Control Vinyl

[x2805]

I have following question:
I often play at a friends bar, where he has pair of turntables. I read in the Cross documentation that every sound interface can use control vinyl with Cross. I have a Vestax VCI 400 - can i connect it to the turntables and use it. Or do i need preamps - beacause the VCI doesen't have any...?

[jaymarkus]

If your controller doesn´t any have Preamp you need Turntables with line out.

[DJ Vintage]

It will work with any sound card that has INPUTS. Typically the controllers will have sound card outputs only. Or just one input (so you can route aux/mic channels). Effectively you will need to have a controller that has at least two sound card inputs and that supports routing those inputs as individual channels to the PC.

The VCI has two line-in level inputs that I believe are direct-thru, so you should theoretically be able to go DVS with it. You will need some preamp/RIAA correction units.

At that point you might consider getting a separate sound card with phono inputs instead and hook it directly to your laptop.