Why This Rotary Mixer Costs £3000 - The Alpha Recording System Model 9100
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Published 2021-06-21
The casual DJ might well be thrown off by the Alpha Recording System 9100 DJ mixer. The analogue rotary mixer strips away many of the familiar feature of its club standard counterparts yet costs upwards of £3000. But why does it cost this much? Well, that’s what we’re going to try and discover. We’ll be looking at the history of rotary mixers, understanding what the 9100 represents and testing it out with some records.
The ARS MODEL 9100 DJ Mixer is a Japanese made, 4-channel rotary mixer with world's first 3-band hybrid ISOEQ. This 4-channel high quality rotary DJ mixer has a 3 band isolator on the master alongside hi-eq, mid-eq and low-iso on each channel. The 9100 mixer is a beautiful example of Japanese handmade precision workmanship, designed with purist ideals, with only essential features.
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Kit Used:
Alpha Recording System 9100 - bit.ly/3zi0yXT
Reloop RP4000Mk2 Turntables - bit.ly/3vcOJyP
MOTU 828es Interface - bit.ly/3znxT3B
Pioneer DJM2000 NXS
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00:00 – Introduction
00:55 – History of Rotary Mixers
01:41 – Alpha Recording System
02:31 – Unboxing
03:35 – Mixer Overview
04:44 - Isolator
06:00 – Hybrid ISOEQ
07:01 – 9100 vs DJM 2000 NXS
08:08 – FX Send/Return
09:43 – FX Loop
12:00 - Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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Excited for more from this channel...hoping more people discover the beauty of these machines...
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cant wait to get mine soon!! so good.
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Just stumbled upon this video and I am blown away. Such great quality all round, super interesting content and that mixer is stunning. Keep up the good work! Subscribed for sure. 🎉
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What an amazing video quality. I loved it! Please make more. This is my next dream mixer!!
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Great review. Thanks for that. Realy like the loop function.
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U need to put it against Rane MP2015
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Amazing quality of the vid.
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Amazing mixer!
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For 3k I would expect the eight screws around the vu meters to be at the very least countersunk properly.
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Just purchased one from yourselves last week and have yet to enjoy it as I’m currently working overseas! However I have a Xone 96 and a rane mp2015 so I’m looking forward to the pure analogue experience! Thanks for your fast and reliable service Juno has a great customer experience from buying records to equipment!
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Amazing!
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I can't tell you how happy this video makes me! Great quality and well explained, comprehensible even for non-geeks. Now, if you need a proper product manager to also bring your website in the 21st century, let me know ;)
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First off great video, second sound amazing, third like almost every DJ mixer is super duper inflated in price.
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You'd need to stick the DJM-2000 Nexus in iso mode to replicate what the Alpha's knobs at the top are doing.
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Brilliant! I want one!
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Loving it .
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Would have been interested to hear the difference between the Pioneer and the Model 9100, when the EQ on the Pioneer was set to isolator, not sure if comparing the Model 9100 isolator to the Pioneer main EQ is really a useful comparison.
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That last track is a beauty
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Damn the added isolator and delay unit makes it sound so PHAT!
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Thanks for watching! Little mistake from us at 01:03 saying 50's instead of 80's! Make sure to subscribe for more content very soon...
