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Serato help (couple questions)

emesem 3:54 PM - 12 September, 2007
Hey guys,

I'm about to invest in a new setup, my old one was stolen (cdj800s, empath, tt200) Anyway, this time i'm going to be using ttx1's, either a rane ttm56/serato or a ttm57. The computer i'm going to use to run the program is my DAW, my studio pc. I'm mainly a recording/mixing engineer, dj'ing is just a hobby but i do like to have a pair of decks for creative studio use. Here's my pc specs...

Pc specs:
2.13ghz intel core 2 duo
1gb ram
2x seagate barracuda drives
M-audio delta1010 soundcard.

Question One.
Will my delta1010's latency play a role in how serato works?

Question Two.
Can I use my akai mpd24 to send midi signals to serato? Example...to control effects or looping?? If this is the case I might get the 56/serato combo

Question Three.
Does serato support rewire? A lot of my work, involves scratching samples over peoples songs. I could be in the middle of a project (using cubase sx3.1) and the artists wants a sample scratched, can I fire up serato and scratch the sample into cubase? Or will there be issues with the 2 programs open at the same time?

Any help would be greatly appreciated guys, when it comes to simply mixing/scratching I know my stuff, but I've never had to use this type of software before so I have to know if its compatible with my setup.
nik39 5:39 PM - 12 September, 2007
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Will my delta1010's latency play a role in how serato works?

No, as SSL has its own soundcard. It would not be a good idea however, to use both devices at the same time due to the limited USB bandwidth (its an USB device, right?).


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Can I use my akai mpd24 to send midi signals to serato? Example...to control effects or looping?? If this is the case I might get the 56/serato combo

Maybe with version 1.8, not yet. Midi Support is planned for 1.8, and I've seen how Serato demonstrated midi at a tradeshow with a MPC IIRC. However, as you cant control the EFX with a footswitch yet, I doubt you will be able to control them via Midi either. Sucks.
nobspangle 5:43 PM - 12 September, 2007
First, a piece of advice, if you intend on using Cubase and SSL at the same time you might want to consider a bit more RAM. Memory is cheap and it will help everything to run smoothly.

1. No, SSL uses it's own soundcard (either the SL 1 or the TTM 57SL) so your Delta 1010 isn't involved.

2. Some people are doing this already with a midi to keystroke converter but full native support for MIDI is coming in 1.8 which will be a free upgrade

3. No rewire support in SSL yet, at the moment to do what you want you will need to feed one of the outputs from the 56/57 (both have balanced jacks) into the Delta 1010 and record from that input.

On the 57 vs. 56 and SL 1. In your situation I would go with the 57 one less thing to have to set up in the studio, just need the mixer and you're away.
nobspangle 5:43 PM - 12 September, 2007
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It would not be a good idea however, to use both devices at the same time due to the limited USB bandwidth (its an USB device, right?).

No the Delta 1010 is PCI
emesem 6:00 PM - 12 September, 2007
The ram issue...I agree with. I will add more, the only reason I haven't as of yet is down to me using dsp effects, uad cards, focusrite liquid mix etc. I thought i wouldnt need the upgrade.

Anyway as nobspangle said....I was planning to feed the output of the 56/57 into the delta and record through cubase, but I was worried about the 2 programs being open at the same time having issues etc???
nobspangle 10:08 PM - 12 September, 2007
As such there is no issue with having Cubase and SSL open at the same time. The only time a problem will occur is if you computer is not powerful enough to cope with both programs at the same time. I would have thought that a core 2 duo would be fine with both programs provided Cubase doesn't eat all your RAM.