I'm curious about other DJ's and what positions they have their EQ's at. For me it's...

Hi - 12 o clock
Mid - 1:30
Low - 12 o clock

unity. records are already mastered to how they should sound.

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i actually like to reduce the mids to a bit more than treble and bass.. just a personal preference. but it definitely has to do with the equip youre playing on.. in 2 different venues, the same record on the same decks with the same mixer can sound very different.


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i set my EQs based on the system i'm using and the tracks being played

I like to leave them all at 12 o'clock. I use the EQs to cut out parts of the tracks I'm bringing into the mix, not to try and re'EQ songs so they sound better.

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Okay, well I guess I should ask...is there any correct position to have them set at...or is it all just personal preference? I find that the higher they are on the EQ the more tinny it sounds...

You should use your EQ's to help your 2 tracks sit together better.... no-one can truly think that a 3 band eq on even a £1000 worth of mixer is going to be able to improve a professionally mastered and eq'd track

Am I missing somthing here? There are posts stating that they don't use the Eqs? I set my Eqs differently for every track, usually when I cue in a new track. Even though records themselves are mastered so that they sounds good at all 0 eq settings, no two records are mastered the same. Consider a track with a hard bass line and then one with deep bass. If you cue in with eqs at all 0s the deep bass will either overcome the other track, or if you try to match the bass with faders (lowering the deep bass) you'll lose the upper and mid. I also use Eqs to cut over the bass from one track to another almost like an effect in a few occasions. I hope this all makes sense.

Have to agree. There is no set position for the whole time you're playing. It all depends on the track. Generally I like to have the lows turned up higher than eveything else but its not always the case.

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I mess with them too much I think. Theres time when I mix the song, and after about 2 minutes I'm thinking to myself that this doesn't sound right at all, then I look and its been playing with the treble all the way down for a few minutes.

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I don't think anyone ever said to bring in the track you're cueing with all the EQs at 0, thats just poor mixing. I definitely use the EQs when I have both of the tracks playing together but once I have a track playing live by itself I try to move all of the EQs back to 0 because I find that most tracks sound best with the EQs at 0.

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I like to leave them all at 12 o'clock. I use the EQs to cut out parts of the tracks I'm bringing into the mix, not to try and re'EQ songs so they sound better.

thats probably the best thing you can do really. the only other way you can use EQ is to compensate for the different frequency response on certain systems. i.e. if its bass light, top up the EQ on the bass end (highly unlikely unless its a cheap peice of shit). however, its probably a better idea to run a 31 band stereo EQ before your monitors/PAs and set the EQ beforehand and just leave it like that for the duration of the set - cuz 31 bands are near useless for adjustments on the fly. then use the 3 band EQs on the mixer to transition in and out of tracks.