Hey everyone,
Recently myself and a group of DJs started a night at a local club. There are four DJs, including myself. The other 3 all mix on CDJ-400s and a DJM-800 provided by the club. I'm the only digital DJ, mixing within Traktor and my sound comes out of an Audio8.
The DJM has four channels, so two are used for the CDJs, and my Audio8's master out connects into a third channel. I was just wondering what the best way is to turn up my volume to match the output of the CDJs.
After the DJM, the sound is routed to an amp as well. So my opinion was to turn up the amp first off to about 75%. On the DJM, leaves the volume sliders at about 70%, and on the DJM master volume knob, turn it up to around 70%. Then run the CDJs and Traktor to get the sounds to the same volume by first adjusting the sound on the DJM, and then if need be, turn it up within Traktor itself (last resort).
Is that correct? From what I understand, you want to give yourself as much headroom as possible (i.e. turn up the amp first and foremost) and then adjust the volume on the DJM and then Traktor, since with digital you're working with a very low ceiling.
BTW I keep the limiter on in Traktor.
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