I have a problem with my gear. Mixtrack.

I may be missing something here (was on vacation for almost a week), but why do you need a DJ i/o to hook something up? There is a soundcard in the Mixtrack, right?

Greetinx,
C.

Ohhhhh …. must have been looking at the wrong pic then (that one had two sets of RCA out, prolly the Pro then).

Well most versions of VDJ LE do not allow configuration of audio settings, it is just the latest version for the US market that is marketed with the mixtrack that can do it and it is still doubtful that it will work with any soundcard.
So the question is not that easy to answer actually as there are so many version of LE that can do different things depending on which product they are bundled with. If you are lucky and got the right US version of the software, then … well you are in luck.

Uhm … here’s a thought and I know money is tight these days … but why not invest 49 USD in MixVibes Cross DJ (which I am sure you will enjoy as much as VDJ and definitely more than VDJ LE). It supports a lot of controllers, including the MixTrack. It being a full version I would think it supports whatever soundcard you throw at it (can always use Asio4All drivers) and NO other limitations!

Just a thought.

Greetinx,
C.

Glad to see you already know what software is gonna be best for you long run. Took me a while longer (been on Traktor for two years or so and am now switching to MixVibes Cross) to figure that out.

There are three options I see:

1. Keep messing around with a severely handicapped version of VDJ. Lot’s of problems getting audio to work, limited functionality and investing time in your library (setting cue points, beatgridding and such) that you are not gonna be using later on (when you switch to Traktor).
2. Buy the ‘best-value’ software around at the moment, Cross DJ, that gives you support for your controller, audio card and all the features unlocked (and they have some very nice features!) at only 49 USD (almost half of Traktor). They are the people that make RekordBox software (for the Pioneer CDJs), so whatever work you do on your library can be used in RekordBox too. Like with VDJ LE, when you move to Traktor later on, you’d have to do a lot of the work again.
3. Go out and buy Traktor. All time and effort spent on building your library will be used in the long run, you get used to the Traktor workflow (which is way different than VDJ or MixVibes or Serato), rather than getting used to VDJ LE and then having to switch later on.

One word of warning. Traktor is not as simple to set up as some of the others are. It is highly configurable, but that comes at the price of not being easy to configure. You wouldn’t be the first one to get lost in Traktor’s setting menu. So prepare for some studying the options and possibly some frustration.

Just out of curiosity: what makes Traktor the right choice for you? Have you worked with it (at a friends perhaps)?
Greetinx
C.