I remember clubbing in the early 80s, the sound was terrific old Rane mix boards and Technics record decks produced a beautiful analog sound that you just don't hear anymore, that's said, I do enjoy the new DJ controllers budget price than mid priced that'll allow anyone to experience DJing. And I'm tired of people complaining about the sync button, it is very important for people who are disabled it helps us experience and create just like everyone else. Thank you for the wonderful videos

I had the DM2002x . What a blast from the past right there

Wow this video took me back. A 5 band eq for the master out like on my old 90s numark mixer would be great.

I can't remember how many phono/line switches I broke transforming on several Numark mixers. I finally gave up that style of DJing and just started perfecting beat matching. Bought my Urei 1620 in the early 90s and instantly noticed the increased quality of the sound. Clarity and increased bass. As much I love mixing classic dance music on rotary mixers , I also still love old RnB ,soul and rare Jazz and breakbeats where having a crossfader (or battle style mixer) would be very useful. Most companies don't make mixers suitable for all styles, so u kinda gotta pick one or the other, or buy one of each if you can afford it.

I Love the fact that he used the Numark 2002X as a demo for a lot of the features... that was the first mixer i bought with my own money back in the 90s (high school) it was solid until it began to get noisy. #FondMemories.

I'm still using my 14yr old Urei 1601s and love it. Has everything you need, nothing you don't and sound quality is amazing. Looking at s7, s11, 70 & 72 but just csnt bring myself to get rid of the 1601

Having started mixing back in '96, I agree with all of this!! Haha, I even had that Numark 2002X mixer at one point. Totally agree with the illuminated pots/buttons......I also had the Korg Zero4 back in the day. What I loved most about back in the day was every club had Techs as a staple, but you never knew what mixer you were gonna' get. That was fun.

I love old weird mixers and have lots of thoughts here! Here’s what I miss: -Pan knobs on each channel. It’s a fun effect, plus I learned to beat match this way (turn one channel to R and the other to L so it’s easier to hear). -EQs that use faders rather than knobs. They’re just a fun change of pace. Some of the really old Numark DM and PPD mixers had these on the master output, and I think there’s a couple of funky Vestax as well that use them on each channel. -VU meters AND LEDs to show volume output. It’s fun to have both. -I have a couple of old Numark mixers that have a metal bar underneath that you can fold out to prop up the mixer at an angle. This should 100% be standard on every mixer geared towards house/techno/club DJs.

Love the fact when seeing the title of this vid the first thing that sprung to mind was kill switches, and it was first on your list!

The rotary one hit me hard. I had a rotary kit on my DJM 3000. Still have it stuffed away somewhere.

Panning! I want pan/balance knobs back...

Proper metal line switches that would put up with being transformed the hell out of.

Man I loved kill switches and the transform button!

In the old days, I made a trasformer button by myself...

someone bring back red and black vestax style ..i miss it .. hell even the gold they had

I and others share your appreciation for kill switches. At least personally, I am baffled by how few contemporary mixers still offer panning e.g. L/R panning, or if you want to get really wild: the quadrophonic panning of the Vestax PMC-07 Pro ISP. Albeit the latter was probably utilized all too rarely given how few quadrophonic setups are out there, even ones which have booked Suzanne Ciani based upon an interview I listened to from her. To me, that seems as if it is a shameful oversight given that we live in a day and age of Dolby Atmos and well beyond 7.2 surround sound systems being economical in the home theater market, you would imagine that quadrophonic or more dynamic spatial sound stages in professional environments would be more commonplace without having to go someplace special such as Audium in San Francisco or the collaboration that Recombinant Media Labs is doing with Gray Area Foundation for the Arts. As for coloring and finishes, has anything really topped the shiny metallic blue of something such as the Vestax PCV-175? I suppose with 12inchskinz and simulacrum, aftermarket gee whiz looks can be achieved more easily and with the added benefit of potentially protecting the original equipment underneath (all too often prone to being worn down from use)? Personally, I care more about how audio equipment sounds than how it looks.

3- channel mixers in general. I would kill for a 2023 Rane rotary EMPATH.

my first mixsers was Citronic MSX-1 and second Numark DM 2002 (blue colour) and next Numark DM 3002 (gold/black colour) - still remember this exiting when I buyed in german dj shop in Berlin.

I was just thinking about transform buttons, frequency kills, and gooseneck lamps the other day. Bang on Dude.

