Video: Hacking Soundcards Into DJ Mixers

Written by Dan White on January 14th, 2013 24 Comments

This morning on our internet radar was DJ Blaze’s overview of his most recent DIY project – installing Traktor audio soundcards into traditional DJ mixers. It’s a great idea, especially if you happen to have an older mixer and soundcard both lying around that could be put to good use.

The way he’s done the mod, he’s pretty much just dropped a complete Traktor Audio 4/6 into his Korg KM-202 and Vestax PMC-05proIV mixers, respectively. This allows him to pull out the soundcard intact in the future – and additional ports drilled into the rear of the unit allow for DVS signal to be input into the now-enclosed audio devices.

Watch the full overview video below – skip to 3:25 for close ups of the rear of both mixers, or to 8:00 to see how the soundcard sits inside of the mixer:

[via DJBooth]

Anyone inspired to do a similar mod for themselves? Let us know in the comments below!

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Ryan Dejaegher

I did this with a DJM 909 and Audio 4 DJ. Space was a huge factor though so this required removing the soundcard from it’s casing. It does work, the only concern i’ve had with the setup is the phono input picking out sound from Traktor’s line output which could affect the timecode signal. Nothing major has happened yet but i’ve yet to play out in a public setting with the mixer.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1321250023 James Brian Thomaston

I want to do this with a Rane 56 and a Traktor box, 1) because it would be sick and 2) because the serato heads would freak.
http://twitter.com/_djtrouble_ dj trouble

http://instagram.com/p/Ueqi0HFbbO/ Vestax 07 w/ Traktor
http://twitter.com/djrobticho DJ Rob Ticho,Club mU

i’ve been wanting to do this! i have all the parts sitting here but was waiting for the knowledge.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1321250023 James Brian Thomaston

is yours the one for sale on Ebay?
Lauti

lol, then just put a sticker that says “ttm 63″ or something and they’d go mad with hate towards rane and life
DJ Rockwell

Check out djhenraycustoms on Facebook. He’s been doing this with all kinds of mixers and serato (djm800with serato). He also does a super sweet dicer inlay on technic 1200′s
Akiem

Heres the story on the first one I did. 2005
http://serato.com/forum/discussion/5637#60100
fumbustos

It’s cool that y’all mentioned DJ Blaze here. He also does reviews on dj hardware on his website.
Yatin K

if you want to make this as a home DJ/practice setup this is workable. But then this is very impractical to put the soundcard inside the mixer because then you cant carry the soundcard for outside gigs. its stuck with your mixer for life…
Spacecamp

Very true – but for many DJs, they’re using a club mixer anyway, so if you’ve got old/unused gear laying around (or I’m sure old soundcards can be had for cheap on eBay) then it might be just the ticket : )
Spacecamp

Blaze is a cool dude!
http://www.facebook.com/piopro James ‘Pioneer’ Burkill

had this idea for a DDM-4000 but using a powered 7 port hub also to build in a HDD for a 2nd boot drive and a 2 external port to add controllers to the mixer mount the hubs transformer into the mixer and wire it to the 3 pin plug all powered all contained
poornunknown

already did that a year ago, also did sl3, sl4, sl1 inside the rane 56 and 56s. vestex as well.
Pandemonium

This guy did the same thing (with a Tascam XS8 and Rane SL1) a couple years ago. I’ve had that bookmarked since then, meaning to do the same thing to my XS8
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http://www.facebook.com/ben.marshall.503 Ben Marshall

where can i learn more or acquire more tips on how to do this. I would like to put a sound card in my rane ttm 57 but would love to see all different possibilities on proaudio equiptment. Do you have a link?
http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

wouldn’t be the 1st or last time Traktor took the ideas of Rane and called it their own.
http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

Charges WAAAY to much though. The work and parts ratio is not even 20% of what he charges.
http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

Not true, just like DJ Blaze (DJBOOTH.net) did…..you can build it so it’s removable if need be. Leave the interface intact.
http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

DOPE
http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

That’s where this video came from.
http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

Uh….why not just build a new housing for the audio interface that mounts to the back of your mixer and can be removed in a couple seconds? Like a DOCKING STATION. That way the sound card stays intact, attaches to the mixer, but can be removed in a flash. Just my idea.