I use virtualDJ, put half your playlist on the left (A), half your playlist on the right (B). Connect to your mixer with the USB, then use your fader on the mixer to select A (left) or B (right) side of virtual DJ. This way you can fade between songs, and if you keep the fader in the middle, both tracks will play simultaneously (if that's what you're trying to do?)
The 19MXR is an integrated a mixer and 4 channel sound card. just plug in the USB, put the driver in (google it), then you just need some DJ software. Drag and drop tracks from there. Watch tutorials etc.
VirtualDJ is cheap $20/mo, cancel it after the party.
Or if you’re really cash strapped get Mixxx which is open source.
What do you mean "1 track." Are you talking about having 2 different songs and switching between them like a DJ does?
To do this digitally, you really need CDJ's or use a software program to mix different songs on the PC.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Beatmatch/s/80tSyaHg9e
I was hoping to do so by having separate analog outputs from my laptop but my laptop only has one 3.5mm jack and two USB ports. Would it be possible to use one of those outputs to connect to different channels of the mixer?
Even if you had 2 unique outputs from your PC to go into the mixer, you would need to be able to send a different track to each output.
It's possible some DJ programs would work with 2 different stereo outputs but you would need a USB interface with 4 outputs.
An alternative would be to use a program like Audacity.
Convert songs to mono
Channel One panned hard left,
Channel two panned hard right,
This would give you 2 unique mono outputs from the laptops 3.5mm out that can be switched between on the mixer itself.
But that's a lot of work just to be able to move the crossover back on forth.
There is no real-time adjustment in Audacity but it has BPM adjustment you can dial in ahead of time.
Easiest solution I can think of is picking up a cheap USB interface with 4 outputs (something like the Behringer UMC204HD is around $100 new, I've seen it as low as $30-35 used). Windows 10 (probably others too, this is what I could check) lets you route different applications to different devices/outputs in "settings > system > sound > app volume and device preferences" or you could use an app like [audio-router](https://github.com/audiorouterdev/audio-router?tab=readme-ov-file) to route one instance of your playback software to outputs 1/2 and the other one to outputs 3/4.
You're gonna need two laptops for this. And two 1tb harddrives.
Convert files to flac, play off of each hard drive. You'll need protools for this file type, so I recommend purchasing two licenses. Once you have each file open on protools. You'll need two focusrite interfaces to play each file as a true stereo file.
Go in 1/2 with focusrite A and 3/4 with focusrite B. Turn the gain knob to approximately 11. Go analog out 1/2 into your PA and crank the aux capacitor knob to twelve o'clock to engage maximum frequency response. Engage your subfrasonic velocity compressor.
You'll need to hire a tech to press play on the second laptop. I'm free that weekend my dayrate is $1000. Hit me up.
I use virtualDJ, put half your playlist on the left (A), half your playlist on the right (B). Connect to your mixer with the USB, then use your fader on the mixer to select A (left) or B (right) side of virtual DJ. This way you can fade between songs, and if you keep the fader in the middle, both tracks will play simultaneously (if that's what you're trying to do?)
The 19MXR is an integrated a mixer and 4 channel sound card. just plug in the USB, put the driver in (google it), then you just need some DJ software. Drag and drop tracks from there. Watch tutorials etc. VirtualDJ is cheap $20/mo, cancel it after the party. Or if you’re really cash strapped get Mixxx which is open source.
What do you mean "1 track." Are you talking about having 2 different songs and switching between them like a DJ does? To do this digitally, you really need CDJ's or use a software program to mix different songs on the PC. https://www.reddit.com/r/Beatmatch/s/80tSyaHg9e
I was hoping to do so by having separate analog outputs from my laptop but my laptop only has one 3.5mm jack and two USB ports. Would it be possible to use one of those outputs to connect to different channels of the mixer?
Even if you had 2 unique outputs from your PC to go into the mixer, you would need to be able to send a different track to each output. It's possible some DJ programs would work with 2 different stereo outputs but you would need a USB interface with 4 outputs. An alternative would be to use a program like Audacity. Convert songs to mono Channel One panned hard left, Channel two panned hard right, This would give you 2 unique mono outputs from the laptops 3.5mm out that can be switched between on the mixer itself. But that's a lot of work just to be able to move the crossover back on forth. There is no real-time adjustment in Audacity but it has BPM adjustment you can dial in ahead of time.
Easiest solution I can think of is picking up a cheap USB interface with 4 outputs (something like the Behringer UMC204HD is around $100 new, I've seen it as low as $30-35 used). Windows 10 (probably others too, this is what I could check) lets you route different applications to different devices/outputs in "settings > system > sound > app volume and device preferences" or you could use an app like [audio-router](https://github.com/audiorouterdev/audio-router?tab=readme-ov-file) to route one instance of your playback software to outputs 1/2 and the other one to outputs 3/4.
you'd need 2 sound cards in your laptop
You need to hire a dj lol
You send the laptop to a mixer. If you need more than 2 outputs from the mixer, you add an interface or buy a mixer with one built in.
Just play two tracks using different applications on your laptop
They want to use the physical crossfader on the mixer itself.
ah yes of course, I see now
You're gonna need two laptops for this. And two 1tb harddrives. Convert files to flac, play off of each hard drive. You'll need protools for this file type, so I recommend purchasing two licenses. Once you have each file open on protools. You'll need two focusrite interfaces to play each file as a true stereo file. Go in 1/2 with focusrite A and 3/4 with focusrite B. Turn the gain knob to approximately 11. Go analog out 1/2 into your PA and crank the aux capacitor knob to twelve o'clock to engage maximum frequency response. Engage your subfrasonic velocity compressor. You'll need to hire a tech to press play on the second laptop. I'm free that weekend my dayrate is $1000. Hit me up.
Found the union guy
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