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  • July 23, 2011 at 9:57 am #4445
    Carlos
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    by chance…which Hercules mixer? I use combo of things…However, I NEVER run my sound from my mixer to my speakers…I typically run my sound through ANOTHER mixer then to my audio….

    July 23, 2011 at 10:28 am #1001172
    djbigclive
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    bigmixxx, post: 4438 wrote: by chance…which Hercules mixer? I use combo of things…However, I NEVER run my sound from my mixer to my speakers…I typically run my sound through ANOTHER mixer then to my audio….

    It’s the rmx and I think the sound card is crap the mic is just rubbish

    July 23, 2011 at 10:30 am #1001173
    djbigclive
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    bigmixxx, post: 4438 wrote: by chance…which Hercules mixer? I use combo of things…However, I NEVER run my sound from my mixer to my speakers…I typically run my sound through ANOTHER mixer then to my audio….

    by the way just been looking at the
    [B]Allen & Heath XONE:DB4 it looks great but out of my price range[/B]

    July 23, 2011 at 6:53 pm #1001175
    Carlos
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    I actually am an avid RMX user. I come from a Numark total control to BCD:3000 (so cool) to the RMX (this is when I really started to make money), to the Denon’s with a behringer DDM-4000 (Awesome mixer, just the cross fader kept getting shorted out, if I hadda known about the X1 infinium or innofader, I would not have sold it, but I wanted a USB interface to my music) to my Xone:DB4.

    I dig the rmx mixer, you can litterally do ANYTHING with it. Just avoid certain things (IMO). Make sure you update your drivers and the firmware. The sound card is questionable, but certain rules I follow:

    Remember, Hercules actually USED to make very decent sound cards back in the day for PC’s, so the soundcard should be somewhat decent, just gotta follow some rules:

    1) Use the quarter inch unbalanced output jacks vs. the RCA jacks. They are +4dBU if you are connecting to a PA system. That will help your sound quite a bit. I keep a pair of Quarter inch to RCA’s, along with some Quarter inch jacks in my ‘magic blue box’.

    2) Don’t use the mic on the soundcard. Get an external mixer for the effects. It’s just easier to deal with vs. using the combo of software/hardware for your microphone. For weddings in stuff I use a pretty simple setup, including my xenyx 1204FX by behringer. It’s easier for me to control mic’s that way. When I used to have an analog mixer, it just works….

    3) Update the firmware and your drivers. As one of my team members (because I don’t wanna call them my employee’s) says…That’s MUCHO IMPORTANTE, Captain Ahab….

    BTW
    the Xone:DB4 is my new buddy (I call it the control center). A VERY nice controller. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I wish there was a hack to make it analog.

    July 23, 2011 at 8:27 pm #1001176
    djbigclive
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    bigmixxx, post: 4445 wrote: I actually am an avid RMX user. I come from a Numark total control to BCD:3000 (so cool) to the RMX (this is when I really started to make money), to the Denon’s with a behringer DDM-4000 (Awesome mixer, just the cross fader kept getting shorted out, if I hadda known about the X1 infinium or innofader, I would not have sold it, but I wanted a USB interface to my music) to my Xone:DB4.

    I dig the rmx mixer, you can litterally do ANYTHING with it. Just avoid certain things (IMO). Make sure you update your drivers and the firmware. The sound card is questionable, but certain rules I follow:

    Remember, Hercules actually USED to make very decent sound cards back in the day for PC’s, so the soundcard should be somewhat decent, just gotta follow some rules:

    1) Use the quarter inch unbalanced output jacks vs. the RCA jacks. They are +4dBU if you are connecting to a PA system. That will help your sound quite a bit. I keep a pair of Quarter inch to RCA’s, along with some Quarter inch jacks in my ‘magic blue box’.

    2) Don’t use the mic on the soundcard. Get an external mixer for the effects. It’s just easier to deal with vs. using the combo of software/hardware for your microphone. For weddings in stuff I use a pretty simple setup, including my xenyx 1204FX by behringer. It’s easier for me to control mic’s that way. When I used to have an analog mixer, it just works….

    3) Update the firmware and your drivers. As one of my team members (because I don’t wanna call them my employee’s) says…That’s MUCHO IMPORTANTE, Captain Ahab….

    BTW
    the Xone:DB4 is my new buddy (I call it the control center). A VERY nice controller. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I wish there was a hack to make it analog.

    Cheers man

    July 23, 2011 at 8:32 pm #4455
    djbigclive
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    djbigclive, post: 4447 wrote: Cheers man

    and I do use the quarter inch jack plugs once again thanks for your input

    1xToshiba Qosmio
    2xJBL 515
    1xRmx

    July 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm #4456
    Carlos
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    Let me ask you this. Do you use in house speakers or do you bring your own sound setup?

    July 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm #4487
    djbigclive
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    bigmixxx, post: 4449 wrote: Let me ask you this. Do you use in house speakers or do you bring your own sound setup?

    Always my own speakers JBL eon 515

    July 24, 2011 at 8:56 pm #4509
    Carlos
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    ok, dig this. That’s good audio (I’m not the one for shooting speakers, because if you are making money and enjoying what you have, then you are good in my eyes). however, to attenuate better sound, you have no equalizer for that reverb or echo as you would need for karaoke (that’s where the problem is…) I use QSC (Kseries) and even though they have DSP built in, there is no echo or reverb, thus comes in my external mixer. So My advice, get an external mixer to get the rest of the options and sounds you need. Skip what virtual DJ can do with sound (echo and reverb) as it will sound a little artificial. You will probably get better sound if you use an external mixer, et. al..

    July 24, 2011 at 9:04 pm #4511
    Carlos
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    But that never really answered your question, eh? ‘what’s the best mixer’…

    Have you looked at the following:

    Have you looked at the MC-6000 by denon? Or better yet, the best bang for the buck the American Audio VMs-4. I’ve heard some pretty good reviews of that controller. I think he did one here at digitaldjtips.com…

    July 25, 2011 at 6:28 am #4543
    djbigclive
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    bigmixxx, post: 4504 wrote: But that never really answered your question, eh? ‘what’s the best mixer’…

    Have you looked at the following:

    Have you looked at the MC-6000 by denon? Or better yet, the best bang for the buck the American Audio VMs-4. I’ve heard some pretty good reviews of that controller. I think he did one here at digitaldjtips.com…

    Have looked at the Denon and it looks ideal so have to save to get it

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