In my experience the better quality the mixer, the less you have to use the EQs, plus if your a good DJ and know about keys and how each of your tracks progress, then you can mix and never had the 2 records clash any sounds or sound out of place.

I'd still prefer a mixer with EQs, even if you are an amazing DJ, its still nice to use EQs now and then for various things.

HAHA. I am learning right now how to mix without EQ's. Its not fun I'll tell ya. But im looking for a new mixer.

so long as you never have both tracks on full volume its possible. but eq's are very very very useful for blending. instead of swapping, try slowly turning one up while slowly turning the other down.

you can't mix every track with no eq's, beat phasing sounds messy and using the bass eq eliminates this.

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I can't imagine mixing without EQ's, they help so much to smooth things out. In fact if you gave me the choice between having no EQ's or having no faders (x or channel) I'd keep the EQ's.

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EQ mixing (100% EQ that is) can be great.
Try to (if your mixer can kill bands completely) to put the crossfader in the middle and the upfaders all the way up, with the EQs down to 0 on the incoming track, then raise them slowly, and fade the outgoing track out the same way.

when i first stated djing, i used my mates Numark disco mixer which had A) no eqs and B) no gain control/input level meter. Mixing on that taught me a hell of a lot about fader control!

It is possible to mix without eqs, you just have topick your tunes well and never have 2 tracks at full volume at the same time

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Originally posted by djdk when i first stated djing, i used my mates Numark disco mixer which had A) no eqs and B) no gain control/input level meter. Mixing on that taught me a hell of a lot about fader control! It is possible to mix without eqs, you just have topick your tunes well and never have 2 tracks at full volume at the same time

I hear that, for the longest time I used this old Kam mixer that had nothing on it, the main feature of it was the power button, but I'm glad as I learned alot from that POS.

I think maybe it's a good thing that I'm still an MP3 DJ, using PCDJ Red (No EQ controls with Red)... I've gotten used to only having a crossfader. And to answer your question, yes, if done right your mix can sound great

I had an American DJ scratch mixer without EQs for awhile...it was interesting

Seriously though it made me mix a lot better, but mixing without EQs is just plain stupid, especially on a big system (two basslines and kickdrums un-EQ'd on top of each other might very well blow your subs or speakers).

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I don't know why everyone is saying they can't have both channels at full volume together. It's really not that hard to find two songs that match together well enough to have the volumes both at full volume on for a minute or so.

That my one complaint about the pcv275. The eq cuts arent deep enough. They are only -16, and i think -12 in the mids. This makes it impossible to mix with eqs only.