Behringer DX1000 user manual Master Audio Outputs, Crossfader, Transforming with punch and cut

PRO MIXER DX1000

+Take care to ensure that SENSITIVITY is not set too high, otherwise spill from loudspeakers into the mic could trigger the talk over system, and the music volume will just keep going up and down! (You have set up an intermittent negative feedback loop.)

Once SENSITIVITY has been set so that talk over is only being activated by speech, it’s time to fine-tune the system with the other two controls again, according to taste. Twin LEDs let you know how your talk over

system is behaving. When DAMP is lit, your music is being automatically attenuated. ON lets you know that one or both mic channels have talk over engaged.

+If two mics are being used, set SENSITIVITY with both mic channels switched on.

+Talk over could just as easily be used for MC-ing. It might not however be appropriate for rapping, which takes place alongside rather than over the music, unless the damping effect is set to be quite subtle.

6. MASTER AUDIO OUTPUTS

6.1 Crossfader

The heart of your music mix is the horizontally-mounted ULTRA-HIGH QUALITY FADER , which controls the blend of the X and Y mixing channels. When set fully to the left, only X is heard in the mix, and vice versa. We know how much you rely on this, and for that reason we have not only ensured that it is incredibly durable and smooth-acting. We also allow you to tailor its response to your “feel” by means of a simple adjustment (see chapter 11 “CROSSFADER ADJUSTMENT”). The crossfader is most often used to fade one track into another during a DJ mix.

+If you are bringing in an intro over an outro, there will be a time when you want to hear both tracks at full volume. Simply pause your crossfader in the middle position until you are ready to fade out the outgoing track.

+The crossfader is actually a sophisticated VCA controller. Its ultra-high quality design means that you can expect a massive 200,000 smooth operations before wear & tear even becomes a factor. And even if the fader does get something nasty poured over it by mistake (please don’t do this!) the quality of your music should be unaffected. This is because no audio signal actually passes through your crossfader, unlike on many other DJ mixers.

+You can immediately tell if any channel is switched on (CROSSFADER switch depressed) by

looking at the master ASSIGN X and ASSIGN Y indicators situated under the crossfader.

6.2 Transforming with punch and cut

Transforming is a DJ term used to describe the chopping up of sound to create dramatic effects. Traditionally this is done by rapidly moving a crossfader to give a stuttering or “gated” effect, either between two music sources, or one source and silence. Another DJ trick is to use the channel faders or channel on buttons to chop one music track over another. These methods are still valid, but if you are looking for instantaneous transforming action, check out our ergonomic alternative—a pair of big assignable PUNCH/CUT buttons. We are sure you will grow to love their speed and ease of operation.

Punch and cut are two transform modes selectable by the TRANSFORM MODE button . A pair of LEDs

lets you know whether PUNCH or CUT is active. The X and Y PUNCH/CUT buttons and are ergonomically situated by the crossfader with which they are designed to work. CUT mode enables the big buttons to be used as mutes for interesting gating effects, temporarily silencing the X or Y output. In PUNCH

mode the X button introduces the X signal to the mix, while the Y button brings in the Y signal. This means you can add in bits and beats from X on top of Y and vice versa, opening up your scope for creative mixing.

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