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go for the carl cox mixer, the pmc-cx. it replaced the pmc-37, and you can also pick up a rotary kit if you want to experiment.
to me that seems to be the best way to go. you will have all the features that modern mixers have, like eq, individual gains, panning, cueing options, etc. and if you want to mix urie style, you can do that too on the pmc-cx. just set all the gains to about 3 oclock or what ever, and just don't touch the eq at all. it's a totally different style of mixing tho... you don't go all the way w/the rotary control, if you tracks peak @ 0db when the dial is set at 7. -you just match all the other tracks to that. if the next track is louder, then that track will peak before you get to 7. if the next track is softer, then you will have room to go past 7 to match the volume.
i'm using a pmc55 w/rotary kit, and i can't live w/out it. i still mix the same way i always do, by tweaking the gain on every track before i bring it in, and crank the dials to 10. actaully, when i'm mixing 2 tracks at equal volume, -the equivalent of having the crossfader in the middle. both dials around 8 to keep the master from going too far into the red. but when one song is playing, the dial is at 10.
once you get used to mixing on the rotary, you will notice that you don't need to use the eq much to get a clean blend. actually it's pretty rare when i touch the eq now. i like it better that way.
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