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1. Sorting by this column orders the tracks as follows gt Already played tracks on top gt Currently playing tracks in the center gt Unplayed tracks below gt Missing tracks at the bottom 7 6 The Preview Player TRAKTOR s Browser provides a Preview Player to prelisten to tracks without loading them into a Deck The Preview Player is designed for use with the Internal Mixer Mode as the Signal is sent out of the Monitor Output To prelisten a track in the Preview Player gt Drag and drop a track from the Browser List onto the Preview Player gt Click the small HEADPHONES Icon In the Prelisten column of the Browser List gt One advantage of using the Preview Player is that you do not need an additional Deck gt Also the Played State and Play Count of the tracks will not change Pm You can pause the Preview Player by clicking on the small Play Pause BuTTON gt Skip through the track by clicking the small STRIPE 1 To use the Preview Player you need a multi channel sound card Set up an output for Out Preview in Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 72 1 1 Cover Art TRAKTOR has several Cover Art features at your disposal Not only can you see Cover Art within the Browser but you can also freely assign your own Cover Art from image files on your hard drive 1 1 1 Show Cover Art Cover Art Window TRAKTOR provides a Cover Art Window underneath the Bro
2. lt TRAKTOR PRU USER MANUAL The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a com mitment on the part of NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH The software described by this document is Subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior writ ten permission by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH hereinafter referred to as NATIVE INSTRUMENTS All product and company names are or trademarks of their respective owners Users Guide written by Andr Benedix Friedemann Becker Irmgard Bauer Version 1 0 10 2008 Special thanks to the members of the Beta Test Team who were invaluable not just in tracking down bugs but in making this a better product Germany NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH schlesische Str 28 D 10997 Berlin Germany info native instruments de www native instruments de USA NATIVE INSTRUMENTS North America Inc 5631 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90028 USA Sales native instruments com www native instruments com ND NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Native Instruments GmbH 2008 All rights reserved 1 Welcome Thank you for choosing TRAKTOR As a legal owner of this software you are contributing to its maintenance and to the cre ation of future updates TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO introduce a new level of usability and cre
3. Pm You can retrigger the wizard at any time via the Help tab of the Application Menu 4 3 1 Setting up TRAKTOR PRO When registering the software with a TRAKTOR PRO serial number or when choosing the TRAKTOR PRO Demo the Setup Wizard offers the following options described more in detail below gt Built in Sound Card gt External Audio Interface gt External Mixer TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 12 E TRAKTOR i La i Lo E anes Var CAT LHOOSse TOUT SETIN Built In Soundcard External Audio Interface External Mixer This setup is mainly meant to quickly check out TRAKTOR on your computer without any additional hardware TRAKTOR PRO with Built In Sound Card This setup allows you to use TRAKTOR PRO on your computer without any additional hardware However please be aware that with the built in sound card you will not be able to prelisten to tracks Physical Setup 1 Make sure that the speakers of your computer are turned on and that the volume control of your operating system is adjusted to a reasonable volume 2 Optionally connect a pair of headphones to the headphones output of your computer and put them on your head TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 13 Software Setup 1 In the Setup Wizard select the option Built In Sound Card 2 Confirm your choice by pressing OK This opens the Audio Setup page of the Preferences Audio Device Built in Soundcard i Sample Rate 44100 Hz
4. files TRAKTOR is installed with mappings for the most important controllers on the market and some default settings for controlling TRAKTOR with your computer keyboard This chapter gives an introduction to creating a custom mapping either from scratch or by modifying an existing mapping gt To learn how to load one of the enclosed settings files consult chapter 12 Control via Keyboard amp MIDI Hotkeys gt For creating your own settings open the Preferences by clicking the dedicated Header Icon or by using the Application Menu 15 1 1 Keyboard Mapping Keyboard Mapping allows you to setup Hotkeys to control TRAKTOR the way you want gt To assign a key on your keyboard to a function in TRAKTOR you have to gt Vvvyv Open Preferences gt Keyboard Mapping Click on Add Select the function you want to assign Click on Learn Press the respective key on the keyboard To verity if the assignment was successful Learn Mode has to be turned off TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 126 For an explanation of the available options see the MIDI Mapping chapter below But note that not all options available for MIDI Mapping are also available for Keyboard Mapping 19 1 2 MIDI Mapping The MIDI Mapping features of TRAKTOR are very powerful Due to the many available options MIDI mappings can get quite complex to handle so try to keep your mappings Simple at first gt First of all make sure your co
5. 1 Mac user Icecast only works on Windows and Linux For Broadcasting with a Mac take a look at the easy to use applica tion Nicecast from rogue amoeba rogueamoeba com nicecast TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 149 gt Choose the streaming format Keep in mind that with a higher bit rate more bandwidth is used for every single stream Therefore fewer listeners can tune in at the same time Be specific in your description gt Finally you can specify the client metadata settings This information is sent to the the easier it Is to Identify the server and your listeners musical content of your stream the more likely listeners will tune tn 15 4 3 Starting the Broadcast Once the necessary configurations have been done you can start your live stream a 1 Open the Audio Recorder Panel in the Global Section 2 Click the Broapcast ON OFF Button gt If the button is highlighted you are connected to the server and can now start your broadcast gt If the symbol starts flashing the connection with the Icecast server could not be es tablished Please go through the configuration process once more and make sure that all data has been Input correctly 15 5 Effects in Detail 15 5 1 Intro This chapter gives in depth information about the individual aspects of the effects provided with TRAKTOR For more information about the effects routing read chapter 10 3 Effect Panels 15 5 2 Common Parameters All effect
6. 14 1 Audio Setup 14 1 1 Audio Setup Audio Device Please choose your audio device If no external audio interface is currently selected you can always select the built in sound card as the audio device Sample Rate Choose a sample rate according to the sound card Note that higher sample rates stress your computer more The standard is 44 100 kHz Audio Latency Choose an audio latency which is suitable for your system Lower values stress your com puter more and a setting too low can lead to audio dropouts and other unwanted behav lor 14 1 2 Output Routing Mixing Mode Choose nterna l Mixing Mode if you want to use TRAKTOR s Internal Mixer Internal Mixing Mode provides the following options 1 In Internal Mixing Mode the Monitor Channel is also the channel providing the signal from the Preview Player in the Browser TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 111 gt Output Monitor Choose an output pair to prelisten to your tracks gt Output Master Choose an output pair for the master output gt Output Record Choose an output pair for the recording output The Recording outputs are used to send the master output signal from TRAKTOR to a separate mixer input or recording device for recording your mix Choose External Mixing Mode If you want to use an external hardware mixer External Mixing Mode provides the following options gt Output Channel A B C D Choose an output pair for each Deck The settings y
7. Audio Latency Audio Setup Setup 3 Drop down the Audio Device list and select your built in sound card If you are using a Macintosh select the option Built in Input 4 Your computer should choose a latency value automatically If it does not choose a latency value between 30 and 50 ms and a sample rate of 44 100 Hz 9 Close the Preferences by clicking the Close button TRAKTOR PRO with External Audio Interface For the professional use of TRAKTOR PRO you will need an external audio interface with at least two stereo outputs The additional stereo output allows you to prelisten to tracks on your headphones while the main track is playing out your main outputs to the PA TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 14 Physical Setup 1 Before starting TRAKTOR PRO make sure that your external audio interface is cor rectly installed connected and is working properly on your computer 2 Connect the primary outputs of the external audio interface to the amplifier system driving your speakers 3 Connect your headphones to the secondary outputs of the external audio interface If you are using the AUDIO 8 DJ you should connect the headphones to the headphone jack and make sure to toggle the headphone setting to OUT 7 8 on the device using the SOURCE button on the front of It AUDIO 8D N soundcard example TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 15 Software Setup 1 In the Setup Wizard select the o
8. Headphones Volume Controls Monitor Output level for your headphones 9 Global Audio Options gt LFO Reset resets the LFO for all LFO based effects gt Cruise activates the automatic playback of an entire playlist Autoplay gt Tick toggles an audible Beat Tick on and off to simulate a metronome Engage the relevant channel s Cue Button to hear the Beat Tick TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 26 5 4 2 FX1 Panel FX 2 Panel Each of the two Effect Panels represents one of Traktor s effect slots Chained Mode al locates up to three serial fx inputs allowing for interesting fx combinations Advanced Mode allots a single effect with more parameters for more in depth control Chained Mode 1 Dry Wet Control Controls the ratio of the uneffected to effected signal for the post fx audio 2 Effect Selector Opens the drop down menu of the effects defined in the TRAKTOR Preferences 3 Effect Amount Knobs Each knob controls individual parameter depth 4 Snapshot Saves the current effect settings as a default The settings for each of the selected effects are recalled individually 5 Effect On Buttons Switch the individual effects on and off TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 27 Advanced 1 Dry Wet Control Controls the ratio of the uneffected to effected signal for the post fx audio 2 Effect Selector Opens the drop down menu of the effects defined in the TRAKTOR Preferences Effect Par
