Record mix with Audacity
Record mix with Audacity Posted on: 17.07.2013 by Marcelina Hanaway Been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. When I play back my recording, I hear everything going on - the mix, me pressing the cue button my CDJs, etc. Wtf?! Also, when I try to save the mix, I can't. I downloaded the LAME program. Just can't seem to get anything to work. The tutorials I've all watched don't use the same version of Audacity I'm using (latest version). Any clue of what I'm doing wrong? Setup: 2 CDJ 900s and Xone DB2. Y-cable coming out of Record Out in back of mixer going into Mic out in my Mac. | |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
If you don't plug your CDJs into the laptop you of course cannot use HID i.e. cannot use Traktor. Using a hub will let you use the DB2 sound card for your audio. And if you don't want a hub, just aggregate your on-board audio with your CDJs and you'll be able to record within Traktor. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
2. It's a 2011 MBP. I don't really know how I'd confirm that. 3. I'm not tech savy. I'm sorry. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
Have you 100% confirmed that your Mac has a useable Line Input? |
| Alphonso Deitchman 24.07.2013 | Sounds like you're using your microphone rather than your Line In. Check your aggregate device and your audio port settings. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 24.07.2013 | So I finally decided to record a mix last evening , but I ran into yet another problem. In Output Routing, when I selected Internal mixing (Channel A - 1/2, Channel B - 3/4) both decks came out of one single channel. So I selected External mixing and everything worked fine. Once I chose External mixing, I then chose the Internal source for the Mix Recorder. Didn't get any signal coming out of either deck in the recorder. I then switched it to External source for recording. When I listened to the sample of how it would sound, I heard all my surroundings, not just the mix. It sounded like I was recording my mixer with the Talk Boy from Home Alone. WTF?! |
| Marcelina Hanaway 20.07.2013 | Got it to work! When I had selected both CDJs along with Built-In Input as my aggregate devices, somehow Built-In Input got unchecked (probably my fault) when I loaded up Traktor. Back in business. Thanks, makar! Let me buy you some waffles or something one day. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 19.07.2013 | What devices do you have in the Aggregate, and what are your Traktor Input Routing and Mix Recorder settings? |
| Marcelina Hanaway 19.07.2013 | Anyone else have an idea of what I'm doing wrong? |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 | Aggregated the CDJs and clicked the Built-In box in the aggregate section, along with the 2 CDJs. Still nothing. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 | Follow this guide, but also include the "Built-in Input" into the aggregate device in addition to the two CDJs. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 | You do not need to select Internal Mixing to record. Aggregating your internal on-board sound will give you an additional stereo input/output for your aggregated audio device. You can continue to use the CDJs to output sound while using the Macbook's audio socket to record from. Once you have all 3 sound cards aggregated (CDJ+CDJ+onboard), select the record input as one of your Deck Inputs in Traktor's Input Routing, and choose the same deck as your External Record Source in Traktor's Mix Recorder settings. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
If you don't plug your CDJs into the laptop you of course cannot use HID i.e. cannot use Traktor. Using a hub will let you use the DB2 sound card for your audio. And if you don't want a hub, just aggregate your on-board audio with your CDJs and you'll be able to record within Traktor. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 | So switch from HID mode to MIDI mode so that I CAN record the mix? I feel like I'm asking stupid questions. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 | It would make more sense to use the DB2 for all your audio input/output so that aggregating is not necessary. You can do this once you get a USB hub. Until then you could aggregate your internal sound card with your CDJs using the "Audio MIDI Setup" program. This will allow you to record your mix within Traktor. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 | Ok, I did manage to get the recording for Audacity to work late last evening
so that takes care of that. Would I aggregate the Xone as I did the CDJs? I believe it was through MIDI settings in my Mac, if I'm not mistaken. *The only reason I'm interested in recording with Traktor is due to the auto-gain feature. Is there another software where I can record with this feature? That might save me the hassle of getting a hub and just plugging the mixer alone into my laptop. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 | Yes, CDJs work fine through a hub. If you have successfully recorded a mix in Audacity that confirms that your Line In is working. Do a search on Google for "Mac Aggregate Audio" and several simple tutorials will come up. You will still need to aggregate the DB2 with the CDJs if you want to record through that within Traktor while using the CDJs for sound output. Alternatively you could use the DB2 sound card for all your sound input and output. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 | If I were to get a USB hub, could I plug the 2 CDJs into my laptop as I have it now and use the hub for the xone for use in the manner jdownesbaird posted previously? |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
2. It's a 2011 MBP. I don't really know how I'd confirm that. 3. I'm not tech savy. I'm sorry. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
Have you 100% confirmed that your Mac has a useable Line Input? |
| Marcelina Hanaway 18.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by jdownesbaird
*Now that I believe about it, I'm not connecting my DB2 into my laptop at all. It's just a USB from each CDJ 900 into my MBP. |
| Delena Katherman 17.07.2013 | Does this help? http://xoneblog.allen-heath.com/?p=163 |
| Marcelina Hanaway 17.07.2013 | Checked that. Nothing. |
| Gaynell Rydberg 17.07.2013 | Make sure your gain is set high enough in traktor for it to pick up in internal. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 17.07.2013 | Ok, it was a setting in my Mac preferences. Thanks guys. However, I tried recording through Traktor and I'm not getting any sound. Using the 900s in HID mode. External mixing, internal recording. Nothing. Do I even need the y-cable for this? |
| Marcelina Hanaway 17.07.2013 | I'm using Built-in Input. So strange. Maybe I need to fix something in my audio settings for the MacBook? |
| Caryn Liberato 17.07.2013 | My guess is you haven't set up the audacity input and output channels, depending on which db2 soundcard channels are available for selection I would of thought you will be able to avoid running cables in and out of the mixer itself. Unless I'm missing something I don't see why your getting the mic out on the mac involved? |
| Breanne Penge 17.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
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| Angella Tsukerman 17.07.2013 | I imagine being able to hear everything going on has something to do with your internal microphone (assuming you are using a laptop). I was recording some vinyl the other day and same thing happened to me. |
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