i'm under the impression that hawtin really helped bring A&H into the DJ mixer world after being a top-shelf desk mixer company for so long. for epok- he had A&H make this custom dj/studio mixer fusion that he used to plug in 10 pieces of gear (909,303,808,101, efx...)
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i will start off by saying that it is a wounderful sounding mixer, but > i would expect nothing less from A&H. > i use there desk counsels for live sound and they rock. > but using the xzone 32 only once and that being in a club it really > slanted my opinion on the mixer and the trim pots being on the back > was my major beef. > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 12:04:04 -0000, "Odeluga, Ken" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > > No readily accessible trims means you can't really use volume as an > effect > > as much as you might. > > > > this was a problem. > plus the curve on the volume fader is very sharp once you get past the > unity point. the curve really reminds me of a scratch mixers curve, > but this mixer is not even close to that. i'm used to a 20 db curve > and this was sharper then that, maybe you can change it but i did not > see a switch. > > plus the line/phono switch is in the back and is a botton not a > switch, so you can not use that either as a kill. > > i tend to play a lot of electro and techno and i could see the mixer > rockin it for house/techno. the smooth mix style, but if you slice it > up any, this mixer is a pain in the ass. royally (sorry tim) > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Gary Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >All down to space on the front panel, you can set the gain while you're > > >cueing up and shouldn't need to tweak it, whereas the EQs, sends, > filter > > >etc. all need to be closer to hand while in the mix. Before I got a > Xone 32 > > >I thought it was a stupid place to have the gains, but after a > > >week or so of > > >getting used to it I've never given it another thought. It's just a > great > > >sounding well built piece of kit. > > > > > you get used to anything you do repeditivily. i have this guitar that > has a divit in the 3 fret on the b string. makes all my d cords sharp > in the octive. but i have trained myself to mute the octive. > > but when you jump on my guitar and do not know that you will try to > tune it to no end with no luck! > > and with those trims on the back in a dark club with no switch and a > crappy volume fader curve it makes it hard to do what you do and with > the deck already stacked against you one more joker in there.... well > you get my point. >
