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hi i'm having problems with my mic its a ME6s mic
i'v got a pioneer dj ddj-400
now i'v got my mic plugged into a usb hub
my headphones in the mic socket everytime i broadcast
i get this wierd echo? wondering if there's a setting to turn it off?

both mic and mixer attacted settings attached as well i want to be able to
have headphones in mixer hear the music, and not music going through laptop speakers

i want to be able to hear the mic through headphones as well (considering mic not echo's?)

many thanks
 
Inviato Sun 24 Aug 25 @ 8:22 pm
It's most likely not an echo but latency, which will sound like a latency if you listen to the processed input in real time. And you most likely need to buy a soundcard that's meant for recording to get a latency so close to 0 that you won't notice it, and then install and configure the correct drivers for it.
I personally use a relatively cheap Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 for those type of situations
 
'i appreciate the input, but Is there anything I can do in either virtual or sound settings
 
He's already given you one possible solution.

IMO you should have spent your £25 on a standard analogue mic with a jack plug, and connect it directly to your DDJ-400. Cheap USB mics will likely all have similar issues.

If the ME6S is your mic, I don't understand why you would be sending the master and cue outputs to the mic in your audio settings. The DDJ-400 is plug and play, with native support. Use the default settings.
 
Rite what's the default I'll try that?
 
The default is what appears on the screen when you plug in your DDJ-400. VDJ detects it and asks if you want to use it. The default is also shown on the audio settings page (in your picture). Click the button.

The default is also shown in the VDJ setup guide for the DDJ-400.
 
My settings are set to default
 
Got da usb connected to
The back as well. Yet mic don't work In there
For some reason

 
Presumably "da usb" is a cable adapter that comes with the ME6S? It's probably designed to be plugged into the mic input of a computer, which can provide "plug-in power" (PiP) for condenser mics.

DJ mic inputs don't have any power. They're not designed for USB mics or any kind of mic that requires power.

As already stated, you need a standard analogue (dynamic) microphone with a 6.3mm jack plug.
 
Something like this correct



 
Yes, that's the ticket. A Shure mic should last all your life.
 
"Thank you so much, and that would fit perfectly into the back of my mixer?"
 
groovindj wrote :
Yes, that's the ticket. A Shure mic should last all your life.


So I've brought the Shure PGA58 mic
Plugged it into back of mixer (Pioneer DDJ 400) works when I put headphones in. But can't see levels bouncing on the actual mixer? The mic instructions are all fourign no English what so ever! Levels also aren't bouncing in virtual dj
 
wildstyle radio wrote :
can't see levels bouncing on the actual mixer...
Levels also aren't bouncing in virtual dj


You won't on the mixer, and can't in vdj
Read The Free Manual wrote :
* Note: The Microphone input is not part of the USB Audio Interface of the DDJ-400, therefore it cannot be included to the Audio setup of VirtualDJ, nor can be recorded along with your mix.
 
The Shure PGA58 mic isn't a usb though
 
That's not what it's saying.
The mic input doesn't talk to the usb system at all, therefore it can't be seen by vdj.
The controller VU meters are entirely controlled by vdj therefore you won't see mic activity there either.
 
locoDog wrote :
That's not what it's saying.
The mic input doesn't talk to the usb system at all, therefore it can't be seen by vdj.
The controller VU meters are entirely controlled by vdj therefore you won't see mic activity there either.


So I've brought a £75 mic for nothing when someone else in here told me it would work in my pioneer ddj 400
 
Hmm... I believe I told you to buy a separate audio interface :)
 
klausmogensen wrote :
Hmm... I believe I told you to buy a separate audio interface :)


It was groovindj who told me tha shure mic would work in pioneer ddj 400
 
Adion wrote :
But except for the VU meters it is working now?


Like I say, when I plugged mic and headphones in, I pressed da cue button up top, voice came out perfectly! But when I tested on my radio app I couldn't hear nowt

 
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