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Stage 1 Your First Setup Course 3 of 5

Every Control on the Mixer

Beginner 8 lessons · 52 min

The mixer is where beginners do the most damage, usually by running everything too hot. One control at a time: gain and trim, the EQ, the line faders and the crossfader, and the master. Ellaskins' bass, mid, top and gain lesson is one of the most watched things on the channel for good reason.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Set gain and trim so the channel is not clipping
  • Say what each EQ band actually does to a track
  • Use the line faders and the crossfader for what each is good at
  • Set a master level that leaves the sound engineer alone

Lessons

  1. An introduction to the DJ mixer

    8:00

  2. Bass, mid, top and gain

    3:29

  3. Setting the trim and the master volume

    7:08

  4. Using the crossfader in the mix

    7:16

  5. The crossfader and the EQ together

    8:57

  6. Cue, mixing and the master dial

    3:27

  7. A club mixer, control by control

    Optional 7:06

  8. Setting the EQ to kill in the utility menu

    Optional 6:58

The stages are the way through

Below this line is the back catalogue, newest first. Useful for browsing, but it is not a course - the videos are in the order they were filmed, not the order to learn them in. Work the stages instead: each one assumes the one before it.

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