compression

[Chris Hutchinson]

Tony.P said:

my BIG advice is dont push the gains. keep everything at the right levels. monitors the gains well, before you bring each record in.

 

there is NOTHING more annoying then coming on after a DJ who seems to think its funny to have the treble and mid-range pushed right up.... it just makes it all sound [censored] wank!

 

I remember talking to Phil B about it @ Toast - all that happens is distortion occurs and I cant understand why DJs do it at all

[James]

One of the best DJs I've seen to use the eq properly is (again my faiv) Mr Phil Reynolds - its a joy to watch him blend lol

 

Closely followed by MOD1 !!! The guy is spot on and the proof is in his demo CDs

[Mr_Happy]

James said:

One of the best DJs I've seen to use the eq properly is (again my faiv) Mr Phil Reynolds - its a joy to watch him blend lol

 

i'm not trying to start a genre war here, but how can a harddance DJ even compare to techno/prog/trance DJs when it comes to intellegent use of the EQs?

 

harddance by its very nature requires minimal use of the EQs (thats not to say that EQs cant be used effectively). alot of DJs in other fields use the EQs so well that u never even notice that 1 track has ended and another started.

[James]

apologies Mr Happy, I didnt mean there is an order / who is better - as you say they are two different genres - i should have just put both make proper use of the EQ

 

actually, I'd have to add corsten into the list, cos when I saw him at Judgement Sundays at Eden in Ibiza, Summer 2002, I really couldnt tell when one track finished and the next started! (up to a point)

[Chris Hutchinson]

Mr_Happy said:

James said:

One of the best DJs I've seen to use the eq properly is (again my faiv) Mr Phil Reynolds - its a joy to watch him blend lol

 

i'm not trying to start a genre war here, but how can a harddance DJ even compare to techno/prog/trance DJs when it comes to intellegent use of the EQs?

 

ok, maybe they can turn the bass down a little bit quicker.... not many big tricks you can do with eqs tho are there

 

now mixing several tunes at once on the other hand....

[LiquidEyes]

Chris_Hutchinson said:

ok, maybe they can turn the bass down a little bit quicker.... not many big tricks you can do with eqs tho are there

I don't think we're talking about "big tricks". Rather, the power to blend tunes together in subtler ways.