9. Pm With the Errect PARAMETER Kroes 1 To 3 3 and Errect Buttons 1 2 7 you can mod ulate the behavior of the selected effect Available options depend on the chosen ef fect see 15 5 Effects in Detail Pm With the Errect On Button 5 you can switch the effect on and off gt The Dry Wet Knos 1 controls the signal to effect ratio Pm You can save a specific setting as default with the SNAPSHOT BUTTON 4 gt The Reset Button 6 resets all effect settings inside the Panel to the default 10 3 3 Send Effects The Effect Units can also be used in Send Effect Mode This is only available in External Mixer Mode with a multichannel soundcard and has to be set up in the Preferences gt gt Go to Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing and set Mixing Mode to EXTERNAL Also set an output of your audio device as OutPpuT SEND This output will typically be connected to the FX return input of the external mixer Go further to the nput Routing page and set an input of your audio device as INPUT SEND This input typically is connected to the FX send output of the mixer Now open the Effects page of the Preferences and set Effect Routing for at least one Effect Unit to EXTERNAL SEND The audio signal that is sent to the Effect Slots Is now entirely controlled by the FX Send knobs or buttons of the external mixer TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 97 10 3 4 General Notes gt You may want to use only a selection o
10. Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Deck Style and set The Deck Heading displays you information about the loaded track the size for the Decks to Mini gt When using full size Decks you will see three rows and three columns for your use Pm You can customize the displayed information to your liking in Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Deck Details gt Deck Header When using Mini Decks only the first row Is shown TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 42 6 3 The Waveform Display and Stripe View The Waveform and the Stripe are visual representations of the loaded track The Waveform is instantly visible however the Stripe is only displayed once the track has been analyzed Once a track has been analyzed the Stripe will be instantly displayed upon loading Read more about the analyzation in chapter 7 8 2 Analysis 6 3 1 Waveform The Waveform Display gives a detailed view of the loaded track s transient information 4 9 Pm You can zoom in and out by clicking the and buttons next to the Waveform gt Lighter colors represent high frequency content while darker colors represent low fre quency content gt The behavior of dragging the waveform with the mouse depends on the Snap Mode which is activated in the Master Panel of the Global Section Read more about Mouse Modes in chapter 11 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs 6 3 2 Stripe The Stripe View gives an overview about the whole track It a
11. ativity into software based DJing This manual will show you how to use TRAKTOR and all of its features We hope you enjoy using TRAKTOR and that it stimulates your creativity as a DJ sincerely Your NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Team TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 4 2 System Requirements For system requirements and compatibility information with the latest operating system versions please see our website at www native instruments com traktor TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 5 3 Installation This chapter provides an easy step by step explanation of how to install TRAKTOR on your computer 3 1 Software Installation 3 1 1 Windows Installation XP or Vista After inserting the TRAKTOR CD ROM in the computer double click My Computer XP or Computer Vista on your desktop and then double click the TRAKTOR CD icon to open the content of the CD Then double click the installer file Traktor Setup exe A window will open that begins the installation of TRAKTOR The setup program will lead you through the rest of the installation procedure Please fol low the onscreen instructions Note that you will be asked at the beginning of the installation if you want to do a Complete or Custom installation If you are not sure about the Custom install options make sure to choose the Complete option so that all components are properly installed If you are planning to use the AUDIO 8 DJ interface with TRAKTOR mak
12. gt Audio Setup gt Input Routing and verify the assignments of the inter face Inputs to the TRAKTOR Input Channels The LED meters should show activity when a turntable is playing a Timecode record If not you should do the following to identify the source of the problem gt Is the AUDIO 8 DJ or your certified mixer chosen as the sound card in Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Audio Setup Pm Check the version number of TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO and the AUDIO 8 DJ driver and make sure you are using the latest version gt Is the driver of the audio interface in use installed correctly If you are not sure re install tt Pm Close TRAKTOR unplug and reconnect the Audio 8 DJ and restart TRAKTOR to ex clude a bad state of the audio interface to software connection Assignment and Calibration Check the calibration circles in each deck in the Scope View The scope should look similar to the image on the side If the scopes on the decks are not correctly assigned to the turntables in use do the fol lowing gt Is Scratch Control activated for all Decks that will be controlled with the Timecode Click the small arrow under the Deck letter and check this Pm Check the deck assignment in Preferences Timecode Setup Each Timecode Input should be assigned to one Deck gt Re calibrate by deselecting and re selecting the On button in the Scratch Panels TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 197 17 4 TRAKTOR crashes In case of a
13. 57 1 Using the Browser The Track Browser s primary design is to help you quickly manage your songs through the use of Playlists 1 1 Importing Tracks and Playlists It is likely that you already maintain some type of Playlist for the tracks you have on your computer This chapter will describe how to import them into the TRAKTOR Track Collection 1 1 1 Compatible Music File Formats TRAKTOR supports the following music file formats MP3 AAC M4A WAV AIFF WMA FLAC OGG Vorbis YY YYYY Vv 1 You have to install Windows Media Player in order to use WMA files in TRAKTOR 1 DRM protected music files cannot be played back in TRAKTOR This affects e g AAC tracks bought in the iTunes store For example this would be the case with tracks bought in the iTunes store TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 58 7 1 2 Importing Music Folders TRAKTOR offers an easy import function for tracks stored on your hard drive 1 Right ctrl click on the CoLLection icon in the Browser Tree 2 Choose mport Music Folders trom the menu This process imports all music files contained in the My Music folder of your operating system If you have stored your tracks in other folders or on external storage devices you can add these folders to the list of TRAKTOR Music Folders as follows 1 Open Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location 2 Click Add on the bottom of the right window a a EA 3 Browse to your Musi
14. Buttons This example shows how to intelligently set up the cueing and hot cue sections on a MIDI controller It implements 4 hot cue buttons one button to store cue points or loops called STORE and a secondary function on that same button that when pressed together with a SHIFT button deletes the selected cue point The buttons are used as follows gt Pressing the Buttons 1 4 skips to HotCue 1 4 Pm Pressing STORE stores the Current Cue Point or Current Loop and maps It into the next available free HotCue slot Pm Holding STORE and additionally pressing one of the 4 HotCue buttons maps the Cue Point or Loop directly onto the additionally pressed HotCue button Pm Pressing SHIFT STORE deletes the currently selected Cue Point or Loop TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 140 This is how to proceed HOT CUE BUTTONS Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Select HotCue Interaction gt Hold Value 1 LEARN to 1 Button on controller Duplicate this line Change to Value 2 LEARN to 2 Button on controller Duplicate this line Change to Value 3 LEARN to 3 Button on controller Duplicate this line Change to Value 4 LEARN to 4 Button on controller VvvvvvivvvvVvvVvVvV Yv STORE MAPPING BUTTON Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Store Cue Loop Interaction gt Trigger Modifier M1 Val O LEARN to STORE Button on controller Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Map HotCue Interaction gt Hold Button
15. Fuerstenberg Remix bsuite a stadt0 16 Dubsuite Rearrangec a ai Initial Sirko Mueller a ahwO20 Himmelblau Pause aia Get 5 lapoed Un Wotor City Drum Ensemble 2 Comoost Black Label 27 Creatures of the Night How Dol Know Loco Dice 1 Preview Player Click the Preview Player Icon In the Browser List to load a track into the Preview Player Alternatively you can also drag and drop a track upon it 2 Favorites Favorites provides direct access to Playlists or folders Drag and drop a folder or Playlist onto one o the 10 Favorites slots to map them 3 Browser List gt Shows tracks depending on the source that is selected folder playlist search results or tag based gt Right Ctrl Click on the header to switch columns on and off gt Drag and drop columns to the left or to the right to re arrange the order 4 Track Info Displays the title and the artist of the currently chosen track 9 Search Field Provides a live search based on the tags of the tracks in the Collection Read more in chapter 7 2 Finding Tracks Search TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 40 6 Browser Tree gt Track Collection contains all Tracks imported to your Collection They are auto matically sorted by Artist Release Label or Genre I Track Collection gt Playlists contains all your TRAKTOR Playlists neice gt Explorer browse your hard drive for music tracks This can be useful in finding Audio CD ES Audio
