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| 29.04.2011 APC20 $30 Mail In Rebate | 2 | 30.04.2011 |
| Saw this deal on Musician's Friend but I believe it applies to all APC20s purchased new between now and June 30 (US and Canada only). Check out the attached PDF for more details. Considering Musician's Friend is selling them for $136 at the moment, SOLD! | ||
| 28.04.2011 Numark MixtrackPro + Virtual DJ problem | 1 | 30.04.2011 |
| yo yo, Been producing for a while but was just given a numark mixtrackpro. Not the nicest but it can be some fun. Using it with virtual dj directly through usb. can't get any sound out of my headphones to cue tracks? Ideas? | ||
| 10.09.2009 Ion Audio DISCOVER DJ - why do i like this?? | 44 | 30.04.2011 |
| saw this on skratchworx... the Ion Audio DISCOVER DJ http://www.skratchworx.com/news3/comments.php?id=1311 http://www.ionaudio.com/discoverdj i don't know why i like it... if mapping worked out (and was super cheap), it seems like it would be a great lightweight/portable basic… | ||
| 29.04.2011 Setting up Sample banks... | 0 | 29.04.2011 |
| Hey guys, Maybe some of you can help me with setting up sample banks? In the club where i work they have 2x CDJ's-2000 and a DJM-800, with Traktor Pro i used the soundcard onboard the CDJ's. But now with Traktor Pro 2 i want to use the samplebanks to, anyone know how to set this up? Do i… | ||
| 29.04.2011 Traktor Scratch with CDJ's and turntable | 6 | 29.04.2011 |
| First of all I resident in a club that is kitted with 2xCDJ2000, DJM 800. The owner has some turntables collecting dust that I would like to start incorporating into my sets. I bring in my own computer and X1 and use Traktor Pro. I use the sound cards from the CDJ's. Now what I would like to do… | ||
| 26.04.2011 Buying New Kit: Could use some feedback/experiences with the following... | 4 | 29.04.2011 |
| Hey guys, I'm getting myself some gear for DJing with Ableton Live and I could use some feedback from anybody that has used/is using the following or knows someone who has a friend that knows a friend that uses it: Namba Gear Big Namba Backpack Presonus Audiobox USB Akai APC 40 Sony MDR… | ||
| 27.04.2011 usb game controller analog question | 10 | 28.04.2011 |
| so i bought THIS received it, and have used a hid to midi software on the pc and successfully used it with tracktor.my plans are to make a midi fighter clone with 4 knobs at the top(2x 2 axis into 2 knobs). my question is does anyone know what is the value of the potentiometers?, i do not have… | ||
| 28.04.2011 hercules rmx modification | 5 | 28.04.2011 |
| hi, it | ||
| 27.04.2011 First DIY Project - Advice Needed | 5 | 28.04.2011 |
| I want to add a footswitch to my Traktor rig. Unfortunately, I can't find anything suitable. I want something small, quiet and durable with a USB or MIDI connection that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I have a Boss FS-5U which I use with my Kontrol S4 and I love it. I'd like to have a similar… | ||
| 27.04.2011 Mod for a broken xone:3D | 12 | 28.04.2011 |
| So I bought a xone 3D from a pawnshop earlier this week. I've been playing around with it, and I don't believe anything electronically is working. When I plug the USB in, none of the lights turn on or anything, and the driver software refuses to recognise the controller (I assume because the… | ||
| 27.04.2011 free online controllers | 1 | 28.04.2011 |
| with midi support... superb... http://burn-studios.audiotool.com/ click "launch app" | ||
| 14.04.2011 MPD32 "XL" Pad Upgrade(w/ pictures) | 5 | 27.04.2011 |
| Well I've had my MPD for a few months now and my biggest complaint was the pads were very short and didn't have the greatest feedback, IMO.. After searching around I ordered a set of Red Extra Large Pads(which came with the cork upgrade also) from mpcstuff.com.. They just came in and I have to say,… | ||
| 26.04.2011 Software controller or mixer with media player? | 3 | 27.04.2011 |
| I am stuck between getting Traktor Kontroler S4 or getting two media/CD players with a mixer. Any suggestions, pro/con? I am more of a beginner DJ btw but i have been playing around with traktor for a while. | ||
| 21.04.2011 Stage monitor needed - any advice? | 3 | 27.04.2011 |
| I've recently began gigging weekly at a local club and plug directly into their sound system. After my first four gigs, I've decided its essential I invest in a personal monitor to ensure improved transitions and mixes due to the reverb and delay while cue monitoring. I'm running straight out… | ||
