Laptop DJing, soundcard help please...
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- KVRAF
- 5629 posts since 22 Sep, 2005
I forgot to mention that the Indigo DJ is not very good for long DJ sets as it does and can overhead. The fact that a large portion of the card resides inside the laptop plus it rarely receives any fan or cool air makes for a meltdown situation. I've personally seen them get so hot that the jacks break, the tiny head case splits open or the audio just clips out (luckily there were CD decks on site )..
If your a serious DJ planning on doing long sets I'd opt for a breakout box over the PCMCIA option. You should also go for cases for everything too!
I can (if you ever need it) repair melted and broken Indigo's (IO, DJ & discontinued OO's) ..
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If your a serious DJ planning on doing long sets I'd opt for a breakout box over the PCMCIA option. You should also go for cases for everything too!
I can (if you ever need it) repair melted and broken Indigo's (IO, DJ & discontinued OO's) ..
L
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 98 posts since 14 Mar, 2006 from Buffalo, NY USA
Thanks for all of the replies. I'll consider all of them before I buy one. Good thing my tax return hasn't shown up yet or I might have already caved in a bought one.
- KVRian
- 1280 posts since 26 Mar, 2004 from UK
U46DJ for me - nice and cheap and does everything it needs to - 6in 4out, I use it with DJ Decks and Torq LE. Picked it up on Thomann for about £59, version 2 is out now. Drivers so-so, but never gave me any problems in XP.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/esi_u46_se.htm
http://www.thomann.de/gb/esi_u46_se.htm
- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 26 Nov, 2005 from Where silence and chaos meet.
that happened to me with that card... I can confirm first handLagrange wrote:I forgot to mention that the Indigo DJ is not very good for long DJ sets as it does and can overhead. The fact that a large portion of the card resides inside the laptop plus it rarely receives any fan or cool air makes for a meltdown situation. I've personally seen them get so hot that the jacks break, the tiny head case splits open or the audio just clips out (luckily there were CD decks on site )..
If your a serious DJ planning on doing long sets I'd opt for a breakout box over the PCMCIA option. You should also go for cases for everything too!
I can (if you ever need it) repair melted and broken Indigo's (IO, DJ & discontinued OO's) ..
L
It's not what you use, it's how you use it...
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- KVRAF
- 35171 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
Think about it ... you still need at least 4 outputs ... 2 for main out/2 for cue mix (the cue mix can be your laptops headphone out).Lagrange wrote:You could always try Traktor DJ studio. It separates the cue & output internally so no need for hardware.