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Can i play music from my iPhone Through a mixtrack pro?

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  • July 9, 2011 at 9:30 am #3386
    mr stifffy
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    jezalenko, post: 3356 wrote: And the mic inputs wont work if his laptop has crashed, which is what I’ve been trying to say all along…..

    It depends I have a numark omni control so same manufacture…. If I have a source running through my mic input and turn off my laptop by the button so theoretically a “crash” I still get sound running through it once the power cable is plugged into my laptop which in a clubbing situation is pretty likely :), but wouldnt recommend it at all since mic pre amps + music = terrible quality

    July 9, 2011 at 12:23 pm #3389
    16877elvis
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    Hi guys and gals
    First of all I havn’t used my mixtrack pro yet.
    So I don’t know how to set it up? But I was told
    I would need a mixer with it, so I’m waiting for
    That to arrive.
    If I plugged the iPhone/iPod into the mixer I would
    Would I need a sound card?

    Cheers

    July 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm #3393
    mr stifffy
    Member

    mixtrack pro contains a sound card but with only OUTPUTS, if you want to run a ipod through this setup you need an external mixing device with INPUTS, you dont need a mixer to use the mixtrack pro you can just use an RCA type plug to plug into whatever speakers/soundsystem/amp/mixer/stereo you have and play that way…

    July 11, 2011 at 5:33 pm #1000994
    Benny Mackney
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    The Mixtrack pro is can be treated like a mixer when it comes to general use, but if the computer crashes the inputs won’t work. You’ll only need a proper hardware mixer if you want to run something else (like an iPod) into the system. Don’t buy one for home use, you won’t really need it. If you’re in a club situation, you will probably have the club’s mixer right there and you can just plug into that. That lineout accessory that Emma linked you to looks pretty good, I’d get one of those if I had an iPod.

    July 11, 2011 at 9:19 pm #1001010
    16877elvis
    Participant

    So what your saying is I can use an alternative mixer
    But I will need a sound card as well.

    Thanks to everyone for your help.

    July 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm #3645
    16877elvis
    Participant

    Just one more thing can anyone recommend a
    Sound card I can use with my mixer? 

    July 12, 2011 at 3:11 pm #1001016
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    16877elvis, post: 3638 wrote: Just one more thing can anyone recommend a
    Sound card I can use with my mixer? 

    Hello Tony :);
    I have just looked up a couple of Sound Cards Recommended for Mixtrack Pro; and there are 2 that I can see (but I don’t know if these are the Best – it just says these are Great for the Mixtrackpro);
    The First is Audio 2DJ from Native Instruments;
    http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/dj/traktor-audio-2/#/en/?content=1573
    And the Second is the DJiO from Numark;
    http://www.numark.com/djio

    I Hope this Helps you in some way 🙂

    July 12, 2011 at 3:54 pm #3655
    Benny Mackney
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    Woah, woah, wait. You don’t need a sound card. The Mixtrack Pro has one in it. I don’t see any way that a soundcard could help in this situation unless (for some strange reason) you want to use an external mixer for mixing and use the Mixtrack Pro only for the non-mixing functions (which seems a but silly to me).

    As I understand it, you want to DJ with the Mixtrack, but you want the iPod available quickly if the computer crashes. If this is the case, then you will not need any external sound cards. If your venue has a mixer, you can use that and all you’ll need is a 3.5 mm to RCA cable (although that line-out adapter that Emma posted earlier looked like it might give a better sound). You just hook your Mixtrack Pro and iPod into two different channels on the venue mixer.

    July 12, 2011 at 6:00 pm #3672
    16877elvis
    Participant

    Thanks Emmaand Benny
    Your right Benny I want to be able to run my
    iPhone through a mixer if my computer goes down.

    You say I can connect my iPhone to my mixtrack pro and my mixer,
    Won’t my mixtrack need to be powered somehow.

    Also would it work without connecting to the mixtrack pro with
    Emma’s suggested mini connector?

    Many Thanks

    July 12, 2011 at 6:58 pm #1001020
    Benny Mackney
    Member

    No no, the iPhone doesn’t connect to the Mixtrack, because if the computer goes down, so does the Mixtrack, and anything connected to it. The only reason you would need an external mixer is to switch between the iPhone and the Mixtrack. You need to connect the Mixtrack as deck A and the iPhone as deck B. Making sense?

    It will work fine without the adapter/connector, it’s just that the connector is designed for this sort of thing, whereas the iPhone’s built-in sound output is designed to drive headphones.

    July 12, 2011 at 7:53 pm #3690
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    I was going to just Get Out Of This Thread as my sole Purpose here is to Help Tony;
    And I Don’t Own a Mixtrack Pro; however; Tony asks a Question; I Answer it; I can’t see the Problem;
    However; before I go; I would like to Quote ‘mr Stifffy’ in an Earlier Post:

    mixtrack pro contains a sound card but with only OUTPUTS

    So; if Tony Needs a Sound Card ‘With’ Inputs’; it looks like a Sound Card other than the one Built In to the Mixtrack Pro would be Appropriate; however; it is Tony’s Money; and Tony’s Set-Up; He Knows What He Needs; I Don’t

    

    July 12, 2011 at 9:34 pm #3694
    16877elvis
    Participant

    Thank you Emma and Benny
    You have been a great help and I hope
    I can return the favour some time.

    Good luck with all your ventures

    July 12, 2011 at 9:54 pm #3695
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    With Best Wishes and Kind Regards to You Tony 🙂

    July 13, 2011 at 6:33 am #3712
    jezalenko
    Member

    Benny Mackney, post: 3670 wrote: … because if the computer goes down, so does the Mixtrack…

    What I’ve been trying to say all along…..

    July 13, 2011 at 4:34 pm #3745
    Benny Mackney
    Member

    Emma, he doesn’t need a soundcard with inputs, it would be useless, unless said soundcard has a “through” option, in which case it would be acting like a miniature mixer.

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