16. Keyboard Mapping This menu is used to load and to configure your keyboard to assign it to the control fea tures of TRAKTOR Add a control click LEARN and press a key on your keyboard to assign it to the control feature See how the available controller attributes change depending on the desired control and how different settings change the behavior of the controls You can App controls and assign them to a specific deck or to the focus deck IMPORT and Export settings and share them with other users Read more about Keyboard Mapping in chapter 15 1 1 Keyboard Mapping 14 14 MIDI Mapping This menu is used to configure the various keys of your MIDI Controller to assign it to the control features of TRAKTOR Add a control click LEARN and press a key on your keyboard to assign it to the control feature see how the available controller attributes change depending on the desired control and how different settings change the behavior of the controls You can App controls and assign them to a specific deck or to the focus deck IMPORT and Export settings and share them with other users Read more about MIDI Mapping in chapter 15 1 2 MIDI Mapping TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 125 19 Advanced Knowledge Find in this chapter further information and deeper knowledge about certain features 19 1 Hotkey and MIDI Mapping TRAKTOR stores the mapping of Hotkeys for keyboard control and the setup for MIDI controllers in tsi
17. Mode from the Demo Mode graphic in the TRAKTOR Header gt Click on Buy if you are using the demo version of TRAKTOR and you wish to purchase the software online Your Internet browser will open and automatically take you to the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Online Shop on our website gt Choose Activate to begin the registration and activation process using the NI SERVICE CENTER TRAKTOR will shut down automatically before launching the SERVICE CENTER Follow the onscreen instructions to register and activate the software If you need help with this please consult the separate Setup Guide booklet included in your TRAKTOR package TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 11 4 3 Setup Wizard When restarting TRAKTOR after successful activation or when starting TRAKTOR in Demo Mode the Setup Wizard appears It offers useful options for TRAKTORSs initial configu ration The wizard offers different setup options for users of TRAKTOR PRO described in section 4 3 1 Setting up TRAKTOR PRO and users of TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO described in section 4 3 2 Setting up TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO gt When starting TRAKTOR in Demo Mode the first screen of the Setup Wizard will ask you to select either the TRAKTOR PRO or the TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Demo gt For authorized copies of TRAKTOR the Setup Wizard will show up only once during the very first start of TRAKTOR Once you have selected your initial setup the wizard will not show up again
18. Modifier M1 Val O LEARN to the same STORE Button on controller YY YYYY Y Y TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 141 DELETE CUE POINTS Add gt Modifier gt Modifier 1 Interaction gt Hold Value 1 LEARN to SHIFT Button on controller Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Delete Cue Loop Interaction gt Trigger Modifier M1 Val 1 LEARN to the same STORE Button on controller YY YYYY Y 13 2 TRAKTOR Profiles 15 2 1 The TRAKTOR Root folder TRAKTOR stores all information required to create a personalized TRAKTOR Profile in one folder called the Root folder You can change the path in The default path of the Root folder is pe Henao etl ei AAEREN gt Data Location gt PC My Documents Native Instruments Traktor gt Mac Native Instruments Traktor It contains the following file types gt nml all playlists have this extension as do the Collection the History playlists and user created playlists gt itsi extension for all settings keyboard MIDI Preferences settings Layouts gt log extension of the log files that get created when opening TRAKTOR TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 142 You can make a copy of the Root folder for several purposes gt For making a backup of this folder which backs up the entire profile including the collection your current Settings MIDI mappings and Hotkeys gt For playing on a host computer by storing your entire workspace inclu
19. P Move Loop Right Shift en l p E Right Shift en U de e TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 202 Favourites amp Navigation ee select Favourites 1 10 ee ee Add Selection to Favourites 1 10 Jump through Favourites Scroll through List search Clear Search Jump from Search to List Tab Jump to current Track Layout a Jump through Favourites Scroll through List Search Clear Search Strg Cmd F Jump from Search to List Tab TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 203 19 2 Performance Traktor Scratch Pro additions Scratch Modes COMMAND DECK B Play Internal Mode Z en Y de Absolute Mode X Relative Mode Shift S Shift X 19 3 Preparation Layout Traktor Scratch Pro Transport a Py Te a O woa o o TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 204 Cue amp Loops a C setoue oop T a E Dec 0 Inc en B de AREN Left Shift 0 ove Loo Right Shift en B de Edit COMMAND GLOBAL Dec P Inc en de Auto Beatgrid PB Lock BPM Shift L Analyze Selection Z en Y de TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 205 Save Collection Strg Cmd S Add List to Collection Strg Cmd A Favourites amp Navigation Add Selection to Favourites l 10 Up Shift Arrow Up Down Shift Arrow Down Navigate through Tree Collapse Shift Arrow Left Expand Shift Arrow Right TRAKTOR PRO
20. Recordings tracks which have not been Imported E tunes gt Audio Recordings contains all recordings done with the Traktor Audio Recorder ES History gt lunes provides direct access to your iTunes Library including all playlists gt History contains the history playlist These are stored Traktor automatically stores after every session You can find History Playlists from former sessions in My Documents Native Instruments Traktor History 1 Cover View Displays the cover of the track currently selected within the Browser List 8 Status Bar Error Messages Displays the progress of analyzing error messages and the overall status of TRAKTOR TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 41 6 Using the Decks TRAKTOR provides up to 4 Decks You can choose between 2 or 4 Deck Mode in the Preferences Traktor s Decks offer you more than just the features you need for a professional DJ per formance 6 1 Loading Tracks To load a track into a Deck 1 Select the track in the Browser List with the up down arrow keys 2 Press Ctrl Arrow Left Right to load the selected track into Deck A or Deck B or 3 Drag and Drop a track from the Browser List into the Deck you want or TRAKTOR provides Mini Decks 4 Right Ctrl Click on the track and choose Load Track in Deck A B C D i eons Beeson ane displays A Mini Deck shows only two rows in the Header and has no Waveform Display 6 2 The Deck Heading To activate Mini Decks go to
21. TRAKTOR The minimum requirements are the very least you can get by with and are often not enough for advanced use i e Key Lock Effects Updating your RAM configuration may save you a lot of trouble gt Make sure you have the most recent TRAKTOR version installed gt Make sure that you have not clicked an outdated application alias shortcut gt Try to restart your computer Disconnect any audio interfaces and computer peripher als like printers scanners and the like gt Try to rename the file collection nml in the Root folder for restarting TRAKTOR with a clean Collection and then re importing the renamed Collection 17 2 Tracks load but won t play If your waveforms are not moving regardless of pressing PLay most likely something is wrong with your Audio Setup Check the Selected Audio Device in TRAKTOR gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Audio Setup gt Make sure you have selected the correct sound card The Audio Device drop down list shows all sound cards that have been installed on your computer TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 194 gt If your audio interface does not appear in the list it is probably not correctly installed or not correctly connected Verify the mechanical connections and check the correct installation of the sound card as described further below gt You may need to deselect and re select your sound card gt If this does not work try to select your audio interfac
22. TRAKTOR software contains an Icecast client which can send data to an Icecast server To use this feature you need access to a computer running such an Icecast server It Is recommended that this computer has an Internet connection with at least 128 kb s up Stream transfer rate The available bandwidth is being shared among the listeners so It Should be as high as possible gt To learn how to set up an Icecast server read on the Icecast website in the Docs area www icecast org docs php 13 4 2 Configuring TRAKTOR Before getting started it is necessary to configure TRAKTOR so that the local client can connect to the server and the metadata of the radio stream contains the correct informa tion gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Broadcasting gt Adjust the Proxy Settings according to your current Internet configuration If you are not using a proxy simply check Use direct connection gt Next input the address of the Icecast server you want to connect to This can be either a hostname or an IP address gt Specify the port where the server can be reached Most servers use the default setting of 8000 gt Type in the mount path and password This information can be obtained from the host of the Icecast server and permits only authorized clients to stream data from there To learn more about this stream ing protocol and how to setup a server please refer to the official Icecast homepage www icecast org
23. The table can be sorted by each column e g by name by modifier or by hardware button knob or fader Reset gt Un map the selected entry from its current assignment Reset All gt Resets the entire mapping to start from scratch Add gt This menu contains all available MIDI functions that can be mapped to the hard ware gt To create a new assignment select the function to be mapped from this menu Duplicate gt Duplicate the selected entry Use this function for multiple assignments and when working with Modifiers or the same controls on different Decks Delete gt Delete the selected entry The entry above the deleted entry is then selected as next TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 128 Delete All gt Delete the entire Assignment Table for restarting from scratch Learn gt Activates Learn Mode where incoming MIDI events are assigned to the currently se lected entry Assigned Controller unlabelled gt Shows the value of the last incoming MIDI event MIDI CH gt Shows the MIDI channel of the last incoming MIDI event Lock Omni gt When active TRAKTOR ignores the MIDI channel specified in the assignment Comment gt This allows you to enter a comment for each assigned control Comments should be used for documentation purposes in complex mappings and are also useful for group ing functions by using the alphabetic sorting of the Comment column TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRA
