I just added a vermona action filter II plus the other day. I love the control it gives me over the resonance of my sound. Besides a efx 1000, what else have you guys come across that really improves the quality of your mixing?

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The vermonas are awesome- top choice.
Choice of the pros too- on many dj's riders those are.

Personally, switching to rotary mixers marked a big change in mixing sty1e and sound.

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Originally posted by Freak The vermonas are awesome- top choice. Choice of the pros too- on many dj's riders those are. Personally, switching to rotary mixers marked a big change in mixing sty1e and sound.

the rotary dials for the djm 800 are like 100 something dollars, hard for me to rationalize spending 100 dollars on 4 knobs
But maybe i will

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Originally posted by Scolomon I just added a vermona action filter II plus the other day. I love the control it gives me over the resonance of my sound. Besides a efx 1000, what else have you guys come across that really improves the quality of your mixing?

beer my friend..mixing without it kinda hinders my hands; even when im doin in my room..so i just make sure i get a few bottles b4 every session..TRYI IT! its fun

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Originally posted by Scolomon I just added a vermona action filter II plus the other day. I love the control it gives me over the resonance of my sound. Besides a efx 1000, what else have you guys come across that really improves the quality of your mixing?

A 2x RCA to 2x mono 1/4" jack cable... not sure if it necessarily improves the quality of my mixing, but it's good fun! When connected from the fx send into a channel on my DN-X1500, it allows me to play the sampler back through a channel and thus use EQ etc on it

There are quite a lot of quite useful things you can do with some creative wiring

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I think it's more than $100 actually.

I know I paid like $300 or something more for my 92 with rotaries.

It's not just the knobs, don't forget thost velvetty expensive pots underneath. They go for quite a bit on their own (at least $30 a piece just for the part).

Rotaries definately change the way you mix. I just did a super smooth mix last night without touching the eq's or anything else on the mixer... just careful volume control is all you need.

Filters are definately another super-useful item to have...

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Originally posted by Scolomon the rotary dials for the djm 800 are like 100 something dollars, hard for me to rationalize spending 100 dollars on 4 knobs But maybe i will

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Filters are definately another super-useful item to have...

Couldn't agree more - I'm so glad I chose the filters on the 92 over the effects on the Nuo5

do most people use 1 filter per cdj? i am poor so i am using one through my send recieve right now.
Is there another way i can use my one filter in conjunction with both cdjs AND use the effects onboard the djm 800 at the same time to layer them?
I know i could prob do this if i connected the mixer >filter > output but then when i recorded the filter wouldnt be present in the mix.
Any suggestions?

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Originally posted by Freak Personally, switching to rotary mixers marked a big change in mixing sty1e and sound.

+1

Have been mixing on more and more rotaries in clubs (mainly the rane) and I think it's really pushing me to excel in my track selection... if you pick the 2 perfect jams it's like butter on a rotary.

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Doesn't the 800 have an efx send/return? As long as you can "affect" the master output (or one cdj at a time if you prefer), you should be fine.

Though "layering" them might be a bit much

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Originally posted by Scolomon do most people use 1 filter per cdj? i am poor so i am using one through my send recieve right now. Is there another way i can use my one filter in conjunction with both cdjs AND use the effects onboard the djm 800 at the same time to layer them? I know i could prob do this if i connected the mixer >filter > output but then when i recorded the filter wouldnt be present in the mix. Any suggestions?

it does have a send return, thats what i am doing now, what i want to do is use the onboard effects AND the filter at the same time AND record it

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But why are you CURRENTLY using the send/return if you are using the ONBOARD effects?

The s/r is for external effects... and it should be present on the record out?

Or does the 800 not let you use both at once?

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Originally posted by Scolomon it does have a send return, thats what i am doing now, what i want to do is use the onboard effects AND the filter at the same time AND record it