Internally routing Maschine Mikro through a live deck channel in Traktor on my S4

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Internally routing Maschine Mikro through a live deck channel in Traktor on my S4

Hello

I’m new, and like most new people I arrive with what will turn out to either be a stupid and easily solvable question or one that is impossible to answer. TBH, this problem is pissing me off so much that I’m happy to look stupid if I get this gear running sweet.

Ok, so I’m running a Macbook (mountain lion) Traktor 2.5.1, S4 controller, F1 controller and I have just bought Maschine Mikro.

Naively, as they’re all related, I assumed that you could just plug the Maschine Mikro in, select what channel you want it off and work away. This is not the case.

I have searched a lot for a solution. I have downloaded soundflower, jack osx, and installed it all. I still think I’m missing something.

I have however managed to sync the bpms via midi clock. That was simple though compared to the rest.

Excuse all the detail there. I just wanted whoever was kind enough to help to have as much info as poss.

Can anyone please tell me if I’m missing something here? Or if they know how to solve this?

Thanks very much

Ash

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There’s already been a few threads like this already but I haven’t seen one yet dealing with Maschine. I think it should be pretty similar to using Ableton audio within Traktor. I’ll just give you a basic overview of how I’ve done it in the past. I do it with JackRouter.

I’m not sure how well that answers your question. Do you need any help with specifically any part of the setup?

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Hi mate

Thanks so much for your help. I’m almost there - I think - due to your guide there.

Now I can see, in traktor, that it’s receiving a signal when I play Maschine.

My only problem now is that my traktor is using Jackrouter as the audio device and not my traktor S4.

Do you know how I get around this to get sound out of the system and still maintain the connection?

Thanks again for your help.

Ash

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So you need to set the Outputs from Traktor (in JackRouter) to connect to the outputs in the soundcard on the S4.
When you set up the preferences in JackRouter you need to select the S4’s soundcard in the Input and Output drop down menus.

Then, you need to route the ports within JackRouter. The ports titled “playback_#” in “Receive Ports” need to be connected to the JackRouter output ports for Traktor (which are probably Traktor:Out1&2 for the master, and Traktor:Out3&4 for the cue depending on how you set it up within Traktor).

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Additionally, depending on the sampling rate of the soundcard on the S4, you may need to change “Sample Rate” in the JackRouter preferences. I have it set to 44100, but if in Traktor you have it set to 48000, then you may need to change Jack’s setting to 48000 too. Usually though, you’ll get the best performance regardless of this setup with a 44100 sample rate in Traktor.

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Jared, you’re a genius and a gentleman! I’m so happy with that.

My next question is - will this save the setting for me?

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Actually, just seen that I can save the settings!

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Alright! I’m glad its all working out!
Just remember to load the settings every time you restart Jack.

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I’ve tried this actually and everything works fine except when i play there some static in the background…assuming I have something connected incorrectly. Has this happened to you before?

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Still having problems with running maschine through my s4.

I have set up maschine into my s4 with Jack Router but I cant control anything on my s4. Can some send me the setup they used in the Jack connection manager please or tell me what I’m doing wrong.

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Doesn’t work for me.

Im so sad, the setup doesn’t work for me.
I choose the S4 as my Soundcard for Jackrouter. Afterwards I configured the midi Sync in Traktor - but there is still no sound from Maschine in Deck D. And I don’t know why not. I chooses all the possibilities, finially I give up.
Ist anyone out there able to help me? That would be great!

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