What was your first mixer?

[meatbeatjack]

a friend and i were just talking.... figured i'd ask the lot of ya.

as for me? my first was this bad boy right here...

http://www.123dj.com/mixers/americandj/xdm250t.html

[ao125]

Mine was a Vestax PMC-15mkII
Actually, I still have it. I typically use it as my "just in case" travel mixer in case I get somewhere and the mixer is broken or the club has a really cheap ghetto mixer. I need to start carrying it again.

Clicky:
http://www.vestax.com/products/pmc15mkII.htm

[meatbeatjack]

for what its worth, i was talking to Sharam once in yoshitoshi's store... his first mixer was from radio shack.

[spiggums]

for what its worth, i was talking to Sharam once in yoshitoshi's store... his first mixer was from radio shack.
so was mine... I mean... in high school I couldn't afford much more than a $60 mixer...

[milo]

mine was an mtx (yes, the car speaker company) battle style mixer.
i still have it and it works great, even though it's packed away somewhere.

[ao125]

Radio Shack made/makes dj mixers??? OMFG SO PIMP STYLIN WIT DA OPTIMUS!!!

[hue-e]

Numark 3002X mixer

http://www.vendolin.se/annons.php?86850

it was nice for about 4months, then shit started fadin on it.

[the sex molesters]

was? you mean, is. my current (and first) mixer is this crappy numark battle mixer that i've been using for like 3 and a half years now.... it isn't broken or anything, nothing's worn out on it... it just doesn't have a whole lotta features. the volume faders are starting to crackle a little bit, tho... i really need to get a new mixer, but new tables take priority, and i haven't been able to afford that at all.... one of these days...

[psion's gate]

Gemini scratchmaster.

[Elektronkind]

Gemini PS-626 Pro2

scratchy faders, even new out of the box. but hey, it got me started!

/dale

[bigblob]

[QUOTE=ao125]Mine was a Vestax PMC-15mkII
Actually, I still have it. I typically use it as my "just in case"


i had the same one. i hated it though.

[ao125]

It works well enough for what it is. I mean, it isn't as nice as the 500 I have now... but it can get the job done.

[SiK BuG]

mine was a pos I gave my first 2 mixers away for free.

[zartan]

numark matrix 3. not a bad mixer, but now that i've been using the A&H I have no idea how I dealt with it. ended up throwing it off my balcony drunk just to see what would happen.

[Xodus]

This was my first mixer:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23785&item=3727975077&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

It was a hand me down from a friend. The funny thing is, that it's being sold by antiques-r-us LOL

[Mitaic]

mine was Numark dm1001ex

http://www.jvsl.de/djplanet/images/mischpulte/numark_dm1001ex_400x370.jpg

basically inherited it from Wickity for next to nothing. It served its purpose well. I actually liked its -32db eq kill better than the -20db ones on my current pioneer djm-500.

[agentorange]

Stanton SK-6 battle mixer, still works great but I got to the point where two channels just wasn't cutting it anymore :buzzboy:

[Mitaic]

I sounded a lot better with my djm-500. I wonder if I still sound crappy with the numark.

[uberclkgtr]

vestax pcv-002. still have it, still use it. minimal, but functional, and it has good sound.

[PYVND]

Numark 1800x. It was quite the business at the time. It had a relatively low price, eq on every channel, kill switches, separate output channels (one to amp, one to recorder) and a effect send-out loop thing. I still have it. I was thinking about buying another mixer, but I was like whatever, I don't even DJ.

I wouldn't mind something with optical output, 4 channel, with the usual eq stuff and whatnot for around $300. Any suggestions?

[zartan]

why would you want optical output at $300? if you're looking for sound quality the last thing you need is the A/D converter in a $300 mixer... MUCH better off buying the best analog mixer you can find.

[PYVND]

Point taken.

One of my biggest regrets was not being able to snatch up a pioneer elite MJ-17D minidisc recorder from ebay. The thing went for $160 and they were original sold for $700. They are very rare now. It was so sweet--you could use it strictly as a A/D converter if you wanted to (uncompressed straight to PC). I still wake up in a cold sweat about it sometimes.

[Fizzuct]

numark dm950..Tha Blu Dawglol...help i need a new mixer!!

