Reply to Vestax VCI-300 seeking advice/help

I just plunged myself into the digital world of DJing after a 10 year break, last setup was 2 1200s and rane mixer. I have to say after Djing hip-hop/house for 10 years and taking a 10 year break from the game I am truly amazed how the technology has progressed as was very happy to find this site. During my 10 year break I opened and managed SimplyRadio.com and the DJ's still use Vinyl and or Serato Live which is why I decided to purchase the 300 with Serato itch..........even though itch works very precise on the cueing, and scratching with the platters I was straight away "itching" for something a bit more which is how I found this site. 100 hours later here are some questions I have.

current setup:

Mac Book pro newest model
Vestax VCI-300 with itch
*just purchased NI Traktor Pro and downloaded midi translator and 300 driver and Vestax_VCI300_1.1.tsi (downloaded from this site)

Apogee Duet external sound card
Akai MPK49 (used for production)
JBL powered monitors



Here are my issues:
1. It seems I can use the VCI-300 only with its internal sound card while using itch, and cant seem to get the sound card to work with my other audio apps (mainly logic audio)

2. when i load up traktor pro I cant use the headphone cueing on the VCI-300 although I can use the external duet sound card. (is there a technique to get this working?

3. When using the platters/jog wheels to cue up a track scratch style, it doesn't start the track when I let go of Job wheel (am I doing something wrong here? Does the VCI-100 have this same issue?

My new believeing is go buy a Vestax VCI-100 perhaps the custom unit from DJTT, and I already purchased the new Traktor Pro. Will this work with my duet sound card for headphone cueing? I like the ability to cue between the master and cue as I tend to mix late at evening here at home.

Does anyone have a recommended suggestion for flawless headphone cueing using the vestax vci-100?

Or should I just keep the Vestax VCI-300? does anyone know of any plans on further support/development as it relates to Traktor Pro and the VCI-300? maybee I have the wrong TSI files?

Any advice is greatly appreciated....Thanks in advance!

Dj Ken Scan http://simplyradio.com