Basic Concepts Of Digital Djing; Internal Mixer Vs. External Mixer /12 - MIXVIBES CROSS DJ User Manual

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Basic concepts
of Digital DJing
CROSS DJ is a extremely flexible DJ software that can be used in various setup
scenarios. This flexibility can be a bit confusing at first sight. This chapter provides
a general overview about some of the basic concepts and terms use in the world of
digital DJing. If you are already familiar with digital DJing concepts you may wish to
skip this chapter. If you are using a digital DJ setup for the first time, this chapter
will help you to understand the different setup scenarios and audio routing options
that croSS DJ offers.
3.1 Internal Mixer vs. External Mixer
you can use croSS DJ with either an external mixer or by using the internal mixer
that is integrated into the croSS DJ software. the main differences between these
setups are
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whether the audio from the croSS DJ players is mixed inside the internal soft-
ware mixer or inside the external hardware mixer
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what audio signal is sent from croSS DJ to the outputs of your audio interface.
Internal Mixer Mode
In internal mixer mode the audio from both croSS DJ players is sent to the inter-
nal software mixer in croSS DJ. the internal mixer mixes the audio depending on
the position of the volume fader of the players, on the equalization you have made
and depending on the cue/headphone buttons of the players. any audio changes
resulting from activated fX will also be mixed into the signal.
after the internal mixing process croSS DJ sends two audio streams to your audio
interface: one stream contains the mIX/maSter signal that shall be made publicly
audible; the second stream contains the cue signal that shall be audible in your
headphones.
to get optimum results you will need an audio interface that has two stereo out-
puts. one of the outputs is used for the mix, the other for the cue signal. Because
of the two stereo outputs needed this routing architecture is called Dual Stereo.
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