24. To protect a manually adjusted Beat Grid form being overridden the Grid Editing Panel of fers a Lock BuTTON Importing TRAKTOR 3 Beat Grids BPM and Beat Grids and from TRAKTOR 3 are imported into TRAKTOR PRO by locking all the tracks with BPM Quality at 100 In TRAKTOR 3 a quality of 100 prevented the BPM value trom being changed by the detection and so are locked BPM in TRAKTOR PRO 16 6 2 Permanent Sync By default the Sync function in TRAKTOR PRO is permanently switched on To emulate the momentary syncing behavior of TRAKTOR 3 the Sync button has to be pressed twice TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 189 16 7 Control 16 7 1 MIDI Pages become MIDI Modifiers TRAKTOR PRO extends the concept of TRAKTOR 3 MIDI pages by introducing 8 program mable MIDI Modifiers While a MIDI page offers additional mapping layers for all controls defined on a page the MIDI Modifiers are assigned to each control individually This offers much more flexibility and reduces the amount of workload because unmodified controllers do not have to be duplicated as was necessary when working with MIDI pages Each Controller assignment can additionally define two Modifiers with a value for each Only when the Modifiers have the defined values is the command executed Controllers themselves can be MIDI assigned like normal functions 16 7 2 Range Controllers Direct Mode TRAKTOR PRO offers a comfortable way to select individual values for function
25. Transients The only folder stored somewhere else is the Recordings folder It is found in gt My Music Traktor gt Musik Traktor The path to the root folder can be customized in the Preferences for storing all Traktor relevant data on a portable drive Currently TRAKTOR PRO requires a restart after chang ing the path of the root directory 16 5 Transport 16 5 1 Looping The Looping function has been totally overworked to improve its workflow Manual and automatic looping has been separated and is now controlled by dedicated buttons TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 184 Manual Looping Manual looping Is done by two dedicated buttons called In and Out Automatic Looping Automatic looping is done with the new Loop Size Controt offering several loop sizes at once Loops can be Instantly set by clicking on one of the numbered buttons changed in size by clicking on another button and released by clicking on the same button again Advanced Loop Editing Besides this basic length editing the advanced Move panel offers all remaining functions for editing loop position and size The available modes are gt Beat Jump gt Loop Move gt Loop iIn Move gt Loop Out Move 16 5 2 Cue Point and Loop Management TRAKTOR PRO changes the way of working with stored Cue Points and Loops Loop and Cue Point Unification In TRAKTOR PRO Cue Points and Loops are managed in the same list Cue Points are treated as Loops with zero le
26. also initially sets a 4 beat loop and when pressed again doubles the size of the loop gt The button labelled Exit leaves the loop or activates loop mode for stored loops To achieve this we need to define one Modifier that is used to differentiate the functionality of the buttons and depending on whether a loop is currently playing or not TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 138 MODIFIER gt Add gt Modifier gt Modifier 1 gt Interaction gt Direct Value 1 gt LEARN to Button on controller gt Duplicate this line gt LEARN to Button on controller gt Duplicate this line gt Change to Value O gt LEARN to EXIT Button on controller LOOP ACTIVE Pm Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Loop Active gt Interaction gt Toggle gt LEARN to EXIT Button on controller SETTING 4 BEAT LOOPS Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Loop Resize Set Interaction gt Direct Button Value 4 Modifier M1 Val O LEARN to Button on controller Duplicate this line gt gt gt gt gt gt LEARN to Button on controller TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 139 CHANGING LOOP SIZE Add gt Deck gt Cue Loops gt Loop Size Interaction gt Previous Button Modifier M1 Val 1 LEARN to Button on controller Duplicate this line Change Interaction to gt Next Button LEARN to Button on controller YY YYYY Y Working with Hot Cue
27. an information window displaying the version number license type serial number and the credits Clicking on the window will close It The Application Menu is not visible in fullscreen mode therefore all File and View options can be reached directly from the TRAKTOR graphical user interface However the Help menu can only be accessed from the Application Menu Click on the highlighted Fullscreen Mode button to switch back to windowed mode You can also open the About Window by clicking on the TRAKTOR logo TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 24 5 3 Header The Header section provides status information as well as icons which allow quick and easy access to TRAKTOR s basic functions L TRAKTOR PRO 3 1 TRAKTOR Logo Opens the About Window 2 MIDI Indicator Displays any incoming MIDI commands The icon will flash upon receiv mior ing incoming data 3 Audio Indicator Displays the status of your sound card blue sound card is connected and working red no soundcard configured no soundcard connected or soundcard IS not working properly 4 CPU Meter Indicates what percentage of the CPU Is available for TRAKTORs internal m CPU audio engine The higher the percentage the more likely you may experience audio dropouts at values above 80 9 Clock Displays the time of your system clock 6 Master Out Displays the master output level The peak of the meter will turn red If Signal clipp
28. and cea aida WAOk oie S A the common name TRAKTOR 16 1 User Interface Probably the most visible change is the new user interface of TRAKTOR 16 1 1 Global Section and Advanced Panels In TRAKTOR 3 specialized panels in the Details Section controlled the advanced func tions The available panels were freely arranged on 4 pages Colored frames associated deck related panels to their decks In the new TRAKTOR each function receives a fixed position in the interface Related functions have been grouped and mutually integrated for reducing complexity Advanced deck functions are shown in the ADVANCED PANELS underneath each Deck Global non deck related functions are shown In the GLoBAL Section above the decks and under neath the HEApER The new TRAKTOR interface does not have deck focus based control panels on the GUI but the concept of focus based control still remains valid in the MIDI and hotkey domain Global Section The Global Section hosts the following panels gt Master Volume groups functionality of former Details Panels Master and Mode gt Master Clock offers functionality of former Details Panel Clock TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 174 gt Audio Recorder offers functionality of former Details Panel Audio Recorder gt Effect Unit 1 amp 2 offer functionality of former Details Panels Channel Effect and Master Effect Advanced Section The Advanced Section underneath each Deck hosts the following pane
29. choose your main hard drive folder Remove Missing Tracks gt If you no longer want these missing tracks to be referenced in your Collection delete their references by clicking the clicking on Remove BUTTON Analyze Tracks gt If you have tracks in the Collection that are not analyzed yet you can analyze them by clicking the ANALYZE BUTTON TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 75 Show Consistency Check on Startup The Consistency Check Report can be set to run each time you open TRAKTOR Please be aware that this feature can increase TRAKTOR s startup time thus can be impractical in a live situation 1 Go to Preferences gt File Managemen gt File Managementt 2 Check the box labeled Show Consistency Check Report on Startup and close the Preferences 3 The Consistency Check Report will now open each time you start TRAKTOR 1 8 2 Analysis TRAKTOR uses the Analyze function to collect several important pieces of information from your tracks They are BPM Estimate gt The BPM Estimate is an accurate tempo readout based on the type of music you are scanning Read more about verifying the BPM Estimate and about how to create a Beatgrid in chapter 6 7 5 Beatgrid Panel Grid Panel Gain Value gt Each track has a perceived loudness based on its musical properties The Gain Value established during the analysis is an accurate estimation for the optimal setting of the channel Gain knob to match the loudness
30. contact our Technical Support Team via www native instruments com suppform Registration Support Team If problems occur during the product activation procedure please contact our Registration Support Team www native instruments com regsuppfrm User Forum In the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS User Forum you can communicate directly with other users and with experts trom NATIVE INSTRUMENTS that moderate the forum www native instruments com forum forumdisplay php f 105 Contact For more information about other NATIVE INSTRUMENTS products please visit our homepage www native instruments com TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 200 19 Default Keyboard Mappings TRAKTOR is installed with a variety of default keyboard mappings find in the next chap ters the keyboard mappings that are loaded per default Click on Application Menu gt Help gt Downloads to open the TRAKTOR Downloads sub site of the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS website There you will find even more keyboard mappings additionally a variety of MIDI mappings 19 1 Performance Layout Traktor Pro Transport oe TS s o G o Cena o e a TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 201 Cue amp Loop COMMAND DECK A DECK B Store Cue Shift 5 Shift T Hotcue 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Q W E R Hotcue 5 6 7 7 8 Ctrl 1 2 3 4 Ctrl Q W E R Set 4 Beat Loop Y en Z de De Activate Loop E Loop lenght oe ne ae dec P inc en de Left Shift 0 l l Left Shift
31. crash during runtime please contact the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS technical Support team and send them your crashlog You will find the crashlog in the following folders gt PC My Documents Native Instruments Traktor Crashlogs gt Mac Library Logs CrashReporter TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 198 18 Getting Help This chapter provides links to additional sources of Information and support 18 1 Additional Documentation To find out more about recent changes and additions please read the Readme txt file placed in your TRAKTOR installation folder 18 2 Software Updates TRAKTOR s constantly being improved Please make sure that you are always using the latest version of TRAKTOR After you have created a NATIVE INSTRUMENTS User Account and activated TRAKTOR you can conveniently download updates using the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS SERVICE CENTER application For more information about downloading updates please refer to the SERVICE CENTER Quick Start Guide and the SERVICE CENTER operation manual 18 3 Support If you are experiencing problems related to your NATIVE INSTRUMENTS product that the Supplied documentation does not cover there are several ways of getting help Knowledge Base In the Knowledge Base you will find answers to the most common support related ques tions for all NATIVE INSTRUMENTS products www native instruments com knowledge TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 199 Technical Support You can
