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There are more features on this thing than anything else out there. It's a freak of nature. And it's complicated. You even have a rotary mode available. I love it. This is a 56bit fixed-point DSP mixer. Fixed-point, while not having the infinite headroom of some float designs, have better math in some ways. This is particularly useful for effects and filters. The tone controls, for instance, can be changed on each channel individually to be not only EQs, but isos, and even a LP & HP filter with the resonance control assigned to the mid tone knob. This is actually what I'd wanted the PPD 9000 to be like but strangely was not. It's brilliant. My only gripe with it is the resonance on this filter mode is a little weak, but the primary side filters are still there and they can produce a lot of swoosh. The EQ and iso are true models of the analog versions, so each affects the sound fundamentally and in a different way just being selected. Only filter mode with the LP and HP at their bypasses actually passes the original audio unaltered of the three tone modes. The DB4 is based on the iLive digital boards from A&H, not the newer dLive ones, so it's stuck in 48khz processing mode all the time. It sample-rate converts to that and from that. If you use its USB audio capability, it will sample-rate convert to whatever you set the computer to, but you are better off setting the computer to 48khz throughout, since the DB4's conversions are realtime and I've heard better. There's a touch of roll-off and lack of shimmer, for instance, recording a 44.1khz USB stream from it, for instance. Assuming you're not judging the sample rate unfairly from a USB and using instead, say, a CDJ, the DB4's processing is a valid flavor and high grade. Not as detailed and transparent as the MP2015, but sufficiently detailed and neutral. The bass is also very capable without being overly warm or bloated. If your source lacks a SPDIF output from its internal work data, you're not going to be kicking yourself too bad going into the analog inputs. Its XLR and record outs are lush and gorgeous, which is particularly a feat on XLRs getting the + and - matching closely. (hint, you'll always get better sound on short runs from properly-working RCAs) There are options galore in the settings. Maybe the old Behringer ddm4000 or Tascam X-9 provided slightly more settings options in a few ways and less in others. Regarding feature richness, the DB4 is more useable and ergonomic than those. It's still complicated enough that you may need to temper your tendency to over-use them and forget to actually mix and DJ, though. It's easy to get lost in it, because you have one complete effects unit per channel. Full matrix inputs... not quasi... full real deal matrixing. I am a huge fan of this, though I am also weird such that I would be cool with just 3 channels. A 3ch dLive-based DB3, anyone? There is one thing I'm knocking a star off of though, and the lack of choosing the internal sample work rate or the weak channel filter resonance are not things I'd do that for. With all the buttons and all the available space and all the crazy options, the split cue on the DB4 is an afterthought. It's literally just an option in the settings and there's no way to deactivate or reactivate it on-the-fly without going in there. Preferably there should have been a button for split and there's room for it. However, we could easily get enough of a fix if when you have two cues selected (even in solo cue mode), you were able to hear both in the headphones in stereo. In split, you NEVER need two channels cued at the same time. So forcing two on should bypass split. I'd be happy with that and it'd be an easy tweak for the next firmware update. Unfortunately A&H seems to have no interest in doing anymore updates for the DB4, and that's a shame. I hope they change their minds.Read full review
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If you’ve done your research and you’re reading this because you’re not sure what mixer to buy BUY A DB4 !! I finally bit the bullet in March and bought a DB4 and it’s beyond amazing. I had it down within two days, it loves my vinyl records(breakbeats) and it integrates with Serato wonderfully. Mostly though THE SOUND EFFECTS ROCK ! Every effect is so clear you’ll get confused if it’s part of a record that you know and love. I’ve even hooked my iPad up to it on the fly. And Allen and Heath’s customer service in the USA has been A+. Can’t go wrong.
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This is down right the the best digital mixer ever made for House, techno, disco top 40 DJ's. Next to the Xone 92 the DB4 allows you to be a creative DJ without all of the Scratch Hoopla.
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Great mixer!
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20 yrs if DJING and this is the cream of the crop
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