Xone: DB4- the official unofficial thread

[Steve Zorilow]

On the 92, Out 1, Out 2 and Booth do not have the same output gain. But at 0DB on the meter and gain set to max on Out 1, it give a bit above the standard +4DBu, which is good enough to clip the input of most Eq/processor. And you still have plenty headroom left.

It doesn't need to be louder than this. I really think it's a deliberate decision. In fact I prefer this point of view VS another mixer who can give MORE juice AND clip any Eq, Processor, Limiter input preamp THEN give distortion BEFORE the amp.

Well my 2 cents.

[mostapha]

Weird. When I've run my 62 into basically anything it appears that the output meter is running hot compared to the input meter on basically anything.

[Steve Zorilow]

Check you manual, all output do not have the same gain structure
Out +4DBu
Mono, Aux & booth : -2DBu
It's 6DB quieter... which is half the signal

and finally
Record Out: -10DBv

Again it's all standard level. I would measure it for curiosity sake with and without load maybe there's something weird inside... or you mismatch the out/in impedance between your gear somewhere.

[Xonetacular]

Anyone running a DB4 with Lion?

Any issues with the soundcard driver or anything before I upgrade?

[JDFS]

I don't think that there are any issues, because A&H released drivers for 10.7 (Mac OS X Lion) on their website!

[addictive]

Working fine on my 2011 13" Macbook Air!

[Rev1911]

Was going to sell my DJM-800 and be happy upgrading to a 900Nexus...

Now after reading your stupid thread I'm drooling over DB4 youtube vids.

Thanks for that.

[Xonetacular]

Was going to sell my DJM-800 and be happy upgrading to a 900Nexus...

Now after reading your stupid thread I'm drooling over DB4 youtube vids.

Thanks for that.

That is the natural progression of things. i never saw one in person and decided to buy one, the sound and fx blow the 900 away. Its also pretty cool having incredible bpm detection, you never have to tap tempo, at least i havnt yet.

[Rev1911]

That is the natural progression of things. i never saw one in person and decided to buy one, the sound and fx blow the 900 away. Its also pretty cool having incredible bpm detection, you never have to tap tempo, at least i havnt yet.

What really gets me hot n ready is the beat sampling capabilities and effects routing. I'm not a heavy effects user, but when I had a S4, I LOVED sampling beats from diff tracks and layering them during mixes/transitions.

I'm on CDJ2000s now and being able to sample beats again would be fantastic. Plus, the vids I've seen demo-ing the effects and the possible combinations are ridiculous.

The thing that attracted me about the 900 was the quantized loops/effects via the Pro DJ Link between the mixer and players (I use this at home instead of consistently updating a jump drive). Can your DB4 duplicate that quantized-ability because the BPM detection is so spot on? The vids I've seen make it seem so.

Obviously the DB4 doesn't read Rekordbox-quantized tracks like the 900nexus, but that BPM detection accuracy and the examples I've seen on YouTube make it seem like you could replicate the end result (synced beat samples) simply because the auto-BPM detection is tits. Make sense?

[Xonetacular]

Yep, the bpm detection is so spot on you dont need it. I do all beat synced delays and i use the loopers on the db4 instead of traktor usually and it cuts perfect loops.