32. deck When clicking on the Sync button of the current Master Deck the next best candidate Is chosen as Master Deck Effects Sync TRAKTOR PRO effects always use the Master Clock as tempo reference This unique tempo reference for all effects makes It possible to use an effect on all decks at the same time and using it as master effect even in external mixer mode which was not possible in TRAKTOR 3 TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 187 16 6 Beat Matching TRAKTOR PRO takes big steps forward in automatically matching the beats of two tracks The basis for automatic beat matching is the correct detection of beats in the music 16 6 1 Automatic Beat Grids When importing a new track into TRAKTOR PRO the following functions are triggered by default Analysis The audio material is loaded and scanned to create the following output gt Stripe visual representation of the entire track gt Auto Gain best gain settings for controlling the Auto Gain function gt Transients a list representing the detected beats and their exact position within the track This list is required for accurate beat detection and is cached in a subfolder of the root directory called Transients The Preferences offer 2 options for triggering Analysis when importing a track or alterna tively when loading a track into a deck Non analyzed tracks do not show a Stripe track overview when loading them into a deck BPM Detection The BPM detecti
33. gt Switches the filter to Band Reject Mode In this mode the frequencies between the two cutoff frequencies are eliminated rather than passed through TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 156 DJM DJ Mope gt Switches the panel to 1 knob filter control The LP knob becomes a bipolar control for controlling both the lower and higher cutoff frequency gt Passes the entire band in center position gt Progressively cuts frequencies from high to low when turned from center to the left gt Progressively cuts frequencies from low to high when turned from center to the right CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt The knob controls the effect in DJ Mode and behaves like the LP HP knob in Advanced Mode 15 5 9 Filter 92 This Filter is modeled after the filters on Allen amp Heaths Xone 92 mixer gt The controls of the Filter 92 are identical in behavior to the ones of the Filter described above 15 5 10 Flanger Flux Manually controlled Flanger suited for jog wheel control Advanced Mode FEEDB FEEDBACK gt Controls the strength of the tlangers feedback making the effect stronger and more colorful Min small feedback Max strong feedback PITCH gt Controls the pitch of the effect The center position of the knob is neutral to both Sides the flanging effect moves from high to low frequencies TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 157 FB INVERTED FEEDBACK gt Only passes uneven harmonics making
34. in Soundcard Sample Fate 44100 Hz Audio Latency 3 Verify that the AUDIO 8 DJ or your TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Certified Mixer is selected in the field Audio Device If not select it from the drop down menu TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 20 Set a latency and sample rate your system can handle We recommend to use a la tency value of 10 15ms to start with You can try to reduce this value later to improve the responsiveness of the application but note that if you reduce this too much your computer may be unable to handle the load and you may begin to hear some distortion of the audio signal If this happens you need to adjust the value a bit higher again You should set a sample rate of 44100 Hz to start with Open the Output Routing page to assign the outputs of TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO to the physical outputs of the AUDIO 8 DJ or your TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Certified Mixer Verify that External Mixer Mode is chosen If not automatically assigned assign Out Channel A B C and D to all outputs of the AUDIO 8 DJ that are connected to the mixer respectively assign these channels to the outputs of your TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Certified Mixer Open the nput Routing page and verity that the input channels are correctly as signed Close the Preferences by clicking the CLose button TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 21 4 4 Test Drive TRAKTOR Now that the sound card is configured and TRAKTOR Is up and running It s time for a
35. mapping ranges onto another i e when mapping the position of a fader onto a LED chain gt When mapping two state Status LEDs ON OFF always turn the Blend option off TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 134 13 1 3 Tips Make a good Plan MIDI mappings easily get bigger than you have planned because you may want to add some extra bells and whistles here and there However the more assignments you make the more difficult it becomes to edit and review them It is therefore very advisable not to create a MIDI mapping by trial and error but to make a good plan of the mapping before mapping even the first button Only when you are sure that the mapping will not change should you start implementing it Specify all Modifiers When using Modifiers one way to maintain a clear view of your mappings Is to list all Modifiers which buttons engage them and which of TRAKTOR s functions are dependent on these Modifiers You will not regret creating this list once you are in the middle of debugging the mapping that you have created Implementation Do the implementation very systematically gt First of all implement all Modifiers involved in your mapping This has the advantage that all functions relying on Modifiers instantly work as you program them gt Use the Duplicate functions whenever you can It is much less work to perfectly con figure your Jog Wheel for Deck A including all sensitivity settings test it and finally du
36. of a track to OdB gt To use this gain estimation when loading a track into a Deck enable the Auto Gain function from the Preferences Stripe gt The analysis process creates a small representation of the Waveform underneath the wave display Stripe If the Stripe of a track is missing it has not yet been analyzed TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 76 Auto Analysis You can set TRAKTOR to analyze your tracks automatically either when loading a track into a Deck or after importing it into your Collection gt Open Preferences gt File Management gt File Management for options on background track analysis gt Read more about the analysis options in chapter 14 10 1 File Management 7 8 3 Data Location TRAKTOR has functions that create and reference certain file types These Tile types are Stored in their own default directories These directory paths can be changed in the Data Location Preferences menu here Pm Open Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location You can change the directory path for the following file types by clicking on the button with the exclamation mark gt Root Directory the file path TRAKTOR follows for loading and storing Collection infor mation and settings gt Tunes the file path to your iTunes Library this path has to be identical to the settings in iTunes gt Music Folders use to specify the location of music to be scanned when using the Import Music Fol
37. of the loaded track TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 31 Stripe gt Displays the complete waveform of the loaded track including Cue Points and Loops gt The cached part of the track required for seamless jumps are displayed as yellow lines above and below the Stripe Input Selector Selects the Input Mode for the engaged Deck Use to switch between Internal Playback Scratch Control or External Input Pitch Fader Move the fader up or down to decrease or increase the tempo of the track currently playing Key Lock Activates or deactivates the Key Lock feature Pitch Adjust Increases and decreases the tempo of the playing track incrementally The sensitivity of the steps can be customized via right ctrl click Transport Controls PLayBack and Current Cue Point control See chapters 5 5 1 Transport Controls and 6 4 Transport Controls Loop Controls Sets automatic and manual Loops See chapters 5 5 2 Loop Controls and 6 5 Loop Controls Open Close Advanced Panel Opens or closes the Advanced Control Panels See chapters 5 5 3 Advanced Panels and 6 7 The Advanced Panels TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 32 9 9 1 Transport Controls ar 3 1 Play Pause gt Starts or stops playback gt Stopping does not set a Current Cue Point when playback is paused 2 Cue gt During playback clicking will skip back to the Current Cue Point Pm Ona paused Deck clicking will set a new Curren
38. on a host computer running TRAKTOR Proceed as follows On computer 1 gt YY YYYY iY Make sure TRAKTOR is closed Move all required tracks onto the portable drive Copy the current Root folder onto the portable drive Start TRAKTOR Open Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location Click the Button next to the Root Dir field Point to the copy of the Root folder that you have just created on the portable drive Close and restart TRAKTOR to make sure that the switch worked TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 145 On computer 2 gt Connect the portable drive Start the local TRAKTOR Open Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location Click the Button next to the Root Dir field Point to the Root folder on the portable drive Restart TRAKTOR YYYY Y If the drive letter Win or the name of the drive and user directory Mac of your custom ized location didn t change you should find everything as it was before the re install If the drive letter of your customized location did change you will find all tracks with an exclamation mark that indicates that the links are broken Use the Relocate function to find these files again 15 2 6 Automatic Collection Backup Security Backup Each time you change something in your Collection and close TRAKTOR a backup of your Collection is created in the folder Backup contained in your Traktor folder If you delete or partly
