Do you use your 4-channel mixer?

[ToS]

Currently I have Ecler Nuo4 (4+1 channel analog mixer) and I use all four channels (Deck A->channel 1... Deck D->channel 4). And actually I would love to use the fifth as well - for loop recorder but then I run out of inputs from my Audio8DJ (yes - I should upgrade to Traktor Audio 10).

Here is a short video what we do in our setup. [video removed in quote]

Lovely video but seems like pretty much pre-programmed set.
Why do I say that? Neither of you touched the turntables throughout the 12minutes video. Are them just for showshow? ...or do you use them sometimes for playplay?

[gummi]

Lovely video but seems like pretty much pre-programmed set.
Why do I say that? Neither of you touched the turntables throughout the 12minutes video. Are them just for showshow? ...or do you use them sometimes for playplay?

It really depends on what you mean by "pre-programmed". I agree that the tracks were prepared when imported into Traktor (beatgrid, cuepoints&loops) but that is just the way it should be done IMO. The set was not pre-programmed in sense of selecting what tracks to play. We had list of songs that we had selected for our last gig ( ~130-150 + some new tracks) and we just played what ever we felt like was fitting in. This is our way of playing nowadays...

And what comes to the turntables - it really depends what we are / I'm playing. Some cases I use turntables for sure but then some sets are more based on beatgrids & sync.

[kevn]

i got an allen & heath xone 22 (2channels) and i want to expand to 4 channels with the xone 42 (i am hunting on ebay right now hah)

my plan is to control samples and play back2back with friends easy

[zimfella]

xone 62 here

2 chaneels for deck a and b
2 channels for sample decks c and d
1 preview channel
1 channel for kaoss pad for fx send return but mostly use the synth built into it for a bit of continuity between tracks

yes I use them all n love it. was originally looking for a xone 42 but had this come up and love it. when a mate come's round also really easy to dedicate a channel or 2 for him.

[bobbylight]

Skratchworx wrote a great editorial piece on how the industry has fabricated the need for 4 channel controllers... when in reality the majority of us really need two or at most three...

...and before I realized it... the gear didn't necessarily make me a better DJ (in fact, I think I've gotten worse) and all my money was used up on the latest shiny 4 channel DJ gear... lol

...and what's worse is that I still drool over all the latest coming out of NAMM and yet, I know I will probably under utilize it when I end up buying it...

This was a brilliant article. Very true for most people.

I don't.....but I always enjoy watching vids of Roger Sanchez use 4 CDJ's with no laptop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om19A...eature=related

I love watching him dj. He's a master.

Behringer DJX900 w/ Audio 8 and TP1
I use 3 channels all the time looping and layering and the fourth channel is for recording my brilliantness.

[DirtyNerd]

I'm in a relevant situation. I have just recently gotten back into DJ'ing after many years and so I have jumped from vinyl (skipping CDJs altogether) to MIDI controllers. As such, I have wondered whether I need a 4-channel mixer at all since I can mix internally in Traktor. I use Decks A&B for tracks and Deck C for samples sometimes...but the sample interface is a little cumbersome...the forthcoming Remix decks might suit me better though. At any rate...that is limited to Deck C...Deck D is essentially empty.

If I use all internal mixing I only need a soundcard with 2 Stereo outs one for the main mix and one for headphone cueing. So I don't really need a 4-channel mixer at all. I barely need a 2-Channel mixer as my output from my laptop is already the main mix.

[diezdiazgiant]

I think more then 2 or 3 decks is mainly only useful for when you've got two tracks playing and it would be too hardto cue the next track with the current tracks. I use 2 channels with serato and that's the main reason I use the sp6, get two tracks matched and then dump it to the sp6 freeing up a deck to find where I want cue that track

[dj gullum]

Usually 2 but often 3 and the 4th. I have my iPad or iPhone hooked up on in case something happens to my computer.

[geminimech]

I use mine as a 'house' mixer of sorts (because it doesn't leave my house ). 1/2 for CDJ's, and 3/4 for 2 Traktor decks with an X1 for internal effects control. Since each channel strip on the Zero4 can be setup as Audio/Midi, I've mapped the Midi side to certain functions that I like to utilize within Traktor. I also run my : DX into channel 4 so I don't have to cable switch into the monitors.