Crossfader

Every time I go to open deck night I map the crossfader and unmap it for the next person.

Am I weird for even using it? It's a habit from mixing with vinyl. Nobody else at this particular event seems to use it.

I watch how people transition with effects, and they'll have one hand on the effects knob, then adjust one channel's fader up, then switch to the other channel's fader and adjust it down, rinse repeat. Hand flitting back and forth up down up down.

Am I crazy or is this is the very situation the crossfader was invented for? If I were mixing vinyl I'd have a hand on the pitch control to fine tune the beat mix as needed. But any time you want to crossfade and have a hand free to do anything else, be it pitch control for vinyl and/or effects, it sure seems handy to have available.