Need some ideas from the DJ's around here! Need a mixer

So I grab my keys for the door to head to work this morning, head out, and close the door locking it behind me. Then I hear this CRASH!!! come from inside the house. I fumble with my keys to see what it was and the light fixture, that is right above my turntable setup has fallen right off the ceiling on top of my gear. Ugghhh it's going to be one of those days.
The decks seems to be okay, but the mixer got the worst of it. I wasn't able to spend much time assessing the damage as I was late for work, but I did see that one of the toggle switched snapped off and one of the rotary knobs got knocked off as well.

My dilemma is: if I can't repair this (by my next gig, or at all) what would be a good replacement? I need a 10" mixer with atleast 3 channels. XLR outs would be a plus.

Can anyone recommend one? I'm not opposed to any brands, mine's just a cheap Gemini that came with the decks when I bought them on ebay. Any thoughts?

This is gonna sound crazy, but Behringer has actually come out with a cheap mixer that has everything you want and people have been saying great things about it. Seriously. Do some Googling on it.

http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/DDM4000.aspx

Even has optical faders. XLR outs. A lot of cool stuff. Like I said, I know it's Behringer -- but people have been saying nothing but good things about it. Their budget studio stuff, like the mixing board I have, has always been decent for the price; it looks like they're finally cleaning up their DJ reputation as well.

Thanks for the link bedouin! I usually stray away from gear made by the "B" word when it comes to recording gear, but for my dj setup I think something from them may be a good choice. I don't scratch a whole lot...I'm mainly dj'ing the occasional party and show.
To be honest, on first look at the price it seemed to be a bit high...but after looking at other brands and comparing it with what you get with Behringer VS. the other big guys it's a pretty good deal. The i/o alone makes this thing look pretty awesome. I didn't realize how out of touch I was with what dj gear costs! This stuff is expensive! ha ha

Finding a good three channel mixer without going over $500 is hard, so that's a pretty good deal. I'd like to have a three channel myself but all the ones I want are too expensive. I have a PMC-05 Pro right now.

PMC 06-Pro VCA here. Best basic mixer ever, imo. Just add the innofaders!! (sorry only 2 ch. though.)

I got the 05 Pro SL . I gotta get my hands on one of those innofaders (the regular curve control still works once it's installed right ?) . I had a cut session w/ a friend of mine the other day and he was throwing a fit over the fader cause he was used to his 56 .

This thread's about a year old now- and I'm about to kick off the 2010 Summer season where I DJ each week, and before I do that- I need a new mixer FOR REAL this time!

Just wanted to bump this and see if there were any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance

You cannot go wrong with Rane. I got a TTM56 last summer after being a long time Vestax user and felt I'd been misled all those years. And their customer service is...well Rane actually has customer service.

Rane gear is cool with me, although a little more than I care to spend right now. Also looking for something w/ 3 channels and XLR outs on the mains...

Yeah man, see if you can find a used Rane Empath mixer in your budget.

best damn dj mixer i ever owned


faders like warm butter


xlr 1/4 inch & rca outs


has auto gain (basically a built in compressor to level sources

Kinda sad to see bedouin's name in this thread, all things considered. That cat knew his shit when it came to DJing, and he made some good contributions to this board...

Coz wrote:Kinda sad to see bedouin's name in this thread, all things considered. That cat knew his **** when it came to DJing, and he made some good contributions to this board...

did he die ?

Rane is overrated.

Vestax

BGBEATS wrote:did he die ?

Nah, he was killed off. Long story...

Coz wrote:

BGBEATS wrote:did he die ?

Nah, he was killed off. Long story...

he was killed during the bedouin revolution, and consequently, the revolution never fully materialized