Ean, im a huge mixing/dj equipment fan, i spend hours sometimes on youtube watching reviews and even reviews of products i am certain ill never use them and i have to say, YOUR reviews are the best on youtube, the way your explain and speak of these products alone is a excellent skill you have that no other reviewer i ever watch can match, your channel is very special my friend, and was one of the very first things i felt when i got to explore it, those with sensibility can as well tell how much love and passion this channel has for the Art of mixing and the equipment around it in SPECIAL the ones you review, i just recently moved to Australia and i wish i knew of your channel when i ordered my S4,back in 2012 while in the US, thank you so much for your content thank you so much for the effort, always made as professionally as you can and it truly sets you apart from the others, your reviews have lead me to pick dj related items and i fully trust your judgement when you review them, much respect and much love for such amazing channel at no cost to us viewers, cheers - Daniel
Hey Ean, I love your videos, since i discovered them years ago. But why are you playing in the Red? I think you're a role model for a lot of starting young DJ's, like you were for me, but seeing you right now playing in the red is very dissapointing!!
I own a Xone 92 (an some other mixers) and had a A&H Xone:DB4, a DJM-900NXS2 and this MP2015 at the same time at home - guess who's the winner? The DJM-900NXS2 sounded very good and is a robust and versatile mixer with a lot of options and nice fx. The XoneDB4 sounded even better. The 4 dedicated fx-engines (with 8bar-looping) and switchable EQ/ISO/Filters per deck AND free assignable inputs: this is a brillant concept..... but has some serious quality and construction issues; I was really disappointed from A&H - it's a shame :_( Then the MP2015! Amazing, clear, differentiated, wide sound! And with the EQ- and ISO-Opitons properly used... Brilliant tool! I buyed it, and now really love this thing; best spend money on dj-gear ever! And again the main thing on the MP2015 is what you can, if properly used, hear!!!
It's so interesting that this mixer was frowned upon by the Rotary community when it first came out. Now after a few years, it is a classic. I would tend to agree. It's little sister the MP2014 two channel version is even more hard to come by these days. Glad there are more options for Rotary these days. When the 2015 was released, it was really just Urei, Bozak, ARS and the Rane 2016. There were a few fader kits for the A&H S2 and 92. Then you had the Formula sound. I wish I had bought the 2016 before they discontinued it (Not sure why they did...). Anyway, thanks for your comparison on your mixers. I had been eying the DB4 as well, but heard there were issues.
Classic house heads would definitely agree using rotary knobs rather than using a fader...the feel is so much better! Its a good thing rane brought this mixer back to life. The old 19" mixer was epic though!
I love this mixer... that hard part now is, which of my organs do I need to sell? lol... I love the MP2016 and this one is just a step to the future...
This is probably the best mixer to come out this decade. Unbelievable and unexpected. There is rumor it will have Serato DJ support. If it does. It's the winner.
I really love this mixer, my only complaint is that I wish it came in a 19 inch rack mountable mixer. I really hate those lay flat table mixers. I like my mixer angled just a lot more comfortable for hours of DJ fun. You tend to hunch your shoulders with the lay flat mixer which doesn't make a difference if your doing a hour long set but Dj for 8 to 10 hours and you want to cry. You neck starts to stiffen and your lower back starts to hurt. It's not a age thing even when I was younger got the same stiff neck hunching over these lay flat mixers. Once I got my hands on a rack mountable mixer it was heaven all knobs and faders were way easier to reach with out hunching over. If you never use a rack mountable mixer you don't know what your missing especially if your a club DJ and your use to working long hours. The Urei 1620 is still my favorite mixer of all time when it comes to house music.
@@johnviera3884 nice but I don't use picnic tables in clubs. All tables that I use are at the right height. I guess you never had the pleasure of using rack mountable mixers angled just right. If you ever do you'll understand.
@@sinistai.z.3622 totally hear you man! I have mp25 and have it mounted so it’s angled directly at me. Can mix for 2 days straight with all the comfort in the world. Am thinking of creating a stand for my mp2015 so that’s it’s elevated
@@davidpham3234 Thank you, someone who understands. I wish they at least gave you a option to mount rack ears. But yeah I'm going to build me a table for my mixer so that it's properly angled it will only be for home use tho. Any way take care.
does anyone knows what album Ean used on this video? in special the one in the right side with the white label? (must have!) thank you very much in advance :)
@@TonzOfWattz Oh man, I had to sell it after like 1 year. I needed FX for my new gig so I picked up a DJM-900NXS 2. I do like that new one from Alpha Theta....
Yup I strongly agree, a lot of these new so called "djs" are mostly button mashers with absolutely no idea in blending two tracks! Nowadays everything is so much easier for them, with auto beat matching & all, makes it so much easier for them! Its rare to come across a dj thats been mixing for a year or two and know the basics of pitch control WITHOUT LOOKING AT A SCREEN TO SEE IF YOUR IN SYNC. I've been dj'ing now foe 20 plus year & still love till this day!
