Stop blowing up speakers and make your mixes sound better with this simple tip!
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@louis.littman4 жыл бұрын
if you ain't redlining, you ain't headlining haha
@CarlosAlbertoAndres7 жыл бұрын
Definitely! This is one of the most common issue of DJs today, they think that volume is what makes people dance :/
@lolothe8811 жыл бұрын
Finally a Dj who knows that going to the red first decrease the quality of the songs like hell and just kill the listeners ears (in clubs)!!
@Phen0mable10 жыл бұрын
This happens because DJs don't have an access to amplifiers in club and can't adjust levels there. Instead we go red on mixer so music is loud enough in club. It sounds stupid but that's the reality
@evanduthie_8 жыл бұрын
You should be in the orange. 0db on Pioneer mixers is actually -4db so you should be 3/4 orange LEDs. Same on the master.
@DjJoeKhoury6 жыл бұрын
Really? Because I've been looking more into this recently, and Playing in all green is just so low. I was thinking I just need more speakers. Or I can put the levels up at the mixers.
@KimStennabbCaesar10 жыл бұрын
I've just recently (about a year ago) started playing out in clubs, and since I usually produce & record in studio, the levels are always the first thing I check. Most small bars/clubs/venues might not have a designated sound guy available, but all places I've been in has their own little mixer behind the bar or in a side room which can be adjusted before the gig starts. Constantly keeping track of the trim/gain knobs is essential, especially if you play on vinyl, since the gain can vary a lot between records with different RPM.
@fsl00111 жыл бұрын
Excellant fundamentals. Clear explanation and to the point
@truesouljs43529 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how many dj's you see with their levels in the red. Surely they should know it just distorts the sound. Think of the vu meters as traffic lights...red means stop people!
@geraldmcclaren7 жыл бұрын
I'm a beginner dj, the reason why djs play in the red doesn't have anything to do with access to amplifiers. That is totally false. Most djs doesn't have a clue about normalizing, distortion, decibels, and recording and playing of a song on a source. I've been making cds for thirty years and the songs are balanced(i.e both channels are hitting the same decibels simultaneously and not in the red). It doesn't matter how loud the volume is turned up, my cds never distorts, both songs are reading in the green. I applied the same technique in setting up my mixer etc. Just my two cents. Thanks.
@DjJoeKhoury6 жыл бұрын
I've been focusing more on proper gain setting recently because my sound quality has been so bad recently. I did an event yesterday, and I kept everything in the green, no clipping. I was hovering around 100 dbs for the night. It was around 150 guests I would say. I still think the volume level was a bit low. When playing the track in Serato, it usually goes into a bit of yellow. I trimmed them down to stay in green, track by track at the loudest part of the track. Should I be going into a little bit of the yellow? Should I just get more speakers? I pushed only one sub by the way. Equipment: DDJ-SZ, 2 X SRX815SP tops, 1 X Mackie SRM1850 sub I connect my speakers to master out, but I connected my sub to the booth out to give me more control there. Speakers were set to Main. I didn't have any issues with the limits at the speakers.
@HTBLuVA8 жыл бұрын
When the red channel light is flashing when the channel-trim is on zero it means that the tracks is bad quality. Yellow is no clipping. It's good to tell people to be in the green but there is so much more behind that topic. I'm an electrical engineer and always when I watch such videos I get a little bit angry because of the wrong things which where told (not particullarly in this video). If you want to see what is going on in the mixer watch videos where guys meassure the levels with oscilloscopes. After that you now exactly what clipping mean and when it happens.
@blackfish1019 жыл бұрын
thank you....wish i watched this like 2 years ago lol
@leewardlaw43938 жыл бұрын
and just to add I would not set gains to 0db I would set it just below in order to compinsate for effects
@Cmvib3 Жыл бұрын
Thank you bro
@jayvicious20116 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the song playing?
3 жыл бұрын
When having ~0db output on on master, the audio interface which records (over XLR) seems to clip. Does that mean that my mixer output is loud, and that I should turn it down even further, or is something else going on?
@marinexxraider098 жыл бұрын
really helpful video! tyty
@rodneymckenzie958410 ай бұрын
If a dj is clipping that bad they should look into getting better music files.... mp3 are out dated...
@christianjackson11 жыл бұрын
Pioneer DJM900Nexus
@Reticuli6 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The dBVu scale on the side is to bounce around symetrically to gauge average volume or "loudness". The distance between the meter zero and the lit peaks is a rough gauge of the varying crest factor of the songs, which will all be slightly different. Don't forget to use your ears. Your most dynamic tracks will need to use that top yellow, while your most compressed or cluttered tracks will just barely go past the zero. If you do this, you will never go into the red. This is the intention of these meters. If you go up to the meter zero on every song, your tracks will not sound consistent volume and you will never get optimal S/N ratio.
@BehzadKh9 жыл бұрын
amen!
@CAndersson11 жыл бұрын
what mixer do you use?
@studiolifestv11 жыл бұрын
A lot of dj's make this mistake...
@Harvb0411 жыл бұрын
looks like a DJM-950 Nexus
@Phen0mable10 жыл бұрын
Reason why DJs play in red is because we don't have as access to amplifiers in club and can't adjust levels there. Instead we go red on mixer so music is loud enough in club
@christianjackson10 жыл бұрын
Louder does not always mean better :) Any reputable venue should have a sound engineer on hand whose job it is to make sure you are loud enough. Most sound engineers expect the DJs to ram it into the red all night so they bring the levels down. What I do is find the sound engineer before the show and tell them that I'll be running a lot less "hot" from the booth and ask them to compensate on their end.
@Phen0mable10 жыл бұрын
that's very nice what you're talking about but in most clubs there is not sound guy at least in clubs where I play/ed. I don't mean "laud means better". I'm fan of good music not loud music ;-)
@leewardlaw43938 жыл бұрын
+Phen0mable that is a load of crap, this is what pisses me off about djin and djs in general, learn some sound engineering stuff it all ties into it, learn ur equipment. Djs are just low class musicians/low class sound engineers thats why the world is riddled with pointless djs that know nothing but how to mix 2 x phrases together. I have a right to be saying this I have a hnd in sound engineering I know how to respect my gear, alot of djs don't
@Phen0mable8 жыл бұрын
lee wardlaw can you be more specific on that please.
@leewardlaw43938 жыл бұрын
if u need to make it a little louder via the amp why not ask someone to turn it up abit, how hard is it to ask someone to adjust the master knob on it, tbh it ain't hard. This shit should be optimised before hand and tbh it should not be the mixers job to amplify more than needed. Keep the levels - 2/-3 to allow room for effects, turn the volume up loud on the amplifier so its nice and loud, this will give u enough leverage to allow and increase if needed, too many djs put it up to 0 db turn up the amp not nearly enough and turn it up on the mixer til it redlines. The mixer should control the volume not amplify it as such
@CAndersson11 жыл бұрын
okey :D
@Phen0mable10 жыл бұрын
This happens because DJs don't have an access to amplifiers in club and can't adjust levels there. Instead we go red on mixer so music is loud enough in club. It sounds stupid but that's the reality
@MrIcemandive8 жыл бұрын
+Phen0mable Start playing in real clubs and that will not be an issue. a club with an A/V tech is more than capable of handling what ever it is that you are trying to do, off of what is most likely their house system and audio equipment.
@Phen0mable8 жыл бұрын
MrIcemandive I was planning in massive clubs for nearly a 10 years