Temple of Boom / Jester's Lab

Circa 2006. We decide to give mixing a proper go. Brother Picks up the American Audio Console and i'm using a Tower PC and the mighty Psyboard©

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The Psyboard© Freshly excavated from the shed.

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First party with our epic setup. I can monitor off the PC (5.1 ch) and mix externally off the AA. On Final Scratch is DJ Flux, The founder of the Gathering parties here in New Zealand. Not a bad dude to help us get started!

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We start getting gigs in town (and i discover DJTT) so i splurge on a controller, DJ-Tech Imix. Hook up with a great crew and get the use of a DJM600 whenever we want. I start mixing on that.

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Brother picks up a DJM600 and CDJ800's. I Finally get a laptop and an Audio 4! AA goes into "retirement".

We get the Wharfedale Pro 15" PA's, Stands etc. Epic wattage.

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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55238820/DSC00021.JPGSkipping ahead a bit. I Flick off the I-mix, get two X1's. Sold Audio 4, Pick up an Audio 6 and Crane Stand.

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I pick up a UDG bag and a few bits and pieces to cram in it.

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Pick up some nice Chromacaps for the X1's and the DJM600 and pick up a Midifighter 3D

Decide to pick up a mixer of my own. I have to choose between a DJM700 or DNX1600.


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Jester's Lab

The journey continues .. Questions + comments welcome.

In Pabloco's setup thread you brought it up you like Denon.

I always assumed their build quality was a bit dodgy for some reason but you seem to love it quite a bit.

Sometimes it's like my korg zero 4 has seen better days, after all it's been supplying beats to the peeps since 2008 so I might look into the DX series of mixers. Not for right now but if the zero 4 finally can't cope with it all anymore.

So opinions on the brand Denon (and their mixers) anyone ?

Don't wanna thread hijack but didn't feel like this was appropriate for a whole new thread.

I've used a lot of mixers .. good ones .. DJM600, 700, 800 etc. Shitty ones .. Behringer DJX700 and others i was too drunk to remember. We've only had this Denon less than a week and all the boys agree (even the ones that have djm700's) that the build quality, feel, sound output, midi implementation, everything on this is FAR superior. Time will tell though huh :)

Nice if it's on par with pioneer than it must be really good in general.

Fun fact, a DJ I know that hates everything digital has a DX-1700.
Pretty ironic that he has one of the few traktor scratch certified mixers that also have midi capability yet he makes fun of traktor every once in a while and looks down on DJs that use software.

Just thought I'd share.


And are those midi paramater knobs endless or not ?

They are endless push encoders yup. Actually i just picked the mixer up from the bar this afternoon so haven't mapped much to it yet. Basically i've just mapped the top one to scroll thru the list and toggle browser mode and set the buttons as load functions for a start.

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They are endless push encoders yup. Actually i just picked the mixer up from the bar this afternoon so haven't mapped much to it yet. Basically i've just mapped the top one to scroll thru the list and toggle browser mode and set the buttons as load functions for a start.

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Marvelous, it's great that it covers the basic needs with midi. So you don't need an X1 unless you want to get crazy.
If I wan't to midi map something on the korg I need to give actual knobs on the mixer so Denon was real nice and provided some extra ones.

I still love my korg tho :001_wub:

sweeet setup thread

Really nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's really nice to see a setup from someone else who plays trance and not house. Big up!

thanks mate. this is a 6 year or so journey for us :)

Diggin the setup Jesse!!!

Cheers ;) The way i have things is basically all modular, i can either take everything with me or depending on where we play and the room i have to setup, just take the soundcard and an X1. All my playing gear fits into the Traktor bag (at the moment lol)

+1 Your setup has come along way keep it up.

that crane stand is so damn sexy :) but too expensive for my taste :(

Well worth the money in my opinion. Just about have to rent it out, all the crew wanna borrow it for their gigs :)

you're yet to demonstrate the toughness of the crane stand by putting crates of beer on top of it :cool:

Will do :)

UDG Creator case shows up this afternoon for the soundcard. Now when i stumble home and fall over drunk i wont break my shit hopefully. You could drop this sucker 10ft and nothing would happen to your precious.

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if i were to do a setup like yours.. a mixer and x1.. do i need an audio interface? or will i be able to hook up a headphone into the mixer to listen to the cue?