That thing looks great! Can't afford it though :( does anyone have any suggestion on alternative mixer at a lower price point that have similar functions and feel?
@@AnalogSoundDigitalPicture That mixer was actually discontinued from Rane so I wouldn't recommend that unit. Check out the all-new MasterSounds Radius 2 from the UK. Budget rotary mixer!
Great review as usual. If you’ve never mixed on a rotary mixer, you won’t understand until you try it. It feels so good. Vestax use to make stand alone isolators that were super cool. The Vestax DCR-1500 and Vestax FDG-1 Brian Tappert use to use it all the time.
Fastest most detailed sounding mixer I've ever used. I'm sort of over getting more analog mixers, especially when no one is trying to make fully VCA or DCA units anymore. The iso not showing up in the headphone is an issue of phasing caused by all those crossovers. Use the session, I guess, if you are doing a headphone-only mix. The SPDIF inputs are way loud compared to where the trim/gain knobs are, especially on the SC5000s. Means I'm always below 3 on the knobs. The phono level is adjustable in the settings, so hopefully they add that for the other inputs later so the gain/trims aren't so touchy around their bottom. Also, Rane is 100% wrong about where the unity is on the master, session, and booth outputs. It's not 7. Unity is max on this. I highly recommend saving that last yellow LED as your emergency headroom and not intentionally running into it. Reason is there's 10dB of gain in that one yellow LED which is fine for absorbing accidental boost from the iso and/or the filters. If you're already in that top yellow, you have no idea how close to the red you are until you hit it. Just try to bounce symmetrically around the zero dBVU spot and you'll compensate pretty well for varying dynamics between tracks. I wish the knobs had a feel-able notch or nubbin like the old Urei knobs that Alpha is also using. Impossible to feel what's going on in the dark. The split mode sounds a bit louder than stereo mode, too, but many DJ mixers have that issue.
@@georgevafiadis yall should check out the Alpha Recording System Model 9100 .. there's a good demo on the juno dj channel here on youtube and it's basically the same price as this one. while some of the extra features on the rane are nice but it doesn't have the same sound quality as the alpha imo
It's always great to watch how other people beatmatch. Everybody has their own trick. The tempo fader throw, the spindle pinch, the drag and sweep. That's great.
@@Goosefraba100 come again? this ain't a gramophone, dude. Touching a vinyl on the platter to slow it down or pushing it to speed it up is a perfectly harmless & efficient method to beat match. it's been done since the beginning; you just have to take care when doing it. doesn't damage the turntable (belt or DD), result in excess wear on the needle or (if I'm understanding what you're saying) increase or decrease the output level in the signal chain (from phono preamp to the main outputs on the mixer)..
nick loss ok. I will come again. I never said that it damages anything and pushing and pulling on the record is totally fine when the record is not playing through the mains while roughly setting it up. When it is playing though the mains, you mist avoid touching it due to it being clearly audible when pushing or pulling. Using the fader does it so that its imperceptible to the listener. Its next level stuff. No big deal if you dont know about it. Not everyone cares either. I have been spinning house and dnb since late 90s at raves.
Hey Ean can I have your djm900 if you choose to switch mixers? On another note this mixer is beautiful, reminds me of a rotary mixer I had in the late 90s. They really are great and fun to mix with. So much comfort and ease with the rotary knobs. When mixing house or deep house it feels like you are setting up the launch sequence to a space ship or something lol they really are soo much fun to mix with. The amount of control you get on your volumes and eqs just can't be beat. It is definitely another level of control over the mix specially when compared to a regular fader mixer. I would personally would love to be able to afford such a beauty. But since at this moment in time since I can't afford one, can I have your djm900? Hehe Great review guys. This is why I've followed your work and been on the site since the beginning. Keep it up!
I really love these reviews, but it would be cool to get a little 20 minute mix kind of showing the kit working more so than the little tid bit tricks we get. Kind of like the original MF mix videos. Doesn't even need to be high production effort just a simple above the mixer shot?
