Just bought a DJM700, want to play tracks from pc but use djm to mix
Last night I saw Tydi and Alex M.O.R.P.H play at a neighborhood club. Tydi was spinning with 2 cdj 2000’s mk2 i think with a djm 800 mixer. When Alex M.O.R.P.H came on, he just hooked his macbook up to the djm and played his set off the macbook. Never touched a cdj just mixed on the djm with no cueing, just straight up mixing. I think the set was previously laid out.
I’ve done lots of mixing through traktor but my forte is in ableton. I love the workflow and production value of it but I decided after seeing Alex that I need to go back and practice on the standard pioneer rig.
I was able to get a used Djm700 from a CL add and i was totally stoked. Bad news is, I dont have any cdjs to hook this bad boy up to so I am still forced to use traktor, which i dont mind as long as all of the mixing is being done on the djm. Whats the best way to control traktor while still routing the audio through the djm?
You need a soundcard to output audio to the DJM. I’m guessing you want a 4 channel soundcard to mix 4 decks from traktor into their own channels. Then use any midi controller like an X1 or whatever to control traktor depending on how you want to mix. You can also get controllers with jog wheels like the behringer CMD if you want to beatmatch.
I am experimenting using CDJ350’s to control the decks in Traktor, i.e. to pick the tracks, and play them, but am routing the output sound straight to my DJM.
As I understand it, without the CDJ’s as soundcards, I would need a standalone, such as the NI Audio 10 (or similar, smaller if needed) if I didn’t have the CDJ’s. Basically you are looking to output at least 2 channels of music to your DJM, so would need at least a 2 channel soundcard. Assuming your controlling Traktor with your mouse.
