Decent soundcards…
Hello
Can you give me some recomendations for a good quality, 2 channel soundcard to hook up my laptop with my mixer.
Thanks 
Job Done!!!
What he said.
Apart from the audio 2…
Well if you’re after a 2 channel soundcard, the audio 2 is high quality, low latency and not expensive. There’s a reason so many of us have it. What else were you looking for?
Just other alternatives really. Same sorta price range, quality etc…
As far as I know, there really aren’t any soundcards that match in both price and quality.
I’ve heard terrible things about the Numark I/O 2 and I think that’s really it in the 100 price range.
shrug
I know I guess you have already decided against it…
I cant fathom why.
But another +1 for the Audio 2.
I’ve got the audio 2 as well.
He said to hook it up with his mixer!
Are you planning on mixing externally or just for a soundcard to output to the club mixer?
Will you be planning on using timecode? Would you possibly need XLR or any other kind of wierd imputs? I myself have an Audio 4 DJ, but consider also a Focusrite Saffire 6, if you plan on externally mixing that is!
But then he would want a 4 channel sound card, not two. Unless he’s planning on sending mono…
I used to use a M-Audio Fast Track USB for recording only, but about 2 years ago I started using it (for about a year) for Dj purposes, the quality is pretty good, and the price isn’t too high.
I was in a similar situation as you a few months ago and I did a lot of research and the NI sound cards all were ranked the best.
So I got the Audio 4
you could hook up an audio2 to a mixer
yup. 2 channels into an external if you want.
2 x audio 2 dj + ASIO drivers = 4 channel sound card for absolutely no money 
But no phono pre amps, I was gutted when I realised that, I almost bought one. 
Looks really damn cool though. Might get one anyway…
The original U46DJ DID have pre-amps. I use one for DJ Decks with Serato Vinyl. Keep an eye out on ebay for a u46DJ.
A lot of software has built-in pre-amps, so the U46XL should be fine…
I’d much rather have real pre amps than software. I mean it’s probably all fine and dandy, but it just seems wrong…
Why the hell doesn’t any of the NI cards have an actual switch to change from line to phono like all the other sound cards? Only thing I dislike about my little audio 4.
I was in your shoes and I had to find a good 2 ch soundcard. had a M-Audio FastTrack Pro, for me it was very noisy. had a PreSonus FireBox, it died within 2 weeks. got a Native Instruments Audio2DJ, couldn’t be happier. Its loud and clean and simple. Did a head to head with an Rane SL1 and an ESI-Gigaport, and I thought my sound blew both of them out of the water. +1, there is a reason everyone loves their A2DJ.