As DJs, we're innately connected to our DJ gear, often in an unnatural way. But is there one item that would would throw yourself under a bus to save?
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It's been a long hunt over many years, employing deep Google trawling and forensic Photoshop techniques. But finally, thanks to the Numark Facebook page and a response from a single DJ with a photo, the mixer used in the final scenes of classic Hip Hop movie Wild Style has been identified at last.
While tons of buttons can be nice, sometimes all I need is a crossfader. And when it's inside a vintage Gemini Jazzy Jeff mixer, I'm in heaven.
By today's standards, vintage mixers are featureless lumps of trash. But we're still fascinated by them and want to know all about them. We successfully tracked down one used at the end of Hip Hop classic "Wild Style", and now we've managed to fulfil a couple of DJWORX community member's requests. Behold, the mixer used by Grandmaster Flash in the classic kitchen scene, and the one used in the Beat Street trailer.
Old school mixer geeks - any idea what this mixer is from the film Wild Style? Help us so we can sleep at night.
Old doesn't mean crap. Have you got some lumps of DJ stuff over a decade old that's just won't die no matter how hard you abuse them? Post them here.