Cueing Headphones with external hardrive?

DJ Software & Apps Traktor
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Cueing Headphones with external hardrive?

I am not getting any sound through my headphones when plugged into the s4, i want to be able to cue/mix through the s4!

What settings do i need to apply to do this?

any help much appreciated!

thx in advance :slight_smile:

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you need a computer tooā€¦

ā€¦you need to connect the S4 to a computer and run Traktor on itā€¦ Then you can connect your external drive to the computer and play the tracks in Traktorā€¦

I really think you should read the manualā€¦

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This.
So how did you come across something as expensive as an S4 and not read the manual for it? Itā€™s not a car. :B

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Wow how clever of you! thx

well if you had read my post you would have realised that i cant hear sound through the headphones! i can hear sound through my speakers which are connected to my soundcard which, in turn, is connected to my computer (running traktor) and s4.

I thought that by reading the title topic
ā€˜Cueing Headphones with external hardrive?ā€™
in a traktor s4 forum it might be obvious that i was having problems cueing up in my headphones through my s4 while using an external HD.

i am using a presonus firebox SC and a macbookpro with traktor 2. if this helps.

thx

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Letā€™s try doing what most of the customer support lines do to me when I call them for help.

First off, is the S4 plugged in?

Edit: Also, why use an external sound card with the S4? That could be your problem.

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ā€¦and i have traktor running yes! :smiley:

i use the external HD and monitor speakers for my home setup (firewire to my monitor) at my desk for listening to itunes, movies, djing etc etc etc

its just easier for me that way.

Has anyone else had this problem and resolved it?

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External HD has nothing to do with it. Post a screen cap of your audio settings in traktor.

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Iā€™m going to go out on a limb here and say your audio settings in Traktor arenā€™t setup properly. Go to Traktorā€™s preferences and look in the ā€œAudio Setupā€ section and ensure the right device is selected. Then check the ā€œOutput Routingā€ section and make sure the ā€œOutput Monitorā€ and ā€œOutput Masterā€ are set correctly.

Edit: Padi, stop that. :roll_eyes:

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Make sure the S4 is set as the audio device in Traktor.

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lol, by reading the title topic it seemed like you just connected the S4 to the harddrive :slight_smile:

Now it seems like an audio setup issue. If you want to use your external soundcard and the S4 soundcard you probably need to make an aggregated soundcard and use that in Traktor.

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Yes but then no sound comes through my soundcard and speakers!

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IT is all about audio setup.Make sure you have the s4 selected in here(it should do it automatically). Does your hard drive have a soundcard? Why would you use that when you have an s4?