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  • October 31, 2014 at 5:22 pm #2081731
    Terry_42
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    Cheapest way: Get some M-Audi AV40 speakers that have an RCA connector, the DDJ SB has an RCA output and voila you have sound…

    October 31, 2014 at 9:42 pm #2081791
    Finkle Potato
    Participant

    Yeah exactly what Terry said, I recently just upgraded from the SB to the SR and I use the M audio av40s and there pretty good from there you’ll just need those rca cables

    November 1, 2014 at 9:18 pm #2081911
    lee dayer
    Participant

    yeah , so those speakers I can plug into my PC , sorry for being so clueless haha

    November 3, 2014 at 4:22 pm #2082511
    Finkle Potato
    Participant

    of course you can but it will be an rca to 1/8 jack cable but really this all you have to do, usb to laptop, have your double ended RCA cables in the back of the speakers and the other end plugged into the controller and that’s it brother, just press play and enjoy!!

    November 4, 2014 at 10:24 am #2082711
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    I am afraid I don’t have a clear enough picture of what exactly it is you are trying to achieve. Hooking up a pair of speakers (like the one mentioned) to EITHER PC (3.5mm to stereo RCA) OR controller (RCA-RCA) is easy. But what I am reading in your post is that you want the sound to go from controller to speakers and then from speakers to PC? Is that correct?

    Is this because you want the master output from the controller to the PC so you can send it to your buddy on Skype? And do you want to hear what he says back into the speakers?

    What you could do is get a splitter cable (NOT a DJ splitter cable, but a regular stereo RCA to dual stereo RCA cable, something like this – but better quality: http://www.cablewholesale.com/products/audio-video-products/audio-video-cables/product-10r1-02506.php). From the controller master out you can now hook up one stereo RCA to 3.5mm jack cable to one set of outputs and run this into your PC and the other set to your speakers.

    Getting the sound from Skype to go back to your speakers is another story. Unfortunately your SB doesn’t have an aux in, otherwise you could just run PC sound out to aux in and have the sound from Skype come right back through your speakers (he would hear himself in that case though, since the signal to your speakers is also going to Skype 😀 ).

    Which leaves you with the option of hooking up simple 20 dollar computer speakers to your computer so you can hear skype (no sense using a headset as you will need your ears for your headphones to mix) and the rest hooked up as I described earlier.

    Hope that helps some.

    STOP THE PRESSES ! I just looked at the AV40s and it seems they have an aux in on the front. This means you could use a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable from your computer sound out to the aux in on the speakers, the RCA splitter to RCA into the speakers and with an RCA to 3.5mm into the PC. You’d have your controller sound over the AV40s, also the controller sound going into your PC to share through skype (might wanna have a mute switch on the mic) and finally the comments through skype coming back over your AV40s without the other person hearing himself.

    November 4, 2014 at 6:14 pm #2083081
    lee dayer
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    wow , thanks for all that feedback especially you vintage mate cheers, yeah I’m gona try that when all the stuff comes in the post , I’m just starting out so I just bought the DDJ-SB and a pair of logitech z323 speakers it was all I had left in my buget for this month but I’m defos gona upgrade to them next month because those speakers have the same connections on the back the red and white and it has a little jack that can go into the PC too.
    , so hopefully that is all I need barr those wires you are talking about yeah? haha

    I have just a normal small jack pair of headphones with a mic too , so hopefully I don’t need anything anymore fancy than that for now haha.

    all this gears frying my head though , I know it’s all gona seem so easy in a few months but just now it’s breaking my brain xD

    November 4, 2014 at 10:39 pm #2083191
    lee dayer
    Participant

    There is another thing thats probs really easy that would be good to know before I start as I will have this set up for a little while before i’m shown how to do stuff.

    once you have set up the ddj sb and stuff and you want to put a beat on and scratch to it , how do you stop it from playing the other track when you cut in when you are scratching?

    again that sounds easy hahahah , but I can’t think it out in my head how you would make one side full playing while you scratch with the other, because when I see folks mixing the fader cuts left and right in.

    again sorry hahah
    if anything i’m giving you a laugh but i’m gettin help! xD

    November 5, 2014 at 5:15 am #2083231
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Are you referring to a cross-fader? The horizontal fader at the bottom?

    It does exactly what the name suggests, it fades the signal from one channel to the other as you cross from one side to the other. What’s called the crossfade curve determines how much of each channel is still played while moving the crossfader.
    If you use the crossfader for a regular mix, you want a smooth transaction. With scratching you want full signal from the scratch channel without losing the beats and you don’t want to have to move the crossfader almost all the way across to achieve this. So for scratching you’d be setting a very steep curve (look here http://www.image-line.com/support/DDHelp/html/img_shot/deckadance_global_curve.jpg) like the 0 in the picture. Moving the crossfader just slightly out of the corner already opens up that channel to full signal, while the other channel is still at full too and will be until you move the crossfader all the way across. At that point the other track will cut out rather abruptly. This is called a “fast cut” curve. Depending on your hardware/software you can set either a number of fixed curves or fully flexible curves.

    Hope that answers your question.

    November 5, 2014 at 5:30 pm #2083901
    lee dayer
    Participant

    I kind get that man but it seems a bit tech just for probs one thing I need to switch on a turntable to get the desired setup for scratching without constantly cutting in the side you ain’t using for scratching?

    I don’t mind sitting for hours learning how to do it but all the setup seems to be a little confusing , as in I need to know how to change all the settings so I know witch side I scratch better on.
    There are loads and loads of vids showing you how to scratch but no vids actually show you how to set up a ddj-sb for scratching.
    the only vid I found was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kX16uNZMlE.
    the guys explains how yo activate the scratching function on the SB but I’m not sure if that is it good to go or if there is other things I need to do in order to play a beat while scratching.

    November 5, 2014 at 5:33 pm #2083911
    lee dayer
    Participant

    I think I understand it now , you make the side that creates the scratching sound play at full volume with just a tiny movement of the fader witch you set in the settings, so whatever beat you have playing on the other side still stays loud too , am I right?

    November 5, 2014 at 7:10 pm #2083931
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Exactly

    November 6, 2014 at 3:37 pm #2084551
    lee dayer
    Participant

    Thanks man , probs wouldn’t have figured that out without ya mate 🙂

    November 6, 2014 at 3:58 pm #2084581
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Glad we could help, it’s what we try to do here.

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