[quote]DaveDD (12/07/2010)[hr]Don’t sweat 'em Howie…people call me “abrasive”. 
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Thanks brotha!
But Dave brings up a good point, in not a direct way. I would really save up another paycheck and put another 150 pounds into it and get a way better sound card. This way, you wont be expanding all the time and whatnot. If you get anything presonus, you can daisy chain interfaces together.
However, I cant stress enough not cheaping out on an interface.
[quote]Damian (10/07/2010)[hr]My plans are to use it for recording dj mixes on ableton, and production on Ableton/Cubase.
The only hardware that I have is a a Korg PadKontrol/ Novation nocturn zero sl mkii and a small m-audio midi keyboard.
I am only starting out and trying to learn from you guy’s, I haven’t a clue about all this stuff.
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Hi,
I read this as using Ableton to produce DJ mixes in the box, without using external equipment like mixers and CDJ and stuff. If that is the case you only need either one pair of outs for your speakers. OR if you are going to mix in the box, but still do it live you will need two pair of outs, one for you monitors and one for your headphones. You don’t actually need any in, but it is best to have one pair just in case.
Even if you are going to be using it with external equipment such as a mixer and CDJs you will only need two pair of outs which you connect to two channels of your mixer, then connect the CDJs to other channels on the mixer (or even the same channels using the input sectors if you have them). Then you need one pair of in to record from the master out of the mixer.
The only reason you would need to connect a pair of CDJ directly to your audio interface is if you are going to use Traktor Scratch or similar, in that case you should get NI Audio 8.
I think £150 is fine as a budget for what you want to do, I would look at the M-audio fast track pro, 4 in 4 out (Stereo uses 2 lines, right and left so 4 in = 2 stereo ins!)
or maybe the NI Audio 4, as it comes with Traktor LE and that is fun!
http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/native-instruments-audio-4-dj–61776
Both are 24bit and have ASIO low latency drivers and will work for DJing and production. If you are not recording vocals or instruments I think these are a good choice. Where you want to spend money is on good monitors!
[quote]howiegroove (08/07/2010)[hr][quote]DJ_Labs (07/07/2010)[hr][quote]howiegroove (07/07/2010)[hr][quote]DJ_Labs (07/07/2010)[hr]i’ll make a similar topic…im interested in buy a new sound card to my pc. Whats the best to record vocals? i have a condenser mic AKG Perception 120.
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No one likes to do research on here, do they?
Apogee makes the best A/D converters on the market. Vocals will not sound better then on them.[/quote]
yeh i use the search & research a lot, but like some opinion to my personal case…
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Hey Labs…check this out.
[url]SOS Past Articles now online (back to January 1994)
Give that a read through. They are the professionals.
It really doesnt matter what microphone you have (well it does, but thats another story). If you have sh!t analog to digital (A/D) converters, your vocals (or any sound for that matter) will not sound as good. So it really depends dood. How much dough do you have to spend? That will make the difference. If you won the lottery, then you can surely afford some Apogee gear. Thats what I would get. They have the best converters period. But honestly man, anything can get the job done. AKG makes great mics. So you are good there. Get a nice preamp too. But mostly dude, you are gonna want a clean signal coming in with as little noise as possible. The more stuff and wires you have running, the more noise you have in your signal. Like I said though. I have a Presonus Firestudio Mobile that has amazing A/D converters. Is it Apogee? NO! But they are great! You need to look specifically at the preamps that are included in your sound card. Thats where you want a clean signal.
Hope this helps.
Maybe? ;)[/quote]
yes u help
very thanks 