So close to buying. Got the cash and the want, one thing stopping me I think..
The god damn headphone cueing. Why did they have to use buttons, oh why..
Like the 800, my mixer at the moment has a knob that fades b/w the channels, instead of selecting ch1,2 or master like on the 400. I feel like this will be a pain to get used to and I’ll probably have to completely re-learn how to cue with headphones.
It’s my understanding that when you select one of the button that it’s all you hear in your headphones. Like if you’re cuing ch1 you only hear ch1 in the headphones and have to beat match it with the master from the speakers?
I can imagine that this is traditionally the way to beat match but I guess i’m just used to having the option of hearing both channels in my headphones.. what to do, what to do.. save for an 800 I suppose…
Can’t you cue 2 channels at once? My mixer is alot like the DJM800 and allows for multiple cueing options and a knob for cue/master, although I never use it. I just cue direct the track I’m bringing in and the one currently playing. I use my monitors most of the time for mixing in, reffering to the headphone cue when needed.
I’ve played on a 400 before and if you have the master cued and also one of the other channels it splits the audio into the right and left ear. So if channel 2 is playing out and you want to mix in channel 1 you can listen to the master in one ear and the other channel in the other. It helps a little bit but I would much rather use a knob.
Oh ok, that’s a little better but still a pain in the ass without having a blend of the two in one ear. Think it would be really distracting having two completely different signals in two ears.. Seems so counterintuitive I can’t imagine why they thought that would be a good idea.. 800 it is I suppose, in about 6 months.
Thats what happens when dance music DJ looks for mixer and gets caught in the net of pure Battle Mixers for scratch DJs. That’s why cueing is not sophisticated, as simply scratch DJs do not need it.:eek:
No way this would work for me. I play full mix in the headphones since I don’t have any speakers hooked up. if I need to just hear one deck i’ll reduce the volume in the other deck.
will do, it should be here in a couple of days, i had to order it because they only had the floor model, ill let you know after a couple gigs and sold hours of play time
just got mine in the mail, and after an hour long set, i’m in love with it, the headphone cueing may take some getting used to, but its really not bad at all, do what you hear desires my friends, but i for one have found a winner
God damn you. Well.. shit. Ok can you elaborate on what the cueing is like? And how much getting used to? I suppose at the end of the day it’s only going to train your ears better to do it that way, but still, I like my safety blanket in a knob..
What about the fx? And gains - good isolation of freqs or not so much? Obviously overall quality is the strongest point of the mixer but the mixer I’ve got at the moment has so many more features so it’s hard to decide..
Thanks for the info mate
completej - headphone cuing put simply is listening to the track before you play it to make sure it’s in beat and will work etc..
@completej apparently the headphone cueing in the 400 is different in that each deck will only cue in your headphones on either the right or left side.
Just found out from a mate that if you have both ch1 and 2 selected then you hear a blend. Obviously cant change how much of each you get as there’s no knob, but at least you can get the blend
Any more updates on it Be-Ne-Dek? How much did you pay out of curiosity?
cheers
My way
U just buy a little Headphone mixer…and connect to aux send or monitor send channel
then U can here every thing and no need to push cue button anymore
According to the user manual here, if you CUE either channel alone, or the master alone, you will hear stereo in your cans. If you CUE either channel plus the master, then you will get the channel in one ear and the master in the other ear, both mono. If you CUE both channels plus the master, then you will hear a mix of all three in both ears (stereo).
However, as zacl87 stated, you cannot increase or decrease the amount of each channel or master through the cans. You can only adjust the TOTAL volume.
Anyways, the eq on each channel is like nothing i’ve ever used before, its such high quality, beautiful isolation, the effects are fun as hell and you can switch them with the effect button engaged
as for the cueing, you do in fact hear a blend if you have both channels engaged, but if you engage on channel and master, then it splits master to right and channel to left, which i kinda like actually
IMHO, go for it, do you really NEED the 800? and i dont think its worth the extra cash for just the cueing thing, just get the 400…
as for how much i payed… because the DJM 350 is now out, they knocked off 10% and it came out to $540, but the DJM 350 is $599 new
I got the 400 off a suggestion, and so far it has been fantastic. I’ve never used the headphones to cue view with the master engaged, just with the single channel on per side I’m mixing in…but I’m kinda newb.