You have to get a midi out / usb in midi cable to go from the mixer to your computer.

my first question would be;
do you know how to map midi in serato? like have you ever mapped a midi controller ssl before?

that will give us an idea on where to start.

oh yea, that too.

I'm sorry! I mentiomed the wrong mixer. I have the DJM 909.

unless there is a new version i don't think it's midi capable.
will not fade video with the cross and upfaders.

you need a controller or use the arrow keys.
if you have dicers they could work for you.

The 909 does not have Midi. Like tomatoslice says, you will need another midi device...the dicers will work but not the best to use for crossfading the videos. Maybe look at the X1 or the newer version of the X1 (forgot the number of it)

Thanks for your help!

And as an FYI if you have a DJM-900 you do not need a Midi to USB adapter anymore. Midi works over the USB port.

WRONG DJM 900 supports MIDI over USB

oh sorry i didnt see your post rebelguy....
never played on a 909 is it really that good?

The 909 is a truly epic scratch mixer.

The choice of Craze, Jazzy Jeff, the Scratch Perverts... If only it had midi...

ok so its just a scratch mixer. i dont scratch, so im not really missing anything.

Not really. The effects section is awesome, but very little that can't be done with a 900 now.

When it came out, the effects were unbeatable.

Thats what i though i new it was a few years old i have seen it lots before i just wanted to make sure i wasnt missing something.

DJM-700 w/ usb midi cable FTW! - save ur money

DJM900 and no midi cable :) More expensive but better :)

For that price I'd rather get a 57, or 62.

57, eww, bad sound, nothing for midi controls, no internal efx.
62, good sound card, unproven mixer, looks really good on paper, lots of midi controls, internal and serto efx.

Watchwww.youtube.com

If you have the opportunity and the means.
Take a tm57 and a sl4 box. run the same mp3 (or MP4) to them, pump out the audio to a big pa (like a club) and its pretty obvious. I was blown away by it the 1st time i heard it. I didnt think there would be any noticeable difference. But even the technically inept club owner asked why my tracks sounded better...
the 57 has a 1st version of the sl1 (or something close to it) inside. Its also only a USB 1.1 soundcard. The sl4 just sounds so much more full. I havent compared the etch specs but im sure they will back up the my claim that the sl4 sound far better than the tm57.
and well the other 2 points are fact, so im not sure what else your WHAAAT!!! is about.

superior sound with 96kHz sample rate and 24-bit digital audio processing and galvanic isolation to eliminate computer noise and interference.

Teamed with low latency ASIO and Core Audio drivers, the SL 4 can also be used as a high-grade studio production tool.

Well you're definitely right about the SL4 sounding better, I own both and definitely share that opinion. (nothing to do with the "96kHz sample rate and 24-bit digital audio processing and galvanic isolation to eliminate computer noise and interference" though. Pretty sure I've never spun a track at 96kHz and I've definitely never said to myself, "What's up with that damn computer noise and interference???!!!")

The WHAAT!!! was because the 57 is still a top-tier sounding dj mixer, provides excellent control over SSL (no Midi admittedly), and does in fact have internal FX

than i guess it must be something else that helps the audio since it must not be anything they mentioned.

The main sound "issue" in the 57 is the internal limiters.

Stay below the limiting threshold (keep input gains low enough so that you never see red lights on the meters), and the 57 sounds fine.

Not trying to argue, but the definitions of "internal effect" could be: Audio effects processing without the aid of computer software.
The 57 does not fit that description. Effects all come from serato.


That's all matter of opinion, i know lots of DJ (big and small) that say most rane mixers suck, all pioneer mixers suck, and the xone 92 is good industry standard mixer. weather you believe that or not is fine. Im not trying to start a thread over that. I own a xone 92 and do believe it is great and has a unique all of those other mixer's are not bad.
Everything else is perfectly correct and when it come out i loves the 57, but the fact is, it has been replaced now. 61 and 62 are now ranes flag ships and those are the mixers i would suggest. (even though there's no ME support) hahahaha. i284.photobucket.com

nope. The 57 has internal effects. You have the option to "save to mixer" in the hardware panel and these effects will work on outside analog sources. Of course you get less flexibility, but if all you need is echo and a filter, those are "internal"

Exactly

Really that is news to me. I wish that feature was advertised more. I played many of gigs on a 57 i guess i didnt look into its features close enough.

I stand corrected. Going over to my buddy's house tonight to try this out.