What's your latest purchase & what are your intentions with it? [pics ftw] (Part 2)

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Will have two CDJs hooked up + RD-8 and Monostation on one channel and M:S by itself or maybe DT+M:S combo on the last channel. (Unsure of the DT for live use plus everything else…my peanut brain can only juggle so much at once!)

Allen & Heath DJ mixers sound so f***ing good. Plus I get an FX Loop and the master bus analog filter (after DJing for years with the Xone:23 I couldn’t live w/o it). Also no need for the crossfader as the channel faders are fantastic on their own. The per channel 3 band EQ are very “musical” for lack of a better term. These are mixers I can safely call an instrument.

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Ooh baby that looks nice.
One thing I can’t work out though with that mixer, do you know if the external x:fx output can be prefade?

I honestly don’t know how to read the schematics of the audio signal flow and the documentation doesn’t say specifically if it is pre or post fader. Here is a link to the manual, the schematics are on page 17. Which ever it is it is static, no way to change pre/post fade of the fx loop.

I did try googling a little too but couldn’t find an answer.

I’ve recently found out that:

…you can press and hold [ARROW] keys [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to nudge the tempo 10% up or down temporarily. Release the key to revert to the original tempo.

So it makes perfect sense to play DT next to the decks.

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Hey thanks for checking @InTheAM.
I can’t work it out either ( but their x:fx knob is confusing me).
It looks a beast though.

If I remember correctly, they are post fader as they (the effects loop) is always on and in the signal chain. Theres no way to skip the effects loop. Its been a while since I looked at these because I was wondering if the 43c would be OK as a poormans 96 for an ipad setup.

Again, someone correct me if I’m wrong.

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I’d say post fader. X-FX send is apparently after the VCA, which is controlled by the fader.

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Thanks everyone. I would have guessed post fader from looking but really wasnt sure.


I sold a bunch of stuff when my car got stolen, the Digitone was the one thing I regretted selling, luckily the friend I sold it too wanted to sell it so I got it back!

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Its a dry/wet knob for the fx send (what they call the fx loop). I don’t understand why they just can’t use regular terms for shit lol.

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Oh sweet. I didn’t know that. I may have to rethink everything based on that. Nudge is way easier than pounding the start/stop buttons to death!

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What’s the height for the lowest tier? Can’t find a schematic online

It’s adjustable–they all are! So I brought down my lowest level a bit to match my chair height and to give it plenty of headroom (ha), since it’s the one I reach for a lot.

Intentions: get cool sounds from my iPad into other cool devices.

(If you’re an IOS person, go get Bram Bos Hammmerhead if you haven’t already, it’s dead simple and brilliant)

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and say the 140 - then max height is just 140?

:brain::+1: thanks for your input everyone.

Intentions:

  1. Jam around
  2. Fall in love
  3. Propose a threesome with the Digitakt
  4. Get lost in the possibilities
  5. Wondering what else FM could bring me
  6. Watch all Digitone content on YouTube
  7. Rebuy the Digitone
  8. Repeat steps 1 to 4
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ordered my m8 tracker in march, was delivered two days ago.
My intentions? learning the lsdj style tracker workflow (especially tables etc. ) and using it as my new favourite portable music production unit.

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Not really a “purchase” as it’s been given to me by one of my brothers, here is a Simmons SDS 8 drum synth, in all it’s 80s glory. Plan to make it sound as fucked up as it looks after way too many years stored in a wet and cold place hahaha.

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Yes, 140 cm is the height of the frame itself.

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