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Originally posted by DannyO I hear that, for the longest time I used this old Kam mixer that had nothing on it, the main feature of it was the power button, but I'm glad as I learned alot from that POS.

aye, i think a lot of DJs nowadays take EQs for granted. You can still do some awesome mixes without EQs!

I would upload some of mine, but theyre all on casette

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Originally posted by djdk aye, i think a lot of DJs nowadays take EQs for granted. You can still do some awesome mixes without EQs! I would upload some of mine, but theyre all on casette

yea, EQs are a luxury, I got a couple on tape from years back, plus I do still have a couple on pc somewhere that I did on that mixer and 2 crappy belt drive Soundlab decks that were duff.

The sound isn't to bad from them, just beats drifting often as they could never hold pitch, hmm, maybe I should upload them.

my mixer (numark dm 1285) doesnt have eqs for each channel, it has a five band eq for the output. mixing with it is a pain in the ass but it can be done. it really teaches you to find songs that go together really well. i can not wait to get a new mixer. i'm trying to hold out and buy a nice one instead of getting a cheap mixer just for the eqs.

If your track selection is solid and provided you are mixing in key then you really don't need the EQs, except to cut out bass phasing. Some top of the line rotary mixers don't employ EQs but rather have a high pass filter which is all you need to eliminate phasing. If you aren't mixing in key and have tracks with clashing elements then you really need to use the EQs to pull a nice sounding transition. So EQs are not necessary but they are a definate plus. I know I wouldn't want to mix on a mixer with no EQs. Try not to swap the bass frequencies but rather slowly bring up the bass on the track while lowering the other and again do this slowly don't just switch them out.

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Originally posted by Zild If your track selection is solid and provided you are mixing in key then you really don't need the EQs, except to cut out bass phasing. Some top of the line rotary mixers don't employ EQs but rather have a low pass filter which is all you need to eliminate phasing. If you aren't mixing in key and have tracks with clashing elements then you really need to use the EQs to pull a nice sounding transition. So EQs are not necessary but they are a definate plus. I know I wouldn't want to mix on a mixer with no EQs. Try not to swap the bass frequencies but rather slowly bring up the bass on the track while lowering the other and again do this slowly don't just switch them out.

It's a high pass filter. Low pass eliminates everything above a certain frequency leaving you with just the bass. High pass does the opposite, killing the bass.

oops thats what i get for smoking too much

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Originally posted by failsafe I don't know why everyone is saying they can't have both channels at full volume together. It's really not that hard to find two songs that match together well enough to have the volumes both at full volume on for a minute or so.

i agree. i mix at full volume quite often, using the right EQ settings of course. anything is possible if you understand the music.

i see alot of big dj's just mix with the channels and no eg's, i guess this only works if the records go well together and are in the same key

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Originally posted by failsafe I don't know why everyone is saying they can't have both channels at full volume together. It's really not that hard to find two songs that match together well enough to have the volumes both at full volume on for a minute or so.

its doesn't matter what tracks you play, if you have both tracks at full volume without eq (assuming you have gain matched), your master gain will be up and down like a yoyo every damn mix. that is messy, and totally wouldn't work on a club system.

unless you use bits of songs that haven't got kicks, but you will be hard pressed to be able to put a set together like that.

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Originally posted by MR STROKE i see alot of big dj's just mix with the channels and no eg's, i guess this only works if the records go well together and are in the same key

thats because they are lazy.

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Originally posted by MR STROKE i see alot of big dj's just mix with the channels and no eg's, i guess this only works if the records go well together and are in the same key

that's 'cause they're lazy and/or the system has a ton of signal processing and whatnot.