Sound Color Effects over the Same Track XDJ-RX

0:00 There will be a link to the Karmic Power website

Right guys, I'm going to try and keep this video as short as possible because it's self-explanatory. Right, using the XDJ-RX2, I have a track by Lenny Fontana and Shirley Lights, a track entitled Fire. There will be a link to the Karmic Power website. So what I've got is I've got the same track on both sides. Now the objective here is to have effects over both decks, but I'm going to be using the same effect. So it's slightly more technical. This isn't a beginner, it's definitely not an advanced tutorial. It's almost like intermediate. First of all as well, you've got to understand how the effects work and sound. And then of course, you can then try this technique and you'll see that you get a new element to the effects, especially the likes of the filter.

Very quickly, when you turn the filter to the high position, you end up just having high frequencies and it takes away the mid and the low. When you turn it to the low, of course, you get the low frequencies, it takes away the mid and the high. But how about when you've got the same track on both sides and you turn one to high and one to low? Well guess what? You've got high, you've got low, but you've got no mid. So it's a really kind of hollow sound, but then it sounds amazing. And again, it's up to you how you turn the dial. So let's just press play on the 2x1. Two decks. Okay, straight away we can hear both decks playing. They're exactly at the same BPM and we can hear that phasing sound. I can change that phasing sound slightly by moving one of the jog wheels clockwise or anticlockwise.

Have a listen.

Getting into a bit of an echo there, but leave it about there. Alright, filter on. High on one side. Just turn the high, listen.

2:09 It's almost like you've got the whole tune there

Now to the low. So it's almost like you've got the whole tune there. But somehow, someone's slamming a bit more bass into it. Okay, so that's on low. Let's turn the other one on high. You'll see what I mean, or you'll hear what I mean.

There. You've got that bass, you've got the high, nothing in the middle. You see, if I just turn one of them down. There. You've only got high.

Turn the filter to low. You've only got low. Turn the other one now to high and bring that one in.

And there it is. It's another element to the... Well, to using the filter.

Turn them both up. Sweep.

3:25 Both of them on low

There you go, that's with one tune.

That's quite a nice sound. It's almost like filtered and you've got that gate kind of feel as though it's letting in a little bit of the tune and not all of it.

Both of them on low.

And now one switch to the high and the other one switch to the low. Both on high. Not much of an effect really. A little bit like the filter. Let's get a noise. Don't know about that. Dub echo. Again, that's a little bit too much. Again, so my own opinion on the effects. The dub echo, a little bit too much. The noise, yeah, very overpowering. But the sweep and the filter, you can have a lot of fun with those. Okay, so it's just something that I've been messing around with and having a go with. Try it yourself if you don't have the RX2. So long as your mixer has got the SoundColor FX dials. Or should I say... Or should I say, really, you've got the likes of filter or sweep. If you're using the 900 series, there are other effects on there.

Hold on, it's underneath here. Where is it? We've got SoundColor FX... Oh, I can't see. I've got the Dexsaver on, thank God. Yeah, some people say, why have you got something, a system? You know, you've got a controller over expensive kit underneath. Well, guess what? They've got Dexsaver covers there and they are pretty solid. All right, hope that's been help practice. I enjoyed. Thank you very much.

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