| 23.04.2011 How do you stop all that skippin when your scratching | 7 | 27.04.2011 |
| some days my turntables are fine and i can scratch and stuff then other days my needle just skips and skips and skips and its soo annoying. So what exactly should i do to fix this problem? | ||
| 26.12.2010 AKAI MPK Mini | 8 | 27.04.2011 |
| Hey, so i looked around a bit, but i just picked up the MPK Mini do i need to do anything special to hook it up to ableton (import a new map/ map it myself)?? or does it just work outta the box. sorry ive been at work since 5 am and im slippin a bit. | ||
| 15.04.2011 Ableton Mixer - Possible Build, Need input! | 0 | 26.04.2011 |
| Currently my set-up consists of a launchpad and an MPD 26. After using my friends APC40 I began to crave the extra control it offered. I started wishing akai sold just the knobs and cross fader section of the APC40(pretty much just what you dont get if you get the APC20). Seeing as they dont make… | ||
| 26.04.2011 Xone:3D Windows 7 Drivers | 11 | 26.04.2011 |
| Hey everyone. I just picked up a used 3D from a pawn shop for 500 dollars. I believe it should be a pretty good investment, but I can't get it to work on my Windows 7 32 bit machine. They don't have any drivers up on their site, and I read somewhere that you need to run the Vista drivers as… | ||
| 19.04.2011 Anybody know much about Numark Mixers? | 0 | 26.04.2011 |
| I am in the market for a mixer, currently just use the gear at the club I work at. I am only first hand familiar with pioneer and native instruments gear. Have been looking at some basic mixers, all I really want from my mixer is volume faders, EQ knobs and microphone input. The entry to mid range… | ||
| 24.04.2011 PCB fader modding | 10 | 26.04.2011 |
| Hey everyone, I've got an Akiyama MCX II mixer with a PCB fader. Problem is, the fader curve is X, and I'm a turntablist. So I've been believeing about modding the fader to a scratch fader, is this possible? (the fader curve can't be changed on the mixer itself..) Some photos from the fader I… | ||
| 25.04.2011 iMix Reload Not Turning On with USB | 3 | 26.04.2011 |
| I have had my iMix for about 5 months now. Recently I forgot my cable one evening and noticing the USB cable was a standard printer type cable I borrowed a cable from a printer. I plugged it in and it didn't work. I got distracted cause it was just my friends and I mixing so I didn't really take… | ||
| 25.04.2011 Answering Machine mapped to Traktor? | 3 | 26.04.2011 |
| I found this 10year old answering machine and Id love to map it to Traktor. Here are some pictures of it. Im abit unsure since its not usb connection... Its also a speaker and a black and white screen on it. Would be cool if its acculy possible to utalise. | ||
| 25.04.2011 How do exit Traktor from full screen without 'exiting full screen' first? | 3 | 26.04.2011 |
| Hi If I set Traktor to open in full screen i have to exit full screen, then exit, to exit the program. is there a way of exiting straight from full screen? Boring question i know. But i figure it's an easy one Cheers | ||
| 24.04.2011 Couple of questions after a gig this weekend | 6 | 26.04.2011 |
| Hey DJTT, Another good weekend playing out on friday and saturday evening . It was pretty slow but I still had a few people to keep dancing and the good word keeps spreading. Saturday evening the sync function in traktor was jumping all over the place. Now I forgot to shut down my computer from… | ||
| 25.04.2011 Akai lpk25&pld8 or Launchpad or mpd 24 | 11 | 26.04.2011 |
| hi guys, i was believeing of buying a new controller for upgrading my setup, near my city i found a guy that sells an lpk25 and lpd8 for 60 euros, another that sells a launchpad for 119 euros, and another that sells an akai mpd 24 for 90 euros. Now i generally play with 2 decks, but i was believeing… | ||
| 08.11.2010 Macbook Pro SSD/HDD upgrade AND optibay | 15 | 26.04.2011 |
| I don't believe this is quite OT, since I consider my MBP to be part of my DJ gear and I'm believeing about modding it! I have a mid 2009 13" MBP unibody with a 250GB HDD. Does anyone have experience of swapping out the HDD for an SSD? I'm sure I could handle the installation, but I'd like to… | ||
| 20.04.2011 2 Kontrol X1 vs 1 Kontrol X1 + Xone 2D | 14 | 25.04.2011 |
| Hi, my devices now consists of a Macbook Pro, Native audio 8, 1 Kontrol X1, 2 Denon DNS 1000 and a mixer Beringher 700. Only use traktor, and I would like to know your opinion about my next purchase: I have the opportunity to acquire a new module for my set, and I am torn between another X1… | ||
