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Hey guys,

It's been a while since I've made one of these - this is a question I've been getting A LOT lately, so I thought I'd answer in a video:
 
Posted Fri 14 Nov 08 @ 6:16 pm
Great Vid Socross....your right it does seem that everyone asks the same question at once...
 
let them know that if they mix videos.. and want the fader to be linked to the switchin of the videos then an external mixer will not be the solution unless that fader is midi since only the audio of the video will get mixed and not the video.
 
Good call, I'll add an annotation to the vid. Thanks!
 
socross ... always love your vids ... but do me a favor one thing you don't mention is changing the Crossfader option in the Config panel to DISABLED. Btw, this is very critical in using the MIDI or keyboard shortcuts to move the crossfader if the user is doing videos and forgot to uncheck the 'link crossfaders' option in the Video config section.

What this does is now if for some reason the internal fader does get moved OFF of CENTER then it will not mess with independent signals going to the external mixer. Also, since the application is defaulted to a SMOOTH crossfade - by simply leaving it in the center you are actually getting a 'reduced' level of output because the SMOOTH crossfade curve is a X volume effect.

Something to look at ...

and great vid ... will add it to the wiki when you are done ...
 
Great video Socross :-)
 
sischo wrote :
Great video Socross :-)


Yep, as always.
 
this guy kracks me up in all his videos..hes a funny dude..nice video by the way got the future doubts out of my head before i even asked this question...i know i was going to ask this question in the future..
 
cstoll wrote :
socross ... always love your vids ... but do me a favor one thing you don't mention is changing the Crossfader option in the Config panel to DISABLED. Btw, this is very critical in using the MIDI or keyboard shortcuts to move the crossfader if the user is doing videos and forgot to uncheck the 'link crossfaders' option in the Video config section.

What this does is now if for some reason the internal fader does get moved OFF of CENTER then it will not mess with independent signals going to the external mixer. Also, since the application is defaulted to a SMOOTH crossfade - by simply leaving it in the center you are actually getting a 'reduced' level of output because the SMOOTH crossfade curve is a X volume effect.

Something to look at ...

and great vid ... will add it to the wiki when you are done ...


Excellent point, I've added an annotation that tells people to disable the internal crossfader. Thanks!!
 
hi, thanks for the vid, verry usefull, but one thing, how do you hook up the mixer with the computer? by which plug?
 
dj mclany wrote :
hi, thanks for the vid, verry usefull, but one thing, how do you hook up the mixer with the computer? by which plug?


RCA

and if u want a cheep sound card go with the NI Audio 4

its a very good good card u hook up your turntables to the sound card and the sound card to you mixer http://www.pssl.com/NI-Audio-4-Interface-4-In-4-Out
 
dj mclany wrote :
hi, thanks for the vid, verry usefull, but one thing, how do you hook up the mixer with the computer? by which plug?


You should look at my other video:
 
 
socross i always enjoy your vids

"do you have" a " how do i stop the idiotic requests " video ?

that could be useful too, and interesting to make , sorry for my idiotic request
 
Hi Great Vid. Just out of interest what Video software are you using?
 
chriso710 wrote :
Hi Great Vid. Just out of interest what Video software are you using?


I use sony vegas studio 9, its like 100 bucks and has a ton of capabilities.
 
chucknorrisyouwimps wrote :
socross i always enjoy your vids

"do you have" a " how do i stop the idiotic requests " video ?

that could be useful too, and interesting to make , sorry for my idiotic request


Hah - actually that's what my next video will be about - requests at the club. Not sure when it will be done, but as I'm currently unemployed I might have more time to do it!!
 


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