Building Better DJs Podcast Ep. #4 "DJ MIXERS"

Ep. #4 "DJ MIXERS"
In this episode, Mr. Choc, Rhettmatic, Babu & D-Styles talk about their favorite DJ Mixers(Pre-Serato) they've used over the years.
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[@geelano]

finally found a podcast im interested in. keep up the great content guys! thanks!

[@jsolethedj]

My first mixer was a Realistic with cross fader with 2 Technics SLDB1’s (1987)

[@waxjuggler8945]

SL BD1's - the belt driven 1200...(No automatic arm!)

[@jsolethedj]

@@waxjuggler8945 Yes Sir! With rotary pitch dial

[@ChesterPerry187]

To this day I still miss my Gemini PMX2200 Jazzy Jeff edition. Still use my 07 Pro Vestax though.

[@maccagrabme]

Probably sounds and feels like crap by todays standards. The cross fader ended up bleeding on mine.

[@mojojojo815]

I am currently using the Realistic Stereo Mixer with the weighted crossfader, with the click in the middle, it's what I learned on and its the only one I own. have to borrow mixers when playing out. love this episode.

[@j-boogiebrown9961]

Noize was the first to do that wah wah scratch using the Technics mixer, at The Summit in '97. I think he called it the "Bubble scratch", for some reason.

[@DJZobe]

DJ Quest (SF, Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters aka Bullet Proof Space Travelers) + DJ Focus (AZ) Hamster Switch Hamster Scratch Style... Focus Fader 1st contactless magnetic fader #GameChangers

[@CJScratch]

focus fader was an optical fader ....that fader changed the fader game for all mixers from that time on changing them all to non contact faders ... Rane with the 56 was the first company to use magnetic sensors ...

[@samsevan]

I Can listen to this all day

[@turntablistswami1]

Real in depth history of pre Serato mixers had me reminiscing!!! I was like! “Aww Man I remember that mixer!!!

[@djskampy]

Nice to see D mentioning the Rodec Scratchbox. Indeed, developed by Grazz and Lamont. I believe the fader is an optical Infinium fader, tweaked specifically for this mixer. And indeed, Rodec isn't around anymore. The Pio 707 and 909 are from around 2005, so your timeline isn't 100% accurate 😉. I remember the 707 was originally around 600 €, then it suddenly dropped to 300 €, which made it an absolute steal.

[@ConnahJay]

DJ D-Note always wanted that Rodec!

[@djimma5080]

The double line in was dope for super quick transforms

[@apintus]

909 and 707 have "transform" switches, send/return fx and the crossfader curve regolation for every side

[@Abyss-1]

yeah they talked about all my mixers..first was the vestax 07and the Stanton SA12-Craze ...I actually spent 10 years trying to hunt down the Vestax pmc20sl, but got the stanton-vestax version of it

[@coereyw]

This podcast is soooo sick! Thanks team

[@djaywrek]

Great episode. I LOVED Vestax. I just barely stopped using the brand and got the rane 72. Great quality products

[@Chuck6CHE]

Y’all forgot about the Tasman xs series. Vestax 05 with the extra washer fader mod was my favorite. Man, this talk took me back to memory lane.

[@BenzoDJ]

I loved this topic! Still have my Realistic mixer infact :D

[@rockhills]

If you talk about the evolution of mixers you gotta mention DJ Focus from Arizona inventing a fader that didn't wear out that he modded for the Vestax PMC's. After that companies had to listen that faders should last. And he worked with Stanton for a while.

[@JamBurglar]

Yeah, Focus was innovating a LOT of stuff. Not just the Focus Fader but he did a lot of other mixer features, like the ability to record out of only one line of your mixer, etc.

[@spincity259]

I remember trying to get the focus mod on my 05. If only Focus wen’t the innofader route... those Stanton mixer’s were hardly better then Gemini’s

[@JamBurglar]

The Rane 54 came out as early as 2000 (may have even been 1999). I remember I bought one in early 2000 over a Vestax 05. People dissed me for buying the Rane but I really liked that mixer. The big innovation there was the efx loop! The only thing was that the 54's efx loop was permanently set at 50/50 wet/dry, so it was kind of limited. Then, when the TTM-56 came out in 2003 they fixed the efx loop by adding a wet/dry slider, and it had MAGNETIC FADERS! Those magnetic faders where the thing that sold a lot of DJs.

[@doderiolarkisso4038]

im stil using a first gen ttm56..those faders are indestructible

[@djcyberia]

I was about to say the same thing about the Magnetic Faders. When I met the engineer that created them at NAMM, I told him that those faders were the Holy Grail for scratching. Those faders, the great quality and sound and the Lexan faceplate that practically NEVER wears off, is why I still use my TTM56 to this day.

