And the Winner is............

yeah i would really love to have a mixer with some kind of filter or even any FX at all, i could really pro long the mixes especially if i had something with kill switches for the mid's high's and low's. yeah i took them as constructive, i was just replying back with some views
 
Ebay almost always has all of the Electrix products, including the EQ Killer for good prices. You could probably get an EQ Killer for around $100, maybe a bit more. I think with shipping I payed $125 for mine, unused. When Electrix was producing them they cost $200, so its a great deal. And, this one item very much altered my mixing style, or I should say allowed me to expand my mixing style.

Cheers,
Triple-Alpha
 
i think im just gonna keep saving and get a better mixer, maybe a vestax or a rane. ill just stick with my lil old djm 300 for now heh


edit: doesn't vestax make a mixer with 3 band EQ kills on both channels?
 
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"I also spin deep, funky, jazzy, swing, and latin house and find that long mixes work almost all of the time"

you know, ive had so many discussions at the local rekkid store with dj's about long mixes, and id show them 4 minute mixes id done on my cd's that were flawless...but really, it doesnt matter if the mix is long or short, but how effective it is and how smooth the mix is...really, thats all that matters...the audience is clueless and ive gotten to a point in dj'ing it doesnt matter if you mixed for 4 minutes or for 40 seconds, its how nice your transitions are and how clean your sound comes off...
 
mystic - you are correct sir: my vestax pcv-175 has 3 band eq kills for each of the three channels. I believe the 275 has the kills located by the crossfader, so you control whatever the x-fader is on.

However the eq's are not nearly as good as the pioneer 500 or 600, so even with the kill on, there is still a little coming through, but still good enough to use them as needed.
 
i agree with hyrdra, as long as its smooth. take dj heather for example. she's mixes short, but not very well (listen to dancefloor principles), its quite obvious she is basically just throwing the fader from one side to the other once its beatmatched. If you listen to a CD like that, then to my late nite groove mix, you can sure as hell tell that short can be effective if its done well. Alot of my mixes are similar in length to hers, but IMHO way better
 
Wow, I sure started something. I guess it is just my personal preverence and is one of my biggest critiuques of all DJs, even the mega famous ones.

I prefer to hear long mixes because you are not just going from one song to the next but essentially creating a remix of both, or creating a new track by using elements of both together collectively. Plus, I feel it is more challenging to be able to hold two tracks together for several minutes and make the sounds work together while avoiding melodic or other musical interference.

I don't really care whether the audience notices how long the mix is. I do care if they enjoy, or love the set. It's the same as a musician just writing a song in a 4/4 beat instead of a 5/8 or 11.75/18 because the audience won't notice that complicated beat.

Cheers,
Triple-Alpha
 
no, the first link doesn't go through for me either. :( you're correct though, the second one is fine.
 
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