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Originally Posted by pierlo
ehm no clue.. haven't checked the club yet
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Then you probably want to spend some time checking out the external effect specs of various Allen and Heath, Pioneer and Vestax club mixers - both the 4 channel and 6+ channel club console variety.
Also some clubs do actually have patch bays to simplify gear setup of laptop DJs etc and partly because their mixer is in a semi-custom console so you cant actually easily get at the audio connections. I have a mate who ended up plumbing a mono feed from his laptop into the top mic input of a mixer once because of that - no gear swap time allowed and he needed to do a clean pickup - he should have asked them first of course and/or had a nattter with the venue tech before hand - most DJs etc seem not to bother and get caught out - venues techs usually apreciate it if you check in with them a while before and may even get stuff prepped for you in down time.
If you want to start ripping their rig apart at near 1am on a sat night/sun morn, your unlikely to get alot of co-operation
If you have a booked gig - you better email/call them and ask for specifics - connectivity, mixer type, insert options, and especially if there is anywhere to accomodate your gear - most recent install custom consoles do at least have a laptop stand (as DJs of use them from their track reference data base even if you dont play off it), and/or stand for a CD wallet and if your lucky a small set bucket for vinyl. Anything else might actually a be a no go without you own gear stand and even then finding room for it could be a challenge.
The techs like build in consoles because it stops idiots from messing and screwing something up, so less hassle (and the tech may actually be the owner/manager too)