hello, I just wanted to say that in the video they see the led bars that rise and fall .. when you press the various buttons .. and I think it is not a disturbance of the mixer in pressing the buttons .. but rather the points of turntables. .. but so doing someone can think that the mixer has problems .. I think better to redo the video with the cdj ... :-) or press the buttons very softly .. ua-cam.com/video/nZoHE1VoAAU/v-deo.html
for the price look at.. a used urei and a gsa iso.. or a new bozak w their iso, or alpha recordings mixer with iso.. .. some iso's alone are start at $900 the rane is a bargain and its desktop mount. one piece... there is a guy Laurin Joel Schafhausen on facebook he is comparing all rotary mixers with the mp2015. facebook.com/groups/98725673209/?fref=nf
Hello. I know it's an old video but I'd like to know 2 things as I'm about to buy a new mixer since my old one is slowly going to it's end... First: Is it an appropriate mixer for deep/progressive house. In my opinion, it is because I'm playing "rotary style" on my old ECLER Mac 90 but an expert's opinion is always better. I want to use a pedal as an external effect as well and the digital components look great as I'm playing both on Traktor (timecode vinyls) and actual vinyls. Second: Did you try the Radius 4 valve from Master Sounds and, if you did so, which one would be the best. I've seen several reviews on both models but I can't decide which on is the best choice. I think the main difference is that the Master Sound is full analog components... Thanks in advance for your reply. Cheers! :)
I love the old 80s style !!! They are back! The only thing is that this kind of rotary mixers are just only for Club DJs if wich is totally find. As you said this is for DJs that are looking to be more precise on their mixes. The DJs that love to Scratch they need to look for something else. I love the way to have a 5th channel. But! Could you please tell me if you can CUE maschine on that mixer? Im lokking for a mixer that allow me to CUE my maschine before I mix maschine with another track. I will appreciate any information on this. Thnx in advance!
All the mixing features are also possible in analogue.... but never for this price or in this high/clean sound quality... And probably also not in this standard size of a desktop mixer.
Is there any work around for making the isolator run into the headphones? So far after playing with the mixer, the isolator only comes out of the main mix/speakers. No headphone preview/output.
This mixer is worth every cent. Look & Feel like an analog mixer, sound quality and flexibility like a state of the art digital mixer. What you wanna more?
Another great video Mr Golden! Could you please do a video review of the legendary Allen & Heath Xone 92. Im sure me and a few others would enjoy your knowledge on the mixer. Just picked one up and I'm still discovering new things about it each day.
ean, pleeeease do a video on pitch riding! since your site is mostly about digital stuff i never thought about you guys talking about it, but now that i know that you can do it, it would be great to do a video about it, no?
Hey djtt I am pretty new to beatmatching in vinyl, just bought my First pair of turntables, so i am just Learning The basics right now. So my question is: what does ean do with The pitchfader of The left deck? Why does he reset it to zero ans goes back to wehre it was? Thanks in advance
He is correcting his beat matching. When he speeds up the pitch and sets it to 0, he is speeding up the track similar to how if you push the platter or twist the spindle forward on the turntable. It's just another way of beat correcting.
You'll also notice he's not wearing any headphones. When you actual are listening carefully, you can move the pitch in even finer movements... sometimes just a millimeter or two up, hold it, then a millimeter or two back down. When you listen back to the mix, if you are good at it, you can't even hear the drift. It takes practice!
some high end analogue mixers have isolators, i don´t get they put too good AD converters on this mixer cause the good ones are very expensives even more than the entire Rane mixer, but it is a nice tool, thanks Ean
This is a great review! I've had my chance to play on these once or twice as they were part of the rider of the headline act I was opening for. Very clean and warm sound too. I feel like this was not discussed as much in the review.
LOVE IT ! HARD TO WANT TO USE ANYTHING ELSE AFTER USING THIS BAD BOY! ONE THING I NOTICED WHEN SWITCHING FROM USB BACK TO LINE IN OR CDJ ON A CHANNEL I GET SIGNAL BUT NOTHING ON HEADPHONE CHANNEL ANY IDEAS ?
Actually not. The mixer is designed to mix at +10 on the LED level numbers, which is 1 from the top. Sounds crazy, but I asked a Rane engineer and this is how it's designed to run. I guess they figured DJ's will red line anyway, so make that the default and adjust it in the firmware for the DSP to be the norm.
Ryan Ruel it's still better practice to leave headroom. running it right to the top leaves no room for any peaks that may come up. and he is actually running it past +10. at some parts in the video it goes into OL which is "Over Limit", so yes he is clipping. again, leave headroom. realistically the best practice is to run everything at 0dB and gain at the mixing console operated by the in house audio engineer before it goes to the crossovers & amplifiers of the club. Too many DJ's run every right to the top, or just beneath, leaving no headroom. when you are mixing 2 or more tracks together, their volumes sum together. If your master gain is already cranked your volume has no where left to go but into clipping. same if you add effects like delays & reverb, those add to the overall signal level. HEADROOM IS YOUR FRIEND
D-Squared Normally I agree with you 1000%, but this mixer is a bit different. My reason for contacting Rane in the first place was that I was mixing strictly at 0dB, just like I usually do, and I found the headphone output to be too low. I was then told "No no, you want to be mixing at +10 on this mixer, that's how we set it up" - even at +10, you do have tons of headroom. This mixer has a ton of output and headroom, more than I've seen on any other mixer. If you go by the standard "0 is where you should be", you'll find the input gains to be super hot. The LED's and numbers on the mixer are simply guides, and again, I'm thinking they just decided to adjust the software on the DSP to work this way because that is how DJ's will use the mixer (running the LED's to the top), so they are effectively making it easier for DJ's to get the correct output, while still feeling like they have it cranked up. Trust me, at 0dB you won't be happy in this case... it's really too low! I've had a bunch of mixers over the years (DJM-900, Xone 92, Rane MP-2016), and this one is special!
