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Originally posted by discobiscuit when using rotary, which fader setting do you use. the steady fader curve, the flat to steady curve, or the flat to sharp curve? i just got a rotary kit for my djm800 and am not sure which setting is best for rotary mixing...

avoid the sharp curve for smooth mixes, it defies the point of having a rotary, though can help if you want to cut in rapidly.
I put the rotary kit in my djm3000 and it has a very sharp curve, not much from 0-7, all the volume is between 8 and 10. I still prefer it to the linear faders, but if they had put any thought in to the curve it would be much much better

This is true. Its all to common for people to mess around with the EQ to save a bad mix.

A Make sure the mix is tight.
B Go smooth on the faders
and than you can worry about clashing frequencies.

it's definitely got to be both for me... although it's all preference...

for me, i generally set the EQ's of my cued track to about 8 or 9 o'clock then when i want to drop it into the now playing track i whack my cueing fader to the top... gives a slight change to the now playing track but very little... then i just slowly fade the EQ's in from the cueing track while cutting the EQ's of the now playing track to give a nice smooth transition... doesnt necessarily work for every track tho and can get a bit repetitive if i do it that way too much...

...wonder if any of that actually made any sense

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Originally posted by Existo22 This is true. Its all to common for people to mess around with the EQ to save a bad mix. A Make sure the mix is tight. B Go smooth on the faders and than you can worry about clashing frequencies.

I've always wondered how long other DJs keep two tracks in sync while bringing in another track.

When I use CD Players, I always begin bringing in the track no later than 2 minutes before the song ends. It gives me enough time to make a long transition and, not worry about the other song finishing early.

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Personally, I tend to use a variety of methods when mixing, weathers its with EQ knobs, faders or crossfaders. To the thread starter and his opinion of not using the EQ knobs....sorry...I have to disagree. Sometimes it works well just using the "faders", but if you want that effect when 2 tracks are in full sync and in transition, then EQ knobs are the only way to go...im sure you'll change your mind in the next 6 months tho ...

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Originally posted by Spoonz it's definitely got to be both for me... although it's all preference... for me, i generally set the EQ's of my cued track to about 8 or 9 o'clock then when i want to drop it into the now playing track i whack my cueing fader to the top... gives a slight change to the now playing track but very little... then i just slowly fade the EQ's in from the cueing track while cutting the EQ's of the now playing track to give a nice smooth transition... doesnt necessarily work for every track tho and can get a bit repetitive if i do it that way too much... ...wonder if any of that actually made any sense

I used to mix that way before I started using more of the faders/gain knobs and less of the EQs.

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For all the people talking about rotary faders...

In the past six months I've totally changed my mixing technique, and adopted the following method which I discovered through trial and error.

1. Beatmatch in my headphones

2. Cue the incomng track

3. Turn all EQs to "0" on the incoming

4. Bring the incoming fader up to 100%

5. Start the incoming track playing

6. Use each EQ appropriately.

The result is basically like using a rotary fader, except even more control. This method is not great for electro/electro-house (I'm inclined to bump the high and mid EQs in abruptly), but it's brilliant for trance and progressive.

To say that EQs are useless is just absurd. The best technical DJs I have seen (Desyn Masiello, Alex Kid), make sweet, tender, mechanical love to their EQs during every mix. Using faders only will never give you a result as good as a DJ using both.

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Originally posted by jacques Personally, I tend to use a variety of methods when mixing, weathers its with EQ knobs, faders or crossfaders. To the thread starter and his opinion of not using the EQ knobs....sorry...I have to disagree. Sometimes it works well just using the "faders", but if you want that effect when 2 tracks are in full sync and in transition, then EQ knobs are the only way to go...im sure you'll change your mind in the next 6 months tho ...

i dont think you read any of my other posts, what i wasnt disregarding the EQs altogether

Its not all about smoothness anyway, nothing gets the crowd going better than a nice filter sweep then slamming the bass in on the incoming track - use those eq's!!!!

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Originally posted by Project-K WTF is an 'EQ'?

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I really don't see how you can use just one or the other when mixing. Personally, I use the channel faders, my EQs and my filters when I mix. That's just me, though.

Hell, you don't even need volume faders if you can phrase an outro and breakdown properly.

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