Imageline Deckadance Performance by Michael O'Hagan

This is a short walkthrough about the setup and function of Imageline softwares Deckadance DJ software as a VST instrument hosted in Ableton Live. Deckadance is a two turntable DJ mixing system that operates as a standalone DJ system or as a VST in any compatible host software - Cubase - Ableton Live - Sonar etc...

With non VST hosting DAW softwares such as MOTU's Digital Performer or Apples Logic Studio you can run Deckadance as a standalone program and simply route the audio into your DAW of choice through soundflower(free from cycling 74') or an equivalent audio routing program

Deckadances internal midi routing options, both in standalon and as a VST allow you to dedicate your controllers as necessary to each software without having overlapping commands.

the setup and operation for standalone mode is identical to that of the VST mode with the one exception being the setup of the soundcard outputs and sample rate, these are setup in live when running as a VST.

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[BlakeMitchell1]

how do i setup dd for use in ableton live? i am trying hard but cannot figure it out.

any tips? ive got nothing setup so far.

[MichaelOHaganMusic]

@BlakeMitchell1

load DD onto a midi channel, then create another midi channel, go into the routing panel and send that midi channel to DD. create 2 audio channels and select DD A/B for those channels inputs and you should be good.

[DejanKuzma]

Mate, how do you do sync between Ableton and DD ?

DD takes hosts tempo, and that's ok, but is there any way to sync it with samples played in Ableton ?

[MichaelOHaganMusic]

@DejanKuzma

you can use dummy clips in live to create a beat sync control, theres a video about setting this up now, thanks for checking this out.

[BlakeMitchell1]

can i set up a controller to control both ableton live and deckadance? say i want the crossfader on my controller to control both crossfaders, can this be done?

[yeahmitch]

@DejanKuzma

you have to manually beatmatch or record a sample from deck and align it to your set

[Julynessi]

@DejanKuzma DD can use as VST mode and then You'll see Deckadance Audio Channels to routing in I/O

[dragonstyle79]

friggin tight!!!!!

[gnarly0guy]

Dude that's really good, your scratching is done well