[Wickity]

mine was Numark dm1001ex

http://www.jvsl.de/djplanet/images/mischpulte/numark_dm1001ex_400x370.jpg

basically inherited it from Wickity for next to nothing. It served its purpose well. I actually liked its -32db eq kill better than the -20db ones on my current pioneer djm-500.
I really hated that POS... :D

Glad it found a good home.

[Mitaic]

I really hated that POS...

I haven't used it for a while now I have the DJM-500...

[GruvRegulator]

http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/f1/2d/90_1.JPG

I've had the Vestax PMC-17a since 2000 and haven't had any problems with it at all. I'd buy another vestax mixer without blinking; but I think the Allen & Heath mixers have even more longevity than Vestax....For 150 off the shelf; I've defiantely gotten my $$$ worth out of this mixer.

In the UK the PMC-17A won the “Best mixer of the Year” award. nuff said.

[dnbdj419]

the numark djm-2002x (the purple jammy). seems like i blew through a cross fader about every month or so, but it got the job done.

[rajdeep]

Gemini BPM150 Still works. Anyone interested?

[Carlo4twenty4]

My first mixer was on old ass gemini with a built in 5 second sampler. It was the shit. Don't recall the model.

[original2k]

my frist was the dm-2002x, it did it's job quite well, but i like my dm 3001x better cuz of the kill switches as aposed to buttons

[djilleffect]

oh man, mixers.. what a joy. Ive wasted so much money on mixers.

I started off w/ that old purple colored numark mixer - i can't remember the exact model number but it was the 3 channel one w/ those worthless 'cut' buttons on either side of the crossfader. that mixer went through like 5 people before it was inevitably trashed.

after that i bought a Vestax PMC 06. It was cool for a minute, but those crossfaders are EXPENSIVE to keep replacing ($80 - $100 a pop) and when you're going through crossfaders every three months... shit adds up.

Then i went for the Rane TTM54. Nice mixer, highly recommeded, it just has the same problem as the vestax, eventually you're gonna wear the fader out...which i was after about a year of use, every three months.

so now im settled on my Rane TTM56 - BIG GUNS! Ive never been so happy w/ a mixer and the magnetic faders have probably saved me (literally) a thousand $$ by now.

[djrouz]

Numark blue dog! 2 channels and no EQ's .. worst mixer ever?

it was free though (a friend gave it to me) .. trying to cope with those the cost of 2 technics

[The Czar]

!9" Staton that my boy hooked me up with; that thing is long gone, I don't even remember where its at?

[deejayclutch]

My first mixer was a Numark 2 channel mixer. It was around $80.00 and was called the BLUE DOG MIXER!

Tight shit. I had it before I had decks or CD decks. I mixed 2 discman's dogether and thought it was hot stuff.

So funny to reminise ( sp? ) about that.

-Camille

[deejayclutch]

PS: I have since sold it on E-Bay for like $40.00 to some other 'my first mixer' little dj dude. Gotta spread the gear for all the newcomers!

-C

[SCHLiTZ]

Gemini PS626.... came as a set with my old tables... didn't want to spend a lot of money on equipment when i was first getting started.

[jkjersey]

http://www.dj-corner.de/index.php?site=produkte/stanton/rmthree.php

I just got started recently and luckily enough I am using a Stanton RM-Three Mixer ..

it works well with electronic music for the money spent.. it has a real sensitive fader and light.

[ManofWar]

I was lucky compared to some of you, Vestax PMC-270A

[CharlesM]

Gemini 676 with a 12 second sampler.... Long time ago......

[tonyf]

I have the same gemini 676 and still use it. It may be starting to go bad on channel one or maybe it's my cables.

Any problems w/ yours ever?

[badkitty3804]

Gemini BPM150 Still works. Anyone interested?
:curious:

[djliquidice]

http://www.roland.co.jp/products/mi/image/DJ-1000/DJ-1000.jpg

[spiggums]

heh... I had the Roland-2000 for a while... it was actually a decent mixer from what I remember... enough so that I kinda wish I didn't get rid of it...

[K-netic]

Numark Pro SM3
http://www.djmr.com/web/image/gold/thumb/PROSM3.jpg
Was my first and is still my current mixer.

