midi dj-mixers (are they really necessary)?

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Posted by klappa on Feb-02-2012 22:49:

midi dj-mixers (are they really necessary)?

I was thinking of using Ableton Live. But which midi enabled mixer is fully compatible to it?

Posted by n3lly on Feb-03-2012 12:52:

Re: midi dj-mixers (are they really necessary)?

quote:
Originally posted by dj christian
I was thinking of using Ableton Live. But which midi enabled mixer is fully compatible to it?

APC 40.

Posted by klappa on Feb-03-2012 13:51:

Re: Re: midi dj-mixers (are they really necessary)?

quote:
Originally posted by n3lly
APC 40.

Thanks but i meant normal dj-enabled mixers.

Posted by Ryan0751 on Feb-03-2012 14:29:

Any of them? You can assign midi to anything.

But why buy an expensive audio mixer if you are just using mixing within the software of ableton? What are you trying to do?

The only thing on the market that really lets you use the audio portion of the mixer, and has enough midi control to really be useful in Ableton is the Xone 4D.

If you intend on going "all in" with ableton, the APC-40 or Vestax 600 is perfect. Otherwise you are looking at an audio mixer, and some controllers outboard, like the Novation launchpad.

There are too many configurations possible to say which one is best.

Posted by Ryan0751 on Feb-03-2012 14:31:

One other thing to add... one big reason to mix INSIDE of ableton, is because you aren't limited by audio channels. If you use a DJ mixer and mix outside of ableton, you are really limited to 4 channels for a 4 channel mixer, etc.

Posted by PivotTechno on Feb-03-2012 15:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan0751
What are you trying to do?

Judging by the majority of his queries, trying to make his life as complicated as possible.

Posted by Adzy on Feb-08-2012 17:44:

I've used my Traktor S4 on ableton before. Works a treat, I'm not too clever on ableton (Got it but don't use it very often) by mate done all the mappings (I think that's the term) only took him 5-10 mins and it was a good change. Just need to select what you want each button to do.

Posted by meriter on Feb-08-2012 17:48:

^ how do the jog wheels work with ableton?

Posted by Adzy on Feb-08-2012 18:00:

Not sure if you can get the jogwheels to work to be honest, sure we didn't use them which takes away alot of the fun.