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| Yoricko |
Just sold my MIDI controller quite some time back, looking for a mixer to mix trance/house/techno/minimal.
I have quite a limited budget. I plan to route the outs of Traktor/Ableton to the mixer for now, and will get a DVS/CDJ (still undecided) with the proper interface in the future.
Don't know if mixer effects are important to me because I have some in Traktor and Ableton, I use the effects quite often in techno/minimal mixes.
These are the mixers I have in mind -
Numark X6 - Very affordable, 2 channels, great efffects (told by my friend)
A friend of mine suggested this, not a fan of Numark stuffs though.
Vestax PMC280 - 4 channels, 16 effects, running on extended budget
Saw this while surfing the net, seemed quite cool.
Korg KM202/402 - 2/4 channels, in-built KP pad
Read some reviews on the net about not so great build quality, but seemed pretty good overall.
A&H Xone 22 - 2 channels, very basic, filter sweep
Basic mixer with great built quality from A&H.
Ecler Nuo 2.0 - 2 channels, very basic, fx send/return
Basic mixer with great built quality from Ecler.
Pioneer DJM400 (used) - 2 channels, effects, sampling, running on extended budget
2 channel mixer with some effects, and great built by Pioneer.
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Will be nice if you guys give your honest opinions, cheers! |
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| darouge11 |
| I had the pioneer djm-400...its a great little unit for what it is |
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| uziva |
| behringer DJX-700 ? |
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| miamitranceman |
| quote: | Originally posted by darouge11
I had the pioneer djm-400...its a great little unit for what it is |
+1. I started off on it for a few years. Only downside is lack of balanced out and booth output.
I now have an Ecler and would recommend anything in their line. |
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| uziva |
| how is the behringer djx-700. What do most of you think about it ? |
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| miamitranceman |
| quote: | Originally posted by uziva
how is the behringer djx-700. What do most of you think about it ? |
I've only heard negative thing to be honest.
If you're gonna go Behringer, go for the newer DDM4000. |
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| djkatmaus |
| quote: | Originally posted by uziva
how is the behringer djx-700. What do most of you think about it ? |
Behringer is to the DJ world, what it and Mackie is to the pro audio world. Inexpensive gear that's ok, but I wouldn't rely on it's longivity.
Best advice is to find a place where you can demo them. See what you like/dislike about each one and how each one fits your needs.
My next mixer, well when the Denon's die will most likely be an Allen & Heath. Prob. a 92. The A&H stuff comes from years of pro live sound experience. The technology in the pro gear, is in the DJ gear. |
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| Yoricko |
I'll avoid Behringer for now, don't really like the way their stuffs look like. Yes it is cheap, but I doubt it will last.
Steering my decision on these -
A&H Xone 22 - 2 channels, very basic, filter sweep
Basic mixer with great built quality from A&H.
Ecler Nuo 2.0 - 2 channels, very basic, fx send/return
Basic mixer with great built quality from Ecler.
Pioneer DJM400 (used) - 2 channels, effects, sampling, running on extended budget
2 channel mixer with some effects, and great built by Pioneer.
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I'm liking the looks of the Ecler Nuo 2.0 a lot. |
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| n3lly |
That's a good list of mixers.
Personally I quite like the look of the Nuo. I've never played on one but have heard nothing but good things about the Nuo range.
Some people complained that the mid eq took a little too much bass away i think. Not sure if i remember that 100% but it was a while back.
Other than that sound quality and build quality are top notch.
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| Stu Cox |
| quote: | Originally posted by uziva
how is the behringer djx-700. What do most of you think about it ? |
Vile.
It's got most of the same features as a DJM600 for about 1/4 of the price. How? Because they use the cheapest parts they possibly can across the whole device.
As a result, it breaks incredibly easily and sounds awful.
Everyone I've known who's owned one had it fail on them through normal bedroom use within the first 6 months, within a month for one guy.
To most people it's not quite cheap enough to make it disposable - and if you can afford to throw that much money away, you can also afford a better mixer!
As a bit of background, Behringer take a different approach for their DJ gear from their other equipment. For studio gear, guitars etc they set a price they want to enter the market at and then invest loads of time and effort in getting the best quality product they can at that price. With their DJ gear, they pick a model to copy the features of (or a few models to copy features from) and then get the price down as low as possible to make it a too-good-to-be-true bargain. |
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| djkatmaus |
I remember when Behringer first came out. At the time they were marketing their products against Mackie. Basically copied all of the Mackie pro mixer designs, but at half of the cost of a Mackie. Instead of spending $1100 on a Mackie 1604, you can buy our version for half that. Which at that time pissed off Mackie and all the lawsuits came flying from Mackie. Suing Behringer for infringement. If I remember correctly, Mackie withdrew the lawsuits because you couldn't copyright a certain basic mixer design.
As Stu stated, it's gear which is designed to mimic the real gear, but is built with the cheapest parts to keep the costs down. IMO I would stay away from the stuff. |
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