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What to turn on first and turn off first DJ.

Lesson Beginner Stage 1: Your First Setup November 2008

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Alright folks, continue to get loads of people asking me what bits of kit to start first. In other words, what do you turn on first? And at the end of the night, what do you turn off first? So I'll show you. Right, mixer, CD players. The best thing to do first of all is your mixer on, then CD players on and of course the same applies with vinyl turntables. Then, if I just bring the camera down, we've got the amp. After that, I'm going to put the volumes up. Don't put the volumes up first and then turn the amp on because if the volumes are up and you turn the amp on, you might get a click which is not very good for your speaker. So note, amp on and then turn the volumes up. You're ready to go. Then at the end of the night, this is what you do. You turn the volumes down on the amp first. You turn the amp off like that.

And then, if I just move it up a tiny bit first of all, not all the way up first yet, then what you do is you turn the mixer, CD players off, etc. So there you go. That's basically it. That's what you've got to do. Remember, these guys on first, amp on second. And then when you're finished, your amp off and then CD players and mixer off. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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