The good news is you have everything you need except for the controller
1) Your audio interface should work fine, unless you want the extra channels that come on the audio 10 and want to utilise all of your mixers channels there is no need to upgrade
2) I run an analog mixer with traktor audio 10, the general idea is the RCA outputs from your interface should run into the channels on your mixer and in traktor audio settings you want to select your interface from the drop down box (it will show once connected to your laptop via USB), from there select the output menu in traktor settings and select which deck goes to which output eg..
Deck A - 1 and 2
Deck B - 3 and 4
Deck C - 5 and 6
Deck D - 7 and 8
Then its just a case of plugging those RCAs into which ever channel you want it to go to on your mixer eg
Deck A (1and 2) > Channel 1 (1 and 2)
Deck B (3 and 4) > Channel 2 (3 and 4)
Deck C (5 and 6) > Channel 3 (5 and 6)
Deck D (7 and 8 > Channel 4 (7 and 8)
*after thought - you also want external mixing mode selected otherwise you will be using traktors internal mixer
Once you have set it up you will see its a fairly simple process.
3) As for controlling traktor if you mixer isn't midi then you wont be able to control traktor with it, but with the routing guide above you will be able to use the mixer as an external device and use it as you would with any other sound source. There is an ungodly amount of controllers out there to choose from - you get what you pay for. If you go with a native controller (which I would recommend) eg kontrol X1 / S2 / S4 / S5 / D2 / S8 everything will be ready to go as soon as you connect via usb, if you go with something that isn't native instruments then you will have to midi map it yourself which can be a tedious, mind bending task in itself if you have not done it before, Its by no means impossible of course but it takes a little while to get your head around - there is plenty of very good DJTT mapping guides floating around on the internet and the people in this forum are a helpful bunch
hope that helps
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