Building It Better Than Fender Did? Series Wrap-up!!

[@BrianClem]

Did you use a different value for resistors and change them after you already had it working (because you heard it), or did you already know how things sound? If you are changing values, does that change how you solder the parts? (thinking ahead to make your life easier be inserting into turret holes vs wrapping it around the turret?)

[@atech9020]

I am a listen first and decide after type of guy. You just really don't know until you listen, how it will actually be. I can generally get within one value of where I want to be the first time around, but you just never truly know. I build it the first time with the intent that it will stay that way, so I do not hold back on soldering in the part as if it were permanent. If I have to remove the part, I will pull the part, desolder it with a wick or solder sucker and re-install. I will install turrets for parts that I have a good idea that I will need, but may not end up using. I will remove the turret later if not used. Keep in mind that is more for the prototyping of things. For the production build, all that is worked out so I know what turrets I will be keeping at that point.

[@djstretchtone9851]

I apologize this comment is unrelated to this video. A while back you commented on a video from expert Island on how to set up sound system & speakers. I read what you posted and I looked on your channel but I could not find any videos demonstrating more on your points. I'm looking for a video on best or best general practices for setting up a DDJ 1000 controller with two 15' cabinets thanks.

[@atech9020]

My experience with most DJ mixers is that the channel and master volumes are attenuation only. I.E. 0 is 0 and 10 is full blast. They do not operate like a typical audio mixer where the channels and master have a unity gain setting, and up to +10db of gain. That being said, I adjust the gain of a channel by using the gain pot. The master lives at 10. I use the channels to adjust fades and relative channel levels, and use the gain pot to get the total gain of the system that I need. Red is bad, so if you see red blinking lights on your DJ mixer, you have distortion, and the sound will begin to get yucky. Now, I am not a DJ, I am not much more than a human iPod, so while I work with DJ's at every level all the time, the way I do things is more textbook, as opposed to " normal " to DJ's. And finally, to your speakers. Plug Left into Left, and Right in Right. I would run the speakers input and master levels to their respective 0db reference. Most have a 0db notch or notation. If not, turn it all the way up. Use your DJ mixers input gains to set your system's total output gain when your channel and master faders are all the way up. You can give yourself some windage if you need and use the mixers master to pull back some level, and modulate as needed. Honestly, my way is not common for DJ's. My way is more an audio engineer's way of doing it.