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Hooking a mixer up to your computer as a midi controller
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| sym |
| possible? if so how. or even a way to hook my mixer up to my computer, im stuck here at college... no room for decks :( |
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| sym |
| quote: | Originally posted by sr126
nuo-4 maybe??? |
got an denon dnx1500 |
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| Stu Cox |
You can't use a DN-X1500 for midi control unfortunately but what you can do is with something like Traktor (or maybe Ableton), if you've got a soundcard which supports at least 4 channel surround sound (front and rear stereo) or you've got 2 separate stereo outputs (maybe line out and h/p out), you can route one channel to one output (front output or line out) and one to the other (rear output or h/p out) you can connect the outputs to separate channels on your mixer and mix using your mixer.
If you haven't got Traktor or Ableton or anything similar (even something like the classic Virtual Turntables), get Winamp and get the pitchfork plugin for it (basically gives you a variable pitch slider and a few other things - search for it on Google or something), set "allow multiple instances" in the preferences, open 2 copies of it and set one to front out and one to rear out etc then connect them up to your mixer... and mix up some mp3s on that :) but make sure you set the buffer lengths to the minimum you can so the pitch slider acts in real time. |
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| sym |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stu Cox
You can't use a DN-X1500 for midi control unfortunately but what you can do is with something like Traktor (or maybe Ableton), if you've got a soundcard which supports at least 4 channel surround sound (front and rear stereo) or you've got 2 separate stereo outputs (maybe line out and h/p out), you can route one channel to one output (front output or line out) and one to the other (rear output or h/p out) you can connect the outputs to separate channels on your mixer and mix using your mixer.
If you haven't got Traktor or Ableton or anything similar (even something like the classic Virtual Turntables), get Winamp and get the pitchfork plugin for it (basically gives you a variable pitch slider and a few other things - search for it on Google or something), set "allow multiple instances" in the preferences, open 2 copies of it and set one to front out and one to rear out etc then connect them up to your mixer... and mix up some mp3s on that :) but make sure you set the buffer lengths to the minimum you can so the pitch slider acts in real time. |
I have an audiophile 2496 which i believe has 2 sets of audio out, but than is there anyway to record? do i have to get another soundcard to record? |
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| Soundwerks |
The Audiophile 24/96 has one input and one output (well, a STEREO input and one STEREO output, like L/R input, and L/R output)
So yes, you can record with this soundcard. |
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| sym |
| quote: | Originally posted by Soundwerks
The Audiophile 24/96 has one input and one output (well, a STEREO input and one STEREO output, like L/R input, and L/R output)
So yes, you can record with this soundcard. |
i actually believe they are full duplex so they both go both ways.
But that wasn't my question. My question was since if I use my Audiophile 2496 to inputs on my mixer, i than have no way to record since both of the stereo connections are used, correct? would my best bet to than go with an external soundcard to record? |
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| Soundwerks |
AFAIK, there are only 2IN/2 OUT on the Audiophile 24/96 (unless youre talking about the USB one...I have the one pictured above).
You can use the OUT to go into your mixer, and then record from the output on your mixer to the IN on the Audiophile.
From what I understand, its not duplex...you cant switch the ins to outs and vice versa |
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| Stu Cox |
| quote: | Originally posted by sym
i actually believe they are full duplex so they both go both ways.
But that wasn't my question. My question was since if I use my Audiophile 2496 to inputs on my mixer, i than have no way to record since both of the stereo connections are used, correct? would my best bet to than go with an external soundcard to record? |
You can use the digital out on the Denon with the digital in on the soundcard, leaving the full duplex analogue in/outs available as 2 outputs for your channels. |
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| Soundwerks |
thats true ^^^^^
you can use the digital out from the Denon to the SPDIF in on the Audiophile.
If the Denon also has a SPDIF in, then you can use the SPDIF out on the Audiophile AND the analog RCA out as well. |
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| Stu Cox |
According to the M-Audio website, it is full duplex so you should be fine with analogue. I think the labels are a bit misleading.
The Denon doesn't have digital ins unfortunately. |
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| tvmann |
If you are using Traktor 2.5 or 2.6 it has a method for recording your mixes digitally as a WAV file. For that purpose it doesn't matter what type or quality of sound card you have, but 2 stereo outs are required for master audio plus headphones. And you will want a good soundcard if you occasionally feed your audio to a bigger amp at a party.
As someone said earlier, you can also use a Midi controller box to act as mixer knobs & fader. Or you can use a regular mixer if you have the multichannel (2+) sound card.
I use the M-Audio Evolution X-Session (UC-17) midi controller, it is compact and low-cost. It has a cross-fader and 16 knobs and can be configured to act like a 2 channel mixer with 3 band EQs with kill switches, and bandpass filters.
Note that there is a new version of Traktor (v3) coming maybe in November that might require a more advanced Midi control box than the X-Session. |
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