D-Squared yupz, i'm with you, that metering is off, despite what rane says, that its very hard to clip the master..ive seen a couple of more videos, and all channels are peaking one light above the red, although the master is not, how can you have a good readout of the levels? I really dont get it, if this is the way its build
Its all about the dynamics! I'd love to see more of that thought put into new mixers. both ways are great. More rugged or more smooth, if you get me. :)
2:52 you say "what wouldn't be possible in digital land", you mean analog? Then "with faders you go all the way to the top all the time", that's not really true. Otherwise it would be a switch and not a fader. My problem with faders is they aren't sensitive enough and the buttons on a rotary would give you more control. But damn it they're expensive.
KVS you could use it just pioneer just doesn't officially support non-pioneer sound cards. But unofficially you can use anything that's a sound card for DVS if you bought the DVS pack.
5 years later... still cannot afford this mixer :D
me neither
Broke
And now its REALLY expensive:)
For anyone wondering the track on the right deck is "Sam & Kinino - Full Moon Journey"
Thanks guys! How about that second track or the one from the beginning?
@@themindsalad chant for life by funk 198
First on DJ tech tools.....Ean didn't replace the knobs!
Oh man. I don't want to watch this review. Your going to make me spend all my money.
Dude yes!! Lol :(
Ean, im a huge mixing/dj equipment fan, i spend hours sometimes on youtube watching reviews and even reviews of products i am certain ill never use them and i have to say, YOUR reviews are the best on youtube, the way your explain and speak of these products alone is a excellent skill you have that no other reviewer i ever watch can match, your channel is very special my friend, and was one of the very first things i felt when i got to explore it, those with sensibility can as well tell how much love and passion this channel has for the Art of mixing and the equipment around it in SPECIAL the ones you review, i just recently moved to Australia and i wish i knew of your channel when i ordered my S4,back in 2012 while in the US, thank you so much for your content thank you so much for the effort, always made as professionally as you can and it truly sets you apart from the others, your reviews have lead me to pick dj related items and i fully trust your judgement when you review them, much respect and much love for such amazing channel at no cost to us viewers, cheers - Daniel
thanks Daniel! - Ean
Agreed, always pumped when I see an Ean review or tutorial.
Elbowz Agreed. Yall are doing great things for the dj community
yeah
I keep coming back to this review of the MP2015. What a dream!
This is $3000
...Just saying.
Hey Ean, I love your videos, since i discovered them years ago.
But why are you playing in the Red?
I think you're a role model for a lot of starting young DJ's, like you were for me, but seeing you right now playing in the red is very dissapointing!!
I really would like to see a review between this mixer and the PLAYdifferently model 1, I'm undecided for my upgrade
yes I would love to see a comparison too
What did you go for & was it the right choice...?
Buying the Rane January, just interested...
I own a Xone 92 (an some other mixers) and had a A&H Xone:DB4, a DJM-900NXS2 and this MP2015 at the same time at home - guess who's the winner?
The DJM-900NXS2 sounded very good and is a robust and versatile mixer with a lot of options and nice fx.
The XoneDB4 sounded even better. The 4 dedicated fx-engines (with 8bar-looping) and switchable EQ/ISO/Filters per deck AND free assignable inputs: this is a brillant concept..... but has some serious quality and construction issues; I was really disappointed from A&H - it's a shame :_(
Then the MP2015! Amazing, clear, differentiated, wide sound! And with the EQ- and ISO-Opitons properly used... Brilliant tool!
I buyed it, and now really love this thing; best spend money on dj-gear ever!
And again the main thing on the MP2015 is what you can, if properly used, hear!!!
It's so interesting that this mixer was frowned upon by the Rotary community when it first came out. Now after a few years, it is a classic. I would tend to agree. It's little sister the MP2014 two channel version is even more hard to come by these days. Glad there are more options for Rotary these days. When the 2015 was released, it was really just Urei, Bozak, ARS and the Rane 2016. There were a few fader kits for the A&H S2 and 92. Then you had the Formula sound. I wish I had bought the 2016 before they discontinued it (Not sure why they did...). Anyway, thanks for your comparison on your mixers. I had been eying the DB4 as well, but heard there were issues.
Where's the sync button?
Classic house heads would definitely agree using rotary knobs rather than using a fader...the feel is so much better! Its a good thing rane brought this mixer back to life. The old 19" mixer was epic though!
I love this mixer... that hard part now is, which of my organs do I need to sell? lol... I love the MP2016 and this one is just a step to the future...
Always go with kidney...you'll get top dollar for it! LOL
This is probably the best mixer to come out this decade. Unbelievable and unexpected. There is rumor it will have Serato DJ support. If it does. It's the winner.
