Which Xone's made for me: Xone:92 or Xone:DB2

[photojojo]

I'm thinking 92.

[JDFS]

I'm thinking 92.

You're like a voice in my head . The 92, 2 Track Decks, 2 Remix Decks, 1 FX channel and in the future 1 Maschine. POWER!

[zimfella]

Sounds wicked

Photojojo which mixer you planning on grabbing next?

[photojojo]

I'm thinking 92. With at least two add on controllers. Probably a k2 and an F1. I want to play with some Korg FX machines, but I'm not real sure I'll like those.

[zimfella]

so 2 votes for 92 and 1 for db2.

I suppose one way to look at it is the 92 is the top end analogue mixer from A & H and the DB2 is 2nd in their digital mixer range.

[D@VE!]

Meaby this will help :

http://www.djforums.com/forums/showt...one-DB2-Review

[Shishdisma]

I'm going to say DB2, only because getting a 92 just doesn't make sense in this situation. Running an S/R loop with Traktor is pointless if you're playing out of Traktor, and the DB2s soundcard allows you to scrap the A10 for a few hundred Euros.

I'm really confused why you would want a 92 in this case. Or why in the world you would need a Mic channel for a Maschine when you've got 4 right in front of you?

[JDFS]

Why doesn't it make sense? And I'm not only pinpointing on Traktor's FX, what to think about Ableton...

And the 4 channels are for Traktor Decks and 1 AUX channel is for maybe a Maschine. But i'd like to do stuff with Traktor's Remix Decks as well.

[Shishdisma]

Why doesn't it make sense? And I'm not only pinpointing on Traktor's FX, what to think about Ableton...

And the 4 channels are for Traktor Decks and 1 AUX channel is for maybe a Maschine. But i'd like to do stuff with Traktor's Remix Decks as well.

4 decks in Traktor, Ableton effects, and a Maschine is one of those setups that sounds awesome on paper, but is a total management nightmare in reality. Your setup consists of a mixer, 2 x1s, an A10, 1-2 Ableton FX controllers, a USB hub, and nothing less than a pile of patch cable and dodgy cable adapters wiring everything in, not to mention actually running and controlling Ableton, Traktor, and Maschine all at once.

Ditching the A10, stacking the Maschine on one of Traktor's channels (send both outputs to the same sound card channel, you won't use both at the same time.), and keeping the majority of what you're going to do in Ableton FX hard built into your mixer is going to be much more usable.

Having infinite possibilities means compromising on either usability or logistics. While the DB2s FX units are "limited," they're infinitely more accessible than the nightmare that is bussing and controlling Ableton FX in any meaningful way. It's ultimately up to how "limited" you're ok with being, but I think you'll be much happier with the DB2.

[JDFS]

That's another good option, too; routing Maschine's output to the same Traktor output!

And you're right about the cables, I'd calculated that with my setup I'll be using 17 cables total. With the DB2, they're limited to 5 (!) cables (including ALL connections, power, USB/FireWire etc.)

But here's the thing; though the DB2 is fully digital and everything (FX units), I just want the VCFs. They're just too good. The DB2 is like the only mixer in the Xone DJ mixer range that doesn't come with their trademark VCFs. That's just a damn shame. And 4-band EQ is a nice gimmick. And the FX Send/Return of the Xone 92 works really great, because you can determine on which channel you want FX and how dry/wet, just arranged on the mixer.