Could really use some help (reloop dj2 IE / Traktor Pro)
Could really use some help (reloop dj2 IE / Traktor Pro) Posted on: 27.03.2011 by Cole Cacciotti Hi everyone, sorry if I sound like a complete fail, but I don't consider myself too technologically capable when it comes to the backstage stuff of mixing (mappings/audio inputs-outputs/drivers/firmwares etc...)Basically I am running a reloop digital jockey 2 interface edition with traktor pro on my macbook. Rca from the reloop goes into aux on my speakers. I decided I wanted to stream a mix on justin.tv so I downloaded soundflower to play with the inputs/outputs although I don't believe I needed to. I got everything working correctly, and then decided to update traktor so now I'm running 1.2.7. I also found updated firmwares, so I decided to install, and now my audio doesn't work. In traktor the levels move etc so the audio is playing through, but it won't play through my speakers, unless I turn up the volume on my controller, which leads me to believe its a soundcard problem? Very annoying, and I can't seem to get help from anywhere else, so I figured I'd try here! I'm not sure what firmware or audio drivers I need as I believe they were ready out of the box, so I may have tampered with them... If anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated! All the best, -Dan | |
| Kristofer Krauel 29.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Any problems I have had with my Reloop's sound were down to this. |
| Cole Cacciotti 27.03.2011 | Hi everyone, sorry if I sound like a complete fail, but I don't consider myself too technologically capable when it comes to the backstage stuff of mixing (mappings/audio inputs-outputs/drivers/firmwares etc...) Basically I am running a reloop digital jockey 2 interface edition with traktor pro on my macbook. Rca from the reloop goes into aux on my speakers. I decided I wanted to stream a mix on justin.tv so I downloaded soundflower to play with the inputs/outputs although I don't believe I needed to. I got everything working correctly, and then decided to update traktor so now I'm running 1.2.7. I also found updated firmwares, so I decided to install, and now my audio doesn't work. In traktor the levels move etc so the audio is playing through, but it won't play through my speakers, unless I turn up the volume on my controller, which leads me to believe its a soundcard problem? Very annoying, and I can't seem to get help from anywhere else, so I figured I'd try here! I'm not sure what firmware or audio drivers I need as I believe they were ready out of the box, so I may have tampered with them... If anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated! All the best, -Dan |
| Cole Cacciotti 29.03.2011 | Everything is running very smooth now. I recorded a live set toevening for a friends "radio station" and I'm uploading the mix to http://www.soundcloud.com/drop-cntrl if you'd like to hear what I do with my set up ;-) Thanks again for all the help... |
| Kristofer Krauel 29.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Any problems I have had with my Reloop's sound were down to this. |
| Tatum Ansaldo 28.03.2011 | No worries man. Read the manual, it's not that long and you'll have a better understanding of what's happening if something goes wrong. Even better, get the Traktor Bible. I've never read that, but I hear it's really good. |
| Cole Cacciotti 28.03.2011 | Ah thank you very much for that! I should have read the manual, but as I've never encountered a problem running traktor, it slipped my mind... Thanks again for the help, very much appreciated! |
| Tatum Ansaldo 28.03.2011 | To be quite honest you'd really help yourself by reading the Traktor manual. Basically what you want to do is this. Once you've selected your audio device (let's say you're using the reloop with its 4 out channel sound card), click on 'output routing' in preferences. It looks kinda like this:
Then try playing tracks again. Make sure the 'mix' knob next to the master volume is set to 0% so that the headphones only play the cued track and not the master output at the same time. |
| Cole Cacciotti 27.03.2011 | I've just tried traktor with no midi controller with audio device being the built in (core audio) and it only plays when I turn the headphone volume up again, so it looks like this is more a traktor problem then a device problem? |
| Cole Cacciotti 27.03.2011 | How would I go about checking that? Is that similar to stereo mix on windows? It's set to the controller under audio device in the audio set up. As far as the further outputs go, I have been tampering a little with them to get set up for streaming live, but I wasn't aware it was actually doing anything. That is in soundflower if you know it? Thanks for the help. |
| Tatum Ansaldo 27.03.2011 | have you got your monitor output set to the master audio channel? |
| Cole Cacciotti 27.03.2011 | the master, gains, and faders are all the way up on the controller. It seems something is telling the headphone volume control on the controller to be the master, and no audio is coming out of the headphone out... Still haven't figured it out... |
| Pansy Shiveley 28.03.2011 | Hmm, I'm not sure what the problem is. Your RDJ has a built-in soundcard, this is the component which converts the digital signal that Traktor puts out in an analog signal (put simply). If you turn down the volume on your controller, it makes sense that you won't get any sound. |
| Cole Cacciotti 27.03.2011 | just realized I said something stupid. The only way I can get audio to play is by turning up the headphone volume on the controller... If the volume is all the way down, no sound plays... Has to be soundcard or something along those lines right? I have no idea with this sort of stuff... I just downloaded the traktor update again, the mappings working etc but obviously that has nothing to do with audio... Argh I'm frustrated! |
| Cole Cacciotti 27.03.2011 | is that the audio driver? Do you know how I'd uninstall the audio drivers from my mac? I'll have a play now! Thanks for the quick reply! |
| Leeanna Ayla 27.03.2011 | I believe there might have been some problems with the new driver. Try going back to an older one and see if that helps. |
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