Aggregate Audio 2 dj with a Audio 6?
Is it possible and how is the overall stability when aggregating soundcards? I’m a Mac user.
traktor only supports one sound card at a time on all platforms… not sure about ableton or other software.. VDJ might still supports multiple sound cards, not sure tho.
nope, you can you aggregate device on macs to allow you to use 2 soundcards josh.
I’ve never done it personally, i dont own a mac.
Firstly, why would you need to do that with the Audio 6?
Second, yes, you can aggregate any 2 sound devices plugged into a mac.
Go to the Audio options, and check the options and settings. You will see the Aggregate option.
- In the Snow Leopard Version Aggregate devices are created from midi manager in applications.
2)I am currently using my audi 4dj combined with a&h xone’s 42 sound card and the macbook pro’s headphone jack providing 8 out- 6 in channels. I even use timecode with this setup. As for the stability, as far as I’ve used it is working with no problems.
Latency is very good if this matters and no pops exist in 2.5ms.
I’ve set the audio 4dj to set the midi clock though.
So, IMO your setup will work flawlessly.
Ahh yes…thats where you do it in Leopard too.
Out of interest what applications are you using?
I too have aggregated an A4DJ with an A2DJ in a mac, it works flawlessly, only minor is you need two ports. It also works very well in windows with Asio4All.
Sadly, that means you must be using a cracked version of Traktor.
It’s a bit silly in some ways, but with a licensed copy you can only use an NI soundcard. Aggregated or 3rd party sound cards only work for timecode with cracked versions.
Not necessarily since he’s using an Audio 4.
even with cracked versions of traktor you would still need a traktor certified mixer/soundcard to run timecode. stop accusing someone of using unlicensed software without knowing the facts.
He might own a legal copy of Duo, but timecode won’t work with a aggregate soundcard unless it’s a cracked copy…
No idea what the legal status of that is!
I just wanted to make the point that timecode isn’t going to work in that setup case people were trying it and wondering why not.
Well, I was under the impression that Timecode would only work with an NI soundcard or certified mixer, and that using an aggregate or other 3rd party device would disable the timecode function.
I just did a little digging and I remembered this ‘Traktor Scratch Poor’ thread from a while back. That led me to this post on the NI forums where no one seemed to be able to agree on whether or not it was possible. Certainly in the past there has been a hardware lock on the timecode function, but some people seem to be able to get other soundcards to work while others had problems. Those threads were back before even TP 1.2 came out, so to be completely honest I don’t know what the situation is now.
I apologise if I got this wrong, but my judgment was based on the fact that while I once tried to aggregate my Audio 8 with another soundcard and timecode stopped working on my legal copy, a guy I know uses a cracked copy of TSP with an M-Audio Torq soundcard and it works fine…
So now I have no idea what the situation is, nor whether or not using cracked software enables 3rd party soundcards.
Well…there was only one version that I know of that could be used for DVS without the Audio card or Certified mixer.
This is what he was referring to I guess.
that discussion dated back to the NI forums in 2008, where some users first claimed that they used 3rd party soundcards. Even with the original software, a guy on youtube said all he did was change the name of the aggregate device to audio 8.. traktor scratch pro is not sold separately, as it’s easy to assume that the interfaces NI/Serato use are just like any other interface, so they place simple ‘locks’ to bind them with hardware, where most of the profit is made.
truth is, NI interfaces are very very good, but still.. one should be able to use, for instance, an aggregate device consisting of 2 NI interfaces. or something else, if he/she owns the software. but well, you know what happens in practice, and can figure out the rest.
last i checked, though, naming the aggregate device audio 8 dj enables the timecodes on the licenced version, but that was some time ago. anyone care to try it?
Ok let’s get put things in an order.
1)I am not using a cracked copy of Traktor as this would be silly to do when owning audio4dj, X1, timecodes, multicores etc
2)I disagree wiith the statement that traktor can accept dvs from aggregate inly when cracked, as te cracking is all about faking the activation of the program and not the source code itself.
3)I haven’t even change the name of the aggregate device to audio 8 or something. I would also try to input the signal to the non audio4 input from the sound card of the mixer just to see what happens.
4)Please don’t rush to accuse me without asking all the facts in advance as this forum is all about sharing knowledge and experience.
I apologise, I made an assumption based on what I thought was the case but turns out to be a pretty uncertain area!
Sorry man!
No problem mate.
That is interesting as I have often wondered how to use Traktor routing through Ableton so i can have a combo but still use the scratch functions of Traktor. Problem is that I cannot rename Jack Pilot Audio 8 and as I have the full owned version I will forget my grand plans…
Try to use it without renaming it and see what happens.