[@JamBurglar]

Me too. I'm still on my original 56 from 2003.

[@INTshyt]

LOL I did that with my boy. I had the gold qbert 05 and he came with the 54 and I was like WTF is that?! I was sold on the using the faders as line and cross. Rane was defiantly ahead of the curve

[@JamBurglar]

@@INTshyt LOL! The original 54 had those metal transformer switches and people at the time were like "you need construction worker gloves to use those things"! By the time the 56 came out people were jockin' the Rane steeze.

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

Great show as always guys, keep it up

[@waxjuggler8945]

EXCELLENT episode!

[@coffeebreath5325]

Great topic, I could listen to this all day.

[@rockhills]

I had no idea Stanton and Vestax had collaborated on mixers

[@hadbl12]

Absolutely love this episode.... mixes, they don’t get enough shine when taking about this.... do more about mixers!!!!

[@ScratchECon]

Great to see Ecler HAK 360 was mentioned. Terrific mixer, I used it for 12 years

[@djbeama]

My 07 samurai still in use. Never had to replace the crossfader.

[@djimma5080]

Was that the mixer that had the crazy cut settings

[@djbeama]

@@djimma5080 one feature i never use, but yeah

[@djimma5080]

@@djbeama it was one of them gimmicky features that was a one off, sick looking mixers though if I renember right they were purple and silver

[@hot4futureyears2come]

I still have the 909, fader is still perfect. rane does have a faster cut in sound

[@albundy06]

The biggest thing IMHO with the 56 was that it was all three faders were the magnetic faders that were essentially bulletproof I can't remember for sure if they were the first to market with those type of faders or if it was the Hak series. The Hak only had the cross fader as one if I remember correctly Also, remember just how damn loud the damn headphone output on the 56! Hoky hell is that damn thing loud.

[@broke.1]

Way too loud... I heard that you could get it adjusted but I never looked into it.

[@williamsilver8322]

Love these pod casts on mixers. Is there a part 3?

[@lee2nice]

Awesome yet again, just added a original pmx mixer back in the collection, picked it up for £40,such dope mixer. 🙏❤️

[@sooperheep]

Great ep, I was riveted!

[@Coverupzblog]

Omg I missed beat junkies so much. La hip hop scene lives through them in my heart. What's up with some mixes??

[@chubbyboy2242]

I had the Stanton with the focus fader. Dope mixer.

[@chubbyboy2242]

@x xx Yeah me too man!, in a box somewhere.

[@charliechase1200]

still have mine, fader still doesn't bleed after hammering it for about 13 years, use the Traktor Z2 at the mo

[@j.marz1]

Damn thanks for the trip down memory lane guys! Now I feel old AF... lol

[@spincity259]

Click in the middle... brings back memories. I remember wrapping switches with rubber bands and then putting the bodies of those cheap ink pen’s over that to try to make the switching faster.

[@kilo-watt]

Dope episode.

[@patrickwdoyle]

I LOVE this topic but I'm sorry that you covered so much of it in only 45 minutes! I owned an Ecler NUO 2 (the first model which couldn't have a fader upgrade) because I really liked my Vestax 06A but wanted better EQs for other genres of music; the revision is the NUO 2.0 which you can still buy after Ecler reorganized through a bankruptcy. Ecler is a Spanish company that makes the majority of the sound system for clubs in Spain and the strength of that scene supports them.

[@JaeOne3345]

The early gold 05 pros were made in Japan. I still have one.

[@djmonie79]

Dope topic for this broadcast, started DJing in 1995 and my first mixer was a numark dm 1425 with the 8 sec sampler and I still have it, went from that to a gemini a basic mixer , numark mixer , A staton , then a numark again with built in effects , vestax pmc 05 , then the Rane 57 one of my favorites , then the 62 , and now I have 72 . Dang been through some mixers crazy how technology has changed the game.

[@ninety9ws6ta]

Dope Discussion!!

[@FaderFlosser]

I got a HAK 360 with an innofader installed and the Eternal fader as well.

[@charliechase1200]

loved this podcast, my first mixer was a Realistic with the crossfader, bought it in 88 with a pair of belt drive Realistic decks with a plus and minus 3 pitch control wheel on the front, upgraded to a pair of 1210's a couple of years later. In the UK we didn't have Radioshack, it was called Tandy.

[@jsolethedj]

I believe the mixer Grandmaster Flash used in Wild Style was a Gemini 2000 but I’m not 100% sure. Great topic gentlemen, Salute!

[@DeeJaySfera]

best podcast on www

[@djrobriggs]

I saw that DMC-Technics mixer for sale once in a independent owned dj store in 1999, should have bought it!

