There is something truly satisfying about playing on a rotary mixer with no eq's, and pulling of a completely seemless mix without EQ's...

If smoothness is REALLY what you're going for, get an A+H mixer with filters. They are great for mixing!

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Originally posted by JMorris Fixed.

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 There is something truly satisfying about playing on a rotary mixer with no eq's, and pulling of a completely seemless mix without EQ's... If smoothness is REALLY what you're going for, get an A+H mixer with filters. They are great for mixing!

I was going to say the exact same thing about filters, but i have yet to ever use any they would be so useful for the way i mix (i think). Man i can't wait to get a xone 92

Yeah you can just roll off the frequencies right up or down, and when there's just a little bit of the outgoing track left you crank up the resonance to emphasize it... very nice indeed.

Skip the 92 and get the V6, high pass filter on every channel It's only like $6000.

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Originally posted by starboy I was going to say the exact same thing about filters, but i have yet to ever use any they would be so useful for the way i mix (i think). Man i can't wait to get a xone 92

Ill take both, plus a rotory like yours

You should make some more mix vids, those were nice!

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Originally posted by hiram all is going well and its been 2 years since i started spinning. ive got the beatmatching and phrase matching down now but i still need to do some polishing on the EQing. anyone have any tips on how to do this properly. any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm no pro but this is how I do it. I usally turn my Gains up between 1-2 o'clock. That also depends on the track and how it was produced, of coarse. Then I take and turn the Lows around 10 o'clock. Turn the Mids between 10-11 o'clock. Turn the Highs a little slighty higher than the Mids @ around 11 o'clock. What I noticed when I started to eq like this that my mixes had alot more punch to them. They did not sound drowned by the Lows, and they had a nice clear sound to them. I use to eq with everything at around 12 o'clock, and I would listen to my mix that I recorded and it always sounded like the Lows were drowning the rest of the track out, and since I started eqing like this my mixes have sounded alot cleaner. But, this is just my way of doing it. Like I said, I'm no pro, I've only been at it around three years now.


Rock On, (I should also add that I slightly touch +1 db, trying not to go over)

Mike

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Originally posted by Michael May I'm no pro but this is how I do it. I usally turn my Gains up between 1-2 o'clock. That also depends on the track and how it was produced, of coarse. Then I take and turn the Lows around 10 o'clock. Turn the Mids between 10-11 o'clock. Turn the Highs a little slighty higher than the Mids @ around 11 o'clock. What I noticed when I started to eq like this that my mixes had alot more punch to them. They did not sound drowned by the Lows, and they had a nice clear sound to them. I use to eq with everything at around 12 o'clock, and I would listen to my mix that I recorded and it always sounded like the Lows were drowning the rest of the track out, and since I started eqing like this my mixes have sounded alot cleaner. But, this is just my way of doing it. Like I said, I'm no pro, I've only been at it around three years now. Rock On, (I should also add that I slightly touch +1 db, trying not to go over) Mike

I just tried this and the result is great, thanks for sharing

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Originally posted by starboy I just tried this and the result is great, thanks for sharing

I'm glad I can give back a little. If it were'nt for these boards and the people on them I would be pretty lost and not even close to where I am at now.


Mike

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Thats a cool way to bring out the mids and highs. When using an EQ it is better to cut instead of boost.

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Originally posted by Michael May I'm no pro but this is how I do it. I usally turn my Gains up between 1-2 o'clock. That also depends on the track and how it was produced, of coarse. Then I take and turn the Lows around 10 o'clock. Turn the Mids between 10-11 o'clock. Turn the Highs a little slighty higher than the Mids @ around 11 o'clock. What I noticed when I started to eq like this that my mixes had alot more punch to them. They did not sound drowned by the Lows, and they had a nice clear sound to them. I use to eq with everything at around 12 o'clock, and I would listen to my mix that I recorded and it always sounded like the Lows were drowning the rest of the track out, and since I started eqing like this my mixes have sounded alot cleaner. But, this is just my way of doing it. Like I said, I'm no pro, I've only been at it around three years now. Rock On, (I should also add that I slightly touch +1 db, trying not to go over) Mike

Yeah this is the same thing I do when I mix. I mess with the highs and mids, but the lows I have a tendency to leave alone unless the incoming track has a lot of bass, then I bring it to about 10:00 or 11:00 and then gradually bring it to 12:00 and leave it there. The Lows on my Vestax PCV 275 suck.

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Originally posted by i got big pants NOT TRUE! sorry...just felt like saying that

beat me to it

Sometimes you need to EQ the lower Freqs becuase the two kick drums are out of phase (thats just what I call it not sure if its the right term.) when they kind of cancel eachother out. Sometimes if im mixing two tracks in the same key and the one im bringing has alot going on in the mid freqs, ill lower it (before hand) to give the mix more room. What if you have an older record your playing and the hi's are beat to shit you'll want to cut from the newer pressed record so the mix isn't ear piercing noticable. thats how i use it

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