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    Quote Originally Posted by Ciar2001 View Post
    me and the missus got a kitten a few weeks ago, she either sleeps on my xone 4D or gets on my desk where i have my mac and watches the screen as i play around with Ableton, it actually facinates me to watch her lol rather then do work
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    Quote Originally Posted by HedgeHog View Post

    I learned today that you shouldn't plan a party if you have no clue how that goes.
    Dude, your not planning a party, your planning an epic event!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kreativiTit View Post
    Oh right, I learned a simple yet valuable lesson the other day:
    If one of your channels does not output any sound and you have no idea why check your crossfader
    Of course, this mainly just happens to DJs who prefer upfader-mixing but still...

    so tell me, why do some people prefer upfader mixing (which, if am not mistaken, is using the volume faders and leaving the crossfasder untouched)

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    A longer upfader allows for a more subtler blending that lets you play two tracks and multiple decks together for a longer time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by photojojo View Post
    A longer upfader allows for a more subtler blending that lets you play two tracks and multiple decks together for a longer time.
    i use a combo of both x-fade and upfade mixing, depends on what i want to do at the time

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    I use a combo.

    I use the fader for cuts.

    Buy usually use the up faders,....I find it blends better without dipping sound etc.

    Some X Faders are trashy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sarasin View Post
    I use a combo.

    I use the fader for cuts.

    Buy usually use the up faders,....I find it blends better without dipping sound etc.

    Some X Faders are trashy.
    What do you mean by dipping sounds?

    And would u consider the x-fader on the vci 100 trashy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sarasin View Post
    I use a combo.

    I use the fader for cuts.

    Buy usually use the up faders,....I find it blends better without dipping sound etc.

    Some X Faders are trashy.

    -agreed. When I was first starting out, I made the mistake of attempting to mix in a track with the X-fader to one side. That prompted me to leave the X fader centered and just mix with the up faders. Only recently have I begun incorporating both back into my mixing.

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    Nope....not at all.

    if you not taking your VCI with you and you have to use the house mixer (which I have been doing since about a year or more ago), sometimes the xFader is fucked....or whatever. So I just started using the upfaders and it has stuck.

    There are a few settings for XFaders....sometimes on shitty mixers...when you have the fader in the middle....it makes the volume less so it does not redline.

    I use my EQ and gains....so ....
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    For me the line faders vs X-fader is a choice of independent control over linked control. With the line fader, I choose what is happening independently with each channel. With the X-fader, you work on a software or hardware mixing curve that may not always suit the mix.

    For me: Long mixes + line faders, chops/radio fades = x-fader

    But it is really a preference thing.

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