Did I damage the venue's subwoofers ?

Hey there,

I basically played my first mainroom yesterday. Everything went pretty smooth ; nice transitions, good crowd, a lot of energy, etc.

My controller was plugged to a main mixer (DJM 900), and I didn't really care about it because I wasn't using it and my levels were completely fine on my S4/Traktor. However, many times throughout my set, the room had no bass. At first I thought "Okay, the SE is messing around with the subs, which is lame", but two minutes before the end of the show, I noticed the channel I was using on the 900 was redlining all the way in.

I didn't look at the master on the 900. never used an external mixer before and didn't really care about it considering I thought everything was fine on my side.

Later on, the SE told me the amp overheated. Could I have damaged the venue's gear ? As a regular customer, it's the first time I experienced such an issue, and it had to happen on my first time.

Edit : Also, the 900 routes into the SE's digital console, which means he was monitoring levels too (compressed levels if the 900 was pushed too far).

even tho the mixer was redlining, the room engineer should have had his channel adjusted to fix what you were doing.. you most likely didnt overheat the amps.. he did

even tho the mixer was redlining, the room engineer should have had his channel adjusted to fix what you were doing.. you most likely didnt overheat the amps.. he did

Thanks for the answer :)

So basically, what you're telling me is that he could have avoided further issues during my set by lowering my lows ?

learn how to control your frequencies chances if the main mixer was redlining your whole set sounded like shit.

Not talking shit but just letting you know redlining is never good.

You were probably smashing the shit out of the limiter which will end up killing all the bass. Nothing the engineer can do if the level is already peaking inside the mixer. It CAN damage the gear. In other words, watch your levels and don't go red ;)

Make absolutely sure you keep out of the red next time, that way your music will sound better and the SE will like you more ;)

I think the point is he didnt know he was redlining. He was going from his traktor through the venues mixer. That's not his fault unless the SE told you to be aware of it...

Please spread the word! Red is bad!

This is a super informative thread for beginner DJs!