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Summary: It is a good idea to set the turntable line as the phono line and work from there. Learn how to set lines when setting up a mixer from a professional DJ in this free music video.
Justin Cohen is a disc jockey from Northampton, Mass. He has DJed regularly at public and private functions since 2004, and had a weekly radio show on Valley Free Radio WXOJ from...read more
"Alright, now I'm going to show you how to set the lines for your turntables or other audio devices. I just showed you that I plugged this turn table into phono one. So phono one is set up here. If I click this over, I could have it on line one. I could have it on line two, but I have it set on phono one. So since my turntable is plugged in, get my turntable rolling. Throw on a record. I have my cross fader over onto this side which controls the, this side of it. If I flip the switch, now it's on line one. We don't hear anything. Phono one; we hear it. If I want to hear the iPod which I threw into line three. I have it set to line three up here. I hit play on the iPod. We've got it happening. And this middle level you will hear it no matter which side of the cross fader you are on. But the level's on either side, you will only hear if you move the cross fader to the same one as it."