Hey All, I’ve had my S4 for almost 5 months now, and I’m really enjoying it, but my only gripe is that the EQs are literally impossible to see.
One of the gigs (you could call it a residency…lol) is DJing all of my school’s parties (every 2 weeks). I love these because I’m DJing for roughly 300 of my closest friends, there’s a connection there. However, people like their dances nice and dark so that they can do naughty things and such, so my booth always starts with lights but ends without lights. I’ve used a book light before, but it’s too bright, it kind of kills the vibe. Recently, I’ve been using my phone to check the EQs of the upcoming track, but that’s so tedious and again, too bright.
Does anyone have any secrets as to how they see their EQs? Maybe fluorescent paint on the white parts of the knobs? Maybe something else that you do? I’m thinking that the fluorescent paint idea would work, but I’m not too sure about how it would work. Tips? Tricks? Ideas? Share 'em Pl0x.
Same gripe. Been ‘practising’ in as low-lit area as possible to try and be more intuitive and develop more of a feel for the EQ, but not getting it. I’m following this thread with interest.
Yeah. Knowing Native Instruments I would have thought that they might have made the EQs somewhat visible in the dark. They’re normally really good about preventing problems like this.
That only works when you have the visible in the layout.
If you used a colored light would that make it better? You could try and get some colored gels (thin clear plastic) to tape to the book light you have now. Check with the theater department at you school and I bet you’ll find some and you only need a small piece to cover a book light. You can even stack them to get the light darker. If you can’t find any PM me.
This did the trick for me back when I had spare USBs… Aim it really low (not how DJ SB is using it) and directly to the controller/your belt, that way it’s less invasive.