Depends on the mixer. With the X1600 it already has a built in 4/4 soundcard so you can mix externally without using a whole bunch of cables. I still use the audio 6 with it however. If your mixer does not have a soundcard then yes you will need a soundcard for it.

Nice setup jester! How do you like your Senns 205s and for how long have you owned them? I've had my 205's for 6 months and love them even if they seem kinda flimsy. But I still like to hear opinions on them.

Probably a couple years i'd say. The've been thrashed and still sound great. Usually i leave them at home when we do parties though. The boys have some flasher cans than me lol.

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Depends on the mixer. With the X1600 it already has a built in 4/4 soundcard so you can mix externally without using a whole bunch of cables. I still use the audio 6 with it however. If your mixer does not have a soundcard then yes you will need a soundcard for it.

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why do you use the audio 6 with the x1600?

i opted for a vci-400 ege instead of the x1600 with 2 x1s, but now looking at the denons again is making me rethink my purchase. i ended up going with the ege because it would be easier for me to bring to the places i want to gig and hook it into an open channel on the house mixer. i can just put it on a stand and get to work, even in crowded booths.

now i'm considering selling my ege or one of my guitars to get the x1600 anyhow. after playing around with internal mixing i just don't really prefer it...what to do, what to do? it just seems so much easier to bring the ege to gigs. do you bring your x1600 out when you play?

To be honest, mainly because i haven't had a lot of time on the thing! its all set up etc but i'm just more confident with the a6 until i get some more time with the denon's card.
Yes mate all our gear gets lugged out. I'm not really worried what mixer we use defo prefer my beast though :) will be a lot easier when i get the FZ12MIX case for it.

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I've used a lot of mixers .. good ones .. DJM600, 700, 800 etc. Shitty ones .. Behringer DJX700 and others i was too drunk to remember. We've only had this Denon less than a week and all the boys agree (even the ones that have djm700's) that the build quality, feel, sound output, midi implementation, everything on this is FAR superior. Time will tell though huh :)

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Denon for sure make solid mixers. However the djm 700 is utter shite quality.. compared to djm 800.

agreed :)

nice setup, big fan of standalone mixer and x1s!
how do you use your MF3D? how is it mapped? do you play on 2 or 4 decks?

Hey mate,

The 3D i just use to jam out some effects when the need arises, i am using a cut down IG type mapping i made more geared toward trance use. When we play together i would just use the 2 decks, sometimes 3.

I just picked up a MIDI Fighter Spectra so will do another setup pic once it arrives. Cheers ;)

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you're yet to demonstrate the toughness of the crane stand by putting crates of beer on top of it :cool:

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A lot heavier than beers :)

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Spectra arrives (finally)

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All ready to go with the Spectra on Remix Deck duty. They threw in a glow in the dark chroma cap fader as well.

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I cry everytime I see your set up!! so many pretty lights!!

At the minute i've just got a mixer. Moving overseas has meant our money has had to go on boring things like furniture and a car. All that should be sorted this weekend so I can then get on amazon for my X1's!!

What are your plans with the Remix Decks? How are you planning on integrating them?

well you may see on that pic the blue light on channel 2 is on midi mode (deck c) , so that is my eq's control etc for the remix decks. the 3d is back on remix deck duty as tekki and i are working on a little something for the spectra. so until i get around to making these percussion remix deck packs for trance use , i'll only be using them for house etc.
i really need to sort out a flight case and am due a headphone update too. on the wishlist :)

Would be interested to see what you come up with in terms of remix packs for trance. I cant for the life of me make use of the remix decks with prog trance/trance etc. But then i'm not really artistic like!! ;)

On a different note I've been invited to Wanaka later this year!! Looks like a cool place.

Thats a lot of buttons dude :D

for what do you use the Midifghters?

your gear keeps getting more and more fancy! i like

Them lights sure is purdy! :D

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Thats a lot of buttons dude :D

for what do you use the Midifghters?

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3D= remix decks
Spectra= something tekki and i are working on :)

@ koop i have a lot of vengeance/loopmasters sample packs and such so i will be whipping up some percussion packs for the 135-140 bpm zone once the mapping for the spectra is done.
you can use a couple of the standard NI packs with trance, i use the african percussion and i think there is another one. i just kill all the bass on the remix decks so there are no clashes.

Ah I'll look in to that and see how i get on. To be honest i've not even looked at the sample packs so it will give something to be getting on with.

Whats this little something you and Tekki are working on? sounds intriguing!! ;)