Mishka Medik
Hello! I won a DJ competition and i'm going to play my first ever DJ set next friday. I have never mixed with a mixer live, just with my mouse on my PC for myself.
The mixer at this club is a Pioneer DJM-2000 and I will be borrowing a friends mac laptop.
My question is about the EQ CH curve settings. There is 2 options, isolator on the left side and EQ on the right side. Which one should i choose to have exactly the same EQ as i would have if i mixed with Virtual DJ? When i put all LOW, MED and HIGH to zero in Virtual DJ i can't hear any sounds, so i would assume i should go with the isolator setting? If i would have the EQ setting on the right side, would there still be sound going to the master channel (club speakers) when i have all LOW, MED and HIGH at zero?
I want the same as i have with Virtual DJ default settings.
Also is it enough to connect the mac to an external soundcard and have one channel wired to the mixer from the soundcard with RCA cables and one channel from the mac wired to the mixer with RCA cables?
Then i assume i would plug my headphones straight to the mixer. How about the mixing knob, which has cue to the left hand side and master to the right hand side? I want both channels equally loud on top of each other in my headphones, should I just leave the knob half way to achieve this? Also should i use mono split or stereo on the headphones? I want to hear both channels in both sides of my headphones, so that would be stereo?
Sorry I'm clueless and I just want to make sure I have everything setup right and I want everything as it would be on Virtual DJ default because this is the way i have prepared the set and practiced it.
Hope some one can help me out, thanks in advance.
The mixer at this club is a Pioneer DJM-2000 and I will be borrowing a friends mac laptop.
My question is about the EQ CH curve settings. There is 2 options, isolator on the left side and EQ on the right side. Which one should i choose to have exactly the same EQ as i would have if i mixed with Virtual DJ? When i put all LOW, MED and HIGH to zero in Virtual DJ i can't hear any sounds, so i would assume i should go with the isolator setting? If i would have the EQ setting on the right side, would there still be sound going to the master channel (club speakers) when i have all LOW, MED and HIGH at zero?
I want the same as i have with Virtual DJ default settings.
Also is it enough to connect the mac to an external soundcard and have one channel wired to the mixer from the soundcard with RCA cables and one channel from the mac wired to the mixer with RCA cables?
Then i assume i would plug my headphones straight to the mixer. How about the mixing knob, which has cue to the left hand side and master to the right hand side? I want both channels equally loud on top of each other in my headphones, should I just leave the knob half way to achieve this? Also should i use mono split or stereo on the headphones? I want to hear both channels in both sides of my headphones, so that would be stereo?
Sorry I'm clueless and I just want to make sure I have everything setup right and I want everything as it would be on Virtual DJ default because this is the way i have prepared the set and practiced it.
Hope some one can help me out, thanks in advance.
Posted Sun 11 May 14 @ 1:29 pm
F!r3FLY3R
Seriously, congrats on winning a contest just with mouse and keyboard!
In your case, even if its temptatious, I would not mind the new equipment. You should problably stay with the stuff you are used to or at least get hand on a real mixer BEFORE you play on a live event. For me, the chances of messing up the performance because I can't find that feature I was looking for were just too high.
If you decide to go live with the pioneer mixer, I would recommend you this:
Watch or try it LIVE to connect your own hardware. Maybe you can set up a meeting with the club owner before they open?
Trying to answer some of your questions
Isolator vs Standard eq
Isolator is a "stronger" eq - the equalizer curve is steeper, it has more effect on the sound.
If you use the DJM 2000 as a midi controller, I guess you can use the standard - eq setting.
Headphones to mixer
Be aware that you need a 1/4 inch or 6.3mm adapter to plug in your headphones!
Mixing Cue /Mix / Master
On cue, you will ONLY hear the cue'd source in your headphones. Can be multiple sources.
On mix, you will hear EVERY cue'd source AND mixed with your master equally loud.
On master, well, only master signal.
You can put it somewhere in between to give you a little more Cue then mix (depending on what you need)
Go with STEREO setting.
Mono split will do: CUE on one ear - MASTER on the other ear
good luck!
Ruben
In your case, even if its temptatious, I would not mind the new equipment. You should problably stay with the stuff you are used to or at least get hand on a real mixer BEFORE you play on a live event. For me, the chances of messing up the performance because I can't find that feature I was looking for were just too high.
If you decide to go live with the pioneer mixer, I would recommend you this:
Watch or try it LIVE to connect your own hardware. Maybe you can set up a meeting with the club owner before they open?
Trying to answer some of your questions
Isolator vs Standard eq
Isolator is a "stronger" eq - the equalizer curve is steeper, it has more effect on the sound.
If you use the DJM 2000 as a midi controller, I guess you can use the standard - eq setting.
Headphones to mixer
Be aware that you need a 1/4 inch or 6.3mm adapter to plug in your headphones!
Mixing Cue /Mix / Master
On cue, you will ONLY hear the cue'd source in your headphones. Can be multiple sources.
On mix, you will hear EVERY cue'd source AND mixed with your master equally loud.
On master, well, only master signal.
You can put it somewhere in between to give you a little more Cue then mix (depending on what you need)
Go with STEREO setting.
Mono split will do: CUE on one ear - MASTER on the other ear
good luck!
Ruben
Posted Wed 14 May 14 @ 5:20 pm