u/Practical_Future_532

Ich bin auf der Suche nach einem guten Restaurant mit hoher Qualität und würde mich über einen echten Insider-Tipp freuen. Über Google und Tripadvisor scheint schließlich fast jedes Restaurant gut bewertet zu sein, sodass die Auswahl nicht gerade leichter wird.

Da wir zur Weihnachtszeit unterwegs sind, wäre eine gemütliche, warme Atmosphäre mit schöner Weihnachtsdekoration natürlich ein großes Plus. Am liebsten wäre uns ein Restaurant in der Altstadt, das gleichzeitig auch für Familien mit Kindern geeignet ist.

Hat jemand einen Geheimtipp, den man nicht unbedingt auf den üblichen Bewertungsportalen findet?

Since this week, I have been using an Interface 2 with two turntables for the DVS function. I have noticed something strange, and I’ll try to describe it as briefly as possible:

• When I play an album (turntable → Interface 2 (through) → mixer), the signal level is as it should be.
• When I put the timecode vinyl on the turntable and load a track in Rekordbox, the signal is heavily distorted and seems to be clipping.
• When I open the channel fader beyond about 50%, the distortion becomes clearly audible. It sounds as if the signal is being driven heavily into the red, although the meters on my mixer are still in the green, perhaps just touching orange.
• What I find even stranger is the headphone volume. With the through function, I can turn the PFL volume up to around 50% to get a good level, and it sounds clean. When playing the digital signal, however, even at around 10% volume it is already painfully loud and distorted. In other words, it is simply unusable.

How is everything connected?

Technics → Interface 2 input → Interface 2 output → line input on the mixer (Omnitronic TRM-202).

I am not switching between line and phono, because the Interface 2 only has one output, and that output is line level. I therefore can’t really come to any other conclusion than that the signal coming out of the Interface 2 is significantly too hot and is clipping.

I cannot find any setting within Rekordbox to reduce the level. Under Preferences → Audio, the Mixer Type is set to External. Because of this, I cannot adjust the Master Out or gain.

There is also a Preview Volume slider in the same menu, but changing this does not seem to have any effect.

What am I missing here, or is this a known issue?

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25 years ago, I started DJing by beatmatching and creating smooth transitions with two turntables and a simple mixer with a 3-band EQ. Over the years, I regularly changed my equipment: mixers with effects, CD players with loop functions, a sampler, and so on. Eventually, I ended up with a Pioneer DDJ-1000 combined with two Technics SL-1210s using timecode DVS.

That setup works perfectly well, but to be honest, I don't use many of its features. I rarely use effects, but I do use the filter. I don't use quantize or key lock because I simply enjoy manually beatmatching much more. Hot cues are useful to me for cueing the first beat, but I don't really use them during the actual mix.

Perhaps I can summarize it like this: there are a lot of new technologies that make DJing much easier, but I've found that I don't really need most of them. I only DJ as a hobby at home and have absolutely no ambition to play outside the house.

My DDJ-1000 is currently temporarily unusable. It became hot in the sun, and the cue buttons in the mixer section have melted and become deformed. So I can't preview anything through my headphones. The repair will probably take some time due to a lack of replacement parts, and this may actually be a good opportunity to take a step back and see whether this is really the setup I'm looking for, or whether there is equipment that suits me better.

I'm happy with the Rekordbox DVS solution. I've now also bought an Interface 2, so I can use DVS without the DDJ-1000. I already had a DDJ-XP2 pad as well, so selecting and loading tracks works perfectly and the loop function is easy to use. The only thing I'm missing now is a mixer...

If I make a quick list of the mixers I've owned over the years, there have actually been quite a few: Pioneer DJM-700, DJM-800, DJM-909, Dateq GPM 8.3, Xone:62, Gemini UMX, Ecler Nuo 5, Ecler Evo 4, and I'm probably forgetting a few.

My fondest memories are of the two Ecler mixers and the Xone, particularly because of its 4-band EQ. They were mixers that simply sounded great by themselves. For my next mixer, I'm really looking for an analogue unit with excellent sound quality, and a good built-in filter would be a major advantage. I'm no longer considering Pioneer mixers because, to me, they lack a certain musical magic.

Based on all of this, there are quite a few options. A rotary mixer could also be an option. I have absolutely no experience with rotary mixing, though, and to be honest, I don't really understand the appeal yet.

Obviously, the channel EQ makes sense to me, but how do people get so excited about a 2-band EQ, or even just a high-pass filter, as on the Union Audio Orbit 2? And I'm also curious about the 3-band isolator that seems to be a feature on so many rotary mixers. What are you actually supposed to do with it on the master?

When mixing, you want to make space in the old track for the new one, or perhaps "dim" the new track so that it blends into the mix almost unnoticed? If my previous mixers had had a master EQ, I probably would never have touched it, because I use the channel EQ to shape the mix.

So I would really appreciate your opinions, experience and thoughts on what direction I should take with a new mixer.

The safe choice would be an Xone:62 or Xone:92, but that doesn't really give me anything new, since I've already owned both. An Ecler Warm 4 definitely appeals to me. I also use this setup for listening to vinyl albums, so excellent sound quality is very high on my list of priorities. But it has no filter, it's a rotary (and will I actually enjoy that?), and then there's that strange isolator on the master again. On the other hand, it does have a 3-band channel EQ, so I can mix in the way I'm used to.

The Ecler Nuo 4.0F also looks very appealing. That warm, analogue Ecler sound combined with two analogue filters sounds almost like the ultimate combination to me.

But then there's the Union Audio Elara. It has the filter, a 3-band EQ, Allen & Heath roots, a crossfader, and that isolator that I'm curious about but which doesn't necessarily have to get in the way. It's roughly twice the price of the Ecler Nuo 4.0F, though. There isn't necessarily a hard maximum budget, but the extra features have to be worth the additional money.

The Union Audio Four.Valve seems to offer quite similar features to the Elara, but with rotary controls. Does that actually add something worthwhile, or would I simply be paying more for a different way of controlling the same things?

If you've made it this far, thanks for reading! I'm genuinely curious to hear your thoughts and experiences. One moment I'm absolutely convinced that the Elara is the one, an hour later the Nuo 4.0F has become my favourite, and by the time I go to bed I'm somehow convinced that the Xone is the right choice again because of its 4-band EQ.

I'd really appreciate any input from people who have experience with these mixers and can help me understand what would actually suit the way I DJ.

UPDATE

I got an Subzero DRM-400 (similar to the Omnitronic TRM402) and quite enjoy the first mixes on it!

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Ich war gerade in der Aquis Plaza, um Frischkäse-Dips bei dem Döner Laden direkt rechts neben REWE zu kaufen. Zu meinem Schreck war der Laden nicht mehr da! Sehr schade. Weiß jemand, ob er umgezogen ist? Gibt es andere Läden, die ihr empfehlen könnt, um solche Dips zu kaufen?