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Summary: Spend a few minutes familiarizing yourself with the master level and master balance. Learn how to set master level and master balance 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 talk to you about the levels of the individual channels and the master level and the master balance. So you throw this on. This is on your left channel. Move cross fader over. You can hear it. We can bring it up. We can bring it down. This controls this level in particular. Over here is the master level. This will control everything. You can bring it way louder, way softer. There's also a balance that controls everything, the master balance. If you turn it to the left, you will get just what's playing from the left speaker. Turn to the right, you'll get just what's playing from the right speaker. Now I mean this could be a great trick if you want to play two records at the same time. You and you only want them in the left or you only want them in the right, then you can mess with the audience."