39. same time This required some changes de scribed hereafter 16 3 1 Effects Architecture The Global Section has 2 independent Effect Units that can each host up to 3 chained effects The Effect Units are individually activated in the mixer strip of each deck but Share the same settings for all decks Effect input and output can be Individually inserted into the decks or assigned to soundcard terminals Send Mode 16 3 2 Additional Filter per Channel TRAKTOR PRO offers an individual filter per mixer channel Using this filter does not re quire to sacrificing an effect Unit like in TRAKTOR 3 16 3 3 Advanced amp Chained Control Mode The Effect Units can either be used in Advanced or in Chained Control mode Advanced Control Mode The Advanced Control Panel gives access to all available parameters of the effect After tweaking the effect the settings can be saved as new default In Advanced Control Mode you get more out of a single effect than in Chained Control Mode Chained Control Mode The Chained Control Mode provides access to up to 3 chained effects per Unit The controls are reduced to one button and one knob per effect plus a global On and D W control In Chained Control Mode you can assemble interesting effect layering When enabling both Effect Units on a channel both Units are chained If each Unit is used in Chained Mode up to 6 effects plus the channel filter can be chained per channel TRAKTOR PRO TRAK
40. this option unchecked Inline Editing of a track s tag in the Browser is not allowed to prevent unwanted changes during a live set Check this option if you re preparing tracks at home for faster access to the tags 14 10 2 Data Location Directories gt Foot Dir This is the path to your Collection Playlists Settings History Mappings files You can change the folder To change It click the Button and show TRAKTOR the path to your preferred folder Click on DeFAuLT Dir to reset the paths to the defaults gt lunes Music Library f you want to use TRAKTOR s iTunes integration you have to tell it where your iTunes Library file is stored Click the button and show TRAKTOR the path to your iTunes Library file Music Folders If you want to use your own music folder structure you can add your music folders in this list TRAKTOR can automatically import all music files stored within this Music Folder gt Add lets you add folders as Music Folders gt Change if you changed the direction or the name of a Music folder click on this button to tell TRAKTOR about this change TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 121 14 11 Layout Manager 14 11 1 Layout Manager Layout Manager gt gt gt gt Change Name Here you can type in a name for the selected Layout Click RENAME to verify your entry Personal Layouts In this list all stored Layouts are shown To activate a Layout dou ble click th
41. to move the knob or fader and change its value stepwise Click hold and drag a knob horizontally The knob will ad just within a finer range TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 100 11 2 Advanced Control Besides the standard mouse click functions explained above TRAKTOR offers advanced functions utilizing PLus and Minus buttons the mouse wheel and the right mouse but ton Sensitivities TRAKTOR offers five sensitivities for stepwise control of parameters 1 Right Ctrl click on the or button to open a menu of five sensitivity options min fine default coarse switch Select one of the options Click the PLus and Minus buttons or use the mouse wheel to see how the behavior of the knob or fader has changed Right Ctrl Click Functions 1 Right Ctrl click hold and drag a knob or fader A Ghost Pointer will appear in grey although the knob or fader itself will not move Keep holding the right mouse button then left click and hold This will bring the knob or fader to the value of the GHosT POINTER Keep holding the right mouse button and let go the left mouse button The knob or fader will return to its last position and the grey GHost Pointer remains visible If you want the knob or fader to stay at the value of the GHost PoINTER simply release the right mouse button after the knob or fader has reached the value of the GHosT Pointer The grey GHost Pointer will disappear and you can rel
42. track into a Deck By analyzing the tracks on demand you don t run into the CPU problems you may encounter with a permanent background analysis gt Show Consistency Check Report on Startup With this selected the Consistency Check Report will be displayed each time you start TRAKTOR This report displays informa tion about your Track Collection and gives options to manage it File Structure Mode The File Structure Mode determines which way a Playlist will be exported Analyze BPM Range gt Min Max Dial in the minimum and maximum values of beats per minute BPM your tracks usually have to help TRAKTOR s BPM analysis find the appropriate value when analyzing It is advisable to keep the range small and to avoid the doubling of a value e g 80 159 BPM Is better than 80 161 BPM The lowest possible value you can enter is 40 BPM whereas the highest possible value is 250 BPM gt Place AutoGrid Marker With this option checked TRAKTOR automatically places a Beatmarker Analysis is a process generating high CPU load Due to lower pri oritization of the analysis process there is no risk of slowdowns for TRAKTOR Itself but when using additional software along with TRAKTOR you may note that the software performs slower than usual TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 120 Editing Allow Inline Editing in List Window f checked you can edit metadata of your music files by double clicking them in the Browser List With
43. with gaps in it such as drum loops because the self oscil lation can develop best in empty parts of the music Advanced Mode D W Dry WEt gt The D W control is more than a simple mix control It also controls the cutoff fre quency where the action of the automatic filter control takes place gt Use D W in combination with the ENV knob to explore the dimensions of this effect SOFTEN gt Controls the smoothness of the cutoff envelope The more the knob is turned to the right the softer the filter sweeps will be TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 160 RES gt Controls the resonance of the filter High resonance makes the filter sound colorful and more noticeable Min low resonance Max high resonance ENV gt Controls the frequency where the filter action takes place Compared to a regular filter the filter frequency is modulated by the peaks in the music resulting in a dynamic pattern of filter sweeps gt In center position the modulation is neutral to the right the modulation goes upwards and to the left the modulation goes downwards gt The effect of the ENV knob Is strongly dependent upon the position of the D W knob CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt The knob behaves like the AMNT knob in Advanced Mode 15 5 15 Filter 92 Pulse Innovative auto controlled Filter effect modeled after the filters on Allen amp Heath s Xone 92 mixer and triggered by signal peaks in the music producing interesti
44. Amount ControL automatically switches to FINE Use xFNE to make even finer changes TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 50 6 7 2 Cue Point and Loop Management Panel Cue Panel The Current Cue Point is always e Ded AA STORE your starting point for working i cr 3 mae with cue points and for storing loops The Cue Point and Loop Management Panel Cue gives you the ability to store and map both Cue Points and Loops Using Stored Cue Points you can mark specific positions in your tracks e g beginning vocals instrumentals or breaks To store a Cue Point do as follows store 1 Set the Cue Point using the Cue button in the Transport Controls Vial can ate ce tn BE e 2 Click STORE points and Loops Pm Use the Next Previous Cue Point buttons to skip from one Stored Cue Point to the ale next gt The Cue Position DisPLay shows the position of the Stored Cue Point within the 02 00 35 7 track Pm You can assign a name to a Cue Point within the Cue Name Display This can be found to the right of the Cue Point Display Simply click in the display to highlight the name then rename it gt You can skip to a Stored Cue Point directly using the dropdown menu to the right of the Cue Name Disptay or by using one of the Hotcue Buttons gt Special actions can be assigned to a Cue Point by changing Its type in the Cue TYPE SELECTOR The following Cue Point Types are available Cue standard Cue Point
45. CH PRO 78 7 10 Working with MP3 Players TRAKTOR allows you to play tracks from your MP3 player 1 Plugging and un plugging the gt Start TRAKTOR and plug your MP3 player into your computer TRAKTOR will then MP3 player while tracks are recognize your MP3 player as a hard drive and display the its icon in the Browser Tree playing may cause the audio to stop this may take up to 10 seconds briefly Be careful not to unplug the MP3 h layi track f it gt When first selecting the MP3 player the message Loading will appear to let you know ae ee a that TRAKTOR is reading the track information gt When loading is finished you will be able to select tracks just as you would from any other hard drive 7 10 1 iPod The Apple iPod uses a unique file system for storing music When you connect an iPod unea to your computer TRAKTOR will recognize it and displays the iPod in the Browser with its pree name Beatport gt Double click the iPod to access the playlists and tracks stored on the iPod ps ES History Note You cannot play protected files purchased in the iTunes Store TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 79 8 Using the Internal Mixer amp the Crossfader The Internal Mixer is the nerve center of TRAKTOR With the Internal Mixer you can control the mix and modulate the sound of your tracks for smooth transitions 8 1 Channel Faders The CHANNEL FADERS adjust the channel volume Their Channel Level Meter
46. Click a second time to Invert the sort order gt Click on the Headline of the column to restore the Playlist to its original order gt After restarting TRAKTOR all Playlists will reset to their original order Consolidating a new Sorting Order gt Click on the name of the Headline to sort the Playlist by this category gt To make the new order permanent right ctrl click on that Playlist s icon and choose the option Consolidate Permanently Changing the Position of Selected Tracks within Playlists gt Reset a Playlist to its original order by clicking on the Headline of the CoLumn 1 This is only possible when the Playlist is in its original order which you get by clicking on the Headline gt The red line indicates where the selection will drop when releasing the mouse button of the CoLUMN gt Select one or more track s and drag them up or down in the Playlist 7 3 5 Organizing Playlists in Folders You have the option to further organize your actual Playlists by creating a Playlist Folder Right ctrl click on the PLaytist folder icon in the Browser Tree Choose Create Folder from the context menu Choose a name for your new Playlist Folder and type it in the following dialog Contirm with OK Your new Playlist Folder will appear under the PLaytist folder icon Set ae SS IS You can now add Playlists to this folder via drag and drop TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 65 7 3 6 Collection Subfolder