Kill switches should definitely make a come back and would love to see it on some analogue mixers. But om Pioneer RMX you can set the dB drop parameters to your liking, so it would be cool to have this feature on your kill switches. I also love (and regrettably don't own anymore) the Pioneer EFX-1000 unit which let you choose which EQ you wanted to use the effects on. This was an killer feature but disappeared and only came back on their latest high end mixer - I think. So for an FX unit released in 2004 it seems daft that this function is extremely rare on anything else.

I had no idea these features used to be a thing and I can't believe they did away with them. These are all quite useful in certain circumstances

Someone remembers the ecler smac mixers from the 90‘s with the crooked line faders? The mixers back then where way more experimental.

Still got my PMC-05

When I was working as a club tech back in the noughties we had Cloud CXM modular mixers; brilliant invention where you could swap out a whole channel if some of the more heavy-handed guest DJs had over-smashed a fader or over-tweaked an eq knob. Just a matter of popping out the broken channel and dropping in a replacement. Didn't have features like modern mixers, but boy those things were bomb proof.

EQ kill switches were great for vinyl spinbacks. Cut the high/low and spin away without blowing the speakers. My friend bought an Intimidation Blue back in 1998 with his first university loan deposit. I inherited it in the mid 00s and it became part of my Traktor digital setup for a few years.

you have to remember when Rane brought out the 54 .. everything was day glo purple or something to appeal to a 15 year old. it was back to business.

transformer punch buttons were awesome for dnb. used to love punching in the incoming tunes snare. great video mojax. companies need to speak more with the experienced users who have seen the technology change and evolve, because newcomers completely missed the boat so dont know what they are missing or even know it exists. top job man

Rane 56 and 57 had kill switches and transformers. I had to let go of my 56 but i still use my 57 with ssl, yes in 2022, when i have a 70 atrak i still use the 57 and serato scratch live

The line switch fa sho. But now in digital ❤️❤️ Analog style samplers on 19 inch mixers then Gemini came out with a scratch master with a sampler. No saving no sync, while the record is playing live on channel one, you sample loops on the fly from channel twos turn table and then mix one and two and drop your sample over the top via a start stop button ❤️❤️❤️

Phono lines! I miss them so much!

i really liked the transform buttons on crossfaders

Solid suggestions. One of the reasons I continue to love the Behringer DDM4000.. it's digital but there is still kill buttons beside the EQ knobs. I use them tons.

Fond memories of the Realistic 1200 mixer I started with - still a very solid contender - no frills basically at all.. but it had cross fader , up faders and a few extra channels with good (but somewhat quiet) monitoring. I remember hunting for a proper DJ mixer in my area in 1990.. and no one knew what the hell I was talking about. Walked into Radio shack for kicks and saw the 1200 right there .. maybe $80 brand new.. maybe cheaper. I broke that 1200 out many times when my existing 'new' mixer failed. Some ex girlfriend borrowed it 20 years ago.. I wish I had it for emotional reasons now. I did some paid gigs with it as well and had no problems .

Oh my, love love this video. So many memories. I think I played on all those mixers back in the day. Thanks for taking the time to make it!

always liked the ability to rock technical scratches on the cross fader in your headphones and not affect what's playing out on the speakers on the Ecler Hak 380

I still love my Peavey 9072 DJ mixer. I bought it in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1991 (31 years ago) and it's still going strong. It may not have a dozen special features on it but it is bullet proof and versatile. My favorite feature on it was the dual output zones, the top mount 1/4" headphone jack, multiple XLR mic inputs, XLR and RCA line outs, 4 channel assignable crossfader and the two pin XLR gooseneck lamp. Whenever I do a gig I still line my digital components into the Peavey.

I forgot about so much of this. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

Still gigging with my rotary american audio dx5r mixers...and ssl.

Vestax PMC 250, one of my all time favorites. And the Carl Cox vestax collaboration.

I had the same Numark mixer and I used to put a rubber band around the crossfader and one of the transform buttons, so I could crab scratch without using my thumb as a “spring”

Ahhhhhh I do miss the old gear...... Numark Blue Dog 😆 🤣

Fantastic video Mojaxx!

I love how you mentioned urei 1620. Till this very day the sound on that unit was amazing. I have a modern kit that I use for gigs and my nostalgic set up at home that includes 2 1200's and it use to include a urei 1620 but now has Vestax rotary mixer. My urei got stolen 😪. It's tough finding one that is as good condition as I kept mine. But I'll find one when I get the time.

