Rant: Gear Choices, Sound Quality, and the Free Market

[goodbytes]

@MalcolmDeXXX

Please elaborate.

To me, DJing is just something that any musician should be able to do. Making a living out of it is probably dead unless you make music too.

what

[system]

@MalcolmDeXXX

Please elaborate.

To me, DJing is just something that any musician should be able to do. Making a living out of it is probably dead unless you make music too.

what

[MalcolmDeXXX]

what

[Kwal]

@MalcolmDeXXX

what

If anyone should elaborate here, it’s you mate. Wtf were you even going on about in that post?

[frankle]

Back on topic (wtf was that tangent for?) …

I supply sound systems for events and have found that the right type of mixer side of stage to sub mix sources can have a massive positive effect on the sound, and gives you much better over all control of what’s going on.

I personally use an original A&H 464 (with master faders not knobs), and running Pioneer mixers and other controllers through this before my Nexo PA makes all of the difference. I also keep a close eye on how red the mixer/controller is getting and am quite comfortable telling whoever the DJ is to “back off the gains a bit” so that I can give them “more from over here”, which is the right way to do it.

And … I’m a DJ who cares about sound and seem to have no trouble pulling good sound from any of my available options: S4mk2, TA6, TA10, Babyface, Fireface UC, DJM850, DB2, Z1 …

[djadrenal]

@frankle

Back on topic (wtf was that tangent for?) …

I supply sound systems for events and have found that the right type of mixer side of stage to sub mix sources can have a massive positive effect on the sound, and gives you much better over all control of what’s going on.

I personally use an original A&H 464 (with master faders not knobs), and running Pioneer mixers and other controllers through this before my Nexo PA makes all of the difference. I also keep a close eye on how red the mixer/controller is getting and am quite comfortable telling whoever the DJ is to “back off the gains a bit” so that I can give them “more from over here”, which is the right way to do it.

And … I’m a DJ who cares about sound and seem to have no trouble pulling good sound from any of my available options: S4mk2, TA6, TA10, Babyface, Fireface UC, DJM850, DB2, Z1 …

Great post!

[daviedavedave]

@MalcolmDeXXX

Please elaborate.

To me, DJing is just something that any musician should be able to do. Making a living out of it is probably dead unless you make music too.

Not sure I agree with your police work there!

[Kwal]

@daviedavedave

Not sure I agree with your police work there!

lol