13 Mar
2006
13 Mar
'06
10:24 p.m.
On 3/14/06, cdr <ix(a)replic.net> wrote:
As cdr mentions smoothness is the real issue in non-hiphop style
mixing. So anything that has nice rane / penny & gilles / ecler /
vestax etc faders should be okay. Midi gear usually has very heavy
chunky faders. I really wouldn't swap my ecler or any decent mixer for
a midi controller, thus why i was giving this advice. With any
instrument feel is what is really important, and in djing your hands
are mostly on the mixer and the pitch slider, so having those 2 feel
good is important. Cheap / crappy mixers have lots of features, good
mixers feel good.
Loki
I believe the
ergonomics of a DJ mixer are good for those who need to make
very fast cuts in
realtime, but not necessarily any different for simple
crossfades or EQ tweaks on a number of channels. The other advantage of
using an external controller talking to software is you can keep the quality
of your D/A converter if you like the way it sounds, rather than using the
electronics in an analog DJ mixer.
the nice dj mixers do have a good signal path and adjustable crossover
curves but nothing that cant be done easily with software, but i really
doubt the fader in a UC-17 or something is any good, at that price point. i
have a behringer, and opened it up and lubricated the faders with mineral
oil which helped quite a bit but they still slide nowhere near as smooth as
a RANE dj mixer.. i noticed you can buy replacement RANE faders for like $50
a piece or so, it might make sense to just get some of thos and plug into a
multio to convert the CV into controller data...