Over 30 years ago was the advent of mixers with onboard rudimentary sound effects, sampler and beat counters. In having mixers with no frills before that it was all about the mix and not about the tricks. I've been in the mix since 86.

Bless you mate. I'm still using a Rane TTM 56. Sounds amazing, looks darkside and everything is working snap crackle and pop free.

I totally agree with the kill switches, they should already have been standard on any dj equipment and i love rotary mixer!

Spot on Mojaxx, good video. I actually had that Numark mixer back in the day, and yes, that gooseneck lamp adapter was definitely vital. Good stuff man.

Love my NMinty pro 07 Vestax straight out of the box with manual and original receipt of previous owner. Got it 2 years ago.

So much yes to the kill switch buttons. I learned on a cheap Behringer mixer that had those and I was mind blown in a disappointed way when much nicer and premium stuff I later used didnt have it.

I am not a DJ. I have no idea what a lot of this is. But I do enjoy old technology and a passionate rant about it. Those machines are beautiful specimens!

I miss the Roland DJ2000, Roland please bring it back!!!!!

If those mixers are vintage. I must be prehistoric playing with my 1985 Numark with wood grain. LOL

I miss and love these old mixers. I have a few Vestax mixers just for the nostalgia. I even scored an old Radio Shack Realistic mixer in practically brand new condition.

Anyone else ever have a Roland mixer? I had the enormous DJ-2000 and it was a dream as long as you didn't mind replacing the fader every month. Most used and unique feature was the isolater toggle - basically a shapeable kill switch for the master. Would love to get another one just to look at it again.

Thank you! 🙏🏻 I had Numark EM-260 w Kaoss Pad, Numark DXM-09 w efx and kill switches, Gemini PS-626 w beat LEDs. I love them!

I've owned a wealth of lower end mixers in years gone by, and had all of those features! Can't say I ever used the kill switches much though, but they were on my Gemini KL19, Denon DN-X 300 and even my Vestax PCV275, which I did convert to rotary! A great mixer, from the days when 3 channels was good enough! I also owned a PMC06 Pro (Mixtick) like yours. Great in tight spaces! That suddenly brings back memories of the unique designs Ecler used to make, with the line faders set on an angle... It would be a great idea to see some of these incorporated into the newer mixers, especially the COLOURED mixers! Good video, thanks!

Good Stuff as Always Mojaxx. And yes, some of the features would be hella dope to revisit for sure.

Great video, used to have a Behringer DDM4000 many years back. It had kill switches, could never understand why other brands didn't have it. Very useful for the reason you said and I used it all the time in my mixes.

100% agree about kill switches. I love my X1800, and enjoy the DJM-900 when I mix on it, but I regularly wish both had kill switches.

Gemini executioner was my favourite mixer like this until it started to fail. It was recently for sale on ebay and I was thinking about buying it, I recognised it from a sticker I put on it. It had made its way from Nottingham to London over the last 20 years.

Your list is spot on, bro! Maybe you have to make another one named: Most requestef future features in DJ mixers. Here are my top 3. 1 all mixers to have top plate from plastic and painted from below, to never peel the paint, like some NI if i remember. 2. Gain knob to move in 1 db increment. 3. Lufs on each channel.

Spectacular rundown, Mojaxx is always 🎯

The mixer I started with was what was installed in a small club , it was DM-1800 Numark studio master mixer. It was built like a tank and was clean sounding. Used one 1200MKII and 1800MKII together.. :) I wish I could find a 1800mkII .... they seem rare.

The lamp sockets and robust kill switches are great shouts.

really enjoyed this for the nostalgic memories it brought up

Illuminated upfaders, please! I sometimes lose track of where I have them, especially if I'm working with three or four tracks simultaneously and can't quite tell by ear exactly what each track is contributing. Being able to see those clearly in a dark club would make a huge difference. (EQ would be nice too, although usually I can see those well enough thanks to the white line. The upfaders are often all black.) Also +1 on the EQ kill switches. One hand bass swap would be huge. Not sure I even realized that back when I did have a mixer with kill switches. Oh well.

Awesome video, brought back some memories

I started mixing music together without a mixer, then, got one technics and one soundlab turntable and my first mixer had no EQ, no bass, treble etc. Also, not forgetting that a lot house or dance tunes in the 80's changed bpm a few times for the duration of a track. I had to know my tunes really well back when in the day as I had no EQ, no bassline or vocal clash.