[djliquidice]

heh... I had the Roland-2000 for a while... it was actually a decent mixer from what I remember... enough so that I kinda wish I didn't get rid of it...

The potentiometers in the 1000 were shitty. and those 'kill switches' sucked. the poped a lot.

though... the low pass filter was loved so much, i bought a ef303. :)

[teh awesomeness]

hrm.
this thread reminds me.

I have a Numark MX-100.
It works, crossfader is starting to go, but you shouldn't rely on mixing with that anyway.

I really should get around to selling it on Ebay.

http://www.midweststereo.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/nummx100-m.jpg

[LovinBuzz]

Hey ! That was my first mixer too before I sold it to sara. Got it at the Mars music going out of buisness sale for 40 bucks.
Good times.

[pLhEmp]

hhhmmmm... ::slowly and carefully reads and researches:: - looking to get my first .. any must know suggestions??

[ao125]

I'd say go through this thread and take a look at the ones people still have because they were quality mixers. Basically, you want something with decent sound quality and less features. Typically, the more features some company tries to cram into a lower end mixer, the worse the sound quality and durability.

[pLhEmp]

thank you- kinda what iv been doing.... very helpful!! thanx guys-for passin' on teh experience and lessons learned!! way to do it

[not applicable]

http://www.pyleaudio.com/l250/PYD720.jpg

pyle ownz you.

[maz]

for what its worth, i was talking to Sharam once in yoshitoshi's store... his first mixer was from radio shack.
So was mine. A two channel optimus or some shit like that. God that thing sucked. It was better than the shitty 50$ behringer I have now.

-maz

[djliquidice]

I'd say go through this thread and take a look at the ones people still have because they were quality mixers. Basically, you want something with decent sound quality and less features. Typically, the more features some company tries to cram into a lower end mixer, the worse the sound quality and durability.


Amen! Like the 700x.
http://media.samedaymusic.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/brand,sameday/djx700_big-fa4ab0c0889a14f6bfb76658c1f76ff8.jpg


[edit] Ok now i know i might offend people, and I apologize for that. but this is one mixer i don't like. I mean people say that they can't afford good gear to begin with, and i've been there. I just made the sacrifice to go into a little bit of debt and get pro gear. yes i'm paying more for it, but it's a trade off, imo. Same thing with turntables.

1) I have it LONGER, so i get more experience on it.
2) You can't buy experience. Experience is priceless, imo.

[maz]

Amen! Like the 700x.
http://media.samedaymusic.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/brand,sameday/djx700_big-fa4ab0c0889a14f6bfb76658c1f76ff8.jpg


[edit] Ok now i know i might offend people, and I apologize for that. but this is one mixer i don't like. I mean people say that they can't afford good gear to begin with, and i've been there. I just made the sacrifice to go into a little bit of debt and get pro gear. yes i'm paying more for it, but it's a trade off, imo. Same thing with turntables.

1) I have it LONGER, so i get more experience on it.
2) You can't buy experience. Experience is priceless, imo.
Everything Behringer makes is a piece of shit. Fuck them in the ear with an ice pick. God I hate that company.

-maz

[djliquidice]

Everything Behringer makes is a piece of shit. Fuck them in the ear with an ice pick. God I hate that company.

-maz
:bow:

[not applicable]

im not understanding how equipment gives you experience.....



wouldnt it even be better if you learned to play on shit equipment..........



say you had to tape a cart onto one of your tonearms for example..........and it only had one channel......




woudnt that make you better than someone who learned on the best equipment to start out on?


i dont know, go on with your top of the line shit though, im sure its making a world of difference.

[djliquidice]

im not understanding how equipment gives you experience.....

wouldnt it even be better if you learned to play on shit equipment..........

say you had to tape a cart onto one of your tonearms for example..........and it only had one channel......

woudnt that make you better than someone who learned on the best equipment to start out on?

i dont know, go on with your top of the line shit though, im sure its making a world of difference.

You love that enter key don't you. So many people say that, but i see the opposite. You learn on shit equipment and your mixes suck. You don't know if it's you or the equipment that's shitty. You learn on belt driven gemini's and you finally get a gig at a club w/ technics, and you've never played on them. What happens? You have to adjust heavily. Same thing w/ the mixer. You have a pos that is super sensitive, and the volume curves may not be as smooth as a pro mixer. You gotta adjust, and you don't have the at home experience to be able to adjust.

