AlexJ Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 ok so i want to just operate an external mixer (djm 400) on traktor pro 2. bought the audio 2 soundcard. plugged it in (into line/phono on channel 1 and 2 respectively on mixer) and into my computer usb port. installed the cd. went to preferances and audio setup and the audio 2 dj option wasnt there as i was told it would be. so i downloaded the driver software online and reinstalled it. audio 2 dj option is now there. so i select it and it says in brackets 'not connected' or 'please connect and select an audio device'. so whats going on. please help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 traktor has to be off when you connect the device from my experiences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 well the soundcard now appears to be working (i can plug headphones into either imput and i get sound) however when i plug line A into line 1 onto mixer and line B into line 2 on mixer i get nothing from the mixer. does not register in traktor, does not output sound to speakers. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I've never mapped traktor decks to separate outputs and don't have a laptop or soundcard in front of me to figure it outPaging wazza, can you hear us!I'm sure he will be able to point you in the right direction bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If you get traktor to see the NI audio 2 and you get sound out the audio 2 ...it must be a mixer setup problem ....ok ..if you have one set of RCA (R & W) cables from the back off the audio 2 sound card into the mixer phono/line inputs, (left channel off the mixer )..&...one set of RCA to stereo jack from the headphones outputs on the front of the audio 2 to the RCA phono /line inputs( right channel off the mixer ).. Now on your dim 400 , right up the top you have two switchs ,set both to phono/line ( not line- in ) and on the back off the djm 400 ,next to the phono/line RCA in puts there are two little black switchs with phono/line-in.....set both switches to line-in not phono (you only set to phono if you are going to use turntables with real vinyl ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 yes i have done that already. was the first thing i checked.. ok heres a question for you. when i go into audio set up i click 'audio 2 dj (ASIO)' and it doesnt come up with any 'not connected' things. but when i exit audio setup and the open it again the audio device has switched to 'traktor audio 2 (ASIO)' any ideas why it would be doing this? and if so, could it be causing the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Can you post up a screenshot pic off your audio Setup Preferences in Traktor like Cupe did in this post viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8699 so I can see how you have your audio set up & and how many audio channels you have in traktor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 like so?cant work out how to get it to appear here so here is the link http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84 ... hoot1.png/orhttp://tinyurl.com/79jkw5x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SourceRaver Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If your getting a signal from both outputs of the audio2 by testing with headphones then the mixer should be receiving a signal if your wiring is correct. Make sure the gain (trim) control on each channel of the mixer is turned up and the same for the master output of Traktor (top centre of screen). Can you put up a quick pic of the rear of the mixer complete with cabling and then a pic of the top of the mixer so we can see the knobs faders etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Once you have turned the mixer channel gains (trim) up. Push all the faders up and put the cross fader in the centre position. Now turn up the master output level on the actual mixer. If your getting a signal from Traktor, you should see the LEDs on the mixer VU meter bouncing up and down.Below are some pics of how I would wire it uding CD inputs on the back of the mixer (you can also use the line/phone inputs as described above) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I found a pic of what your trying to do so now we know it is possible:Your wiring should look something like this:Note: Disregard the arrows next to the phono/line switches. Anything plugged into the CD inputs will need to be a line level signal (ie the output from the Audio2 will already be line level) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 i thought they were meant to go into the line/phono? not the cd...and i knew it was possible, now im just trying to get it to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 ok heres the update. Big + i can get some audio through the mixer when i put imput 1 into cd. i can control eq and effects for that channel. Problem is. a) no channel 2 and the levels still doesnt register. now when i turn everything max up for channel 1, the levels just start then. now i know something is wrong because its f*^&in loud and to only just register on the level meter is rediculous. Now im trying to troubleshoot whether the fact that channel 2 doesnt work is a mixer or traktor problem but ill keep you posted.*update*so ive worked out whats going on with the channels. so now all that remains are two things1) why dont the levels come up?2) i thought mixer control was meant to register in traktor (or does this only happen with midi controllers? if so this is ok im just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Cd players put out a line level signal so the cd and line inputs are exactly the same thing. FYI, an mp3 player at about 85% volume puts out a line level signal thru the headphone jack. An audio 2 will put out a line level signal from its two outputs, that's why you could hear music when your headphones were plugged into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Plug the working input into channel 2. If no sound then it's a channel problem. If sound then it's a Traktor/sound card config problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 i think im almost there. i think atm its a traktor config thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 ok so now the issue is i had to move somethings, unglug it to take my laptop away then when i came back plug in the audio 2 and try to press play on the track and it doesnt do anything. whats the go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 ok i think im going to call this topic closed. thanks all for the assistance provided notable mentions to wazza and SourceRazer big help. New Mix will be up soon for the fruits of my labours. and well yer. night all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 ok so now the issue is i had to move somethings, unglug it to take my laptop away then when i came back plug in the audio 2 and try to press play on the track and it doesnt do anything. whats the goIf you unplug the audio 2 sound card or play a mp3 , play a video in windows or off the net your laptop windows OS will switch from the audio 2 to the laptop sound card.....to fix this....set the audio 2 sound card to be the main output sound card for all software on your laptop in windows audio preferences....this will make the audio 2 the main sound card for all software under windowsPs.....happy mixing my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 wow, big ups to wazza and source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 ok i think im going to call this topic closed. thanks all for the assistance provided notable mentions to wazza and SourceRazer big help. New Mix will be up soon for the fruits of my labours. and well yer. night all Does this mean you got it working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJ Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 yer pretty much.now the next challenge is keyboard mapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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