I can't afford it but I'm in love it's so prefect , outstanding its meant for house and dance music , boom boom bass
I really love this mixer, my only complaint is that I wish it came in a 19 inch rack mountable mixer. I really hate those lay flat table mixers. I like my mixer angled just a lot more comfortable for hours of DJ fun. You tend to hunch your shoulders with the lay flat mixer which doesn't make a difference if your doing a hour long set but Dj for 8 to 10 hours and you want to cry. You neck starts to stiffen and your lower back starts to hurt. It's not a age thing even when I was younger got the same stiff neck hunching over these lay flat mixers. Once I got my hands on a rack mountable mixer it was heaven all knobs and faders were way easier to reach with out hunching over. If you never use a rack mountable mixer you don't know what your missing especially if your a club DJ and your use to working long hours. The Urei 1620 is still my favorite mixer of all time when it comes to house music.
Sinista I.Z. You need to bring your table height up. Try not to DJ on folding picnic tables. Buy a good DJ table that goes up high enough.
@@johnviera3884 nice but I don't use picnic tables in clubs. All tables that I use are at the right height. I guess you never had the pleasure of using rack mountable mixers angled just right. If you ever do you'll understand.
@@sinistai.z.3622 totally hear you man! I have mp25 and have it mounted so it’s angled directly at me. Can mix for 2 days straight with all the comfort in the world. Am thinking of creating a stand for my mp2015 so that’s it’s elevated
@@davidpham3234 Thank you, someone who understands. I wish they at least gave you a option to mount rack ears. But yeah I'm going to build me a table for my mixer so that it's properly angled it will only be for home use tho. Any way take care.
nice mixer, but its too damn expensive and digital, big minus.
I stay with my Xone 92. Dont wanna miss the analogue sound and the awesome filters
I cab barley affird a 42 :D
This mixer looks like a lot of fun. I know a lot of guys who play groove oriented dance music who will love this.
Somebody beatmatched the tracks for him...
does anyone knows what album Ean used on this video? in special the one in the right side with the white label? (must have!)
thank you very much in advance :)
Looks like something off the Beat Non Stop label.
The record of the right deck is Sam & Kinino - Full Moon Journey
I'm trying to find the record of the left deck.
Left one is called chant for life by funk 198
I just looked at it and I bought it !
Great video! I just ordered an MP2015 and can't wait to get it in!
Annndd ... 😉😅 you like it ? .. Im sure you like it ☺😄 i have one too from 2016 and i like it mutch :)
You just made it before it went to to the roof in prices ? Lucky guy? you have 7 lotto numbers for me? 😂🙃😉
@@TonzOfWattz Oh man, I had to sell it after like 1 year. I needed FX for my new gig so I picked up a DJM-900NXS 2. I do like that new one from Alpha Theta....
@@TechnoDad yeh,i looked at that as well. it does look good . Have a nice day
i really like it, this is for the 35 and older crowd.
for the people who want a flashback on how it was when it all started :)
Are you kidding? I'm 18, and if I had the money this would fit perfectly into my live show. Good tech is timeless :)
Yup I strongly agree, a lot of these new so called "djs" are mostly button mashers with absolutely no idea in blending two tracks! Nowadays everything is so much easier for them, with auto beat matching & all, makes it so much easier for them! Its rare to come across a dj thats been mixing for a year or two and know the basics of pitch control WITHOUT LOOKING AT A SCREEN TO SEE IF YOUR IN SYNC. I've been dj'ing now foe 20 plus year & still love till this day!
that is maaad ignorant
friendofCHAKA indeed, the price alone ....
That thing looks great! Can't afford it though :( does anyone have any suggestion on alternative mixer at a lower price point that have similar functions and feel?
@@AnalogSoundDigitalPicture That mixer was actually discontinued from Rane so I wouldn't recommend that unit. Check out the all-new MasterSounds Radius 2 from the UK. Budget rotary mixer!
waiting for the next model with the Crossfader not spend money
what is the teck you playing at the beginning , i remember hearing Danny Tanaglia drop it
I'm trying to find it
Let me know if you guys found the track
Darude Sandstorm
Sorry for that
FOUND IT. Its called chant for life by funk 198
Great review as usual. If you’ve never mixed on a rotary mixer, you won’t understand until you try it. It feels so good.
Vestax use to make stand alone isolators that were super cool. The Vestax DCR-1500 and Vestax FDG-1 Brian Tappert use to use it all the time.
Fastest most detailed sounding mixer I've ever used. I'm sort of over getting more analog mixers, especially when no one is trying to make fully VCA or DCA units anymore.
The iso not showing up in the headphone is an issue of phasing caused by all those crossovers. Use the session, I guess, if you are doing a headphone-only mix.
The SPDIF inputs are way loud compared to where the trim/gain knobs are, especially on the SC5000s. Means I'm always below 3 on the knobs. The phono level is adjustable in the settings, so hopefully they add that for the other inputs later so the gain/trims aren't so touchy around their bottom.
