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NI Traktor Audio 2
I am looking at buying one of these to work alongside my Hercules Rmx controller seen as for around £80 you get Traktor Pro 2 included so it seems silly not to take advantage of this offer for an extra £16 or so.
I am very new to digital DJing so excuse my lack of knowledge but how exactly would this work as the Rmx has a built in audio interface too?
I am also probably going to be getting a set of M-Audio AV-40 monitors to go with this so if anyone could run through how this would all fit together it would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Chris.
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I don't know about the Rmx sound quality, but I'm guessing the Audio 2 will not disappoint you. It's about the best you can get, and with the included Traktor software this indeed is a no-brainer.
You simply connect the Rmx and A2 to your computer, and select the A2 interface in the Traktor audio settings. Simple as that.
I don't know much about PA though, can't help you with the monitors.
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Tbh the Rmx sound quality is fine at least certainly for home use but I figure for the extra few quid it is worth getting the Audio 2 seen as I need to get a full version of Traktor Pro anyway, only using the trial atm.
So you would have your controller connected via USB, the Audio 2 via USB and then the monitors plugged into the Audio 2 outputs?
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Correct. If the monitors are active, they can be plugged straight into the Audio 2 (you'll need some converters though, the monitors probably have XLR jacks. There's some stuff about balanced/unbalanced that appears to matter for sound quality, but again I don't know enough about all that) If they're passive, you'll need an amp between the Audio 2 and the monitors.
But they're probably active.
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The monitors would be active yes and they have RCA and TRS outputs so these could go via TRS straight into the Audio 2 without the need for any converters.
As far as I am aware the RCA channels are unbalanced on these monitors but the TRS jacks are balanced?!?! not sure exactly what this means though...
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However looking at the example set-ups on the NI website it leads me to believe that 1 of the TRS ports on the Audio 2 is for headphone out and the other for monitor out which is a bit of a problem as there would be 2 TRS leads coming from the back of the AV-40's and obviously one TRS lead from my headphones...
Any ideas on this one? Again apologies for my lack of knowledge!
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Monitor ins are mono, A2 outs are stereo so just get a TRS mono splitter, theyre dirt cheap.
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Cheers for the help StephanV. So with the splitter cable would this reduce sound quality or lower volume levels? Or does this not matter with the speakers being active?
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Not at all! The trs jack has 2 channels, all the splitter does is separate them physically. If the A2 had 4 rca jacks out instead of 2 trs (as in the audio 4/6/8/10), it would have done the same internally.
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Awesome, this is looking like my probable set-up then. Thanks for your help StephanV much appreciated :)