How Important Is the Crossfader For DJing?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- In today's Tuesday Tips Live, Phil Morse looks at two very expensive DJ mixers, one with a crossfader, one without! How much does it matter?
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I missed the live, but i glad i can watch it now.
Hope you enjoy it Bence
I've never found use for the crossfader until I start mixing 45records. Not for scratching but for cutting/switching/fastmixing records. Not the best crossfader on my Xone:92 but it works. 😊
Definitely works great for that!
I like the first comment you're reading, it depends on the genre. I recently started mixing Dancehall and Soca, and a lot of the songs are on the same riddims (the same instrumentals). So you want to switch from one channel to the other in the fraction of a second. The crossfader is very good for it.
Yes. Not much blending with Soca, otherwise it gets messy :)
@@alanmodimages Yeah there's basically always vocals, which is a bit annoying when you're trying to mix. Thinking of doing my own DJ mixes on PC of some tracks, add a few more instrumental sections at the beginning or end (if I have a clean riddim instrumental). This is obviously only useful for mixing from one riddim to the next. What's good though: a lot of tracks, especially when it comes to Soca, have long intros of basically only vocals (with a bit of snare etc.).
So if you're coming from something like Afro House you're golden.
@@originalulix Totally agree. I want to get into more Afro House and South African stuff next. My wife is from Grenada so I know what you mean. I don't think they would tolerate not having a few "Shouts' and "Jump ups" at the start of their tunes! LOL
Yeah, genre definitely plays a part :)
when I was growing up I though the crossfader was cool, but ever since I picked up the craft, I never even use it, and tried to disable it, the up faders are much easier
The crossfader is great and useful for lots of kinds of DJing, plenty of masters of the craft use it all the time
I think I can fine a unique way to implement it, since it can be faster than the up faders, I guess it's fair to say there's no one way to DJ, as long as you make it sound good.
I probably wouldn't get a mixer without a crossfader, because I'm the kind of person who would rather have it than not, but it's cool they're looking out for both crowds
Definitely, many ways to achieve the same thing :)
Never had cross faders when I started DJing. Not part of my normal DJing but understand that they can be necessary with certain DJ techniques and genres. Busy doing the James Hype course and learning new uses for the cross faders. Coming from a radio DJ background I guess I just got accustomed to up faders. Always exciting exploring new techniques and options.
Glad you're enjoying the course Brent and learning some new tricks :)
I probably remarked on another post Phil, this is a timely topic :) I learned to spin on Disco, Euro and then House in the mid 80's. Crossfaders were used more as a live remixing tool back then. To grab different phrases from the same song, quickly do slap back echoes between rhythms and vocals, phasing, power offs, spin backs etc. Chicago House "Hotmix" Style was dependent on the crossfader. Crossfaders in essence were our special effects and we were much more interactive with the record than DJ's are today. Line faders were mostly used to match levels between different recordings and pressings. New York was more content with blending, so they continued to use Rotaries. A lot of the younger House and Techno DJ's grew up in the era of Trance and Industrial where there were not a lot of rhythmic breaks to manage through. The corssfader also came in handy when you had to "ride the pitch". No way to do that with both hands on the mixer. Open Format and you definitively need one. One day I will stop posting about this because times move on, but I think both sides of the story are relevant. If a DJ manages more of a continuous soundscape, they probably don't need a crossfader and a lot of House and Techno has been recorded that way over the last decade. If you need to manipulate the movement and placement of your content in any way, then a crossfader might be a good alternative to multiple cues and beat jumps. In any case, a good skill set to consider learning. Old man commentary done :)
Thoroughly absorbing, thanks Alan!
Not use much for EDM except on my Rzx where needed tor video mixing. Have V10 in studio - amazing box. - My V10LF is on order just waiting for it to do comparison in studio. But excited to try both workflows side by side.
Have fun. Great to hear!
Thanks for your great coverage, I bought the V10 original and will hold out for a rotary mixer to add to my collection some day...
No problem Blake!
I have a Ddj 1000 and turned the fader off I play techno so it’s sounds like it a music thing. It’s a shame cross faders weren’t more intelligent so going from track to track had a better blend some how.
darryl Bingham dB_82 The “ better blend “ depends on you my friend. It’s not the equipment that’s going to do it. If your mixer/controller has adjustments for the crossfader curve play with them and you’ll see that you’ll be able to get that smooth blend you’re looking for!
