4 Deck mixing with 2 channel external mixer.
Hey guys I’m running the Korg Km 202 and my question is if it’s possible to mix using all four decks even though my mixer only has 2 channels. This will be unfortunate if I can’t because I just sold my VCI-100 cause it didn’t fit into my DVS setup any longer.
um… 2 channels means 2 channels…you could get an adapter to split those channels so you have deck A/B going into one and C/D into the second channel, but that would just sound like sh!t and be kinda dumb…
for the price of that Korg you could get a so/so 4 channel mixer…
Yeah, you could also run A/C into one channel and B/D into the other, but that’s all you got.
how was you using the set-up? did you always have the dvs kit and added the vci, or other way around? and what interface you got? as i’m failing to see how/if you were previously using the 4 decks?
I had both DVS and VCI to start, but only used VCI as pitch flutter was wild in the early releases of Traktor Pro. Once I started using DVS and purchased a separate mixer there really wasn’t room for the VCI in my setup. I used the audio 8 dj at first and just mixed internally allowing me for 4 deck control.
i see now…
yeah, now you’re external with dvs you’ll need a 4 channel mixer, as said above, 2 channels is 2 channels without using splitters etc…
you’ll need a 4 ch mixer and either some sort of controller, 2 more tt’s or cdjs for the extra decks
if you still got the money from selling the vci i’d put that toward the extra gear needed…
Couldn’t you just mix 2 decks internal and 2 decks external? Thought that would be possible since Traktor Pro 1.2 (but I’m not sure).
If it is possible then you would have to get some extra gear, like 2 scs1d and 1 scs1m or something similar… Then you would have something like 2 similar setups - 2 TTS + Mixer and 2 Extradecks + Mixer…
Edit: Just read you are using Traktor 3 - wouldn’t work then…
But anyways - would it be possible to do what i described above with TPro 1.2?
You can’t mix internally and externally at the same time, as far as I know. I don’t think they changed this.
Really? Thought they had enabled the EQs etc for external mixing…
I have been thinking of testing this… isn’t there a way of grouping/ routing virtual outputs to physical… sayin deck A and C to soundflower channel 1-2 , 5-6 .. and in sound flower route these to Audio 4’s out 1-2… Traktor deck B and D to soundflower channel 3-4 , 7-8 .. and in sound flower route these to Audio 4’s out 3-4 …
Can this be donne … with Jackosx router or somethin’ … just thinking out loud (to the Keyboard..) hope to find the time to muck about next week or so…
if any1 has tried or want to shed some light on the subject.. 
Z
But wouldn’t you then be limited to one set of channel controls on that mixer for mixing decks A/C and B/D? That’s the problem. You can then add another layer onto your MIDI controller for EQ, but that completely defeats the purpose.
Right m8. But still Imagine you mix mainly with Time Code (deck A and B), but then use a (say VCI) controller to mix somethin in like a 3rd deck .. if you know that you only need a third then you can always choose to use Deck C (say Audio 4 DJ, out 1-2, physical mixer Ch1) or Deck D (say Audio 4 DJ, out 3-4, physical mixer Ch2).. 
Ok it’s far fetched and a bit looney but I’m just curious if it can be done…
I can think of something even crazier and heavier on resources which is to have each deck on a Ableton Live Channel and then do Groups in Live, which in turn would be routed to which ever output you might need!..
Z
I agree, but he ain’t got no VCI no more.
I mean… this whole idea is just pointless… just get a 4 channel mixer, its like $50 more…
sure m8 but I was going along the lines of my own post which presented a sort of similar problem.
PS - I know some people that got Traktor Scratch DUO, then upgarde the software to PRO now they want to have 2 decks with timecode control and a third deck just with accappelas, effects, etc… so they don’t really want much more than a simple play/ Cue as they don’t need to eq/ pitch/ etc… and the very few things they might need to do they can get way with a mouse and a few keyboard shortcuts!
LanceBlaise - what if a guy already owns a mixer and doesn’t really want to get another one?
Z
Well, if you want 4 channels I think, in the end, you’re going to need a 4 channel mixer and theres’ no way around it really.
could you not just output to the sound card on mono channels. so then the left input in mixer channel 1 is deck 1 right is deck 2 and do the same for 3 and 4 on mixer channel 2?
so instead of setting outs 1 and 2 to deck 1, 3 and 4 to deck 2 etc… you set 1 to 1, 2 to 2 and so forth, and plug 1 and 2 into channel 1 and 3 and 4 into channel 2?
just an idea…
(or buy a 4 ch mixer)
humm I gues that would work .. maybe not so well if you play minimal stuff which really uses lots of effects/ delays/ etc… that rely a little on having a stereo… but still it’s a feasible way …
Z
or buy a second 2 ch mixer and use a splitter to link then both to sound system. but for how much extra that costs you might aswell sell current mixer and put cash toward a 4 ch mixer