle anything if you can rock an original 2016 -- well maybe not a UREI. ;-)

When I decided I wanted to have a setup at home, in addition to my studio I really wanted to to get the classic 2016. I didn't want the updated rev (2016a as shown above) with split cue simply because when I practice I don't want anything sort of crutch.

But as long as you can mix without split cue you will be fine on a 2016. It blends bass so well and it is actually not all that confusing.

When you approach a mixer with loads of knobs just break it down. For example on the 2016a figure out the channels you will use. Let's say TT1 is on 1 and TT2 is on 2. Now just forget 3-6. The top control is for selecting the source, which you won't use. After that you just have gain and mix level for those 2 channels. Not so confusing there. To the right you have your house level, monitor level and phones level. Simple. And then you have an EQ to play around with during breakdowns. Two mixes in to your set you'll be right at home on it.

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there's a lot to take into consideration when making the jump from the bedroom to a club in terms of equipment. Without a doubt, it will definitely take a little time to adjust to dealing with new equipment, especially in the case that the gear you're using at the club is NOT as good as your own. yeah, if you have a not-so-great setup at home, it will be pretty easy to adjust to using an allen and Heath and cdj1000's. But if you own top of the line equipment and all of a sudden you have to use something not nearly as good, problems can arise.

Definitely ask around and find out what kind of equipment the booth has before you show up and if need be, look up all the spec online to familiarize yourself with it. I'm not too sure about showing up like early in the day to test everything out, I don't know any clubs in NYC that would actually let you do that. Maybe its different elsewhere.

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