Quick hands eq technique?

[drmore]

I have a habit of just reaching out and touching EQ knobs. Its like their magnetic or something. Its a symptom of digital DJing. Im pretty sure I didn't have the time back in the day on vinyl.

[MaxOne]

Ean golden (I love the guy) is pretty guilty of this

[padi_04]

Haha I'm always constantly checking to see if my faders are down when I'm cueing, that's about it.

Even with the S4's "on air" indicator I still did it

[3heads]

(Edit): Also about the battle mixer - get a Rane or Ecler if you want a battle mixer that handles eq VERY nicely. I have a TTM56 and I LOVE the eqs on that. And Eclers are even nicer. Not all battle mixers have shitty eqs

I can second this for Ecler. I have a Nuo 2.0 and it's quite nice. I didn't necessarily want a battle mixer, but the Nuo just seemed like a good choice in general (after my Xone 42 was stolen last year )

Had to get used to the metering though, apparently you have to keep the cue meter one bar below the master meters to achieve the same volume. Well, but once you know it, you know it - so no problems there.

[Jester]

bloody eccentric OCDJ's

[sarasin]

bloody eccentric OCDJ's

This ^^, I cue....cut the bass.....start it up.....slap it in....swap the bass....use the filter....and pull out the old track.

LOL

But seriously, that is pretty much it, unless there is a clash somewhere. Then you really gotta use the EQ's.

Also depends on what type of music you playing, and whether you are doing long transitions etc.

[Patch]

I hate compulsive tweaking. It REEKS of insecurity.

[kooper1980]

Part of it is definitely a reassurance thing. In that vid of Ean, to me it seems (at least with the filter knob) that hes checking that its centred. The EQ twitching I'm not so sure about. I could understand during a mix put not when its just the one track playing.

My weird thing is that im paranoid that i dont have the channel down when cueing. even if I can see the channel fader is down I still take my headphones off and mash the cue button a few times to reassure myself that no sound is bleeding through to the main output.

[mdcdesign]

Ean golden (I love the guy) is pretty guilty of this

Holy fuck, I thought _I_ was bad with the knob touching.

I get the feeling this might be one of those secret embarrassments that all DJs are guilty of but don't tell anyone. Like the foot tapping.

[dj gullum]

I don't do much EQ touching but I catch myself all the time counting out loud while mixing