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Ok...I hope this doesn't turn into a "Behringer sucks" thread, becasuse I've heard it before many time. I just don't have any personal experience with a Behringer mixer.
I've been in the market for a mixer for several months. For starting equipment, my buddy gave my his old shitty Numark 2 channel. The crossfader is busted and and I'm geting some static out of a couple of knobs. Another buddy of mine let me borrow his Roland DJ 2000 for several months. I quickly grew used to it and am missing it now that it's gone. It had four channels, on board effects and operated very nicely.
I've scoured the internet and have reached out to some people for used mixers. Of course, it would be ideal to own an Xone92, but my budget is around $400 - $500. It seems rediculus to me to spend the amount a new Allen & Heath or Rane would cost.
I recently fired up Ableton and started playing around. My roomate has a midi controller (E-mu Xboard 25) that we have been using to produce in Reason. I took the midi controller and mapped it in Ableton to set it up like a mixer. Within 10 hours, my novice ass put a great live on the fly session mix together. All of the sudden, a mixer that has midi functionallity just became very useful to me and the value of the mixer greatly increased in my mind.
This brings me to the DDM4000. For under $400, I get four channels, onboard effects and midi functionallity. I've looked at reviews and the major complaint was the location of headphone jack. My good friend just played on one last weekend in Omaha and he disliked it. He said there were too many buttons, making it complicated to figure out. He said it operated fine. I'm thinking to myself, the more buttons, the better, especially when it comes to midi mapping.
I'm looking for reviews and comments. I'm a novice dj (less than 1 year) and this would be my first purchase (my cdjs were given to me). For a starter, will this mixer hold up and provide me with the functionallity that I need without having knobs and sliders crapping out within a year?
I've been in the market for a mixer for several months. For starting equipment, my buddy gave my his old shitty Numark 2 channel. The crossfader is busted and and I'm geting some static out of a couple of knobs. Another buddy of mine let me borrow his Roland DJ 2000 for several months. I quickly grew used to it and am missing it now that it's gone. It had four channels, on board effects and operated very nicely.
I've scoured the internet and have reached out to some people for used mixers. Of course, it would be ideal to own an Xone92, but my budget is around $400 - $500. It seems rediculus to me to spend the amount a new Allen & Heath or Rane would cost.
I recently fired up Ableton and started playing around. My roomate has a midi controller (E-mu Xboard 25) that we have been using to produce in Reason. I took the midi controller and mapped it in Ableton to set it up like a mixer. Within 10 hours, my novice ass put a great live on the fly session mix together. All of the sudden, a mixer that has midi functionallity just became very useful to me and the value of the mixer greatly increased in my mind.
This brings me to the DDM4000. For under $400, I get four channels, onboard effects and midi functionallity. I've looked at reviews and the major complaint was the location of headphone jack. My good friend just played on one last weekend in Omaha and he disliked it. He said there were too many buttons, making it complicated to figure out. He said it operated fine. I'm thinking to myself, the more buttons, the better, especially when it comes to midi mapping.
I'm looking for reviews and comments. I'm a novice dj (less than 1 year) and this would be my first purchase (my cdjs were given to me). For a starter, will this mixer hold up and provide me with the functionallity that I need without having knobs and sliders crapping out within a year?
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