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Torex
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United Kingdom
15 posts
Joined: Feb, 2006
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 Posted - 2006/11/12 : 20:46:16
I keep reading alot about people mixing on computer i am a vinyl freak much to the dismay of my missus ha ha, i was off work for 3 days sick in bed but thanks to the joys of wireless internet and a laptop i spent over 200 quid on vinyl, anyway back to subject i have a samsung x20 laptop i want to know what i need to do to be able to do a few mixes on it, how do i listen to cue in head phone but still have live audio ?
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Samination
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Sweden
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Posted - 2006/11/12 : 22:50:20
depending on your choice of dj-software, its depends on what kind of audio setups is has.
some prop can only work if you have 2 soundcards, but to my knowledge, both VirtualDJ and Traktor (3?) can use a "stereo" splitter (which means you splitt left/right into 2 different channels, i left for output and right for the 'quiet zone')
later versions of VirtualDJ (which sucks in general :( ) also has a function that allows you to use a surround system for a 2nd output
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blanco
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Taiwan Region
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Joined: Nov, 2006
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Posted - 2006/11/13 : 07:51:14
To do it properly you need to get a 4 channel soundcard.
A number are available, either USB, Firewire or PCMCIA card.
A good and well used card is the Echo Indigo DJ PCMCIA card. You then map left deck to channel 1+2 and right to 3+4 - thus giving you proper stereo output on each one.
Alternatively, if you don't want to use an external mixer, map 1+2 to master and 3+4 to cue.
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Torex
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2006/11/14 : 18:00:15
Brilliant, thanks to you both thats my laptop questions answered.
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