Also, Rane is 100% wrong about where the unity is on the master, session, and booth outputs. It's not 7. Unity is max on this.
I highly recommend saving that last yellow LED as your emergency headroom and not intentionally running into it. Reason is there's 10dB of gain in that one yellow LED which is fine for absorbing accidental boost from the iso and/or the filters. If you're already in that top yellow, you have no idea how close to the red you are until you hit it. Just try to bounce symmetrically around the zero dBVU spot and you'll compensate pretty well for varying dynamics between tracks.
I wish the knobs had a feel-able notch or nubbin like the old Urei knobs that Alpha is also using. Impossible to feel what's going on in the dark.
The split mode sounds a bit louder than stereo mode, too, but many DJ mixers have that issue.
hello thank you for the comment it is helpful do you still recommend buying it ?
@@georgevafiadis yall should check out the Alpha Recording System Model 9100 .. there's a good demo on the juno dj channel here on youtube and it's basically the same price as this one. while some of the extra features on the rane are nice but it doesn't have the same sound quality as the alpha imo
@@georgevafiadis Yes. X1700 is the top for fader mixers. DB4 is the top for effects hounds.
It's pretty much a GrandWizard Theodore era mixer.
It's always great to watch how other people beatmatch. Everybody has their own trick. The tempo fader throw, the spindle pinch, the drag and sweep. That's great.
touching the record in any way is not ideal if it is bumping through the mains. using the fader to push or pull is how its done.
@@Goosefraba100 come again? this ain't a gramophone, dude. Touching a vinyl on the platter to slow it down or pushing it to speed it up is a perfectly harmless & efficient method to beat match. it's been done since the beginning; you just have to take care when doing it. doesn't damage the turntable (belt or DD), result in excess wear on the needle or (if I'm understanding what you're saying) increase or decrease the output level in the signal chain (from phono preamp to the main outputs on the mixer)..
nick loss ok. I will come again. I never said that it damages anything and pushing and pulling on the record is totally fine when the record is not playing through the mains while roughly setting it up. When it is playing though the mains, you mist avoid touching it due to it being clearly audible when pushing or pulling. Using the fader does it so that its imperceptible to the listener. Its next level stuff. No big deal if you dont know about it. Not everyone cares either. I have been spinning house and dnb since late 90s at raves.
Platter jog, pitch fader and maybe a little spindle nipple pinch are the only acceptable ways to beatmatch
Absolutely love rotary mixers definitely thinking of buying this rane.
Red lights ....... RED LIGHTS!!!!!! :@
Thank you for noticing!!
Hey Ean can I have your djm900 if you choose to switch mixers?
On another note this mixer is beautiful, reminds me of a rotary mixer I had in the late 90s. They really are great and fun to mix with. So much comfort and ease with the rotary knobs. When mixing house or deep house it feels like you are setting up the launch sequence to a space ship or something lol they really are soo much fun to mix with. The amount of control you get on your volumes and eqs just can't be beat. It is definitely another level of control over the mix specially when compared to a regular fader mixer. I would personally would love to be able to afford such a beauty.
But since at this moment in time since I can't afford one, can I have your djm900? Hehe
Great review guys. This is why I've followed your work and been on the site since the beginning. Keep it up!
I really love these reviews, but it would be cool to get a little 20 minute mix kind of showing the kit working more so than the little tid bit tricks we get. Kind of like the original MF mix videos. Doesn't even need to be high production effort just a simple above the mixer shot?
Wow...wow...wow. I will have problem to sleep. Thanks.
thanks for letting me know it operates in digital domain. uggh though this was the affordable rane mp2016
Great review. I’m looking at this in 2024. Sounds so warm and complex with all the frequencies.
Whats not so good is the price.
£2300 😭
Rather a allen heath db4.
Are you supposed to have red? nice gear.
What's the track your playing on the Right Deck 👏👍✌️
+jakkin333 Sam & Kinino - Full Moon Journey, it's only available on vinyl tho!
Seems A Very Fun Piece, looks gorgeous
Thank's Ean, great moment with you, anytime ;)
Why would a vinyl Dj want this never trying to get rid of vinyl records lol I’m good alpha is the best way to go with vinyl
this is the shit
sooo.. whats the name of the track on the left side?
Its called chant for life by funk 198
@@everdark8399 super cool, thanks!
the best mixer in the planet in this moment.
im a scratch mix dj . but man would i love to mix on this :) .its just to much sexyness to pass up mixxing on a mixer like that
it's beautiful man!
whats that trake he let play out at 7:30?
Its called chant for life by funk 198
I totally lost interest in this mixer when i found out its digital.
+djvartan The price would had doubled, tho. In that case, I'd rather buy a SuperStereo DN78.
PLAYdifferently's Model 1 is the answer.