47. Export Playlist from the context menu 2 Enter a name for the exported playlist 3 Enter a destination path 4 Confirm with OK 7 3 9 Importing Playlists Importing Playlists can be done in several ways Method 1 Locate the Playlist in the TRAKTOR Exp Lorer inside the Browser Tree 2 Drag and drop the playlist tile onto the PLay ists folder in the Browser Tree or onto a Playlist Folder you have created 3 The Playlist and all contained tracks will be added to your Track Collection Method Il 1 Locate the playlist file nml In the Windows Explorer or Mac Finder 2 Drag and drop the playlist tile onto the PLay ists folder in the Browser Tree or onto a Playlist Folder you have created 3 The Playlist and all contained tracks will be added to your Track Collection Method III 1 Right ctrl click on the TRAKTOR PLaytists folder or a Playlist Folder you have created and choose mport Playlist 2 The Playlist and all contained tracks will be added to your Track Collection You can use this method to import Playlists trom previous TRAKTOR versions after exporting as explained above TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 67 7 3 10 Printing Playlists Printing Playlists allows you to save Playlist track name contents in a format readable by any web browser HTML oS ey a ee IS Right Ctrl Click on the Playlist in the Browser Tree Choose Save as Webpage Enter a name for the Playlist Enter a destinati
48. KTOR SCRATCH PRO 133 LED Options Control Type Output Most commonly a single LED is turned on by a software parameter LEDs are identified by responding to a specific MIDI controller CC Usually sending the controller with the value O turns the LED off while sending the controller with the value 127 turns the LED on some LEDs can light up in different intensities or colours depending on the value sent with the MIDI controller sometimes controllers have arrays of LEDs identified with a single MIDI controller Such arrays light up progressively according to the value sent with the controller gt Controller Range By default it shows the entire range the selected function has inter nally in TRAKTOR The range of the software function is mapped onto the LED or LED range on the controller Continuous ranges usually have a range trom O to 1 where O represents the lowest and 1 the highest value Lists of values usually have ranges such as O 1 2 3 each of the numbers representing one of the possible states The range can be reduced to a sub range in order to select specific values or for zooming into a continuous range gt MIDI Range The MIDI range of the LED can be customized For example a coloured LED may require the value 64 to light up in green In this case the MIDI Range must be limited to O 64 gt Invert Allows inverting the on off states of the LED gt Blend Used for continuously
49. KTOR SCRATCH PRO 87 3 Set a latency and sample rate your system can handle Typically use a higher latency at first such as 15 ms Open the Output Routing page to assign the outputs of TRAKTOR PRO to the physical outputs of your audio interface l Out 1 Audio amp DJ Ch A right 2 Out 2 Audio 8 DJ Ch A left 3 Out 3 Audio amp DJ Ch B right 4 Out 4 Audio 8 DJ Ch B left Hoeoooeosn Oa ee L Audio 8 DJ Ch C right Audio 8 DJ Ch C left o T Out 7 Audio amp DJ Ch D right Ro 8 Out 8 Audio amp DJ Ch D left Monojl not connected R not connected Mona L not connected R not connected Verify that External Mixer Mode is chosen Assign Output Channel A B C and D to all outputs of the external audio interface that are connected to the mixer Note that you have to connect a pair of outputs to each channel so Channel A typically connects to Outputs 1 and 2 of your audio interface Channel B to Outputs 3 and 4 and so on To use send effects you have to assign the Out Send too typically to the channel that is connected to the fx return of the mixer If you want to use the send effects go further to the Input Routing page and assign the Input Send Typically this is fed by the fx send out of the mixer Close the Preferences by clicking on the Close button For now use a moderate set ting You can change this later and test what your system Is able to handle T
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51. Playback Tracking mode Is activated by pressing the button with the representa tion of a record and a tonearm This absolutely links the position of the tonearm on the record to the playback position of your track Each action on the tonearm has direct effect on playback of the track in TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO be it moving of the record back and forth or placing the needle on another part of the record Needle Drop 13 4 3 Relative Mode While in Absolute Tracking Mode press the Loop button on the right of the Absolute Tracking button You will notice the following 1 Playback of the track starts looping the current part of the song 2 Playback mode has switched to the button showing only a record This mode is called Relative Tracking Mode While the software starts to repeat the same part of the song the needle on the record moves forward creating a growing offset to the software The software therefore ignores the position of the needle and only tracks the rotational speed of the record TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 109 13 5 Further Information For more information about the AUDIO 8 DJ please refer to the AUDIO 8 DJ manual If you have problems setting up TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO please read chapter 17 3 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Troubleshooting TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 110 14 Preferences TRAKTOR provides various options to customize Its setup The following chapter describes all options in order of appearance
52. RAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 88 Traktor Scratch Pro When using TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO you also have to add the Timecode Setup see chapter 14 3 Timecode Setup TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 89 10 Using the Global Section The Global Section in TRAKTOR contains the Master controls It also lets you control the effects the Master Clock and allows audio recording of your mixes 10 1 Master Panel The Master Panel in the center of the Global Section provides the main volume and play back mode controls 10 1 1 Master Volume Control Pm The Master Voume Knos controls the main output gt Default position no boosting no attenuation is at 2 o clock gt Adjust it so that the Master Level Meter in the Header uses the full available range gt In External Mixer Mode the Master Volume KNoB Serves as an overall gain to adjust the output of TRAKTOR to the input requirements of the external mixer 10 1 2 Headphone Controls PH Vol gt The VoL knob controls the volume of the Monitor Output for your headphones Mix gt The Mix knob lets you mix the cued signal with the master signal in your head phones TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 90 Tick gt With the Tick button you can activate an audible beat tick that works like a metronome and helps you while editing Beatgrids gt It is only audible on signals cued over the headphones Internal Mixer Mode gt In External Mixer Mode it is laid over th
53. Requires a certain amount of feedback to have effect gt Creates a great variety of tones when used in combination with the FEEDB knob FEEDB FEEDBACK gt Controls the amount of feedback in the effect gt With zero feedback in full left position the effect behaves like a regular tube distor tion gt This is the control for increasing or decreasing the amount of Feedback in the effect ranging from O to 100 DRIVE Overprive At high DRIVE and FEEDB ae values the effect can produce gt Controls which of the two overdrive units is fed and how much sound even without any input gt Drives only one unit in full left and full right position and morphs between them when turning from full left to full right position FB INVERTED FEEDBACK gt Only passes uneven harmonics making the effect sound deeper in frequency TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 169 Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt This knob behaves like the DRIVE knob in Advanced Effect Mode 15 5 24 Beatmasher The Beatmasher is a buffer based effect that captures a short loop from the current audio 1 The effect has to be started in material and mashes it up off mode and then turned on to sample the current audio Advanced Mode ON gt When turning the effect on it samples one bar or audio based on the tempo of the master clock gt o sample a new piece of audio turn the effect off and then back on GATE This is a combined controller f
54. Signal In this mode all manual tempo controls of the Master Clock are disabled The Decks of TRAKTOR can be synced to the Master Clock like in Manual Mode by pressing the Sync button on the Deck To match the beats between the sending and the receiving TRAKTOR PRO application the MIDI Clock sending offset must be adjusted in the sending application 10 2 2 MIDI Clock Send The MIDI Clock feature gives you the ability to synchronize external hardware to the tem po of the tracks playing in TRAKTOR gt gt To start sending a MIDI Clock signal click the Start Stop button Clicking it again stops sending When MIDI Clock is active the Start Stop Button Is lit blue By clicking the Sync button TRAKTOR triggers a MIDI Clock Stop Message immedi ately followed by a MIDI Clock Start Message to re sync the external hardware Before you can send the MIDI Clock signal you have to activate Send MIDI Clock for your MIDI device s in Preferences gt MIDI Setup To match the beats between the sending and the receiving TRAKTOR application the MIDI Clock sending offset must be adjusted in the sending application MIDI CLOCK SYNC For synchronizing external hard ware with the MIDI Clock the Master Clock has to be set as Master Tempo Source TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 95 10 3 Effect Panels TRAKTOR has two individual Effect Units Their Control Panels are located on the left and the right side of the Global Secti
55. Start Stop BuTTon Clicking it again stops sending When MIDI Clock is active the START StoPp BUTTON Is lit blue The Tempo Display shows the tempo of the MIDI Clock signal in BPM By clicking the Sync Butron TRAKTOR triggers a MIDI Clock Stop Message immediately followed by a MIDI Clock Start Message to re sync the external hard or software It may be required to adjust the offset between TRAKTOR and the receiving hard or software To do so use the slider labeled MIDI Clock Sending Offset found in Preferences gt MIDI Setup Severe types of file corrup tion cannot be cured with this method For synchronizing external hard ware with the MIDI Clock the Master Clock has to be set as Master Tempo Source TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 147 19 3 2 Syncing TRAKTOR to an external MIDI Clock Signal External Sync gt TRAKTOR s able to receive MIDI Clock Signals from another computer running TRAKTOR or other applications or from MIDI hardware sending MIDI Clock gt To receive MIDI clock you have to select the MIDI input device in Preferences gt MIDI Setup which is receiving the incoming MIDI Clock signal gt Inthe Global Section open the Master Clock Panel by clicking the Metronome gt Choose External Mode Ext In this mode the TRAKTOR Master Clock follows the external MIDI Clock signal once It Is started gt To synchronize the clock to the phase of the application or hardware sending the MIDI Clock
