# Will using a mixer with a internal sound card work with the Novation Audiohub? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware: Controllers, Mods and Gear\ **Tags:** sound-card, novation, help, pioneer-djm800, newbie\ **Created:** [May 11, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183 "2015-05-11T20:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![biederman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@biederman](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/biederman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/1 "2015-05-11T20:17:25Z")
**Will using a mixer with a internal sound card work with the Novation Audiohub?** Hello DJ Tech Tools! I’m looking into upgrading my system this summer but i am stumped on something. Currently my setup is Traktor Z1 with a Kontrol x1 mk2. I have been looking for a 4 channel mixer the past few months and i think i have found the winner (Pioneer DJM-850), i will be also getting another X1 mk2 so i can manipulate all four channels. Since the DJM-850 has a internal sound card built into it I don’t need to buy a external sound card… but i won’t have enough usb ports on my mac and thats a lot of gear plugged into one old mac (Running on 6 years still going strong) This little nifty device made by Novation call thee Audiohub is a external sound card with a usb hub of three! Which seems perfect one for the DJM-850, two for the X1’s. So my question comes down too can i hook a mixer with a internal sound card to a external sound card like the Audiohub? Can i by pass the Novations sound card and just use Pioneers internal or vic versa? Orrrr… Would a powered usb hub be sufficient? To me those hubs don’t look like they can take a beating like the Audiohub plus its a sexy piece of equipment. Thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![dj\_matt\_blaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@dj\_matt\_blaze](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/dj_matt_blaze)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/2 "2015-05-11T23:28:04Z")
Whichever soundcard you want to use just has to be selected and routed in the Traktor Audio setup. I have a Xone DX controller which has a built in soundcard but the soundcard has been giving me problems with intermittently dropping either the left or right on either deck, I crank up the bass and the missing side comes back, probably some loose connection inside buy anyway I also have a Traktor Audio 6 that I just plug into a USB and select in Traktor. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Im\_Shy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/hi_im_shy/32/12969_2.png) [@Hi\_Im\_Shy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Hi_Im_Shy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/3 "2015-05-11T23:56:04Z")
Powered USB hub. DJM-850 into one USB port and the two X1’s into a hub into the second. Why make it more complicated than it has to be? Why get a fancy mixer with a built in sound card at all if you don’t want to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Im\_Shy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/hi_im_shy/32/12969_2.png) [@Hi\_Im\_Shy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Hi_Im_Shy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/4 "2015-05-11T23:59:31Z")
In all honesty you might not even need a powered USB hub. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/jester/32/12996_2.png) [@Jester](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/5 "2015-05-12T00:03:23Z")
DJM850 (puged into own usb port) 2 X1Mk2’s plugged into unpowered hub Rock out. Forget about the other soundcards. if you are not going to use the interface in the djm850, just get a djm750 instead. ---
**Author:** ![Kwal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/kwal/32/14606_2.png) [@Kwal](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Kwal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/6 "2015-05-12T20:25:25Z")
I rock a 2010 Macbook and have literally never needed a powered hub. I’ll run my Audio 10 into 1 of my Mac’s ports, then the rest into the hub. ---
**Author:** ![biederman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@biederman](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/biederman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/will-using-a-mixer-with-a-internal-sound-card-work-with-the-novation-audiohub/71183/7 "2015-05-12T22:26:18Z")
Awesome! Thanks for steering me in the right direction , I think I was over thinking the whole set up. Still overly new to the DJ world. Thanks again Team!