Gig coming up - Need Help with setup

[lucasmanning]

awesome thanks everyone .. luckily i also have an s4 so i can try this all out before the big night... if i need any more help ill be sure to post

[manchild]

Yeah just plug the S4 into one of the channels on the DJM400 with an RCA cable.

The only thing is that it's a 2 channel mixer. If I remember correctly I think there's 2 inputs for each channel.....so yea technically you could do this...I just think it sux for everyone to share one channel on a mixer.

On a side note I think there is a way for everyone to share the SL-4, but I've never owned one so I'm not 100% sure if/ or how to.

[mbthegreat]

Hold on, you only have 1 Scratch Live soundcard?

[lucasmanning]

yes i have 1 serato sl4 , but it has 2 soudcards.

[mbthegreat]

Ah missed that bit.

Think the best way to do things would be to run the S4 into the mixers aux in. This avoids any problems of taking up one of his decks, or the computer crapping out. It might make it a little tricky to beatmatch in though, as you've got no way of PFLing the aux in on the DJM400. Will still be better than cable switching silence though.

The other option is to plug the S4 into, for example, Channel 2, while the last track of the previous DJ plays on Channel 1. Just one set of leads to swap, people do far more in the time of one track when changing between DJs. That way you don't need to go through Traktor when the SL guys are playing, and the Traktor person can mix in seamlessly to whoever was on beforehand.

Or buy a mixer with more than two channels!

[lucasmanning]

yeah im planning on getting a djm 800 soon but not in time for this gig! will have it ready for the next one will try this all out soon and let you guys know if it works!