Great video and well explained. Common sense stuff which a lot of DJ’s overlook. In the world of radio, the presenter or whoever is driving the desk will automatically carry out this “PFL” (pre fade level) procedure, to prevent the “PPL” (peak programme level) meter from clipping, and distorting the stations output levels.

If you don't redline, you don't headline.

Well explained being in the red ruins everything especially when it comes to recording i usually record in the green not touching Amber then once finished I put the recording in to fl studio and master it boost the dB up abit to a nice level always works a treat never distorting nothing its all nice and crisp

How many times do I hear this with DJs not checking the tracks before fading in. I always find the loudest part and then use the trim to keep it out of the red or bring it up to amber. It does annoy me that even the big download payed sites can have the same track but recoded at different volumes.

Great video I'm learning to DJ and I was doing it at first with virtual DJ with numark party mix but now I'm not thanks to seeing this video thanks

Great explanation and advice, as always 😁

Love you had to explain what an LP was!🤣

I have diff set up but my most recent set up for streaming with Pioneer FL6 and Virtual DJ has been working great without breaking the bank. Virtual has Audio, Video mixing and even Stem for $100 and it hasn't crash on me in the streaming. I think Serato and Pioneer software needs to make streaming more user friendly.

“Y’all must be outta your head if your system ain’t up to the red”

Hy Jony !I want to teach you something too !You know allready but you make a little mistake here ! I am sound engineer and know a lot of enelctronic MAINLY ON SOUND AND AUDIO IN GENERAL! In fact you mention many time words like "trim knob "Trim knob in fact is quite other thing then "gain knob" ! Ussually we have a gain knob that is indeed a gain knob and that one from sides are indeed a trim knobs !Sound silly but IS EXACTLY LIKE I VE MARK ! What s the difference betwen then >Well electronicly is how electronicly is controled a circuit ,what ever is a head amp like for gain knob and a trim circuit not necesarry a head amp more like a LC filter !Make sense for you ! Lets put it more simple words .We should use gain knob for head amp or head preamp in this case ! What exact does that knob is act like a amplification procentage twords a loop inside the amplification circuit what ever sort it is digital or analog type !More are analog that are controled via a digital circuit ! Ok again we should use the term for trim only we have like another circuit or a stage circuit that receive that signal whatever it is a digital or a analog signal! The purpose for both are not exactly the same ! In fact is more important to trim then to gain !!Protectionwisly !But also gain is also important because on certain situation we need to have such called headroom between this ration S/N meen noise ration !THAT IN FACT IS DETERMINATED BY THE AMPLIFICATION CIP ITSELF! Thank you very much :"Practice and enjoy!"

What about the booth lelvel output?!

im not sure what the variable may perhaps be, but i've actually been having to turn down my phono channel while the input channel seems to be quieter, huh ??

Question: I saw an earlier video of you (ellaskins) mixing video with VirtualDj on an controller Numark NV. Does controller Numark NVII can play MP4-files? I find on website it needs WAV-files.. I need to decode my MP4-videos? Thanks for info..

We all know how easy it is to push the audio levels into the red. We get caught up in the mix and forget to check the levels. It also sounds like shit so it's so important to make it a habit to keep your eye on the meters. Don't just think of redlining as more volume. If you exceed the headroom of the mixer by pushing the audio signal in the red the waveform will be "chopped off" because the mixer cannot process all of it and you will then loose that part of the audio. It is the same as having a compressor/limiter in the signal chain, all clubs have them by the way. That will squash your signal further degrading your audio signal which will actually make your sound weaker. The other control to really keep in check is the bass eq knob. Even if your active track is set to center/12 o'clock, which is optimal and you are not pushing the signal into the red, and you fade in a track with the eq also set to center you will not stay at the same level because the bass has a lot of energy and eats up a lot of bandwidth and adding all that bass frequency will distort the audio signal.

Digital clipping destroys the waveform of an audio track .. never a good idea 😄

Tell ALL djs

What's that player called

I'm tired of djs going red everywere. Do they actually know anything about music/audio?

Clearly this guy has never played jungle/techno/breaks and trance on enormous sound systems over 28 years. What you do in your bedroom is not what you do or how you do it on stage.

Question Jonathan: what about effects? I have flanger on and effect knob 2’o clock and the channel redlines, but just while using effect. Is that ok? Rest is set on green.

Ok another advice better to know ! Not quite !In fact you have right but not in totality !Usuallly simple aproach story for non electronist people,what we have some blinky winkly LED right green , amber and red right ? PLEASE REMEMBER THAT LIKE IN ANY OTHER PRODUCT ON EARTH WE HAVE REGULATION LAW .One of it by manufacture and time that was manufactured ,the manufactured MUST provide the explication for those LED! For some it might MEEN THAT (Ussually have 2 RED LED) one red is good but 2 is not .Some have also depicted some number along the LED. In fact the thing is like this .Other AUDIO LAW mention that the product must comply to some sort of allready regulated law ,that s meening to respect some scale of VU or dB or diftal BBC ,RMS etc all those are stipulated by we sound engineers that we have congress about that every 5 years !Usually ordinary people doesn t know nothing about this ! We like humain generation some generation are more deth then other is a allready known .Anyway usually thats the meening of LED! For general purpose if you put a multimeter on analog autput of your device in series with resistence that is stipulated in the manual you should read somewhre 1.5 V for semiprofesional sound and 3 v for profesional sound full volume amplification with the right amount incoming signal ! You can not messure that using ordinary songs there is a another procedure !Beter read the manual to see what the hack represent my LED from my gear!? Ussually amber is fine but could be also to quite in some gear ! For instance please take a look on our Yamaha Mixers !Jesus we have half of our LED ON RED!!!!!on a ful LED Scale !??w39rr4uirfujjerf

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