A large-scale DJ mixer 'shoot-out', conducted by Funktion-One some 18 months ago that involved an informal panel of interested listeners from around the industry, revealed differences in both sound quality and control interface. "We tested mixers from all the major manufacturers," explains Funktion-One's Tony Andrews. "There were only two mixers that everyone agreed delivered acceptable sound quality, and one of those was Formula Sound's PM100. We then worked with Formula Sound to refine the layout with features that working DJs really wanted to use and the result is the FF-6000. We were all just fed up with walking into festival situations or clubs and finding the sound was awful, but not being able to do anything to improve it because the problem was with the mixer. The objective of this comparison was to assess mixers in a controlled situation."
(Mike Lethby)
