The DB:4 is OUT

[Jo3]

from the vid above, he's using the 2D for the audio interface. I thought this DB4 had it built in?

[Karlos Santos]

from the vid above, he's using the 2D for the audio interface. I thought this DB4 had it built in?

Wow thats mad, i was just posting the exact thing on the NI forum. spooky.

Yeah the DB4 soundcard wasnt being used. They were using the 2d card.
Kinda got the impression that it wasnt quite ready..?

[Jo3]

Wow thats mad, i was just posting the exact thing on the NI forum. spooky.

Yeah the DB4 soundcard wasnt being used. They were using the 2d card.
Kinda got the impression that it wasnt quite ready..?

I'm telepathic.
I would love a £2000 Allen & Heath mixer, but I really am struggling to see the point in it. I can already loop and use FX with Traktor. What is the benefit from using a midi controller combined with another Allen & mixer such as the 42 or 92. I'm confused as to who would buy this (apart from gear whores, obviously).

[Lantau]

Since I don't know who would actually pay for a Sixty Eight I have no idea who would pay for this. As said before I can sort of see the point in the Sixty Eight if you have lots of Serato DJ's in a night, but this seems more limiting than a 4D in terms of MIDI and too proprietary in terms of FX (in other words how likely are you to find one in club to be sure the same FX will be available to you)

I think A&H dropped the ball on this one but that's probably just me being cynical

[space monkey]

Made in UK.
Interesting about the 2D used as the sound card even though the USB on the DB4 was plugged in to...something. very expensive but I love the way it looks.

[Karlos Santos]

The USB port definitely wasnt in use during the first Demo.
Heres a pic i took from inside the booth. USB port is top right on mixer top.

[Dj just b]

FM that's $3166 US dollars!!!

Wow:eek: the hell with that!!

[space monkey]

The USB port definitely wasnt in use during the first Demo.
Heres a pic i took from inside the booth. USB port is top right on mixer top.

That's not the port where one would hook up to laptop for sound though. I have no idea what that top right port would be used for...maybe a MIDI through or settings/EFX import? The other videos definitely show the USB connector on the back of the DB4 plugged into something.

[Karlos Santos]

I just heard this from Mix Architekt (dj in the picture) over at NI.
The Mac drivers for the DB4 are not finished hence the 2D.

The PC drivers are finished and the USB cable was being used for the soundcard for the Ableton setup on the left in the picture.

I also remembered something that the A&H marketing guy said which is that User FX settings etc can be saved to USB stick so yeah, you got that right dude.

[midifidler]

Live shots make it look much more solid - they show that it is not cramped at all.

But 2K ! That is pricey!

While A&H are currently well represented in larger clubs here in NZ, (50/50 with the 800), I think when it comes time to upgrade most clubs will choose the 2000.

Few touring artists specifically request anything other than pioneer mixers on their tech riders.

The thing that pisses me off about the current top three club install mixers is the Serato/Everything else divide. All three have made it very easy for a laptop DJ to setup but the customer is forced to choose between good support of serato, or everything else.

At very least Rane could have made the 68 soundcard accessable to other software platforms, that would have given it a clear advantage over the others.

This market share war just keeps things difficult for us DJ's