Help with laptop

BombayBadBoy · Post by **BombayBadBoy** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:34 am

Okay, so I've been messing about and learning how to use Ableton to DJ with, everything's fine except I can't cue on my laptop, I've been DJing without headphones. The laptop I've got is pretty old and the only audio output is through the headphones socket bit. Is it still possible to hook up my laptop to a soundsystem if I got an audio out like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-9066-IM ... B000BVV2IC

Will my laptop be able to split the audio so I can play it through a hi-fi/soundsystem and let me cue in my headphones or do I need to do something more complicated to my laptop?

Lateral · Post by **Lateral** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:02 pm

I'm not really sure about that iMic, but I can guess it will have bad sound.
But, I surely know that with Ableton you can use only 1 soundcard at the time. So, you'll need a soundcard with two stereo outputs.

monkey magic · Post by **monkey magic** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:15 pm

your better off goin to dv247.com and gettin a cheap audio interface or go to www.abletonlivedj.com as they have some good info on audio interfaces as well as plenty of djin tips. Is this bombaybadboy from the iom?

BombayBadBoy · Post by **BombayBadBoy** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:25 am

Okay, thanks for the help. Ignore the iMic, I know what I have to do with the laptop now. Okay, now I've got the cash and pretty close to ordering that Echo Indigo DJ soundcard, is it good? Is it worth the cash (cheapest I've seen is 110)? Is there anything out there that works better?

(Sorry, not the same Bombay as on IOM, I don't think so anyway)