Xone 464- porn.

[strategem]

I want it to have my children.
http://www.xone.co.uk/464.htm

[unsoundbwoy]

really, im lookin bi=ut i aint feeling it
what would u use it for, djing or studio?
i cant get into the studio mixer style faders on dj mixers, i never seem to get into allen and heath stuff
sure it sounds awesome and is really well built, they are really good, but the layout and fader knobs don;t do it for me, the one at bourgie made me angry
what you liking about it?

[Cubist]

Yeah, I agree Mr. Unsound. I don't understand why they put the delay in the crossfader. And the volume fader knobs aren't suited to dj mixing both in their shape and volume curve if you like to quickly shift the fader up or down. The EQ knobs are too close together and you can't mix the levels between cue and master.

Sure, they sound good but if you can manage to keep ur levels at one bar of red on a DJM600 (although a lot of club systems and DJ's can't do this) then they sound fine and are far better to use imo.

:Looks for Scholtzy!:

[JAMESSSS]

Sorry they made a typo

When we decided to build a club mixer, we wanted to satisfy club tech's and DJs alike. Xone:464 naturally shares its construction methods with our pro touring desks, so venues can depend on it for outstanding audio and reliability.

Should read

When we decided to build a club mixer we took our last Xone range, ignored DJ comments it's bordering on unusable in a dark club enviroment and made it look prettier, as well as adding some extra knobs.

[system]

unadulterated gold.

[JAMESSSS]

Yeah, I agree Mr. Unsound. I don't understand why they put the delay in the crossfader. And the volume fader knobs aren't suited to dj mixing both in their shape and volume curve if you like to quickly shift the fader up or down. The EQ knobs are too close together and you can't mix the levels between cue and master.

Sure, they sound good but if you can manage to keep ur levels at one bar of red on a DJM600 (although a lot of club systems and DJ's can't do this) then they sound fine and are far better to use imo.

:Looks for Scholtzy!:

Also, WHO THE HELL WANTS A 4 BAND EQ!!!

I fail to see the point at ALL when you have such a nice (and they are nice) set of filters

[strategem]

fair enough, I personally love the A&H mixers. I find them to be rock solid, really intuitive mixers. I find it really weird when I see dj's balk at the 4 band EQ, I've seen people not be able to get their heads around the fact that it is split into four and not three. I just think this thing looks awesome. I like the idea of having the extra options of the mixing desk bands on the side. If you dont need em, dont use em. But options are good, flexibility is good.

Sure, they sound good but if you can manage to keep ur levels at one bar of red on a DJM600 (although a lot of club systems and DJ's can't do this)

there is your problem right there. That part in brackets.

[Scholtzy]

I don't understand why they put the delay in the crossfader.

The delay is there because the cross fader has a filter on it to get rid of the click sound that occurs when cutting between channels. Its not a scratch mixer, if you want to scratch get a rane.

And the volume fader knobs aren't suited to dj mixing both in their shape and volume curve if you like to quickly shift the fader up or down. The EQ knobs are too close together...

The curve on the faders is fine, more responsive than a 600....where there is a huge jump in volume from 0 --> 5. I have never had any problems with the eq knobs either, they feel / sound way cleaner than djm600. I think the only problem with the mixer is you need 2 hands free when mixing (not one adjusting record pitch)..., you just need to lock the pitch in...and you can get real clean mixes out of it :goestopracticefrictiontechnique:

[Also, WHO THE HELL WANTS A 4 BAND EQ!!!

I do, being able to control the mid lows make your mixes way less muddy, sits just above the kick / bass frequencies...which is great to capture the upper part of bass synths without impacting on the midrange.

:Looks for Scholtzy!:

Standard.

Did I mention they sound sick?

[JAMESSSS]

fair enough, I personally love the A&H mixers. I find them to be rock solid, really intuitive mixers. I find it really weird when I see dj's balk at the 4 band EQ, I've seen people not be able to get their heads around the fact that it is split into four and not three. I just think this thing looks awesome. I like the idea of having the extra options of the mixing desk bands on the side. If you dont need em, dont use em. But options are good, flexibility is good.

Hmmm.

I think my problem is I don't know where they sit. If I had one at home I might love it.

[strategem]

The 464 itself is gonna be a fairly specialist thing I would imagine. Great for dj's in bands or for stages where there is going to be a dj and a live act at seperate times. Its based on the xone 62, which I have not had a great deal of experiance with. I dig the 92 though.

[munt beard]

whats the best way to stop the plastic fader slides that snuggle on the metal part from frlying across the room?

[Scholtzy]

aka steve inperspective in the scholtzy household. lol

WAAAAATTCH DIIIIIIISSSSS!!!

[tactik]

yea, it's an audio mixer not a trick mixer..

go buy a Vestax PMC08ProA if yr after that.... it looks the bizness. (all the larger vestax models are all fucked btw).

personally i can see a wicked use for the Xone464 for live dj and production stuff... I can hook up my laptop, some analogue synth action a mic and be playing with decks... at the same time...

(in my head a rahzel voice was just used... do I have to pay royalties?)

;P

tctk

tctk

[Fents]

A&H <3 <3

Cannot test.

[JAMESSSS]

Hmm been using the Xone 64 a bit in the past few weeks.

I am slowly coming round.

But I still maintain they need to clean up their interface.

[deviant]

the x faders on the xone don't cut hard enough makes scratching really hard if not impossible, 'specially if you wanna do crabbing or any fast cutting stuff.

[JAMESSSS]

It's not a scratch mixer

[Sustain]

4 band eq foreva!

[same o]

deviant: the 64 aint a scratch mixer, however u can get a replacement fader which makes there have no delay.
JBS: the 4 band eq is awsome, being able to turn up vocals on high band mid, while turning the snares down make such cleaner and nicer sounding mixing.

[JAMESSSS]

Hmm yeah I'm kinda getting into them now.

[Scholtzy]

Hmm yeah I'm kinda getting into them now.

Knew ya would!

[Motive]

A&H are easily the best sounding DJ mixers i've heard. this one is a bit bulky for my liking, but the whole A&H range rules.

[Ag3nT[]0raNg3]

my xone:32 has got a bung fader. feels like something is stuck in it. can they be easily taken apart and checked out by someone who is quite technical minded?

[Motive]

the Pioneer DJM500 & 600 mixers do sound dicey - but they do have one which is really good - the DJM 1000. they had one at KissFM for about 9 months. think something went wrong with it (not a good sign). but sound wise - it's the best Pioneer i've heard. unfortunately they cost about $5000+.

[Scholtzy]

^ BEEFY!

Anyone used the djm-800's? I'm pretty sure they are replacing the 600's. I wonder if they have better sound quality.

[JAMESSSS]

The only thig I miss about the pioneer when compared to a A&H is the effects.

I like the effects.

[Direkt]

And functionality (layout etc) IMO