Djm nexus 900 Recording

When I tried going from the REC OUT to the microphone input on both my Mac and Thinkpad the sound quality was poor. elastic1 - what interface did you go into? Think this may be different than going into the microphone input on the Mac and using Audacity as suggested.

Anyway everything is working fine on mine so I am happy. Not too concered about the updated driver now. Just wanted to try and help out. Not sure if it was worth my time or energy posting on here. I hope there is a fix for everyone soon.

@ JonnyLawless > The recorded samples provided in this thread have be attempted with the built in sound card! Not using an RCA to 1/8" cable to record mate. Please don't get yourself confused with posts in this thread. I have posted multiple multiple comments about temporary solutions and I have had them work properly for myself on certain occasions. I am using Mac. Have you read all of my previous comments? If you read them, you would know that I am using 1 Mac still on OS X 10.6.7, and my test Mac has been updated to OS X 10.6.8, then updated again with the 10.6.8 Supplement update and tested once again. For some reason I find it very hard to believe you have read all of my previous comments if you seem to think I'm using Windows.... Recording with an RCA and 1/8" cable should work on any mixer that has an RCA output, I do not understand how the quality can be "poor" through this method? I can understand if it's slightly not as good recording via a USB cable and the built in sound card, but the RCA cable should still work fine. My main question is, if trying to record with an RCA and 1/8" cable was also poor quality on your 900, are all of your outputs poor quality on the 900?

JonnyLawless, please answer the following questions so I can help diagnose your problem because I have no idea what's going on with your system. Please base your answers on how you had your set-up when it was making the "fuzz" sound.

What equipment are you using? please list all hardware you have connected, CDJ's, DJM, Mac, etc....

What software are you using? please list all software you are using, and separate any other software you have tried.

How is all of your equipment connected? please list every single signal connection throughout all of your gear.

Thanks

@ elastic1 > Thank you for mentioning recording with a cable still works properly. I'm unsure why it wouldn't work in any case at all... Unless the output is broken I suppose. lol

My pleasure :)

I am using a DJM900 and Kontrol X1 connected to Traktor Pro 2 on my Macbook Pro through the USB. The RCA method with Audacity sounds exactly the same as if recording directly through Traktor with OSX 10.6.8.

Thanks for your help but everything is working perfectly for me as it is. I am just keeping my OSX at 10.6.3 until the driver arrives. I do not need any support as I have solved everything with the recording. Just wanted to let everyone know that this method worked. Thanks.

@ JonnyLawless > So your X1 is connected directly to your MacBook Pro via USB, and your DJM-900 is connected directly to your MacBook Pro via USB? No USB hub or anything?

Recoding through the RCA with Audacity is not the same method as recording directly through Traktor.

What do you connect your monitors to, to receive the master output?

It's no problem, I'm just really confused as to why this method isn't working for you. I want to make sure your 900 isn't defective or something strange. It's highly unlikely, but I'm still curious. lol

Yes I use a powered USB hub to the USB port that does not also use the iSight on my Macbook Pro. The monitors are connected to the main MASTER1. I know you need to change the audio settings in Audacity to the DJM 900. I set Traktor Sample rate to 44100 Hz and made sure the DJM-900 in the Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup matches the 44100 Hz. I cranked the audio latency right up 4096 in Traktor. This is the maximum and a multiple of 256

My DJM900 Nexus is not defected. It works perfectly with an RCA cable with Mac OSX 10.6.3. It is when I use Mac OSX 10.6.8 that there are issues with the recording. You should try recording with your Mac OSX 10.6.8 with a cable to your Mac microphone input. You will most likely get the same result.

@ JonnyLawless > So your USB hub has the DJM-900 and the X1 connected to it, then it is connected to your MacBook Pro? Is there anything else connected to the USB hub?

As per the monitors, when you had everything connected and set up, when you were using OS X 10.6.8, was the master output to your monitors a clear signal? Basically did your master output sound "fuzzy" like the other users have described?

When you changed the sample rates, latency, and designation, were you attempting to record with the DJM-900 built in sound card?

Did you change any of the settings again when you attempted to record with the RCA to 1/8" cable?

I will try recording with an RCA and 1/8" cable when I get back to my gear on my OS X 10.6.8 computer. But maybe someone else could give me a hand and test it before I do?

elastic1 - maybe you could test it, or just mention what version of OS X you were running when you're able to record via the RCA to 1/8" cable?

