DJ setups/Mixer porn/New toys thread... - Jaded Clubbers

DJ setups/Mixer porn/New toys thread...

303abuser

Unbroken1 that’s actually why i bought the drumbrute, it’s so simple with no menus that it performs one task that i can’t change lol. i bought the digitakt for drums, but use it for so many other functions that it’s easy to get distracted. if you want to get into elektron though, the digitakt is a great start. it’s super powerful and flexible, but not quite as complex as some of their other boxes.

Unbroken1

…maybe I need to take a closer look, been looking at TR8s tutorials for a while now though, I’m also aware that they are a fair bit less expensive

303abuser

the tr8s is about half the price new, but if you can find a used rytm mki, it’s close and the digitakt is in the ball park of the tr8s.

loopdokter

Unbroken1 Have released a couple of original bits since but mainly just edits/mashups.. have about a dozen unfinished tracks on my laptop. Am trying to get technically self-sufficient… not that confident with the more scientific mixing side of things but gradually sorting the studio out and trying to learn!

If you have any questions, ask away Damo. 25+ years producing and engineering. I now do it for other people too. Go me.

Dan

Unbroken1 Good little label Wez started.

loopdokter

Dan Good little label Wez started.

Wez sold it quite some time ago, sadly. The current owner is a bit of a pillock and refuses to do his accounts or pay out money owed.

Dan

loopdokter Yeah I know….now Managing Director at Defected.

Why do you still have dealings with the new owner? Krafted own it all now.

IndustryStandard

I see MasterSounds have done a price drop - Radius4 just over a grand now.

https://mastersounds.co.uk/collections/mixers

So these have an FX send/return. Would you be able to hook up a Pioneer EFX500/1000 ? Is there a separate blend knob for the FX and Filter, or does one control both?

Heno

IndustryStandard was very close to buying one but have decided to go for a db4, the mastersounds stuff looks amazing

Unbroken1

…incredible value these mixers now.

Filter (channel) is controlled by the HPF knob directly above the channel fader. FX goes through the send/return and there is an insert switch presumably so you can bypass it outright… the Aux knob at the top controls the amount of effect. Here’s a good little video demonstrating the Mastersounds effects unit, an RMX/EFX would hook-up the same way:

mono-stereo

Heno db4 looks great but i can’t help thinking they are about to replace it.

IndustryStandard

Need to organise/sell some of my kit when I get round to it / have it all setup. Building a garden room currently thats going to be my studio / TV room / man cave . Have a DB2/Xone 62 and Xone 23 . No real justification of buying one of these apart from…….well…they look so good 😀 Maybe just the Raduis 2 for a vinyl setup!

IndustryStandard

mono-stereo They’ve retired the DB2 and that was released after the DB4, so agree .

Now Diggers have moved onto the V10 A&H have to up their game. Surprised their PX5 never seemed to take off. A few on this board had it if I remember correct and loved it. Looks superb but sort of lost the buzz around it. Suppose the 96 got released around the same time and punters went for that

Unbroken1

…the fact that its operationally almost identical to the A&H V6/S6 is why I think the MS Radius is such incredible value.

DB4 is very long in the tooth now…. not convinced they will replace it tbh, I think the 96 offers the kind of flexibility that is much more desirable these days.

PX5 is a nice mixer but so many A&H users mix with the filters, only having a single master filter is a real shame IMO (cue Hannu!).

Heno

Unbroken1 kinda feel the 96 is the 92 on steroids but I’m sure it is great,
yeah the whole ms thing been close to a v6 really appealed to me plus the build looks excellent , swung towards the db for the fact you can get the firmware and turn it into a rotary and you it’s really flexible

Homegrove

Eh, yes I have the PX:5 and yes I love it, but I’ve always been an EQU-guy, mainly use the filter when exiting a track, to smother it out. Fuĺl kill EQU on the mixer is all I need.

Unbroken1

…conversely, I never touched the EQ after using a mixer with a HPF, although my new one is iso-only, so I guess is more EQ than filter

Homegrove

Yes. You are now mixing the way I’m mixing, as you could say the PX:5 has an iso on every channel.

Unbroken1

…dunno about you, but I only ever use the iso subtractively, I read about people ‘boosting frequencies’ but I never fuck with tracks like that when mixing

Homegrove

Yeah, me neither.

Unbroken1

…I asked Justin at Isonoe if he was interested in putting a filter on my mixer… he wasn’t 😄

Mad_Cyril

Unbroken1 is that a euphamism Damo?

Unbroken1

Mad_Cyril …fnar!

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