Soundcard & Mixer questions

So definitely an Audio 8 or 10 then?

Also, does that make the mixer controls in Traktor useless? Because I was planning on using a midi controller as my mixer and basically the running the final master sound through the house mixer

Terry_42, post: 39416, member: 1843 wrote: If you plan on using a midi controller, why not simply buy one with a built in soundcard, wire that to the house mixer (single channel) and be done with it?

Mainly, the cost differential between products with / without. Paying for college is somewhat of a drain as you can imagine, so until I can start bringing in a regular (like 1-2 “I know to be here at this time on this day” gigs a week), I try to be as creative as possible with the best I can afford.

Also, I would prefer a standalone for its flexibility, and in case of “buy the gear with soundcard, don’t like how it works, so now have to get different gear and soundcard” as opposed to “find controller I like, if it has soundcard, then great, external can act as backup, if not, still good”

Terry_42, post: 39416, member: 1843 wrote: why not simply buy one with a built in soundcard?

My hope is to buy a Z2 one day, as it basically checks every box for what I need in a mixer

Chuck van Eekelen, post: 39446, member: 2756 wrote: Yeah, I think I have the best of both worlds right now. Both my SC2900s media players and my X1600 mixer have built in sound cards. Meaning I could actually use the matrix input on the Denon mixer and have up to 6 channels available … Not gonna use that, but it is a great backup that way.

Greetinx,
C.

Yeah, you don’t have to worry about getting sound out, that’s for sure lol