The thing is every DJ should be able to do both. Some clubs the booth will be so loud there is no way you'll be able to mix in the headphones over the monitors, and in some clubs you'll have a crappy monitor and be forced to mix in the headphones.

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Originally posted by Zild The thing is every DJ should be able to do both. Some clubs the booth will be so loud there is no way you'll be able to mix in the headphones over the monitors, and in some clubs you'll have a crappy monitor and be forced to mix in the headphones.

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I've only learnt the one ear method with both tracks cue'd in the headfones, I find it much easier to match the beats that way. Gonna giv the other goes a try wen i've sorted out my beatmixing properly.

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Originally posted by Lover Boy I've only learnt the one ear method with both tracks cue'd in the headfones, I find it much easier to match the beats that way. Gonna giv the other goes a try wen i've sorted out my beatmixing properly.

You might to try just listening to the track you're cueing if you're using the one ear method.

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Originally posted by Zild You might to try just listening to the track you're cueing if you're using the one ear method.

I've used that method since the very first time I touched my decks..

I feel more comfortable with the 2 ear method, but the 1 ear method helps alot , especially if when you have an Sh*t ton of speakers next to the booth-(I hate it when that happens)!

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Originally posted by spdandpwr Once i was mixing in my headphones at a gig and in order for me to clearly hear the mix over the volume of the pa system I had to crank the volume on the heaphones. The dj i was doing the set with (we were mixing back and forth) was using the same headphones but the one ear one cup method and he would turn down the cue volume drastically. When you have mix in the headphones you hear for the beats to be matching with one....it's very difficult for me to explain but generally thats what happens with me is that i need a louder volume with mixing in the headphones, which could be due to bad sound isolation. in any event, the only reason why i would see more dj's djing with the one ear one cup method because it "looks cooler" and, in my case, saves your ears

I dont think its for the "looks cooler" effect. Back when I started DJing most mixers had cue toggles and a flick switch between cue and master. No mini cue/master crossfader to do matching in the phones. You could either punch the cues in and out quickly to see how it sounded or go the one ear to the outside world way and thats what most people did.

The first ever gig I got was in a club with no monitor speakers and the nearest speaker was about 10m away. The mixer was Peavey something or other and had no cue/master fader so you had to mix about a quarter of a second ahead of what you heard from the PA system as that was the delay. Get the mix going perfect between your one ear and the PA then flick the record foward a touch and bring it out onto the dance floor.

Thankfully those days are now gone.

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Originally posted by Joost How on earth are you going to mix on a xone with no monitors then

http://www.allen-heath.com/ProductT...front_panel.jpg

There is a split control at the top right of the pic, dont know if thats what people are looking for.

I've used this mixer a few times now in clubs but thankfully have had monitors to use too.

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Can someone please explain the difference (in detail) between the 1 ear and the two ear method??? Im ordering my dj equipment next week and i would like to learn the most effective way to cue up and beat match...

being a newb I find it easier using the cue/pan on the mixer and having both cans on. Easier to hear imo, then again I cant have the music up to loud in my place I do make it a point to practice with one can from time to time.

IMO you should be able to do both (one can being harder imo)

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One is a LOT harder... and is the way that 99% of DJ's cue and beatmatch. You almost NEVER see DJ's cueing in the phones in clubs.

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Originally posted by Euphorica being a newb I find it easier using the cue/pan on the mixer and having both cans on. Easier to hear imo, then again I cant have the music up to loud in my place I do make it a point to practice with one can from time to time. IMO you should be able to do both (one can being harder imo)