Thursday, May 26, 2011

An Introduction to DJ Equipment Speakers and Mixers

By Eric James


DJ Equipment Speakers

Speakers are, needless to say, an incredibly critical portion of any DJ's set up, hence you have to meticulously think about your choices. And you won't find any kind of shortage of alternatives. Online stores offer all the major makes and varieties, and you can typically learn a great deal by simply researching the on-line descriptions. As expected, when you've got any good friends who are DJs you can get plenty of advice from them.

For starters, there are two sorts of dj equipment speakers: active and passive. Active speakers have amplifiers built-in, and so all you need to do is deliver a signal from your mixer to each speaker. Needless to say, you have to adjust the loudspeakers before your function, and there exists the issue of getting electrical power to each speaker which means more wires run to where you position your loudspeakers. Still a lot of DJs opt for this system as well as simplicity it provides.

Passive loudspeakers don't have any built-in amp, which means you must have either an external amp or a powered mixer to be able to feed your speakers.

I favor passive loudspeakers connected to an external amplifier. Though this is a topic of individual choice.

DJ Equipment Mixers

DJ Equipment Mixers are at the center of any DJ's set up. For the new DJ the options might be a little bewildering, however they need not be. A mixer is merely that - a device that allows you to combine two or more inputs into one output which ordinarily feeds your amp after which your speakers. It really is much more that just a "switcher" that permits you to select inputs, although at times that's what it is used for. And it's more than just a volume control, although, again, it does that, too. But it really does more.

DJ equipment mixers mean you can have all those fantastic fades from one particular input to the other. Quite a few mixers include built-in effects in order to alter your audio in mind-boggling ways. Most all mixers include EQ controls which let you form the audio coming from the different channels by fine-tuning the bass, mid-range, and highs.

Another thing a mixer does for you is it enables you to employ a pair of headphones to listen to only one channel at any given time, or to listen to the whole mix. You will discover this to be particularly valuable.

The DJ won't have to have some big console mixer with 24 or more channels. Often four channels will sufficient. Stick with one of the top makes and honestly learn to use your DJ equipment mixer and you ought to be off to a fantastic start.

Conclusion

The primary thing is that all of your equipment - from DJ equipment speakers to your DJ mixer to headphones and microphones all functions with each other correctly so you get high-quality audio - and happy customers.

- Craig is a former church sound tech and enjoys writing about audio topics at sites like DJ Equipment Speakers and Mixers.




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