My first "DJ in a Box" came with a blue Rane Empath mixer and two blue Stanton ST-150 turntables. Wish I could have kept them just because they looked so nice. I replaced them with a Rane TTM 56S mixer and two Numark TTX turntables. (Which is a great combination that I still use to this day.)

I would fucking LOVE Sanwa arcade button transform switches. Hell, that might be a whole Traktor mapping backbone...

YES, YES, YES on EQ kill switches!!!

I still rock my Numark DM3001X Mixer. I've had it over 20 years and it still works and sounds great, complete with kill switches and transform buttons.

Great Video MO! You hit some really great ideas that manufactures should really give some thought too.

Kill switches the biggie for me. some mixers still have that 'switch' capability, my Rane MP2015 allows you to route any or all channels to the submix channel where you can individually turn off your B-M-T, so you can turn off the bass in the submix and use the channel submix buttons to cut in and out or switch between basslines instantly same as on the Numark in your vid 1:51...its awesome, works an absolute treat.

One of the reasons I still switch back to Traktor on the regular. An addition and some cheap components can add a wealth of classic features for under 49 bucks.

The Kam was my first ever mixer and the numark was my favourite of all time 👌

I would die for a comeback of the kill switch. Great video my friend.

Missed are hardware fx loops. Iluminated knobs would be cool. Trasnform buttons are moved to pads with sometimes custom curves, patterns etc.

Brilliant Chris ! .. Lithely hit the button with this vid., I miss everything you said ! I’d have Bass kill, transform buttons and a light stand back right now , I was brought up on cutting with my line switch on my Realistic and Mrt 2600 !!

Agree Mo- especially the Gemini executioner 10 mixer , loved it !!

I started mixing on a Realistic mixer from Radio Shack back in the mid 90's. Went through a ton of mixers, but I still use my Rane TTM 57 mixer - It has frequency kill switches. I also have a light built in on a USB gooseneck. :) Good stuff here!

Master EQ's! Older mixers really did not have channel EQ's. We had to deal with bass overlap when blending :) But we had EQ's on the Master Out (Sometimes the booth as well). This let you shape the overall sound of the room to your liking. I had a Numark PPD 1950 that let you do this. Some of the new mixers such as the Pioneer V10 and the Mastersounds technically have a program EQ, but it's really an Isolator. Bring back a real 5 or 6 band EQ!

Rotary kits +1!!! I want Split Cue to come back.

I didn't even know about kill switches. I would like to play with those for sure!

I still miss my DJM-350 - the effects (only on master channel and no BPM changing) seem to adapt with the music and it was always perfectly synced.

M0 is the man of deejay equipment.Respect .No mater the deck's play music and enjoy it ..

the kill switches mid low and high most definitely need it that is one thing I definitely miss from my classic Gemini and new mall style mixes I've owned in the past great video #MoJax

Great list!

The phono/line switch is kinda like what numark did with the PT01 Scratch. Yet it was replaced really fast for a fader.

I was thinking this exact thing just the other day. I’m thinking about picking up an old Numark DM1002 just for the kill switches and transform buttons…😄

Man, you brought back some memories! My favorite was the Biamp 7600 when I started in the 80s. Close second would go to Rane. I never got a chance to use (or even see, lol) a Bozak or Urei mixer. I do honestly believe that those higher end mixers from that era did sound better than 90-95% of the stuff out there today, but I know, I know. You said that’s not where you were going with this 🤭. Features that I miss would be kill switches and the rotary instead of faders in some cases…

Loved this

miss my old vestax mixer and my 1210s and mixing by ear not a laptop in insight but i dont miss carrying a heavy box of records

Bleedin ‘eck I’d forgotten all about those phono/line switches! I used to love using them all the time

Still got my 2 channel Made2Fade from the early 90's, and it all still works !!

Yes please! More color!

My old mixer in late 80s early 90s was modular. If a fader or cross fader went down. Just two screws take out the old one put in the new one and away you go

Yes Kill Switches, my first controller had them built in to the eq knobs loved them

Rane Empath, Numark PPD 1975, Vestax PMC 07, any Gemini mixer from 1981 to 1997 And my first mixer from DJ Bohannon, the Clubman mixer.

Saw you cross your hands when transforming and you could have mentioned the forgotten “HAMSTER” button!