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Don’t read you if just want passby !!!

Dear all

I;m gonna use Ableton Live 8 APC40 and DJM-800 , do i need sound card for 4 channels or its doesn’t matter in Ableton? what do you recommend guys for good quality sound card , do i need Mapping for DJM-800 aswell?

regards,

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i think yes on the soundcard, but not sure about the djm mapping. possibly

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Here’s a thread about midi mapping the 800 with a mapping in it. The little bit of stuff I’ve read about the 800 is that it’s kind of limited as a midi controller.

I’m currently lusting over the Denon DN-X1600

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Depends on if you want to use the DJM as a midi controller or a mixer. It does both rather well, but not at once. If you opt to use it as a mixer, you’d need a four out soundcard.

I would probably run a 4 channel setup if that was my gear, having the apc40 as clip launcher and effects section, having dummy clips on every other track, and using the faders for effect parameters. Then doing the mixing on the 800.

It’s a rather large setup thou, might want to thing about how you’d set that up in a tight booth.

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thanks all guys ,

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well yeah i’m gonna use apc40 as a launcher and effect , and djm 800 only for mixing , i’m still lost becuz the sound card becuz i don’t know much about ableton still reading n stuff , so does this setup support 4 channel or its depends on sound card?

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If you are only using the DJM as a midi controller (no DJM effects etc) then you’ll only need a 2 stereo channel soundcard (one for master, one for monitor).

If you are going to send the audio out to the DJM as seperate channels for mixing you’ll need a four stereo channel coundcard.