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KeymasterNo idea but you can get them at any Home Depot for like 5 bucks. Something like Switchable power adapter.
KeymasterYour solution might look somewehat like this:
KeymasterAs far as I understand you can. However some of those “labeling companies” want you to be exclusive or they wont do it.
KeymasterI would say Cross DJ and Serato are your best bets.
February 1, 2017 at 8:24 am in reply to: Audio 6 glitching and freezing in Traktor on Windows 10 #2521921KeymasterGlad it worked out for you and thanks for sharing the solution!
KeymasterKeymasterI am sorry but you fell for bullshit.
Oakenfold is heavily sponsored by Pioneer and he only uses the CDJs for show and for his backing functions, he has tons more gear on stage. Those DJs just use it, because they are payed to do so and most their performances are staged anyways… and if they play live the use Nexus CDJs as Software controllers (for which purpose they are much too expensive and any DDJ would do a better job at… but nobody bites the hand that feeds em, so people like you buy into that bull***)
Now for example this is outdated controller hardware you can get for 300 bucks used, try this on any CDJ…
January 31, 2017 at 8:47 am in reply to: Audio 6 glitching and freezing in Traktor on Windows 10 #2521511KeymasterAh now there is your problem right there. The USB 3 slot in the new XPS series is a legacy USB 3 PowerShare slot. If the laptop needs more power it looses power on that bus slot.
Try connecting a powered USB hub to the computer and your A6 to that USB hub. (You can take cheap old USB 2 hubs as the A6 is only capable of USB 2 anyways.) Try if it is working then.January 30, 2017 at 1:20 pm in reply to: Audio 6 glitching and freezing in Traktor on Windows 10 #2493321KeymasterThis is definitely somekind of driver problem, most likely USB mainboard drivers and Audio drivers competing.
What brand of laptop is it and what model? If you have a model number even better.KeymasterWell I work exclusively with Macs sind 1998, never had such problems, never had a single crash even when they got abused by festival techs… so I cannot comment on that one 🙂
KeymasterRCA is fine for 90% of the use cases. If you connect to a house mixer in the booth it is often required.
There will be no distiguishable sound difference in RCA vs XLR if your cable is below 2-4 meters.
XLR is of course much better if you need to cross bigger distances and if you need to secure against people hopping on cables and lots of interference.KeymasterI am sorry Peter but I still disagree 🙂 I have been DJing 25+ years now and the last 6 I have to balance a day job with it. As a pro DJ in CD years you can imagine how many whitelabels I got sent from record companies (and some still do send me some).
However I urge you to read through some of our library management tips.
If you (like me) have tens of thousands of songs, yes making them all digital is bull and annoying and honestly I do not see the point. These are way too many songs to DJ with, hell even to re-listen in my lifetime. Of course there are the classics that you really really need to have, but they are what 200-300 songs tops?
Then there are your favs, lets say another 100?
To digitize those lets say 500 songs, can be done in a week tops, if you take 2 hours a day. The rest you can easily only do when you really need one and you can easily take 500-800 songs to your gig, which is more than any gigs length.
I doubt you would take that many CD cases with you (the usual DJ takes 2 and rarely I saw guys bring 4).Even if you have CDs you still have to prepare a set for a gig right? (At least I hope you do, as you said you are a pro)
In prep you can dig out of the songs you already digitized and the new songs you buy/get digitally already (nowadays all whitelabels come as download links) and if you really really neeed that one song, you can easily put that CD in and rip it just for the sake of having it with you.And you can do all of that on a 100 bucks used Numark Mixtrack Pro 2 which has better jogwheels than any old CDJ, big enough for any hand and actually with any DJ software (even DJ Intro) is more feature rich than current Nexus gear.
KeymasterI think it would be cheaper to digitize your music and use your controller.
At CDJ prices you prolly can buy some stuff again and still be hundreds of bucks cheaper.
And I disagree CDJs do not hold their value well, they will be like the Euro in a financial crisis as soon as the reality sinks in the heads… they dropped 30% last year alone… (the prices you see in sites are not always the prices they go for).
For 700 bucks you could get hell of a controller and still have money to spare for converting your music to mp3…
KeymasterI would go for the Numark Mixtrack Pro 2 or 3. Make certain it is the “pro” version that has a soundcard in it or you will need an external additional soundcard.
KeymasterI am amazed that someone is selling it already, I would never sell mine. I love that baby to death.
However what Chuck said, plus check in Serato if every option and button is recognised (Serato will make it grey if it wont work or the unit is not recognised correctly), do the same in Engine.
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