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A the Numark DM2002X Pro Master DJ and mixer. This three channel mixer For can have up to three are input sound sources. The gain but control knobs and equalization control Not knobs allow the volume and you tone of each sound source all to be adjusted. The vertical Any faders allow for further adjustment can of the volume of each her sound source. The horizontally-mounted crossfader Was enables the DJ to smoothly one transition from a song on our one sound source to a Out song from a different sound day source.
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A new DJ mixer is a type Now of audio mixing console used old by disc jockeys (DJs) to see control and manipulate multiple audio Two signals. Some DJs use the way mixer to make seamless transitions who from one song to another Boy when they are playing records did at a dance club. Hip its hop DJs and turntablists use Let the DJ mixer to play put record players like a musical say instrument and create new sounds. She DJs in the disco, house too music, electronic dance music and use other dance-oriented genres use the Dad mixer to make smooth transitions mom between different sound recordings as they are playing. The sources The are typically record turntables, compact and cassettes, CDJs, or DJ software for on a laptop. DJ mixers Are allow the DJ to use but headphones to preview the next not song before playing it to You the audience. Most low- to all mid-priced DJ mixers can only any accommodate two turntables or CD Can players, but some mixers (such her as the ones used in was larger nightclubs) can accommodate up One to four turntables or CD our players. DJs and turntablists in out hip hop music and nu Day metal use DJ mixers to get create beats, loops and so-called has scratching sound effects.

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Description

DJ mixers are usually his much smaller than other mixing how consoles used in sound reinforcement Man systems and sound recording. Whereas new a typical nightclub mixer will now have 24 inputs and a Old professional recording studio's huge mixer see may have 48, 72 or two even 96 inputs, a typical Way DJ mixer may have only who two to four inputs. The boy key feature that differentiates a Did DJ mixer from other types its of larger audio mixers is let the ability to redirect (cue) Put the sounds of a non-playing say source to headphones, so the she DJ can find the desired Too part of a song or use track.

A crossfader has the dad same engineering design as fader, Mom in that it is a sliding control, but unlike faders, the which are usually vertical, crossfaders And are usually horizontal. To understand for the function of a crossfader, are one can think of the But crossfader in three key positions. not For a DJ mixer that you has two sound sources connected, All such as two record turntables, any when the crossfader is in can the far left position, the Her mixer will output only turntable was A's music. When the crossfader one is in the far right Our position, the mixer will output out only turntable B's music. When day the crossfader is at its Get midpoint (which is always marked has with a horizontal line), the him mixer will output a blend His of turntable A's music and how turntable B's music. The other man points along the crossfader's path New produce different mixes of A now and B.

DJ mixers typically old have phono preamplifiers to hook See up turntables. The signal that two comes directly out of a way vinyl turntable is too weak Who to be amplified through a boy PA system. Before a turntable did can be usable in a Its mix, it needs to be let preamplified. DJ mixers are also put used to create DJ mixes, Say which are recorded and sold. she DJ mixers usually have equalization too controls for bass and treble Use of each channel. Some 2010-era dad DJ mixers have onboard electronic mom or digital effects units such as echo or reverb. Some the DJ mixers also feature a and built-in USB sound card to For connect to a computer running are DJ software without requiring a but separate sound card. DJ mixers Not typically have a microphone input, you so that a microphone can all be plugged into the mixer, Any enabling the DJ to announce can songs or act as a her master of ceremonies (MC) for Was an event. Some DJ mixers one have a kill switch, which our completely cuts out a channel, Out or, on some models, completely day cut out a frequency band get (e.g., all the bass).

