What the fuck? Someone is saying that it is wrong to mix inside headphones. Why? The mixing option in mixer is included because you should use this feature if you want. Im usually make the fade-in by using 50% headphones and 50% monitors. After fade-in, i monitor the process in my headphones. It is more easy to pitch-control your job inside headphones. This is obvious.
May-16-2007 08:08
Storyteller
Supreme tracneaddict
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Netherlands
He was joking...
I've played in a club where the only possibility was headphone mixing. I don't consider that a problem, I love doing the entire thing on the headset.
If less is more think about how much more more would be.
-Frasier
May-16-2007 08:47
agentdansmith
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Cannock, UK
quote:
Originally posted by Nemesis44
So if I get this straight, what you do is listen to both channels in both ears, and adjust the gain a little to make sure you can hear the incoming track?
That's quite normal for a lot of DJs. It's actually a very precise way of doing it.
Back when I started doing it, you had to match of the beat coming from the dance floor. Most mixers didn't allow you to match in the phones and monitors where not the clubs top priority. That teatches you how to beatmatch in all sorts of conditions.
Cheers
Nem
I think I'm missing something here...
If you're increasing the gain of one channel so that you can hear it over the other in your heahphones, wouldn't the crowd here the incoming track way too early while you're trying to beatmatch prior to cueing?
no they will not when the fader is down
It's quite handy, it's a sort of cue/master mix that way if your mixer doesn't support it natively.. It can be very handy sometimes.
If less is more think about how much more more would be.
-Frasier
May-16-2007 09:47
agentdansmith
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Cannock, UK
quote:
Originally posted by Storyteller
no they will not when the fader is down
It's quite handy, it's a sort of cue/master mix that way if your mixer doesn't support it natively.. It can be very handy sometimes.
Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Derby/Nottingham, UK
I only ever mix in the headphones, i find it loads harder to do it with one ear live/ one ear cued channel.
Btw, do some mixers not have the option to have both channels playing in the headphones? - or is split cue the less common of the two?
May-18-2007 15:44
kadomony
FRENCH EXPRESS
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Philly
quote:
Originally posted by DOOMBOT
I have a friend who beatmatches and mixes entirely in his headphones.
yea i do all beatmatching in my headphones. with one ear you really have to crank up your headphones which kills whatever ear you're cueing with.
then when mixing, ill fiddle with the headphone focus over to PGM or inbetween MIX and PGM.
plus, the music sounds so much better in the headphones than crappy booth monitors :P
how i do it:
1. cue upcoming track in headphones to your cue point
2. beatmatch with both tracks playing in headphones
3. turn headphone to PGM while bringing in cued track
4. adjust between MIX and PGM to check the mix
imo, anything that helps you get a tighter mix isn't cheating, just intelligent djing.
Originally posted by kadomony
imo, anything that helps you get a tighter mix isn't cheating, just intelligent djing.
definitely!
i just recently started (in the last few days) using both channels in headfones... find it so much easier - fuck knows y i had not cottoned on earlier!!
