Hi,
I Dj weddings and sometimes I don't need my Controller, so I DJ from Traktor (3.8) and come straight out of the 1/8 jack on my MacBook into my PA.
When I go into my PA, the sound is horrible. Lots of digital artifacts and there is nothing I can do about it. I tested this with the same file but coming out of the Traktor Control S4mk2 and the artifacts are gone and it sounds way better.
Is it just the gain staging of the output of the headphone output on my Mac? If so, in this scenario, should I just buy a compact external sound card for these situations?