Difficulty recording mixes
Hi all, I am using an external mixer with M-audio soundcard aswell as Traktor. Can’t seem to adjust settings properly on Traktor, mix record function is working but when I go to play recording I’m not getting any audio. Any ideas?
Mix record function clearly isn’t working if you’re not getting audio. What sound card and mixer are you using?
Can you post up some screenshots of your audio settings in Traktor?
Not sure how to do that…
I’m using an M-Audio soundcard and a Behringer DDM400
How are you getting the audio output by your mixer into an input on your soundcard so your computer can record it?
I have the two main channels on the mixer connected to my soundcard and then a midi to usb cable also going from the mixer to my laptop
Traktor is unable to use 2 sound cards at once. If you are using the internal record function inside traktor you need to output and input from the same sound card.
What I do is setup a pair of inputs to FX send under input routing and then under record choose the FX send as the input channel.
It sounds like from the description above that your audio output is going out the m-audio sound card but you want to record from the mixers internal usb 1.1 sound card. Doesn’t work because that is 2 separate sound cards.
What you can do instead is record from the mixer using a separate program like audacity.
The mixer has no internal card. If your M-Audio card has an available input left, connect the DDM4000’s Tape Out to that input, set one of your Traktor Input channels to the M-Audio input, and set your Traktor Mix recorder to the Input channel you chose (External source).
crosstyping there
This. Also change the input deck to “live input” input and you are good to go.
If your card does not have any inputs, then you are out of luck.
There is no need to set a deck to “Live Input”. Using an External record source means you are only recording what is coming out of the mixer.
If say you had all 4 decks connected to the mixer, setting a deck to “Live Input” could create a feedback loop and ruin the entire recording. And in the best case scenario, Live Input does nothing at all when recording from an External source.
Interesting .. I may try this myself later, the live input method has worked fine for me thus far, but an extra deck could be handy.
If you were mixing internally and wanted to add an external source into the mix/recording like a CDJ or some vinyl then Live Input would be the way to go.