***** with those block faders and no band-EQ's per channel? No thanks.
Rane's explanation is that it's impossible to build an analog mixer with this level of sound quality.
hello, I just wanted to say that in the video they see the led bars that rise and fall .. when you press the various buttons .. and I think it is not a disturbance of the mixer in pressing the buttons .. but rather the points of turntables. .. but so doing someone can think that the mixer has problems .. I think better to redo the video with the cdj ... :-)
or press the buttons very softly ..
ua-cam.com/video/nZoHE1VoAAU/v-deo.html
3:40 wow what an effect!!!
name of the first tune ? what a vibe ! :)
Did you manage to find it?
@@everdark8399 nope
Found it. Its called chant for life by funk 198
do they make 19 rack ears for this?
for the price look at.. a used urei and a gsa iso.. or a new bozak w their iso, or alpha recordings mixer with iso.. .. some iso's alone are start at $900
the rane is a bargain and its desktop mount. one piece...
there is a guy Laurin Joel Schafhausen on facebook he is comparing all rotary mixers with the mp2015.
facebook.com/groups/98725673209/?fref=nf
Hello. I know it's an old video but I'd like to know 2 things as I'm about to buy a new mixer since my old one is slowly going to it's end...
First: Is it an appropriate mixer for deep/progressive house. In my opinion, it is because I'm playing "rotary style" on my old ECLER Mac 90 but an expert's opinion is always better. I want to use a pedal as an external effect as well and the digital components look great as I'm playing both on Traktor (timecode vinyls) and actual vinyls.
Second: Did you try the Radius 4 valve from Master Sounds and, if you did so, which one would be the best. I've seen several reviews on both models but I can't decide which on is the best choice. I think the main difference is that the Master Sound is full analog components...
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Cheers! :)
I love the old 80s style !!!
They are back!
The only thing is that this kind of rotary mixers are just only for Club DJs if wich is totally find.
As you said this is for DJs that are looking to be more precise on their mixes.
The DJs that love to Scratch they need to look for something else.
I love the way to have a 5th channel.
But!
Could you please tell me if you can CUE maschine on that mixer?
Im lokking for a mixer that allow me to CUE my maschine before I mix maschine with another track.
I will appreciate any information on this.
Thnx in advance!
Lol Is that an intimidator mixer on the shelf? Over your right shoulder?
All the mixing features are also possible in analogue.... but never for this price or in this high/clean sound quality... And probably also not in this standard size of a desktop mixer.
Fantastic review. Ean should do more reviews like this.
This mixer have 2 sound cards?? or only one SL4 sound card?
Is there any work around for making the isolator run into the headphones? So far after playing with the mixer, the isolator only comes out of the main mix/speakers. No headphone preview/output.
That mixer looks like a lot of fun.... Would love to play around on it. Love the rotary.
This mixer is worth every cent.
Look & Feel like an analog mixer, sound quality and flexibility like a state of the art digital mixer. What you wanna more?
Please Ean or someone else, what's the name of these great vinyls?
Btw: great review as ever! Thanks
Left one is called chant for life by funk 198
@@everdark8399 Thanks a lot!
Amazing mixer! Absolutely fantastic!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
... 2200 $ ... sorry 2199 $ ....
Another great video Mr Golden! Could you please do a video review of the legendary Allen & Heath Xone 92. Im sure me and a few others would enjoy your knowledge on the mixer. Just picked one up and I'm still discovering new things about it each day.
why, I would like to convert the analog signal from my vinyl to digital? I just need to amplify them...
ean, pleeeease do a video on pitch riding! since your site is mostly about digital stuff i never thought about you guys talking about it, but now that i know that you can do it, it would be great to do a video about it, no?
problem I have this mixer is f its digital for 3000 dollars they should have included their own effects in it
Hey djtt
I am pretty new to beatmatching in vinyl, just bought my First pair of turntables, so i am just Learning The basics right now. So my question is: what does ean do with The pitchfader of The left deck? Why does he reset it to zero ans goes back to wehre it was? Thanks in advance
He is correcting his beat matching. When he speeds up the pitch and sets it to 0, he is speeding up the track similar to how if you push the platter or twist the spindle forward on the turntable. It's just another way of beat correcting.
You'll also notice he's not wearing any headphones. When you actual are listening carefully, you can move the pitch in even finer movements... sometimes just a millimeter or two up, hold it, then a millimeter or two back down. When you listen back to the mix, if you are good at it, you can't even hear the drift. It takes practice!
Ryan Ruel he has in ear monitors, so yes, he's cueing... but with a trained ear you can hear the differences while its live.
Chris161296 you should learn that way. try to practice :)
some high end analogue mixers have isolators, i don´t get they put too good AD converters on this mixer cause the good ones are very expensives even more than the entire Rane mixer, but it is a nice tool, thanks Ean
This is a great review! I've had my chance to play on these once or twice as they were part of the rider of the headline act I was opening for.
