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@RealRasputin

Hey Mate ! Great to hear from you and wow your set up is awesome man !! How on earth do you ever leave the house !?

I’m in Australia and still no one stocks the Zomo so its a real bummer. So the only thing I’ve added to my set up is a pair of HD-25’s which I just love. Next purchase will be the DJM-900 hopefully !

I wanted to get your opinion on effects because with your set up you will be the best person I know to answer this. Do you find that the Pioneer effects on your DJM-900 sound better than the effects off Traktor ? I jam with a mate that has a DJM-800 and CDJ-1000 Mk3 (so I just plug my controller into a spare channel on the DJM). We’ve found that the effects off the DJM sound much brighter and crisper than those off Traktor. The difference is really obvious even after we tried adjusting the Traktor effect in advance settings. Since your set up allows you to use both easily, I figured you may have noticed something similar ?

VinnyBlanc, post: 15591, member: 737 wrote: Okay I just watched the video and now I understand what you are referencing as “wobble”

Is the “center stage” sold as a completely differnt stand or just a replacement part for the base?

When I last checked it was sold as just a replacement part on its own for $75, which when added to the original cost of the stand makes it a lot more expensive than other stands out there, granted I do like the quality and practicality of the Crane.

I tried to check their website today to see if things had changed but for some reason it kept going through to some dodgy Russian page !!?? I just feel that since Crane themselves have acknowledged the issue, the centre stage could have been priced a bit better.

VinnyBlanc, post: 15570, member: 737 wrote: Just to clarify. There is NO wobble when sliding it dorect;u under a mixer,CDJ or any other piece of equipment.

What I think you meant to say is this is an alternative to the Crane Stand for people who have their setup in a coffin (with the lid stacked) and are trying to shim the bottom of the crane stand between the two.

Vinny are you sure about the wobble ? I thought that was the whole reason that they brought the centre stage out (as it shows in the video I put up on the previous page)

The DDJ-T1 comes with a setting file you can download from the Pioneer website for Traktor Pro 2. This then lets you use decks C & D as samples decks and loop recording. Once you install it you can configure the decks the way you want through the settings in Traktor and its easy to switch back and forth depending on whether you want C & D as regular or samples decks. Here are the relevant links.

http://pioneerdj.com/support/product.php?c=713&lang=en&p=DDJ-T1&t=72

http://pioneerdj.com/support/product.php?lang=en&p=DDJ-T1&t=73

DJ Doc, post: 15355, member: 1265 wrote: After installing the latest tsi file for traktor pro2 2/4 deck MIDI mapping, I noticed that the level meter led’s are not functioning while I set the rear of my MC6000 to PC MIX. It works well though during startup or when I set the rear switch to INT MIX.

Any solutions or ideas?

Mate anything Denon then Hessler is your man. I’m sure he’ll come across this thread eventually but if you need to solve the problem fast just fire him off a message.

Well I mentioned the Zomo because its one of the smallest 4 channel controllers out there.

The Pio DJM 900 Nexus is Traktor certified and can be mapped to act as a stand alone MIDI controller.
http://www.traktorfreaks.com has it available as a free download but geeeez it’s confusing. The advantage
of adding a Zomo is that it provides all your transport controls, has pitch paddles/faders so takes CDJ’s
out of the picture and its such a compact unit

Rekutt, post: 15218, member: 1514 wrote: Im after just a little mixer advice.

I currently use the mixtrack with a audio 2 soundcard into my macbook pro and traktor pro 2.

Im thinking of getting either the S2 due to its price drop or maybe even the new Xone K2 (when it finally comes out)

but

I was also thinking of going down the mixer and X1 route – which is more compact and easier to use in club situation.

Is there a usb mixer out there which plugs straight into my macbook pro which has built in audio soundcard with 3 channels so i can route the 3 channels from inside traktor (third channel would be for loops/samples etc)

or would i have to buy an ni audio 6 soundcard and route that into the back of a normal analogue mixer and do it that way?

If so what kind of prices can i expect, i.e. what the cheapest way of going about both routes? ;)))

The nearest thing i can think of is the DJ Tech X10 and a Traktor X1 like in Phils review here but its only 2 channels not the 3 im after ;(
http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2011/07/dj-tech-x10-digital-mixer-review/

Since you’re considering the mixer + X1 option but want control of more than 2 channels, then I would look at the Zomo MC – 1000. In built sound card with 4 channel control. It’s compact as basically does the job of 2 X1’s.

Dj Neonglass (NL), post: 15057, member: 1183 wrote: You must also shutt off the autogain. Before i’m going to mix i calibrate all the tracks with a software V.U meter to the same level (with the gain) In my case VDJ can also remember the gain adjustments i made earlier om the tracks.

That’s a really nice feature, I didn’t realise VDJ remembers gain adjustments ! I think I should send an email to Native Instruments because it would certainly solve a lot of problems.