Pioneer CDJ/XDJ HID guidance

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Pioneer CDJ/XDJ HID guidance

I am exploring HID as an option to when I do not have technics 1200’s available or venue can’t accommodate my technical rider… I have some questions that I have not been able to find answers to;

Macbook Air OS X 10.11.6
Traktor Scratch Pro 2 V2.10.2.9

  • I own Traktor Scratch Pro 2 V2.10.2.9 will I be able to use a DJM 900NXS or 900NXS2 as a soundcard and CDJ’s as HID with that version of traktor?
  • I only want to connect 2 CDJ as HID only no sound card aggregate, do I need to connect the 2 individual USB to HUB → macbook or can I connect one CDJ USB and daisy chain with LINK and ethernet to the second CDJ? I ask because I am not a fan of adding hubs to the setup
  • if I did want to do the sound card aggregate do I then need to connect all individual USB to a hub and then to macbook?
  • which of the supported listed models performs the most stable? (CDJ-900 /CDJ-900 Nexus /CDJ-2000 /CDJ-2000 Nexus / CDJ-2000 Nexus 2 / XDJ-1000)
  • I have watched some of the youtube tutorials on the topic that come up (DJTT, Dubspot, DJTV) which ones do you recommend or are there any well written ones besides RTFM?
  • if I do have to add a USB hub which is hands down the Rolls Royce of powered USB hubs that has a small enough footprint, is there a thunderbolt to USB hub solution?
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  1. Yup!
  2. You can use the 900’s audio interface and skip aggregating. Simply plug the CDJs and mixer via USB, you can’t use Link as an alternative to a USB cable for Traktor use, it just doesn’t work that way.
  3. You need to do it either way.
  4. All supported models work quite reliably.
  5. It’s a fairly straightforward process so as long as you follow these you should be ok
  6. Here are some recommendations
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This also applies to 5.

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Thank you!

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Make sure you keep updated firmwares on you. I have had to update the firmware on CDJ’s a few time when I was using Traktor.

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for sure…

given the firmware is up to date to avoid issues is there a preferred method of plug-in to computer, CDJ first and then launch traktor or Vice-A-Versa, or it doesn’t matter?

thanks