Mixtrack Pro with Serato Intro

I agree with Terry.

brian brown, post: 23116, member: 2313 wrote: I taught my good lady to beat mix on my Vestax Spin (with Djay) over the weekend. She really enjoyed it and wants a controller for herself. I looked into the Mixtrack Pro but what has put me off getting it for her is the inability for Serato Intro to record. I know this has been well documented but I feel it’s a massive omission. When I started out on my Technics many, many moons ago, I used to wear out TDK tapes recording over and over again perfecting my mixing and listening to how records go together etc. I think it’s a must for anyone who wants to improve there Dj’ing, beatmachting skills. This helped me to understand if songs went together and it really helped me when I played out. Also recording and listening my sets when I played out again helped me improve. My partner may never play outside her house (but hey you never know) but its still crap she can’t record her mixes and let me hear them.
It’s a shame as it would’ve been perfect for her. I thought the Djay software on my macbook was a bit basic but it seems it not. I was thinking of upgrading to a Vestax VCI-380 but the price was a bit steep. The Reloop terminal mix 2 came to my attention and I was looking forward to its release (and Phil’s review) but alas this comes with Intro too. Looks like the Vestax Spin will be keeping my hands busy for some time to come.

Well currently I am using Dj Intro (with a Vestax Typhoon, but I’m pretty sure it applies) and the way I record is using an RCA to phono converter cable. You can plug that into a line-in on your computer, and using the free program “Audacity,” you can record everything from that line-in. It may take some messing around, however, to make sure you have all the right sound cards and audio sources selected.
then you can go into your settings in serato dj intro, and there is an option for the balance between the master and cue volumes, (in other words, when you are cueing the software will also play the master in your headphones). If this seems confusing, try it out and it will make sense.
But with this setup, you will have everything needed to record.
recording software
headphone cueing
hearing the master output
Audacity is a great program, by the way. It can export your audio files to literally any format you can think of, from oggs vorbis to variable rate mp3.
I don’t condone this but if you screwed up the gains in recording you can always mess around later and get everything the same volume, or even apply effects post-recording

Ok, thanks for the info both of you, much appreciated. There has been a slight change in thinking, this is gonna go slightly off topic but i asked my partner if she wanted jogwheels on her soon to be purchased controller, As she has never used decks before she said it wasn’t a priority. I then showed her the Novaton Twitch and she seemed very interested after watching a youtube video. we then went to a Dj shop in Manchester and looked at the various controllers. It is down to the Mixtrack Pro with the Traktor (and paying the £80 for the upgrade dongle thingy) or the Novaton Twitch. She is more interested in using samples etc so the Twitch seems the way to go although it will work out £60 to £70 more expensive. The consensus (it seems) is that Traktor is better for samples but how much better is it than Serato Itch which will be supplied with the Twitch? We don’t want to pay for a full copy of Traktor 2.5

Thanks for any advice and keep u the good work Phil.