> I'll probably get seriously flamed for this, but some
> DJs out there are rather careless about how their sound
> gets out on the floor. Especially when it comes to
> spinning '60s-'70s music.
i'm hoping i'm an exception to this, but i have to agree w/elson.
having the dope tunes isn't enough if they sound like doo-doo over the
system! djs remember that in addition to boosting frequencies w/eq, you
can also CUT them--which we often neglect to do!!
club owners and promoters, get mixers w/eq & trims!! and not just that
overall eq either--even *cheap* mixers have 2 or 3 band eq per channel.
i find it hard to play on mixers where i can't do sound tweaking--it's
like playing a guitar that's missing some strings.
> Though the quality of the performed and composed music
> back then is excellent, I cringe most of the time when
> DJs spin rare groove in clubs because of the EXTREMELY
> LOUD UPPER MIDRANGE. The human ear's audible range is
> most sensitive to midrange sounds, which is why guitars
> and vocals always sound loud live and in a mix when
> things like bass frequencies, which are in the lower
> limits of human hearing range, always have to be
> boosted.
another way of dealing with this issue is to trim some of the
highs/midrange and turn the total level up (this avoids the feedback you
can get by boosting lows too much--especially if there's not much low to
be had).
> Older records are EQ'ed differently than today's
> records - which exhibit audio frequencies (read: bass,
> but some high end also) that were generally nonexistent
> back in the day.
that's also true of the bootlegged recordings that some djs use (soul
jazz can't reissue everything, y'know) where the tunes are re-recorded
from vinyl older than your mama!!
> I'm ready for the flames. You'll either totally
> disagree with me, or you simply couldn't tell cos your
> ears might be already shot...
no flames from here--why do people have to play so loud anyway?
-t
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