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Please Help Traktor or Ableton Live for my needs!!!

Ok so I am leaving to Montreal to go to school and have not option but to leave my CDJ's at home in Vancouver...to get me through this time I have weighed my option's on money and space and have come to the conclusion of labtop djing.

Everybody is raving about Ableton Live but my concern is that this program is more complicated and not meant for what I would be using it for. I do not want to create music just a professional peice of software for mixing my mp3 collection with nothing but my labtop pluged into a receiver?

Another program I keep hearing about is Traktor and since they are comming out with a new version I was thinking that this would be better suited to my needs. What do you think?

And for my needs what would be a good but basic sound card that I should use so I can mix. I don't have firewire but do have USB 2.0

Thank you and sorry if this has been asked before, I just am torn because I have to leave my decks and just want the best solution!

Nov-17-2005 21:56

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^^^^ oh yea and I would need an external soundcard, and I have a pc!

Nov-17-2005 22:01

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nobody wanna help a poor guy out huh?

Nov-19-2005 08:56

tvmann
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: near Vancouver, Canada

Just browse these forums and you'll get an idea what is best for you, in the Traktor & FS world:

http://www.native-instruments.de/si...splay.php?f=105

Nov-19-2005 17:44 Canada

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Fearless One
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Registered: Mar 2005
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if you wanna only mix your mp3s... without any editing or sth like that and using only your laptop (or laptop plus extrnal mixer) Taktor is better solution for you IMO

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thank you ^^^^

Nov-19-2005 20:09

SteveMKIIDub
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Hey, sorry this is kinda off topic.. but where or how do you get this kinda "software?"?? I'm just curious to learn more about it, like how it works and such..

Nov-20-2005 02:21 Canada

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tvmann
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: near Vancouver, Canada

Traktor: http://www.floridamusicco.com/prodd...F3%5F118109.htm

Ableton Live:
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_...Live5-main.html

Nov-20-2005 02:41 Canada

SteveMKIIDub
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario

thanks!

Nov-20-2005 03:15 Canada

fr3sh
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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Vancouver

hey bro, ive never used traktor, but im currently messing around with ableton... it is a great program... it can be confusing, but if you're up to the challenge, this is a great program

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knoxy5000
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Darlington England

Its all personal preference and what you are wanting to aspire to, ive used both and i prefer ableton over traktor, but thats just me.

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Zild
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156

Personally Ableton is much easier to use. In Traktor you still have to pitch bend, but in Ableton you set it and forget it.

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