Im considering getting a NS7 to learn everything on, then in time i want to get a 3rd deck, the V7 being just a single deck from the NS7 would match perfectly, but would it work? NS7 usb to comp and V7 Usb to comp, 3 decks in total, output 1 of V7 to aux input of NS7, can serato itch support 3 decks? from 2 different pieces of hardware or would i just be better off getting a cd player going into the aux input? i know that i cant assign it to the crossfader, but i still have control over volume via the gain and eq treble and bass.
Joey is correct - unfortunately Itch only supports more than 2 decks with the XoneX. Even when I connect 2xV7’s to a mixer, both audio from deck A and B come from the same V7.
the only way you can get more then 2 decks is with more then 2 laptops.
dx gets away with it because it doesnt use 14 bit hi res.
the cd player in the aux is an interesting idea, especially as a back up if your computer shits out. if you think you really want a platform thats more modular or customizable i would look into getting v7s from the get go if you really wanna use itch
as someone who went from NS7 to V7, my opinion is: get a pair of V7s and a decent mixer - and wait it out. I’m pretty sure NI’s got something cooking. the V7/NS7 userbase is too large to ignore… same goes for the “4 decks with 2 V7s” thing within ITCH, it’s most likely some exclusive deal crap that always gets in the way of progress.
well, you can still use my traktor timecode hack and keep switching the timecode control from deck to deck (the same way you work when you have two turntables but want to use 3-4 decks). I believe I posted it already, if I haven’t, check this out (hope you don’t mind me sounding all confused, I was a bit groggy that day and just wanted to get it done):
why bother? with the v7’s really other then having 8 cue points most of the features of traktor can be covered with a decent mixer (key, filter, effects). and i am pretty sure the 4 deck thing really has to do with the amount of information being exchanged. thats why/how the dx works.
I beg to differ on that. with the stuff traktor can handle on my machine with the cpu barely showing any signs of stress, I doubt that itch - which IMO is a much lighter application than traktor - would have problems handling four independent streams. especially since with two V7s, you can only control two decks at a time.
I’m sure it’s a licensing issue that will expire in due time.
I’m pretty sure one USB can handle more than that (compared to, say, a virus TI which handles 3 stereo outs, one stereo in and plenty of control data easily). an audio8 is usb too and deals with up to 4 ins and 4 outs at a time.
you’re comparing apples and oranges tho. and what you’re saying about it being some sort of contractual thing doesn’t make any sense.
i remember on the serato boards alot of people bitching about how with the xone dx you cant scratch and the scrub wheel isnt hi res. with the information being exchanged there just isn’t enough bandwidth for a steady rate of large volumes of information.
really who would turn down that cash cow if it existed? maybe in the future but not now
But that aside, most of the stream chatter isn’t coming from the audio on the cards, but all that ‘Hi-Res’ control information coming out of the NS7 and V7.
X. Even when I connect 2xV7’s to a mixer, both audio from deck A and B come from the same V7.