This is what most professional mobile DJs do. The internal sound card on the HC4500 is 16-bit/48kHz. It works, but it’s noisy and prone to ground loops.
Better solution:
Result: Lower latency, better SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), and zero driver headaches. The HC4500 becomes a pure controller, which it does beautifully. denon+dn+hc4500+asio+drivers+for+mac+better
Many users don’t realize that firmware v1.10 (released 2011) improved USB packet timing on Mac. Check your unit: This is what most professional mobile DJs do
Example (Mixxx):
→ The HC4500 has 4 outputs on its RCA jacks: Result: Lower latency, better SNR (Signal to Noise
By aggregating, you circumvent the DN-HC4500’s outdated kernel driver entirely, pushing all audio processing through macOS’s modern, threaded Core Audio system. This is demonstrably better than the 2011-era ASIO wrapper Denon once provided.