Setting up Reloop Terminal mix 2 in clubs
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Hey,
Yep,. the booth output is typically used to give you a way to listen to the same signal as is played over the main P.A.
Reasons you may want this:
- The DJ booth may be (semi-)closed, so you don’t hear the P.A. speakers very well
- The P.A. speakers may be situated a long way from the DJ booth, creating a delay that will make your mixes crash (trust me, been there, done that and almost got my t-shirt stolen!)
- The P.A. speakers may be aimed away from the DJ booth, in which case you will probably hear the bass ok, but not the higher sounds (like the clap/snare)
All those problems can be easily solved by setting up a monitor speaker in the booth. The reason it has a seperate set of outputs is that (when you set the switch on your TM2 to booth) you have a seperate volume knob that allows you to control the booth volume apart from the main. I usually have the monitor turned up when set up the beat match, then I turn it down til it is time to do the actual mix, then turn it down again (gotta take care of your ears, right?).
Another thing about a booth output is that it will generally NOT play the sound coming out of the microphone if you are using one. The reason is that if you were to use your mic and have the sound coming out of the booth monitor right next to it, there is a more than fair chance of feed back, you know, that high whistle sound).
As far as monitor speakers go, they don’t need to be very big, very powerful (although you need to be able to hear them over the house P.A. (but if you set them up close to you (typically less than 1-2 meters from your ear) that shouldn’t be a problem), or extremely high quality as far as sound goes. They should be easy to carry around, mountable on speaker stand (or like mine with an adapter on a mic stand). And I say they and speakers, but really one should be enough.
Any small, active P.A. speaker should do, don’t go spending your entire budget on a monitor speaker. I now have a Numark NPM-100 which I love. Not really lightweight, but sturdy for the road (ABS case and firm metal grill) and as I said it sits on a microphone stand which is a lot more compact to carry around to gigs than a speaker stand. Plenty of power with 100W RMS (I think).
Here is a picture of my current setup (2x Denon SC2900, 1x Denon X1600) and you can see the NPM100 there. At a gig it will typically sit slightly behind and to the left side of my DJ stand (I use my right ear for my headphones). I can tilt it upwards so it is aimed right at my ear :-).
Hope that helps in getting you set up right!
Greetinx from Holland,
C.Chuck van Eekelen, post: 38072, member: 2756 wrote: Hey,
Yep,. the booth output is typically used to give you a way to listen to the same signal as is played over the main P.A.
Reasons you may want this:
- The DJ booth may be (semi-)closed, so you don’t hear the P.A. speakers very well
- The P.A. speakers may be situated a long way from the DJ booth, creating a delay that will make your mixes crash (trust me, been there, done that and almost got my t-shirt stolen!)
- The P.A. speakers may be aimed away from the DJ booth, in which case you will probably hear the bass ok, but not the higher sounds (like the clap/snare)
All those problems can be easily solved by setting up a monitor speaker in the booth. The reason it has a seperate set of outputs is that (when you set the switch on your TM2 to booth) you have a seperate volume knob that allows you to control the booth volume apart from the main. I usually have the monitor turned up when set up the beat match, then I turn it down til it is time to do the actual mix, then turn it down again (gotta take care of your ears, right?).
Another thing about a booth output is that it will generally NOT play the sound coming out of the microphone if you are using one. The reason is that if you were to use your mic and have the sound coming out of the booth monitor right next to it, there is a more than fair chance of feed back, you know, that high whistle sound).
As far as monitor speakers go, they don’t need to be very big, very powerful (although you need to be able to hear them over the house P.A. (but if you set them up close to you (typically less than 1-2 meters from your ear) that shouldn’t be a problem), or extremely high quality as far as sound goes. They should be easy to carry around, mountable on speaker stand (or like mine with an adapter on a mic stand). And I say they and speakers, but really one should be enough.
Any small, active P.A. speaker should do, don’t go spending your entire budget on a monitor speaker. I now have a Numark NPM-100 which I love. Not really lightweight, but sturdy for the road (ABS case and firm metal grill) and as I said it sits on a microphone stand which is a lot more compact to carry around to gigs than a speaker stand. Plenty of power with 100W RMS (I think).
Here is a picture of my current setup (2x Denon SC2900, 1x Denon X1600) and you can see the NPM100 there. At a gig it will typically sit slightly behind and to the left side of my DJ stand (I use my right ear for my headphones). I can tilt it upwards so it is aimed right at my ear :).
Hope that helps in getting you set up right!
Greetinx from Holland,
C.Wow this really helped, thank you soooo much for such a detailed explanation!!!!!!! I really appreciate it!!!
Do you have any website or social media websites that I can follow? 🙂
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