Up faders vs X faders

lowpass · Post by **lowpass** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:12 pm

How many of you use up as opposed to X when Dj'ing?

I started using the X when I started practising on traktor

When I got my decks I switched to the Up (having 2 hands as opposed to one mouse click)

However I started messing with the X again the other day just to keep things interesting and the transitions were a lot smoother than before.

adam_john · Post by **adam_john** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:13 pm

honestly depends on what i'm mixing/doing - i would say most of the time i keep the x-fader in the middle and just work the channel faders.

if i'm playing jungle/dnb and rinsing back and forth, i'll typically use the x-fader more

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:18 pm

When I play hip-hop it's almost all crossfader, when I play house, techno, dub, etc I almost use only the upfaders and no cross at all.

yellowhighlighter · Post by **yellowhighlighter** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:27 pm

i just play hip-hop so it's always the crossfader. for ten minute perfect blends when nobody knows when one track is ending and another beginning use the upfaders.

yellowhighlighter · Post by **yellowhighlighter** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:28 pm

i also don't beatmatch so don't listen to me.

hanif · Post by **hanif** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:35 pm

always upfaders. crossfader on my mixer don't even work

jedison · Post by **jedison** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:37 pm

Always up fader mixing but I'll use the crossfader for little tricks or whatever.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:03 am

cross mainly for me just cause on mixer at home the up faders suck and my xfader is cleaner fucks me up when giging out and not a clean xfader setting first couple mixes till i get it set up

ninjadog · Post by **ninjadog** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:30 am

For me it's x about 99% of the time
My up n downs are basicly there to keep the levels even, but once in a blue moon I will use them for fading.

I'm from a hip hop / scratching background tho.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:39 am

yea i also came from a scratching background some hip hop but mainly was emulating like capital j with jungle and dmc artists on videos

evil madmen · Post by **evil madmen** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:51 am

started with just xfading, but then I started just using up faders, now its kindof a mix i guess.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:02 am

i think the gen consensus will be just beatmatching edm shit upfaders
scratching and coming from hip hop background xfader
both do the same when setup right on a mixer
focus on your eqs and gain knobs and keeping in yellow not red imo

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:09 am

mostly channel faders - cross fader if I panic

lowpass · Post by **lowpass** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:50 am

Deadly Habit wrote:i think the gen consensus will be just beatmatching edm shit upfaders
scratching and coming from hip hop background xfader
both do the same when setup right on a mixer
focus on your eqs and gain knobs and keeping in yellow not red imo

My mixer goes green green green red red lol

So I try to keep it so it just flicks the first red light on every now and then

gorbek · Post by **gorbek** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:16 am

You guys spawned my interest on the subject

I guess I'd like to know where my cross fader is as well as my levels?

My mixing is kind of rough without them

This is my system

serox · Post by **serox** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:49 am

I would recommend using the channel faders when playing out. Some mixers have different setups that are more suited towards scratch DJs so the x-fader may have a funny curve and catch you off guard.

If you get use to using the channels you can normally get longer mixes and you get use to the levels quicker than trying to mess around with hamster buttons and shit like that in a dark club. Shit, I have even seen a mixer in France that had the hamster and curve on the back of the mixer!

JFK · Post by **JFK** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:53 am

Serox wrote:I would recommend using the channel faders when playing out. Some mixers have different setups that are more suited towards scratch DJs so the x-fader may have a funny curve and catch you off guard.

If you get use to using the channels you can normally get longer mixes and you get use to the levels quicker than trying to mess around with hamster buttons and shit like that in a dark club. Shit, I have even seen a mixer in France that had the hamster and curve on the back of the mixer!

Tell me about it. Fucking hamster switches are a pain in the balls they really are.

gravity · Post by **gravity** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:42 am

up faders! unless im doing cutting, but i dont normally...

my x-fader is fucked from lack of use anyway