Yes, as mentioned playing with the curve may help you
I don’t use cross faders, and it’s a godsend that newer mixers allow you to disable them. My first mixers from the early 90s had cross faders that you couldn’t disable and were a pain.
Definitely a handy feature
I learned using the crossfader decades ago. When I started again with a controller, the dip in the middle was really noticeable in my recorded mix. That is why I switched to up fader mixing. I want to go back to the crossfader mixing is there a way to get rid of that dip of sound in the middle?
Yes, set the crossfader curve to sharp.
Good morning
Morning Gayle!
can you convert the v10 to the v10L? I didn't see that answered.
I can’t live without a cross fader
No.
I knew it was going to be a realistic.but I forgot about Tandy and I got my first mixer from there.lol
RIP Tandy!
I use them both...
Yes, me too Wilfredo.
Good thing about crossfaders are they are replaceable unlike faders.
Thanks for watching Jamie
I would find it very restrictive not having a crossfader and I don't do any scratching.
Definitely nice to have the option to use it
Meh / 20 I had a Pioneer DJM 3000 where you could swap the faders for rotary's and keep the crossfader, it wasn't hotswappable but you had the option.
Thanks for watching
I missed the stream, watching it late, I'm a strip club DJ/MC. I just decided to hook up my Traktor S2 controller and I use the crossfader while switching to the next song to be able to talk on the mic without turning down each channel although it's only a 2 channel controller, but I find it just a tad more efficient...
Definitely useful for that 😄
Ummm if you don’t know if the cross fader is essential you haven’t played on vinyl.
Disagree with that, the format is very little to do with crossfader use - genre seems to be a much bigger indicator. Plenty of DJs started off playing vinyl on mixers that didn't even have crossfaders!
@@digitaldjtips Lemme re phrase it... Your just blending music together if you don’t have cross fader skills. I guess that’s what makes a turntablist619 or a DJ. I mean no I’ll will in saying this. I’m a old fart and using the cross fader was the main tool to manipulate music live.
Lol, I’m on my iPad and. Can’t see as I’m typing so pardon the grammar.
Still not entirely sure what you're getting at "Your just blending music together if you don’t have cross fader skills" - right so mixing? Not every DJ is a turntablist
Any tips to help a scratch beginner that is struggling to scratch while using a crossfader?? It just doesn't feel right using both hands. I'm right handed but I don't know which hand to work the fader with.
I'm right handed and I use the right hand on the crossfader.
In the begining is almost the same. But when you start to progress the crossfader mouvements are much harder than the record hand. It's better to use your stronger hand on the crossfader.
@@camoesobral keep your dominant hand for scatching, and your other for cross fading. Even when they cross on the other record player position.
Good advice already given here, use your dominant hand on the crossfader. If you really want to learn to scratch check out our Scratching For Controller DJs course, it's in the sale at the moment :)
Hello greetings! I saw your video of the GEMINI CTRL 7 a long time ago and I ask you for help with that controller, you know I just bought a second-hand one but I can't connect it with the PC, they told me that they are the drivers, but I can't find them because nowhere, on the internet there is not much information about it please help thanks !!
Sorry you'll have to speak to Gemini about that
This has nothing to do with this video :) I just had a thought and i am not sure how to reach you personally! I had some stuff playing on my nvII and then i played a song on youtube I was going to rip oops :) and i started trying to mix the you tube song! anyway i just thought why can't I do that why isn't there an app or something where i can just mix and just kind of fart around with the audio and mybe video on you tube ? am I insane ?
yes i am new at this isuppose :) hope i don't sound dumb
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here Jessie, either way we don't recommend ripping music from RUclips
Hi hi from Dj Snakes from SA
Hi Snakes
I never use the crossfader 🙏
Seems you're not alone 😄
I would rather hear someone speak with actual cross fader skills, explaining the various techniques.
RUclips is the place for that. You have all the masters.
At end you must do it the way you feel more confortable.
I'm a beginer and For me it's right hand on the crossfader and the crossfader in "normal" style.
Phil is more than aware of how a crossfader works, this wasn't a lesson in crossfader techniques
You probably should have looked for a turntablism channel instead of a digital dj channel lol