yea it really does depend on the tracks, it can sound good without much eq decreased, or just a tad rolled off. just observe for displacement, and experiment to see what "sounds" good.

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Originally posted by EddieV It's actually the other way around, as most newbie DJs I've seen don't use EQ at all. Every professional DJ I know of use EQ to mix. Why? Because frequency clashes sound god-awful!! The technique you describe is a VERY oldskool way of mixing.

No where did I say I don't use EQs.

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I just get on the Mic and say 'Ya'll ready for this!' in my best American accent, and slam the new song in. Works a treat every time!

Plus no silly Eq'ing.

Worked brilliant from Five - Everybody get up, into Blue by Eifel 65.

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Originally posted by n3lly I just get on the Mic and say 'Ya'll ready for this!' in my best American accent, and slam the new song in. Works a treat every time! Plus no silly Eq'ing. Worked brilliant from Five - Everybody get up, into Blue by Eifel 65.

You could also use "I am Tiesto, bitch!"

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Originally posted by Zild No where did I say I don't use EQs.

Pretty much did here actually:

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Originally posted by Zild I hardly ever touch EQs when mixing. For me it all about track selection and level control.

Ok, so you didn't say you absolutely don't use them, but that you rarely do. Unless you're trying to make a distinction between mixing with them and just setting them for a track, but we're talking about mixing with them here.


Yeah it all depends what you're doing and how you're mixing it. Sometimes the track you absolutely have to play next won't fit as perfectly as you'd like (there are reasons to choose a track other than it being the tune that will go the best with the current one), so a bit of eq, sometimes quite harsh, to avoid some clashing can be necessary. That might be coupled with quite a fast mix to stop the harsh EQing from grating for too long.

At other times, you might want a particular sound (synth or something) to come through on the track you're bringing in - it might be that without EQ if you push the volume up loud enough for that sound to come through enough, the bass will add together and throw it into the reds... the solution: a bit of EQ to push up the frequency you want to hear, or to pull down the bass to stop it from interfering.


If you're playing deeper stuff then keeping the sound smooth can be more important than if you're playing whiny stabby electro - if the latter is the case then you're gonna be having much harsher noises coming out of the speakers than a slightly over-juiced EQ knob.

I mix with them.

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