![]() On Windows, you can start two instances of any player that allows you to configure where its output goes, for instance, Foobar, then configure one instance of the player to send the stereo stream to the sound card, which is connected to FOH, and another instance – to send its stream to the computer audio jack, to which you connect your headphones. If you do not have a DJ-style player, or simply annoyed or intimidated by it, there is yet another solution.In short – if the main reason for buying sound card is the necessity for pre-listening, a combination of a DJ player and DJ cable will give you this ability without sound card at all.ĪudioQuest Dragonfly 1.5 Black: Two channels sound card with a single, 1/8″ mini-stereo out Then, using a special adapter (see Traktor DJ cable), you connect the house to, say, L channel, and your headphones to R channel, and so, you can pre-listen to your music even without an external sound card at all, or with the mere two channels card. Traktor Pro and similar software will also allow you to configure any single stereo channel, be it a computer audio jack, or an external two channels sound card, to play your music, mixed down to mono, into one channel, and your cue, also mixed down to mono – to another channel.All DJ class sound cards are four channels, and some professional audio interfaces, also have four channels DACs. A proper DJ software, such as Traktor Pro, will detect such card and configure it so that you can play and pre-listen from the same instance of the same player. two stereo channels) sound cards have two separate stereo tracks – one for FOH (Front of House, or venue’s acoustic system) and one for cueing (pre-listening). Reloop Play: four channel DJ soundcard with two stereo RCA outs in front and additional headphones jack on the back If you want to pre-listen to your next track/tanda, while playing, there are three ways in which the sound card can help you. So, would it not be wise to look at all those features, before committing yourself to a particular brand or make? 2.1. And yet, when you buy a DJ sound card, only a fraction of its price directly reflects the quality of the sound. ![]() Moreover, sound cards of a similar price, and similar quality may have almost orthogonal sets of features, with some of them being extremely important for your particular way of DJing, while others may never be needed. However, a well-chosen sound card can give you much more than just a quality boost. Obviously, the first reason for getting a sound card is a quest for better quality of the sound. “DAC”, depending on the context, may refer to either a sound card as a whole, or to Digital to Analog Converter chipset inside of a sound card. Please note that in this article “sound card”, “sound interface” and “DJ interface” will all refer to the same thing, namely, an audio unit that converts a digital stream sent over USB connection of your computer into the analog, line level signal, which, in turn, is sent to the house sound system. In this article, which emerged out of the Sound Engineering for Tango DJs seminars, and discussions in several Tango DJ groups, I will try to present a feature-centered, rather than opinion-based view on various classes of sound cards, suitable for Tango DJs, without delving too much either into the misty worlds of audiophile legends or stepping onto perilous grounds of digital sound quality issues. In my not so long career as a tango DJ I have owned 12 (twelve) various sound interfaces, and tried out many more. The truth, however, is that nowadays there are plenty of good sound cards out there, with very reasonable prices and widely varied feature sets, and so you can make much better choice by looking at the specific features of the card that you need, rather than listening to someone’s opinions on what is “the ultimate best”. ![]() The answers are often reduced to “I use card X, it’s the best!”, with an inherent possibility of a local religious war. The question “which sound card should I get” arises periodically in various DJ forums.
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