This is a simple question really, I just need to know if the high and low pass filters on the DJM 800 work in essentially the same manner as the high and low pass filters on the Xone.

I realize that you just turn the color knob to the right for high and left for low on the DJM, but is that really the only difference? The way you control it? How do the sounds compare?

I only ask because this weekend I'm playing a straight up techno set and really, really like to use filters when I'm layering 3 or more tunes/samples together.

Cheers.

Rob

Edit: And just FYI, I mix at home on a Xone 62 and will likely be playing on a DJM 800 this weekend, hence the question.

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Xone's filters >>> DJM-800's

Right, right - I think that's well established, but we're not talking about quality here - I'm talking about function.

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check out some of the replies here... i asked basically the same question

http://www.djforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114077

Great link, thanks boss.

That pretty much answers it all for me.

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djm800's filters blow (i have one)

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Originally posted by discobiscuit djm800's filters blow (i have one)

i have one as well. its not that they blow, the DSP has solid filters, its just an extreme lack of control. there's no built-in LFO on the colour filter (although you can sort of do it with the autofilter) and there's no resonance control. so its sort of like a "standard built in filter". although it does have bandpass/notch and hi/lo filters.

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Originally posted by SPAWNmaster i have one as well. its not that they blow, the DSP has solid filters, its just an extreme lack of control. there's no built-in LFO on the colour filter (although you can sort of do it with the autofilter) and there's no resonance control. so its sort of like a "standard built in filter". although it does have bandpass/notch and hi/lo filters.

yeah, they blow!

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Originally posted by SPAWNmaster i have one as well. its not that they blow, the DSP has solid filters, its just an extreme lack of control. there's no built-in LFO on the colour filter (although you can sort of do it with the autofilter) and there's no resonance control. so its sort of like a "standard built in filter". although it does have bandpass/notch and hi/lo filters.

This is the main issue for me, although that doesn't render them completely useless.

They pretty much on par with the filters in the DN-X1500 if you've used them - same functionality (i.e. no wet/dry control, no resonance - just a single control to handle cut-off frequency, resonance and mix level), roughly the same sort of quality.

I've found the DN-X1500 filters very useful over the years that I've had the mixer and put the filters on the DJM800 to just as much use on the one occasion that I've played out on one - very useable for simply merging sounds a bit more cleanly, as it sounds you're wanting to do (in fact it was a techno set I was playing when I was on the DJM800 myself and used them for exactly this when getting busy with 3 decks)

But yeah give me Xone filters any day if there are some going!

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another thing i think is worth mentioning is that with the "autofilter" or the filter on the beat mode DSP, you can control the resonance. thats all.

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Well, regardless of their quality - it sounds like they'll do exactly what I need them to do and nothing more.

Question answered, thread closed.

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