CDJ 850 - DJM 700 - Traktor 2.0 Setup

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CDJ 850 - DJM 700 - Traktor 2.0 Setup

Hi all,

Right, got a question for you all!

The club where I reguarly play has upgraded to CDJ 850’s (Woo!) and ideally I would LOVE to start using them as controllers. Now I’ve managed to upgrade them and setup the HID interface etc and had them hooked up to Traktor as controllers and they work perfect.

BUT

I would’ve thought that connecting them to the mixer via the RCA cables would be how the sound would play out, but no… I still seem to have to route everything through the audio 8 DJ interface.

Now I’ve got a macbook, and it only has 2 USB cables.. I dont really wanna use a USB hub.

Is the only option Ive got to use them as controllers only and use the audio 8 as the output into the mixer..
Or can you somehow use the CDJ 850’s as a direct output from Traktor into the mixer?

Answers on a postcard! Thanks!!

And yes, I’ve used search, and didn’t get anywhere. Thanks again.

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You need to aggregate the sound cards into one audio device (google aggregate audio device) and select that as your output in traktor.

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CDJ 850’s have advanced HID support in Traktor now? I thought Serato only supported Advanced HID with the 850’s.

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This.

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Yeh 850s only work as midi controllers in traktor, not HID. They still work, just not as well as they do in SSL.

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DAMN!

I was really hoping that I could use them to connect directly to the mixer.

Thanks for the help, and sorry for confusing people.

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I don’t get Native Instrument’s reason why they don’t create HID control for the 850’s. They did it for the 2000’s, 900’s and the 400’s. Anyone knows why the 850’s are not supported?

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I asked 2 guys from NI today, neither of them had any idea.

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This breaks my heart. I don’t get why NI OR Pioneer didn’t do it. I would truly be in <3 with my 850’s if they had full HID support with Traktor.

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I haven’t got my hands on it but there should be possibility to tweak default traktor mapping if needed.

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It’s still shite compared to HID.

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You think that jogwheel resolution doesn’t work the same in both modes?

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Hell no. Accuracy and resolution is SO much better with HID.

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I was talking about actual jog performances of platter, like how much ticks does it have. That also counts?

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money would be my guess. same reason why denon doesn’t have HID products??? me thinks so :thinking:

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The thing that makes it weird is that the 400s have full HID support.

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Yes, but 400s with HID aren’t a threat for 900s sales, 850’s probably would be (at least Pio thinks in that way).

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It’s not pioneer that stops the 850s working with HID. They work with SSL.

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CDJ400 had HID integration with traktor before 850’s have even come out.

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Not the full level of advanced HID that was only implemented in the last traktor update though.