Any help would be great here.

Thanks,

Foster

There is just the X1 and DJM 900 connected to the USB hub. The hub is then connected to the Macbook Pro. The sound is perfect through my Monitors with Mac OS X 10.6.8. I did not experience any issues with sound quality at all when playing music through Traktor and using 10.6.8. I could use Traktor fine - the only issue is recording. When you play back the recording the sound is not right.

I use the DJM 900 as the sound card for recording. It did not matter whether I used the internal Traktor recorder, Audacity (both Microphone/DJM 900 settings) or Cool Edit the sound quality was the same. I also tried all the Masters, REC OUT and Booth on the DJM900 and they where all the same.

All the settings for sample rates and latency where correct. When using traktor the sound quality is perfect - only the recordings are not right. Try it out for yourself and see if you can get this work correctly.

@ JonnyLawless > So if the sound is perfect through your monitors at all times, no matter the software or OS X version, you should be able to record via an RCA to 1/8" cable... 

When I say to use the RCA to 1/8" cable to record, I mean you should completely exclude the DJM-900 internal sound card for recording. Do you understand what I mean?

On OS X 10.6.8, you should be able to open Audacity, go to "Audacity" in the top left, and open the "Preferences" pane. Then go to the "Devices" section on the left, then at the bottom it says "Recording" and choose Device: "Built-In Input", Channel: "2 (Stereo)".

Once you have done that, you are now bypassing the DJM-900 internal sound card for recording.

Now you can attach your RCA to 1/8" cable from the "REC OUT" on the back of the DJM-900, to the "Input" jack on your MacBook Pro. Then just set your levels in Audacity and on your DJM-900 and start recording.

Please let me know if you tried this exact method before you downgraded your OS X.

I seem to think you tried recording with Audacity and an RCA to 1/8" cable, but I don't know if you might have missed the step to bypass the DJM-900 internal sound card. If you miss the bypass, you will still be recording from the DJM-900's internal sound card and of course it will not work good. :) 

Let me know when you can mate.

Thanks,

Foster

Yes the sound is perfect in the monitors. I already tried this at the very beginning. It does not work. I changed the settings in Audacity to record from the Microphone and not the DJM 900 soundcard. Please try yourself before asking me more about this.

update pls.

I appreciate them trying to fix it.  But I this is a pretty big corner we're rounding...  =/  

part of the answer is if your using traktor and recording through the program you need a external sound card or recorder  to get a good sound i have a zoom h4n its easy to use and not that expensive as well as very good quality  

Still waiting guys, sorry!

I have noticed the same problem, running macbook pro with 10.6.8, routing any digital output post fader to any digital input results in digital noise.  I tried to route audio from output 1/2 to sampler in maschine (input 5/6).  I got noise.  I tried with the same results routing post fader 1/2 to input in Ableton.  I tried with 10.7 and the problem was even worse.  I have tried every sample rate, various buffers.  It seems ridiculous in tracking this conversation that this has been a problem since the launch of the mixer and pioneer has not fixed it.  This is a professional mixer, and downgrading your os, and the complications that involves with authorizations etc is ridiculous.  If Pioneer is going to advertise their mixer to work with traktor, it should be able to handle the digital flow that a 200 dollar soundcard can do.   Pioneer should fix this problem.  It's as if we are beta testing features that are advertised as one of the major selling points of this mixer.

I'd totally support them trading us up for the DJM 200 for free... 

...Just sayin, that's an idea. 

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<.<

2000* (derp)

mh, a DJM 2000 bundled (not included in mixer!) with a NI Audio 10 - I´m in!

Seriously, i love the whole product (DJM 900), but the problem with recording and the timecode-issue

are driving me to sell this piece - very soon - i really hope, there is something coming...

Like van NoXx I will sell this mixer soon too. The problem with recording is still not solved and Pioneer had enough time to work on this issue.

It is a joke to wait this long for such an update in the year 2011 and especially talking of a premium mixer.

@Bubla > I appreciate that you find the situation humorous but Pioneer is taking it seriously.  The engineers have found that the issue with 10.6.8 is actually with OSX itself, not the drivers, and are working with Apple on a fix.  They are also testing their 10.7 drivers and they should be available soon.  Your patience is appreciated.