| 01.02.2011 VMS4 And MPK 25 PumPum Masta edition | 3 | 24.04.2011 |
| New to community but not new to modding. the latest project have been a VMS4 and MPK 25 with custom mods. I welcome questions and there for sale. | ||
| 25.04.2011 ddjt1 vs dn mc 6000 | 1 | 24.04.2011 |
| hi guys, im relatively new to the community . i currently use a behringer bcd 3000, which was nice and cheap as i wasnt sure if i wanted to use a controller or go down the timecode route, however i have decided to stick with a controller and so am now looking to upgrade, i like the look of both the… | ||
| 21.04.2011 My next piece of hardware | 11 | 23.04.2011 |
| So I have an Ohm64 now and I was believeing to get some other (rather small) controller to fill the gaps of using traktor pro 2.(I use 2 decks with 2 sample banks, 4 FX and the usual rest) Until now it seems that a few more knobs, especially rotaries would be a good addition. Thought about the uc16… | ||
| 22.04.2011 Custom MIDI controller | 10 | 23.04.2011 |
| Have just made my own controller using 2x gamepads and some encoders. I essentially want to use this to control FX in traktor with 2 rows of 4 encoders. I have it all soldered up and assembled but I can't seem to find a decent HID to MIDI converter that is simple to use. Can anyone help or post… | ||
| 20.04.2011 [ot] Maplin are a rip off!!! | 21 | 23.04.2011 |
| Caution: Bit of a rant. Just paid a visit to Maplin to buy a couple of things for my custom controller and college projects. My god their a rip off paid E46.00 for 5 resistors, 2 potentiometers a small piece of breadboard, a 2inch x 2inch veroboard sheet, a tube of small gauge solder and some… | ||
| 23.04.2011 How do keyboard keys work, electrically speaking? | 3 | 22.04.2011 |
| A thought just occurred to me - if a midi keyboard has velocity sensitivity (128/127 levels usually) then isn't this some kind of potentiometer? Or does each key have two momentary buttons and the midi cpu is measuring the time between each hit and so can therefore judge how hard you hit the… | ||
| 21.04.2011 Hercules RMX + what mixer + 12" TT? | 3 | 22.04.2011 |
| I got my RMX, been using it for a while, but like everyone says you start to outgrow it a little bit. Its hard to chop peices of a song, loop em, send it to another deck for modulation, etc etc. I still like it, does the basics nicely. However im looking at picking up a technics or two turntable… | ||
| 20.04.2011 First Controller Advice | 10 | 22.04.2011 |
| I'm believeing of buying my first controller, but can't decide between the Numark Mixtrack Pro ( | ||
| 21.04.2011 2 more faders on vci100 | 7 | 21.04.2011 |
| I like to control 4 decks at a time in traktor and i believe it would be a lot more convenient to have 4 volume faders on my vci than two. id love an s4 but not really an option financially for me atmat. anyway I wanna see if you guys had any ideas for this, I have seen 3 done where someone had… | ||
| 20.04.2011 lady in trouble - Audio 2 dj, windows 7, Asus laptop | 7 | 21.04.2011 |
| Hey there i just bought new audio 2 dj and new Asus i3 laptop with windows 7 (64bit) try to install it with all kind of drivers (including the new updates) and after plugging the audio to the USB 2.0 the installation in failed to continue i really don't what to do... any ideas?… | ||
| 06.04.2011 Two Channel Mixer | 5 | 20.04.2011 |
| Hey guys, I was wondering what I should get for a new mixer. I'm not looking for 4 channels, pioneer $3000 mixer. Alls I have is 2 Denon DN-S1200's, and Traktor Duo 2. I'm just looking for a good/reliable 2 channel mixer that I'll be able to mix with. I mix Trance/electro-house/ and starting… | ||
| 18.04.2011 OT - DIY modding inspiration | 11 | 20.04.2011 |
| Anyone ever checked out the PC casemod scene before? Check the community s on bit-tech.net, but particularly threads like: http://community s.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=184426 Even if you're not into this kind of (pretty nerdy!) stuff (but you are into DIY midi controllers), you should check these… | ||
| 19.04.2011 Crackling noise with Stealth Control | 10 | 20.04.2011 |
| Hi guys little help, I have had my stealth control for around 3 months now, loving every minute of it, I have the simplest of set ups, running it straight into my laptop (dell inspiron core duo i5 running 64bit winds7) last couple of times I have played I get a crackling distortion coming through… |
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