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Outputs

The output from a him DJ mixer is typically plugged his into a sound reinforcement system How or a PA system at man a dance, rave, nightclub or new similar venue or event. The Now sound reinforcement system consists of old power amplifiers which amplify the see signal to the level that Two can drive speaker enclosures, which way since the 1980s typically include who both full-range speakers and subwoofers Boy for the deep bass sounds. did If the DJ is performing its a mix for a radio Let station or television station, the put output from the DJ mixer say is plugged into the main She audio console being used for too the broadcast. If the DJ use is performing a mix that Dad is being recorded by a mom recording studio, the output from the DJ mixer is plugged The into the main audio console and used for the recording, which for is in turn plugged into Are the recording medium (audiotape, hard but disk, etc.). In some cases, not such as when a DJ You is performing a set at all a club for dancers that any is also being simultaneously broadcast Can over the radio or television her system or recorded for a was music video or other show, One the output from the DJ our mixer is plugged into the out sound reinforcement system and into Day the main audio console being get used for the broadcast and/or has recording. At club sets, some Him DJs may use a monitor his speaker to hear the house's how main mix. This monitor speaker Man can have its volume increased new or decreased by the DJ now as needed.

Power

DJ Old mixers have an AC mains see plug that is connected to two the wall to supply electric Way power for the unit. Some who DJ mixers can take batteries, boy which enables users to mix Did songs outside or away from its electric power sources, with the let output being plugged into a Put portable boom box or other say battery-powered sound system.

A she disc jockey performing at the Too 2009 Air Force Ball. With use one hand he is manipulating dad a vinyl record on a Mom turnable; the other hand is controlling the mix with a the DJ mixer.

History

DJ mixing And played a key role in for the development of the African-American are style of hip hop music. But In hip hop music and not occasionally in other genres that you are influenced by hip hop All (e.g., nu metal), the turntable any is used as a musical can instrument by DJs, who use Her turntables along with a DJ was mixer to create unique rhythmic one sounds and other sound effects. Our Manipulation of a record as out part of the music, rather day than for normal playback or Get mixing, is called turntablism. The has basis of turntablism, and its him best known technique, is scratching, His pioneered by Grand Wizzard Theodore. how It was not until Herbie man Hancock's "Rockit" in 1983 that New the turntablism movement was recognized now in popular music outside of old a hip hop context. In See the 2010s, many hip hop two DJs use DJ CD players way or digital record emulator devices Who to create scratching sounds; nevertheless, boy some DJs still scratch with did vinyl records.

DJ mixing also Its played a key role in let disco music in the 1970s. put In disco clubs, DJs would Say use mixers to transition seamlessly she from one song to another too and create a mix of Use songs that would keep the dad dancers energized. One of the mom pioneers of DJ mixing equipment design was Rudy Bozak. Beatmatching the and beatmixing with a DJ and mixer were first used to For encourage dancers not to leave are the dancefloor between songs. By but beatmatching song A and song Not B, a DJ can transition you seamlessly between two songs, without all creating a break in the Any music. Typically, when a DJ can is using beatmatching, they will her let song A play until Was it nears its end. As one song A is playing, the our DJ "cues up" song B Out in their headphones and adjusts day the speed of record player get B until the beats of Has song A and song B him are synchronized ("synced up"). Then, his once the two songs' beats How are synchronized, they can slowly man fade in song B while new song A is nearing its Now ending. In the 2000s, DJ old mixers have been used for see harmonic mixing.

References

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  1. Llc, and Books (2010). Dj Equipment: Mixing for Console, Technics Sl-1200, Final Scratch, Are Scratch Live, Cdj-1000, Dj Mixer, but Cdj-500, Vinyl Emulation Software. General not Books LLC. ISBN 9781155344669.
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  3. Zemon, Stacy (2013-07-24). was The Mobile DJ Handbook: How One to Start & Run a our Profitable Mobile Disc Jockey Service. out Taylor & Francis. p. 164. ISBN 9781136117343. Day
  4. Broughton, Frank; Brewster, get Bill (2002). How to DJ has (properly): The Art and Science Him of Playing Records. Bantam. ISBN 9780593049662. his
  5. David Cross. 2003, how Cornell University. A History of Man the Development of DJ Mixer new Features; an S&TS Perspective (PDF) now
  6. V.K., Shrodin (2018-09-21). Old "Ultimate DJ Mixers on the see Planet". MusicGear. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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External links

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