CTW Members Blink Posted September 17, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 17, 2003 After reading the post about producing a good demo, I remembered that when I used to do Uni radio, they had a limiter, and level meters on each channel, so as was cueing up a track, I just had to look at the meter, get it fairly close, and let the technology do the rest. Do clubs do this, a) to protect their speaker systems, and to give the DJ's a helping hand.....I did a bit of DJing without limiters/level meters, so you just had to judge the right level by ear (could be embarrassing if you got it wrong, specially as the monitoring was crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Dave M Posted September 17, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 17, 2003 i think most big clubs use then. club i dj'd @ in yorkshire had one fitted, so we couldn't blow the speakers(or so they thought) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Spunkmonkey Posted September 17, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 17, 2003 You learn something new everyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Kaine Posted September 17, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 17, 2003 Most use limiters simply because of where they are. Even in innercity locations the are noise restrictions in place and you normaly get enviromental health coming down and setting restrictions which have to be kept too. Limiter's stop over zelous dj's annoyin the neighbours.... also stops people blowing the system up too... Quote Out Now Dig This? / The Virus - Prophacy Recordings (FPR001) Free Your Mind - Innervison (INVR001) Dead World - Higher Order (HOR002) "You can't fool all the people all of the time, but if you fool the right ones the rest will fall in line" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members LiquidEyes Posted September 18, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 18, 2003 I presume that all club use them, and that it's mainly to protect the equipment (and people's ears). As a DJ (radio or club) you can't just rely on the compressor/limiter; you have to watch the level meters on your mixer. The compressor may limit the overall peak volume or the music, if you crank up the input too much, it will ruin the dynamics (both the "punch" and the "musicality") of the sound and just sound like a wall of noise (and still be damaging to ears and equipment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members DIRTYRASCAL Posted September 19, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 19, 2003 By the time you hear a track in a club it has usually been compressed at least 3 times !! By the time you hear a choon on the radio it has been compressed at least 4 times. It can totally squash the f*ck out of it, even making the overall sound a little different. When being produced each channel ( every seperate sound ) usually has compression. On the mixdown the whole track is compressed. When the track goes to press and is mastered it is compressed again ( to make sure there are no louder bits in the track ( when making a vinyl master, the audio is played and a master plate has grooves cut into it from these sounds, the louder the sound the deeper the groove / thus badly mastered / compressed vinyls jump ) ) Then when the vinyl reaches the club or radio it goes through a limiter / compressor for safety purposes ( all vinyl / cd's are produced at different levels ). So if its too loud it wont blow the speakers an if its too quiet make up gain raises the level ( makes it louder ) so its not at a completely different level of the track played before it !! Quote http://www.tangled.info/djs-artists/resident-djs/rascal.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Blink Posted September 19, 2003 Author CTW Members Share Posted September 19, 2003 But do DJ's actually use them to get their levels right over 2 records they are mixing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Mr Happy Posted September 19, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 19, 2003 Blink said: But do DJ's actually use them to get their levels right over 2 records they are mixing? yes and no. depends on the dj and the club. chris hutchinson used the metre @ smile cuz he headphones broke midway though his set. i tend to use em a little @ home but prefer to rely on me ears Quote Mr Happy's fishy fish MangaFish munch munch MSN & e-mail - mangafish@mangafish.net AOL - MangaMorgan Online mixes - http://www.mangafish.net/mixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members DIRTYRASCAL Posted September 19, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 19, 2003 Not a compressor no. On most mixers you can moniter the amount of signal for both channels on a graphic eq display. Just make sure they are both pretty similar before you bring the other record in.... Quote http://www.tangled.info/djs-artists/resident-djs/rascal.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Tony P Posted September 19, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted September 19, 2003 I've heard the Fridge is the only London club that has a compressor which makes mixing alot easier. Never played there before but would love to to see what it's like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Chris Hawkes Posted September 19, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted September 19, 2003 Tony.P said: I've heard the Fridge is the only London club that has a compressor which makes mixing alot easier. Never played there before but would love to to see what it's like. thats my ambition to play a main room set @ the fridge!!! how cool would that be!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members JonDaniels1562628969 Posted September 19, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 19, 2003 Yeah the Fridge was lush to play apart from the decks were suspended on the stage and they were moving, only slightly, but had to keep my eyes peeled. Quote http://www.faceparty.com/wildjonno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Tony P Posted September 19, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted September 19, 2003 in my opinion one of the best venues in London would love to play there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Chris Hawkes Posted September 20, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted September 20, 2003 Tony.P said: in my opinion one of the best venues in London would love to play there # they'll see sense soon mate and book us!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Mr Happy Posted September 20, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 20, 2003 Tony.P said: in my opinion one of the best venues in London would love to play there plus they have that massive EQ desk so u can fine tune each tune Quote Mr Happy's fishy fish MangaFish munch munch MSN & e-mail - mangafish@mangafish.net AOL - MangaMorgan Online mixes - http://www.mangafish.net/mixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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