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I would like to know your setup when you DJing.

1)What audio card do you use when you DJing?
2)What controlers do you use when you DJing?
If you mix internal Live or external with mixer please post what mixer do you use.

Thank's

Might be a good idea to ask this at our site too,

i am beginning to incorporate ableton live into my set up, but i am still using the turntables i just can't get rid of the warmth. i am using a m audio as my interface, but i am looking into an audio interface with firewire. everything is running through my outer mixer(mackie) and my inner mixer(vestex) is hooked up to the tables. i am using microkontrol for ableton.

How I like to see it

2 tt's in a dj mxier, the other 2 channels are for live channels from a motu ultralite (2 ms latency @ 44.1Khz, 64 samples), the send/return from the mixer also routes back and forth in the motu and is used for effects/loops controlled by midi (trigger finger, uc33, bcf2000 (until my custom one is ready) > depends on what I want to do)
The effects are done in live , because of it's versatility/flexability

Basically, everything can be effected/looped/broken down in live, and it contains all off my digital tracks

I have more or less asked the same type of question only a few days back on these forums as I am new to Ableton Live mixing. Take a look It might help you out.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47886

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http://forum.midiaddict.com/viewtopic.p ... 011#814011

PC Laptop

M-Audio Firewire Audiophile

Evolution UC-33e controller

I was interested last year to see BT DJing with live and connecting six outputs from an M-Audio device (cant remember which) to a DJM-600 for three channels of mix. Seems like a nice way to work - I tried it afterwards using one myself via my MOTU 828, using 4 outputs - two 'decks' with the crossfader assigned and two channels of loops / fx / stuff via the other two faders. Works well for me!

There's something about *all* midi controllers that just never feels as good as a real DJ mixer fader and eq-pot wise.

~Pev

There's something about *all* midi controllers that just never feels as good as a real DJ mixer fader and eq-pot wise.

True.

There's something about *all* midi controllers that just never feels as good as a real DJ mixer fader and eq-pot wise.

As long as they keep making this plastic junk only, yes.

echo indego
bcr2000
xsessions

I use lives internal mixer.

Nixon wrote:

There's something about *all* midi controllers that just never feels as good as a real DJ mixer fader and eq-pot wise.

As long as they keep making this plastic junk only, yes.

I'd like a small dj mixer style controller (3 or 4 "channel") made by Mathias at Faderfox. His build quality and service is great, the designs aren't quite spot on for me though. I still love my lv1 however.

edit: my setup at the moment is a xsession and lv1, maya 44 usb (soon to be a audiofire2 if i can find a review!). That's it other than the 12" pbook.

i use pc laptop (til i get a powerbook later this year)
Presonus Firebox soundcard - very good
Evolution X-Session

However, I'm trying to link a CDJ1000 through my soundcard into LIVE so that I can effect it, save using an EFX1000. I sometimes DJ as double act and the other DJ uses 2 x CDJ1000s and EFX1000. I want my own EFX on LIVE to use with a 3rd CDJ. Does anyone know how to set it up in Ableton?

leejones wrote:i use pc laptop (til i get a powerbook later this year)
Presonus Firebox soundcard - very good
Evolution X-Session

However, I'm trying to link a CDJ1000 through my soundcard into LIVE so that I can effect it, save using an EFX1000. I sometimes DJ as double act and the other DJ uses 2 x CDJ1000s and EFX1000. I want my own EFX on LIVE to use with a 3rd CDJ. Does anyone know how to set it up in Ableton?

have you tried a small outer mixer board? like a beheringer? to hooked-up everything going into ableton.