I've performing for some time with the VCI-100 and been mixing internally using its faders. I feel like it's time to get accustomed to club mixers and external mixing, hoping that the sound quality will be improved - I've always ran into problems and felt like I don't have enough control over the stuff that was coming out of the main club speakers.
I have a FW410, which is a good soundcard but not really ideal for club environments I guess, for many reasons - jack outputs, dodgy firewire cable that unplugs easily, no indicators and it also requires an external power source when using with a laptop. I'm not so sure about the sound quality, all my performances seemed to suffer a bit from excessive highs and not enough clean bass. Really not sure though if that was my fault.
I've been thinking of swapping this for a NI Audio 8 DJ which would eventually allow me to start messing with vinyl and also seems more club mixer friendly. Given that many DJ's use Scratch Pro and their sets sound good, I've been thinking this would be a good solution.
My question is - is the sound quality actually better? Would you recommend this upgrade or is it a rather waste of money?
What other options would I have - I'm looking for something that can output 4 stereo channels, but this would also let me use timecode vinyl/CD's in the future in case some promoters wouldn't like the idea of using a VCI 100....
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