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I use a Evolution UC-33e as my Midi Controller and i want two of my channels to be like Deck A and Deck B.

SO!!!!

I need really good bass, mid and gain eqing controlls like you would on a normal dj mixer but the eq 3 on abelton is pants takes the power and sound qualtiy out of my tunes i've tried using eq 8 but i can work it out how to assign them to bass, mid and gain

Can anyone help???

This is easily done with EQ8. Disable 5 of the 8 bands - it doesn't matter which. Then set the "Freq" and the "Q" (bandwidth) on each of the remaining 3 bands to correspond with Hi, Mid and Low. Then go into midi map, and map a knob on your UC-33e to each of the "Gain" dials (you can do this on your UC-33e to match a DJ mixer eq - ie - veertical row with the bottom being Lo, Middle being Mid, and Top being Hi) that are still active.

You will need to play with the Freq and Q settings for each band, but you can customise them to however you like. In this way - EQ8/EQ4 is MUCH better than the EQs on a DJ mixer.

There is LOADS of info on doing this right her on this forum - if you search you'll find diagrams galore. You'll also want to look into using EQ8/EQ4 as a resonant filter. There is an EXCELLENT tutorial on that around here somewhere...)

cheers dude i'll check it out tonight...

maybe this may be better and eq3 dont sound to groovy with my tunes

You may also want to look at your warp-mode. Using complex mode, which is the norm, does tend to flatten the sound out a bit. If you are using complex mode, switch it to re-pitch and see if that's the difference that you're looking for. This is a test to see if it's a warp mode issue, not necessarily how you should play. Sometimes re-pitch isn't an option.

thanks man