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Sujet Headphones on ddj-sz

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I worked in a venue this past weekend which had a ddj-sz. I downloaded the driver and was plug and play.

One issue I noted though was that when I did the prelisten, it was being routed through a channel. So if a track was playing on decks 1 and 2, i had no way to prelisten to another track. I had a sx2 and 1000 now, so know this shouldn't behave like this, but it wasnt that big of a deal and was able to get through the gig.

Unfortunately I dont own an SZ so cant troubleshoot this at home, but was wondering if anyone has seen this and knows how to correct?

TiA
 
Posté Mon 04 Mar 19 @ 10:18 pm
SZ works in External Mixer mode where the sound of each deck is routed on one channel of SZ's mixer and the mixing is done from the hardware.
Therefore it's impossible to route sound on the headphones directly.

On the other hand the other units you mentioned work in Master +Headphones and the mixing is done form the software. On this mode the software can send any sound it wants on the headphones as it access them directly
 
Posté Mon 04 Mar 19 @ 11:02 pm
I see...good thing I never bought the sz!

Thanks for the quick reply!
 
Posté Mon 04 Mar 19 @ 11:08 pm
blckjckPRO InfinityMember since 2008
dj5826 wrote :
I see...good thing I never bought the sz!


This is the way that traditional mixers work as well. Having the standalone mixer in the SZ (RX in my case) has a lot of advantages over a standard controller.

If you plan on doing club work, I recommend getting familiar with using the cue buttons and channels.
 
Posté Tue 05 Mar 19 @ 12:49 am
You can still pre-listen to tracks. You just use the physical hardware features for it. Like you would with any dj setup prior to controller setups

This may inspire you regarding different types of audio setups:
 
Posté Tue 05 Mar 19 @ 1:43 am
blckjck wrote :
dj5826 wrote :
I see...good thing I never bought the sz!


This is the way that traditional mixers work as well. Having the standalone mixer in the SZ (RX in my case) has a lot of advantages over a standard controller.

If you plan on doing club work, I recommend getting familiar with using the cue buttons and channels.


I understand how the cue works, however I find the ability to quickly listen to a track a nice benefit. What would you say are the advantages of an external mixer (such as the SZ or RX) over a traditional controller setup? Seems to me the controller can do everything an external mixer setup can, and is more flexible.
 
Posté Tue 05 Mar 19 @ 3:22 am
blckjckPRO InfinityMember since 2008
I have channels 1 and 4 set up with wireless mic's.
If the computer dies, I can have other audio sources run through the mixer. Say a phone and an ipad. I can even mix that way if I had to.
I can input timecode through the controller.
 
Posté Tue 05 Mar 19 @ 5:13 am
Please don't mix different things.

The ability to mix analog sources, connect mics e.t.c. has nothing to do with the Mixer Mode of the controller.

To make it more clear:
Let's take Pioneer DDJ-RZ as an example. It's the "same" controller as SZ, but it offers 2 modes.
Hardware mixing (like SZ) or Software mixing (like SX/SX2 e.t.c)

Mixing between analog sources or analog sources and software is possible on both cases with the exact same ease.
Adding and using timecodes (DVS) is possible on both cases with the exact same ease.

Now if you want to make your arguments, comment on such a controller if you would use Hardware or Software mixer, and why.

I'll do the start:

Some advantages of software mixing with RZ:
1) You can have POST fader effects
2) You can have auto-pfl

Some advantages of hardware mixing with RZ
1) You can use Pioneer's COLOR FX and EQ
 
Posté Tue 05 Mar 19 @ 7:46 am
Thanks for the info Phantom!
 
Posté Tue 05 Mar 19 @ 7:17 pm
blckjckPRO InfinityMember since 2008
I guess I wasn't being very clear, my apologies. I was trying to explain what I like about the hardware mixing part of the controller in answer to his question. I was not saying that I favored a hardware mixer. I sold my DJM and CDJ's and moved to the RX so that I could get the best of a controller and external mixer combined into one unit.
 
Posté Wed 06 Mar 19 @ 4:19 am


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