Reply to Traktor S4 - JackAudio - Ableton - Oh FLAPS!

So I am doing that whole Traktor into Ableton thing. Before I throw the whole bloody kit and caboodle out of the window can someone tell me if I am wasting my time pursuing this using the S4's sound card?

I can get it to work in external mode but I lose all the controls in Traktor. I switch to internal and the only options are to route out through the master and monitor meaning that my Traktor output plays on all Ableton channels regardless of Traktor deck.

I'd rather not have to get another soundcard so I want to make sure I am not missing some inane detail with my current config.

The first person to solve my problem get's a [tbd]