My suggestion would be to look at setting things up so that you can practice entirely in headphones, at least for the times of day that your neighbours won't particularly appreciate your music.

My set-up at home has the output from my mixer running through my computer, and the outputs from both my computer and headphone out jack on the mixer go into an A/B switchbox, which my headphones then plug in to. This allows me to switch between listening to the cueing on the headphone and listening to the master out coming from my mixer. Of course, this would be somewhat redundant if you own a mixer that allows you to select between cueing and master out on your headphones directly...

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there are a million of us in the same spot man. it sucks. I'm at the point where i do all my mixing in my headphones... but i play out 10-15hrs on the weekend, so for me its not that big of a deal. u'd be surprised how well u can mix when ur just using ur headphones

yeah all I do is mix in my headphones then record it everytime on my computer. Then I listen to it later and critic it.

Same here, I mix entirely in my headphones. Unless you have good sounding speakers and the ability to play them loud enough, often I find it hard to hear the music well enough to mix properly. In the headphones it's clear as fuck and as loud as I want! Wish my parents would piss off occasionally though, I didn't buy monitors to collect dust with

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I have pretty thin walls in my townhouse and to tell you the truth, I just play everything through my computer speakers with the bass turned down and it works out just fine. I haven't received a single complaint. You might just want to tone it down a little. The problem is, now that you have annoyed your neighbors once, if you do play it quieter and they still notice it, they're still gonna be annoyed.

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Like others said, either do it in your headphones or soundproof the apartment. I suggest buying a bunch of insulation from Lowes or Home Depot, and then layering the area that you spin at with it.

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my neighbour blasts shit like DJ Aligator back at me when i play too loud. Best thing is.. he's like 60 something
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Some bass traps in the corners of your apartment will help. Move your speakers and subwoofer away from the walls and elevated.

I am a DJ, and love to spin all the time, but I also have to work shift work to make ends meet. Have respect for your neighbors, how would you like to work a 12hr shift and be woke up from a dead sleep because someone is booming the bass. I suggest lose the sub, and play at lower levels. It does not have to be 140DB to mix music.


I sympathize with your neighbors, be respectful. There is a place for loud music. ITS CALLED A CLUB!!!!!

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Originally posted by Scottaculous Some bass traps in the corners of your apartment will help. Move your speakers and subwoofer away from the walls and elevated.

Yep I was looking for someone to mention bass traps. Additionally, you could also lower the bass response on your monitors, as those are the frequencies that travel more easily through walls and such.

1. just turn it down.

2. turn it down a little more.

3. if you have a sub, then toning the down the bass alone would help a lot already. bass travels in all directions and with cheapo drywalls in the US, there isn't much you can do other than soundproof materials (which cost a crap load, mind you) and close your windows/doors.

4. simple: mix through your headphones at night

5. TURN IT DOWN, geez!

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ask them politely to move?

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