Meridian, yeah basically the 4th band works like you said, highs, hi mids (for the overall presence of the sound), lo mid (more the bottom end of the lead synths, but more important, the attack of the bassdrum) and the low (the bassline and bottom end of the kick).

How to use the eq, you can't really use one method, as it depends on the tunes (like always), but you have way more control on smoothing everything out (for example mixing a tune with a ripping kick and one with a smooth one, you can smooth it beyond belief).

At first the eq's will be a little difficult to handle because of their massive assymetry (let's say you can turn down the knobs to about 9 o' clock just for some detail tweaking, the actual cutting only starts about that setting), but it's indeed a very powerful tool.

If you have enough channels but want more eq options, you can add Electrix EQ killers on your setup (they are sold almost for nothing in the US nowadays, lucky bastards). If you need more channels also, sure feel free to get a 62, you won't be disappointed at all.

Just a note, the xfader on the 62/464 is not as sharp as on the 32, this is because the mixers are designed for mixing mainly. For fast scratches you'll have some sort of delay. But fear not, as Dj Thy has got a way (from the tech guys of Allen&Heath) to sharpen the curve a big deal (soldering skills needed). If someone is interested, PM.

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Originally posted by Dj Thy but it's indeed a very powerful tool. If you have enough channels but want more eq options, you can add Electrix EQ killers on your setup (they are sold almost for nothing in the US nowadays, lucky bastards). If you need more channels also, sure feel free to get a 62, you won't be disappointed at all. Just a note, the xfader on the 62/464 is not as sharp as on the 32, this is because the mixers are designed for mixing mainly. For fast scratches you'll have some sort of delay. But fear not, as Dj Thy has got a way (from the tech guys of Allen&Heath) to sharpen the curve a big deal (soldering skills needed). If someone is interested, PM.

cool. they sure do sound powerful.

electrix EQ killers? hmm... i'll have to look into this.

so the 32 has a sharper fader? intersting! i guess this is because the 32 has the knob-style fader curve? all i know, is when the fader is in full cut mode on my 32, it's fast and VERY agressive, perfect for scratching... a friend of mine that spun on my 32 commented it worked out quite well for scratching. i have heard reports the 62 fader has a bit of a delay, which i find almost hard to believe! My guess is the 32 is a smaller, but more refined design (the fader for the VCFs, the curve control on a knob, etc etc, little things like that) - i think the 32 is probably better suited for simple 2 turntable-only setups.

do you have the info from a&h handy about the modification? shoot me an email with it if it's handy, im sure someday I will end up with a 62 on my bench... i know it's certainly going to be my next mixer, and the 32 will probably be moved to the PC-based mixing setup I'm currently using an old stanton on.
mail addy: meridian5i2 -at- yahoo.com (-at- for spam reduction, you know what to do!)

-mer

Nah, it has not much to do with xfader design. It's mainly because they intended it to be that way on the 62. You see it's a mixologists mixer. If you were going to do turntablism, you wouldn't get such a big mixer anyway (the smaller the mixer the better, faster at reaching the TT's). So they just designed a double action xfader, one for the smooth mixers, and one for the more active mixers for some chops etc... But not turntablism. And the fact they have a mod at hand for the courageous people that still want maximum sharpness proves they made it that way deliberatly.

The 32 is more of an allrounder, good for mixing, and not too big for scratching either. So they decided to install a full adjustable curve, so everyone is happy.

I'll send you the mod (a little text, and a pdf file featuring the location of the capacitators and the resistances on the pcb).

The difference between the DJM-500 and 600 is larger than people think:

*Eq on 500 is -20 and on 600 -26db
*The eq is also not as accurate on the 500 than the 600, if you look at the khz they cut at, the 600 has the standard khz rating
*500 has no record output which can be annoying
*600 has less redundant inputs and outputs than the 500
*600 has sampler and i think 2 extra effects (?)
*600 has the little "crossfader" knob and is VERY useful.. you can adjust the volume of each when heard together if you know what i mean
*500 doesnt have crossfader curves which do come useful on the 600

I would definately pay the extra $$$ for the 600.
Though a A%H Xone:32 is always good

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