I would love to see Neural Mix EQ work similar to how VirtualDJ handles Stem EQ. When you decrease the knob (counter-clockwise), that particular stem is removed, but when you increase it (clockwise), it is isolated. This is such an intuitive and quick way to mix using the EQs, and I think would be a great addition to Djay!
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Hi @CarneWest, thanks for the suggestion! Cool idea and does sound very intuitive. I have forwarded this to the dev team for consideration. Thanks!
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As an option, ok. But I think it is very counter intuitive if you MIX with stems. It would render neural mix useless.
Is it possible to down vote?
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Can I ask you how it would render neural mix useless?
Not sure how it would make neural mix useless? It’s how I mix and I do just fine.
There’s no downvoting here. Just moving on if you don’t agree.
The point is that I don’t need to loose existing functionality, sorry for my feedback, sir!
Maybe a bit of an understatement, yes. But the proposed change would not help my workflow at all.
But maybe my question should have been what “solo’d” means. I understand of your proposal is that if you increase a stem beyond neutral, i.e. clockwise, all others are decreased. When fully clockwise, the stem controlled by the knob is still 0 dB, all others off.
What I use and need from the current way of working is this:
- I need independent control of a stem, so if I turn voice I need only voice to be changed.
- I need the possibility to increase a stem beyond 0 dB.
What I see as benefit of the proposed working is that if you mix manual, you don’t have to be a magician to turn 3 or 4 knobs at the same time. But it is limiting otherwise. I learned to mix (with 3 stems, 4 would still be a challenge, but I haven’t seen any practical benefit of separating bass as a 4th stem yet) with stems the current way.
Cheers. 
I can see use cases for both the way it is implemented and what is suggested.
I’m wondering if we can have a middle ground by making it configurable in the settings?
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To my ears, Neural Mix EQ works the way you are describing here. When the pot is increased, or turned clockwise, it bumps the volume of the corresponding stem (High=vox, Mid=melodic instruments, Low=percussion).
Since it has functioned this way since its inception, I’m sure a toggle in functionality is probably the best way to implement the change I’m suggesting.
That being said, I’ve never had a use for its current function of increasing the volume of a stem while leaving the others as is, but that’s what makes us all unique DJs. We work the same knobs in different ways!
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