DJ Mixer

A DJ mixer is used to mix  together 2 or more tracks by emerging them as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as CD players, Turntables, digital audio players, computer sounds and samplers and effect units. A DJ mix set is usually performed live in front of an audience in a nightclub, party, or rave setting.


Mixers can also be used live on radio or recorded in a studio. In live situations, the sequence of the DJ set is a dynamic process. The DJ chooses tracks partially in retort to the activity on the dance floor. If the dance floor becomes less active, the DJ will make a judgment as to what track will enlarge dance floor activity. This may involve shifting the tempo or changing the general mood of the set. Track choices are also due, in part, to where the DJ wishes to take his or her audience. In this way, the resulting mix set is brought about through a symbiotic relationship between audience and DJ.

Studio DJs have the magnificence of spending more time on their mix, which often leads to productions that could never be realized in real-time. DJ s frequently hand out their recorded mixes on CD-Rs or as digital audio files via websites or pod casts for promotional purposes. Many popular DJs liberate their mixes commercially on a compact disc. When DJ sets are distributed unnervingly via the Internet, they are generally presented as a single unbroken audio file. Cue sheets may be provided by the DJ or fans to permit the set to be burned to a CD, or listened to, as a series of separate tracks in the way it would be produced as a commercial mix.

Types of mixers:

Club Mixer:
A club mixer usually features a large number of channels, usually 4, with a transferable cross fader so that different sources can be all plugged in at once and mixed from.

Scratch Mixer:
A scratch mixer is usually one that is designed especially for turntablists, and features high grade cross faders for making the art form of scratching better.

Studio Mixer:
A studio mixer has a large number of channels and normally no cross fader, it is normally used for mixing entity instruments or microphones jointly, and will probably be used by radio Disc.