On 3/14/06, cdr <ix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I believe the ergonomics of a DJ mixer are good for those who need to make > very fast cuts in realtime, but not necessarily any different for simple > crossfades or EQ tweaks on a number of channels. The other advantage of > using an external controller talking to software is you can keep the quality > of your D/A converter if you like the way it sounds, rather than using the > electronics in an analog DJ mixer. > > the nice dj mixers do have a good signal path and adjustable crossover > curves but nothing that cant be done easily with software, but i really > doubt the fader in a UC-17 or something is any good, at that price point. i > have a behringer, and opened it up and lubricated the faders with mineral > oil which helped quite a bit but they still slide nowhere near as smooth as > a RANE dj mixer.. i noticed you can buy replacement RANE faders for like $50 > a piece or so, it might make sense to just get some of thos and plug into a > multio to convert the CV into controller data... > > As cdr mentions smoothness is the real issue in non-hiphop style mixing. So anything that has nice rane / penny & gilles / ecler / vestax etc faders should be okay. Midi gear usually has very heavy chunky faders. I really wouldn't swap my ecler or any decent mixer for a midi controller, thus why i was giving this advice. With any instrument feel is what is really important, and in djing your hands are mostly on the mixer and the pitch slider, so having those 2 feel good is important. Cheap / crappy mixers have lots of features, good mixers feel good. Loki