The oposite can be said about my above statement, i realize that. But how many times do you go to a club, where the mixer is shitty and they don't use high torque decks?

Yes i will continue w/ my 'top of the line shit'. And yes it does make a world of difference.

I just love your negativity bro. really, i do.

[spiggums]

The oposite can be said about my above statement, i realize that. But how many times do you go to a club, where the mixer is shitty and they don't use high torque decks?
still, the ability to be able to rock out no matter what the equipment is, is important....

there's always some promoter out there who's gonna have a shit set up that you'll inevitably come across in your career...

and the real problem with that is:

the crowd won't give a fuck...
Your performance may suck the ass only because you're dealing with some crazy whack ass shit... but they'll only know that you sucked on the ass with a vacuum-like grip!

[djliquidice]

still, the ability to be able to rock out no matter what the equipment is, is important....

there's always some promoter out there who's gonna have a shit set up that you'll inevitably come across in your career...

and the real problem with that is:

the crowd won't give a fuck...
Your performance may suck the ass only because you're dealing with some crazy whack ass shit... but they'll only know that you sucked on the ass with a vacuum-like grip!

Been there, and have dealt w/ it.

[Muramasa]

im not understanding how equipment gives you experience.....



wouldnt it even be better if you learned to play on shit equipment..........



say you had to tape a cart onto one of your tonearms for example..........and it only had one channel......




woudnt that make you better than someone who learned on the best equipment to start out on?


i dont know, go on with your top of the line shit though, im sure its making a world of difference.

Learning on good equipment is much better for you. The bad habits you develop while getting used to a POS will suddenly haunt you when you play out somewhere with a nice setup. I'm not just saying this from my experience, I've known a good number of people who freaked their first time playing out because they weren't used to a quality setup, and they weren't able to fully utilize it's capabilities. I imagine some people adapt more quickly than others, but I don't know anyone who wants to walk into their first club gig and spend a bunch of time getting used to the setup instead of focusing on their set.

:shrug:

[badkitty3804]

Learning is one thing...but a dj that isn't set up to be able to handle the 'lesser' models is going to be screwed the first time that they get stuck playing on one.

I think it could go either way. A lesser model to learn on at first wouldn't be so bad, you don't need all of the extra stuff on there because you NEED to focus on the basics. Once you become good enough to start learning the extra stuff, yeah, you NEED to get on a good mixer. :shrug: I think someone that's deeply experienced with a broad range of mixers is the best off.

[not applicable]

liquid icee..........whatever the fuck........


its funny how you say that peoples mixes suck if they have shit equipment. really is. so youre saying my mixes suck? if youre gonna be all bold like that................id say something but i dont even feel like meeting you.


yeah i like the enter key.............good one.


im sorry but everytime you post you make me feel like i wanna shoot someone.

[djliquidice]

liquid icee..........whatever the fuck........

its funny how you say that peoples mixes suck if they have shit equipment. really is. so youre saying my mixes suck? if youre gonna be all bold like that................id say something but i dont even feel like meeting you.

yeah i like the enter key.............good one.

im sorry but everytime you post you make me feel like i wanna shoot someone.

Hey buddy, i'm sorry you feel that way. Do you have some type of insecurity complex or something?

However, I realize now that there is a punctuation issue in my prior statement, and I should've put a comma like this: "IF you learn on shit equipment and your mixes suck, you don't know if it's you or the equipment that's shitty.". For that, I apologize.

None the less, if I make you want to shoot someone, maybe i should keep posting. :ponder:

[blewmymindblank]

http://www.georgehart.com/trilobites/mixer.jpg :shrug:

[ao125]

<img src="http://www.studiozarch.com/portfolio/proj19/cement-mixer-lg.jpg">

[K-netic]

I'll agree that learning on more complicated mixers is good, so you aren't lost when you come across one, but at the same time, you want to make sure you can use just the basics if needed.

[Commador]

Tascan X-9.... still got it.. blew up a fader though...

Great mixer...

Buy right the First time.