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Fader Start on Denon DN-S1200 and DN-X120

Lesson Intermediate Stage 7: Software & Gear November 2008

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0:00 Both units are from a company called Denon

Alright folks, video for you on something that's called the fader start on these two units here. Both units are from a company called Denon. That's the 2-channel mixer. That is the tabletop CD player. The mixer is the DNX120 and the CD player is the DNS1200. Okay, so what is fader start about? What does it do? Let me show you. And what it can do. First of all, that guy there is known as the crossfade and these two are the up-faders. What we've got here is crossfader start. In the off position, if we move the crossfade over, it won't do anything at all. In the on position, that will enable me to start the track when I move the crossfade. If I move the crossfade over to the right-hand side, the right-hand CD player will start. If I'm this side and I move the crossfade over to the left-hand side, the left-hand CD player will start. So that's when crossfade start is on, crossfade off, and then we can use the crossfade but nothing will happen. Over here we've got fader start. Exactly the same when these two are set to the off position

2:34 Back of the mixer, we've got

We can move these up, nothing at all. But when they're set to the on position, we can start the music without having to press the buttons on the players themselves. Now let's have a look at the back of the unit and see where we need to plug things in. OK, each CD player will come with a cable like that. That's almost exactly the same as a mini jack, but that's not stereo, it's mono. And that is for your fader start. On the CD player, we've got wording fader. What you need to do is plug one end into there and then if we have a look at the back of the mixer, we've got PGM2 which is program 2, PGM1 program 1. Basically, you need to put that side into program 2 and that side into program 1. So there you go. You can in a sense have your mixer

You can have it fader start on the up-faders or alternatively you can have it set so you can use crossfade. Alternatively, you can have fader start off and basically use as normal the start on the CD players. Practice and enjoy!

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