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Old 27th November 2005   #11
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Originally Posted by jdunn
The great DJ Shadow has explained that if you max the volume on your DJ mixer, you may run into a problem. That is, when you want to play a quiet record. You can't, if your volume is already maxed out!
The bigger problem is with almost all DJ mixers, clipping the mixer will sound truly awful.

Panda does have a point, at least in certain dance circles (big-room housers & trancers). I've heard the louder-is-better thing a lot, particularly with touring DJs, who're mixing a lot of slammed CDs and then the vinyl (or quieter CDs) sounds low by comparison.

OTOH, I've had a pretty good year underpunching the RMS levels (around -12 on average), for whatever that's worth.

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T. Tauri
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