You can test that by disconnecting the USB cable then choosing Transport > Rescan Audio Devices in Audacity and seeing if the PIONEER input has gone.Īs you now have the PIONEER connected to the input of the computer, that is the Realtek sound device, not PIONEER.Īn external microphone with a 3-pole mini plug does not work with the headset compatible headphone jack. If so, Audacity cannot use that because it does not accept MIDI input. I’m assuming that “Microphone (PIONEER DDJ-SX)” is the correct choice but nothing registers and there’s nothing to record.Īs far as I can understand it from the DDJ-SX Manual ( ) the “Microphone (PIONEER DDJ-SX)” is a USB MIDI source that Serato will be using. I’ve gone over everything 10 times and I’m stumped…

When I hover over it, the tooltip says “Unavailable use system mixer”. I also noticed that the “input volume” slider is greyed out. One thing I noticed is that when I try to select “Start Monitoring” on the input level monitor it doesn’t even activate. I’m assuming that “Microphone (PIONEER DDJ-SX)” is the correct choice but nothing registers and there’s nothing to record. When my Pioneer DDJ-SX is connected, there is no selection in the dropdown menu for “Built-In Input / LINE input” There are 3 items in the dropdown menu (I’ve attached a screencap of what I see in the dropdown menu) but “Built-In Input / LINE input” is not one of them. Select your “Built-In Input / LINE input” In step 4 of the tutorial (see above) it says: 'You will see two Microphone icons. I tested the “RCA to 3.5mm cable” on another device and it’s working fine. I connected an “RCA to 3.5mm cable” from the booth output on my Pioneer DDJ-SX to the Mic input port/headphone jack on my computer, as instructed.įor some reason I can’t get anything to record… there doesn’t appear to be any sound being input at all. I’ve carefully followed all of the instructions provided in this tutorial provided by Serato: (there is an icon next to the jack that shows a pair of headphones with a microphone attached, so I assume that it’s both) The sound card is a Realtek High Definition Audio with the latest driver (6.). The laptop only has one headphone jack/Mic input.

I have a Sony Vaio laptop (model: SVF14N13CXB) running Windows 8.1.

I’m trying to use Audacity (version 2.0.5) to record my sets using Serato DJ and a Pioneer DDJ-SX controller.

I just wanted to say that the support that you guys provide through this forum has been excellent so far, and is much appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help!

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