Hey guys
So i recently started playing in a club (actually my first club gig). Before going in to my first gig i was told that i had 3 CDJ-2000 nexus's and a DJM2000 nexus at my disposal... This was not true however, as none of it was from the Nexus generation but from the original 2000 generation...
This is not a massive setback for me, as i have now DJ'ed two gigs at the place just fine. However, there are a couple of features that i would like to take advantage of that i dont have at my disposal on the CDJ 2000's... My solution was, at my recent third gig there, to use Rekordbox DJ. (i already own a DDJ-RX for home use, so i had the performance pack on my computer already)
Having DJ'ed with that method (only with two of the players in HID and the third with a USB stick for backup) i got interested in a Midi controller (like the Midi Fighter or NI Traktor Kontrol x1). Since Rekordbox DJ now supports midi mapping i saw the opportunity to make a really cool custom midi mapping that suited my needs.
BUT! Then came the limitation... My MacBook only has two USB ports. Currently i run a CDJ in each of those, and i have been told by a lot of people that your soundcard should always have a dedicated USB port. But that leaves no extra ports for midi controllers...
Does any of you guys have experience, good or bad, running multiple CDJ's on a USB hub so they connect to one port on the laptop? Am i asking for trouble or would i be just fine?
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