J.Knecht

Digital Djing Help For Newbie

Hey everyone. This is my first post to this forum. Please forgive my ludditious tendencies. I'm analogue at heart.

After 10 years of vinyl djing, I am ready to embark into the digital realm wiith my mp3's, but have no idea how.

I use a 867 Mhz PowerBook G4, OS 10.4 246 MB RAM (hopefully soon to upgrade)

I have just tried Native Instrument's Traktor software, and I am impressed. I managed to get a basic understanding of how it works, with the exception of the cue function.

I seem to gather that I need an external soundcard or something of the sort. What I need to do (right now) is to cue one channel in headphones, while the program is going to an amp (or mixer). What is the best way to accomplish this. I normally feed my computer to my mixer through a simple 1/8" (mini headphone) jack to RCA cable.

I am really in the dark, and what I would really like is a description of your setup(s). Any software recommendations are also appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

J.Knecht