[@cesarbaca]

I had the Pyramid mixer with wood panels. I also had the mixer Q had in Juice. I’ve had many others of course. But those always stick out in my mind. I also had the Realistic mixer from radio shack. That was my first

[@DjSirSparx]

you guys are AWSOME this is the best Dj video ever #WIBorn...

[@pubekone2883]

THE RANE TTM 52 MOJO

[@luja805]

I know it came out in the late 90s, but I heard skraatch DJs back then really praised this mixer, while Vestax still had its glory days in the mid 90s.

[@uncleo9336]

I love this show. I meditate to it like a meditational. Namaste my niggas👊🏾

[@FaderFlosser]

I had the Pro II, classic!😎

[@bizerkk]

Dope 💪🏾🔊🎚

[@GabREAL1983]

my parents bought me a vestax pmc05 pro mk2 after i wrecked like 5 cheap mixeers and extra faders... but it was for my birthday, x-mas and so on for 2 years haha

[@samedinger886]

Ay Rhettmatic, thank you for teaching us the difference between a turntable and a sewing machine!

[@bernercalito8422]

When I started Dj my cousin stepbrother gave me a Gemini mono mixer. Dame I think 🤔 I was 13 or 14 years old. With that mixer I experimented a lot like taking it a part and fixing the faders 🎚. I forgot the model but wouldn’t mine have it as a collection. I still have my second mixer from Numark it is call a mix master three channel mixer. Then I bought a numark em260 love that mixer and I still have it but now I’m still rocking my Rane 62 and to me is the best, the quality is top notch. Great video can’t wait to see the second part!!!! Ohh yea I forgot I also had a Vestax pro 05 but I sold it and the faders very smooth. But yes I regret selling it🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DjSirSparx]

talk about throwback my first mixer was a GEMINI Wooooww..

[@ConnahJay]

Great episode! Can’t forget to give a shout out to DJ Focus on this Focus fader innovation for Stanton!

[@djrobriggs]

Forgot the Stanton Sk-2F with the Focus Fader, boasted to be the worlds first unbreakable fader. Mine did infact brake.

[@DJDRFUNKJUICE]

It's funny you said that. I won't said mixer but my 1st DJ controller was a Intro Controller by Vestax was call the Typhoon that was my 1st intro DJ Controller at that time and then I had there last DJ Controller model was VCI 380 its a stand alone mixer u can hook it up with C D J'S and Turntables I am bless to have it I can't wait to get it back from the pawn shop when I get to my new place asap!

[@cesarbaca]

I had that realistic mixer. I also had the pyramid mixer that bit the gemini mixer with the wood panels😂. I also had the mixer Omar used in Juice👊🏽

[@eleven.eastgate.twelve967]

Give thanks for sharing the wisdom. For me; Realistic > Numark > Rane > Ecler. Rane's sound quality was always A1 considering the partnership with THX & Dolby.

[@chulo113]

Vestax pmc 05 baby

[@hypebeastdad]

First dj mixer was the kontrol z2

[@PRO24DJS]

What mics are u using to broadcast?

[@j-boogiebrown9961]

You forgot to mention the Vestax "T-shaped" mixer, that came out in around '98. I travelled down to London, from Liverpool, just to buy one, when it first came out. When I got it home and used it, I found out that the fader was stiff-as-fuck! I ended up selling it about 6 months later.

[@supernosty1]

Time to bust out my Numark DM500. Still worked for me and was smaller than a Numark DM1150 which I eventually bought later....

[@Mark_Robinson_]

You forgot to mention hamster switches 🐹

[@frankiefingerz8047]

Forgot to mention pyramid which was my first mixer wen i was 12-13 The pyramid pr4700

[@DJSTOEK]

🖤

[@WattyJay]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@kevrawk]

"ting.........." lol

[@carloslaend1635]

Ecler made some of the best scratch mixers ever. Made like a tank.

[@CJScratch]

Ecler was known as the Race of Spain i have the HAK360 MAGNETIC FADER ...

[@INTshyt]

my 1st mixer was a pyramid 19" mixer I used scratch the sh*t out of!

[@j-boogiebrown9961]

Why did Vestax go out of business anyway?

[@nathanshane6849]

Numark ttm 03

[@sergiosandoval1335]

Ha! No wood😆

[@Coverupzblog]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

[@djequipment6398]

No Vestax 06T love? 😜

[@Curling_Rack]

Rane TTM-56

[@djearwaxxx]

I had the Optimus I bought in frys for 150 back in 93 that had vu meters and had police siren, ufo sound. Wish I never sold it.

[@andrewsk8man]

So nerdy I fuck with it heavy