Very clean and warm sound too. I feel like this was not discussed as much in the review.
problem - filters on digital mixers always sucks.....too plasticly....
really cool revue Ean. simple and on point which is super useful. Would love to see similar approach on Mr Hawtin's new Model 1.
Track id
LOVE IT ! HARD TO WANT TO USE ANYTHING ELSE AFTER USING THIS BAD BOY! ONE THING I NOTICED WHEN SWITCHING FROM USB BACK TO LINE IN OR CDJ ON A CHANNEL I GET SIGNAL BUT NOTHING ON HEADPHONE CHANNEL ANY IDEAS ?
Is that just a digital reverb guitar pedal? Could I just bop one into my mixer??
I like the way how you introduce and present this mixer, Ean. Would be great to see this installed in a club
Is this mixer compatible with serato or virtual dj cuz i dont like tracktor
Hi Ian. Hows the sound quality compared to A&H Xone DB4?
Thank you for the review. What type of echo/peddle that creates echo are you using.
Great review of an awesome mixer Ean! what's the name of the two tracks you mix?
haven't heard that track in ages. Takes me back to when I first got into house music and my prog obsession
looks amazing. disapointed in the lack of send knobs. submix doesnt cut it for me
Can NI's Traktor Kontrol F1 go with this mixer together?
i am a fader kind of guy, sure rotary knobs are essential for a reason but i prefer a fader type of mixer
How do you feel this mixer compares to the Xone 92 Rotary or non rotary?
Rotary looks like it's more confortable for like 4 deck mixing
can anyone be so kind to tell me the name of both tracks in this video pls. Thanks
Can this mixer be used for other genres of music other than house/tech?
clipping the gains m8
Actually not. The mixer is designed to mix at +10 on the LED level numbers, which is 1 from the top. Sounds crazy, but I asked a Rane engineer and this is how it's designed to run. I guess they figured DJ's will red line anyway, so make that the default and adjust it in the firmware for the DSP to be the norm.
Ryan Ruel it's still better practice to leave headroom. running it right to the top leaves no room for any peaks that may come up. and he is actually running it past +10. at some parts in the video it goes into OL which is "Over Limit", so yes he is clipping. again, leave headroom. realistically the best practice is to run everything at 0dB and gain at the mixing console operated by the in house audio engineer before it goes to the crossovers & amplifiers of the club. Too many DJ's run every right to the top, or just beneath, leaving no headroom. when you are mixing 2 or more tracks together, their volumes sum together. If your master gain is already cranked your volume has no where left to go but into clipping. same if you add effects like delays & reverb, those add to the overall signal level. HEADROOM IS YOUR FRIEND
D-Squared Normally I agree with you 1000%, but this mixer is a bit different. My reason for contacting Rane in the first place was that I was mixing strictly at 0dB, just like I usually do, and I found the headphone output to be too low. I was then told "No no, you want to be mixing at +10 on this mixer, that's how we set it up" - even at +10, you do have tons of headroom. This mixer has a ton of output and headroom, more than I've seen on any other mixer. If you go by the standard "0 is where you should be", you'll find the input gains to be super hot. The LED's and numbers on the mixer are simply guides, and again, I'm thinking they just decided to adjust the software on the DSP to work this way because that is how DJ's will use the mixer (running the LED's to the top), so they are effectively making it easier for DJ's to get the correct output, while still feeling like they have it cranked up. Trust me, at 0dB you won't be happy in this case... it's really too low! I've had a bunch of mixers over the years (DJM-900, Xone 92, Rane MP-2016), and this one is special!
D-Squared Go try one if you don't believe me.
D-Squared yupz, i'm with you, that metering is off, despite what rane says, that its very hard to clip the master..ive seen a couple of more videos, and all channels are peaking one light above the red, although the master is not, how can you have a good readout of the levels? I really dont get it, if this is the way its build
Its all about the dynamics! I'd love to see more of that thought put into new mixers. both ways are great. More rugged or more smooth, if you get me. :)
If I ever have the money I’m getting a Condesa Lucia. No digital for me.
must know that first song that was played! (the white label) would dj tech tools be so kind as to share that information ;) thank you!
Its called chant for life by funk 198. The left deck was playing, not the right
2:52 you say "what wouldn't be possible in digital land", you mean analog?
Then "with faders you go all the way to the top all the time", that's not really true. Otherwise it would be a switch and not a fader. My problem with faders is they aren't sensitive enough and the buttons on a rotary would give you more control.
But damn it they're expensive.
Is this Rane compatible with Pioneer RekordBox DJ. Thanks for any info.
KVS you could use it just pioneer just doesn't officially support non-pioneer sound cards. But unofficially you can use anything that's a sound card for DVS if you bought the DVS pack.
Rotarys great and cool but price is lame
What your standing on an article !!! ?? :D
Ever heard of 0db ????
Left one is called chant for life by funk 198
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got that groove ride on lock