56. TCH PRO 129 Interaction Mode gt Determines what kind of interaction the hardware controller should have with the con trolled parameter in TRAKTOR P Hold This function is turned on as long as the button is held Examples are Pitch Bend and Shift buttons Hold Mode can only be associated to buttons gt Toggle Each time the button Is pressed the function changes state Toggle Mode can only be associated to buttons gt Trigger Trigger Mode is required to control functions without duration such as setting a Cue Point or switching to another Layout Even though this is very common functions that require Trigger Mode are rare because many of these options have been grouped in so called Ranges Ranges are lists of alternative options that are controlled in Direct Mode described hereafter Trigger Mode can only be associated with buttons gt Direct Direct Mode directly controls the value of the parameter or range of values such as controlling the pitch with a fader or scrolling through a list with a rotary knob Direct Mode Is also required for using a button to select a specific value from a list such as selecting an effect Direct Mode can be used with all available types of hard ware controls Each type of control has an individual subset of options described further below gt Next Inc Incrementally steps through a range by increasing the value The step size is either fixed or can be adjusted in the Resolutio
57. TCH PRO 103 13 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Functionality This chapter describes setting up TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 13 1 Turntable Setup 13 1 1 Hooking up Turntables with the Multicore Cables Connecting the Multicore Cables with the AUDIO 8 DJ gt The box contains 2 sets of Multicore cables each set comprising 2 segments that can be connected with a 7 pin XLR connector Pm Each of the 2 Multicore Cable Sets is used for connecting one Timecode turntable to TRAKTOR gt Take one of the the shorter cable segments having the RCA connectors colored in red black yellow and white and connect them to the connectors labeled CHANNEL A on the rear of the AUDIO 8 DJ by matching the colors gt Repeat the operation with the second of the shorter cable segments and connect it in the Same manner to the connectors labeled CHANNEL B on the rear of the AUDIO 8 DJ Connecting the Multicore Cables with Your Turntables and Your Mixer gt Take one of the longer cable segments having the red and white connectors gt Unplug the RCA cables of the left turntable from your mixer and connect them to the female RCA connectors on the cable segment labeled Player TT CD gt Plug the two RCA connectors labeled Mixer TT CD into the Phono Inputs on the mixer that just became available by unplugging the turntable gt Plug the two RCA connectors labeled Mixer Line In into the Line Inputs of the same channel of your hardware mixer gt Rep
58. TEREO SPREAD gt Creates a stereo spread effect by controlling the phase offset between the left and right stereo channel Min no phase offset Max maximum phase offset 1 2 period FEEDB FEEDBACK gt Controls the strength of the Flanger s feedback making the effect stronger and more colorful Min small feedback Max strong feedback RATE gt Controls the rate of Flanger oscillation gt The 11 available values are expressed in fractions of bars and are equally distributed over the range of the knob Min Max 16 bars 8 bars 4 bars 2 bars 4 4 2 4 3 8 1 4 3 16 1 8 1 16 UP gt When pressed the direction of the oscillation is inverted starts with the lowest fre quency and moves upward FR R gt Enables continuous rate control independent from musical tempo and ranges from 30 sec Min to 1 30 sec Max The LFO RESET button in the Master Panel resets the low fre quency oscillation phase to zero highest point 1 In Freerun mode FR R the rate of the Flanger oscillation is not tied to the musical tempo and varies continuously from 30 sec Min to 1 30 sec Max TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 153 LFO RESET Master PANEL gt Resets the oscillation and restarts at the lowest or highest point according to the Status of DN UP CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt The knob controls the rate of the up and down oscillation of the flanging sound The knob behaves like the Rate knob
59. TOR SCRATCH PRO 177 Send Mode Independently each Effect Unit can be used in Insert or in Send Mode While in Insert Mode the effect is inserted into the signal chain of each TRAKTOR deck in Send Mode the Unit is directly fed by an input of the Audio Interface and outputs Its sound directly to an output of the Audio Interface This allows fully controlling the Effect Unit with the FX Send and FX Return controls of an external DJ Mixer while still having the Effects totally synced to the tracks playing in TRAKTOR 16 3 4 Effect Pre selection The Effects Preferences page allows selecting and ordering the effects to be used in the performance The pre selected effects can be directly activated via MIDI buttons or hotkeys After installation all effects are available in the list Once you have found your preferred effects unused effects can be removed from the list of preselected effects 16 3 5 New Effects TRAKTOR PRO has many new performance oriented effects described in detail in section TOSS 16 3 6 Pulse Modulation gt TRAKTOR PRO offers an innovative modulation type for the Filters the Flanger and the Phaser called Pulse In this mode the modulation is controlled by the peaks In the audio material itself producing interesting latching sounds TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 178 16 3 7 In Comparison to TRAKTOR 3 Successors of TRAKTOR 3 Effects The effects of TRAKTOR 3 have been adapted to the new frame
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61. The Master Clock automatically determines which Deck Is the best candidate for being the tempo reference On this Deck the Master button is activated automatically gt The Deck that has been automatically chosen as tempo reference can manually be changed by clicking on the Master button of another deck gt When using the Master Clock in Auto Mode no Interaction with the Master Clock panel is required so that the panel does not need to be visible Manual Mode gt Manual Mode ts just that you are in control of the Master Clock gt The Tempo Display shows the tempo of the Master Clock in BPM gt After a deck has been designated the Tempo Master by pressing the Master button on that deck the yellow area in the Tempo Display shows the offset of the Master Clock against that deck gt To adjust the tempo manually drag the displayed value with the mouse use the and buttons or tap the tempo with the Tap button gt The PitcH Bend buttons can be used like on regular Decks to nudge the tempo of the Master Clock gt The Tick option gives an audible reference to the tempo of the Master Clock on your headphones TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 94 External Mode gt gt In External Mode the Master Clock is remotely controlled by a MIDI Clock Signal re ceived from an external source The Tempo of the Master Clock displayed in the Tempo DisPpLay may need a few seconds to lock onto the MIDI Clock
62. a special folders that arenot part of your conventional Music Folder structure gt Drag and drop a track or folder from either the Mac Finder or Windows Explorer onto oe Any track played within a the Collection Icon within the TRAKTOR Browser Tree 1 Becka beaded tothe gt Drag and drop a track or a folder from within the TRAKTOR ExrPLoreR Icon This Icon Collection represents all of the drives connected to your computer gt You can also right ctrl click on a track or folder within the TRAKTOR ExPLoRER Icon and choose Add to Collection TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 60 7 2 Finding Tracks Search By entering text into the Search Field the currently displayed list is dynamically narrowed down to the entries containing the typed string Note following Hotkeys 1 2 1 Filtering Playlists 1 2 3 Click in the Search Field or hit Ctrl Cmd F Type a few characters of the track s attributes i e the first characters of the track title As you type the search results on the right side are narrowed down to the tracks con taining the typed search string Hitting the TAB key reverts back to Hotkey control required for scrolling the list of results Hitting the Enter key after entering the search string extends the search to the entire Track Collection Pressing ESC clears the search string and terminates text entry mode Each individual Playlist will retain independent search entries until they are cleared fro
63. a track The Beatgrid Panel Grip gives control over the Beatmarker Beatgrid and the stored BPM of a track This feature also enables you to store Cue Points and Loops in a non chronological order Grid a Fade In Out Litcue am Load Loop Activate Quant in the Master Panel to get absolute seamless Hot Cue Jumping TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 54 Working with Beatgrids To guarantee that all Tempo Loop and Move Controls work as expected you will have to verify the Beatgrid for your tracks 1 2 3 a or Analyze a track see chapter 7 8 2 Analysis and load it into a Deck Click the in the Waveform Display to get a more precise view Check the Beatmarker at the beginning of the track If it does not sit directly on the beat use the Move Beatmarker buttons to correct it Alternatively you can manually set a Beatmarker at the position of your choice by using the Cue Panel To set an Auto Beatmarker manually click the Auto BuTToNn Move the track slowly forward trom the Beatmarker and check that the Beatgrid sits correctly on the Beat In Snap Mode you can click in the Waveform to audibly check the position of the Grid Turn on Tick within the Master Panel Global Section to help audibly align the Beatgrid while in playback Use the Widen and Tighten Beatgrid but tons to make precise adjustments Further adjustment options are available with the x2 and 2 buttons as well as th
64. ally distributed point over the range of the knob Min Max 16 bars 8 bars 4 bars 2 bars 4 4 2 4 3 8 1 4 3 16 1 8 1 16 Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt The knob behaves like the Rate knob in Freerun Mode of the Advanced Mode 19 9 7 Filter 92 LFO This filter is modeled after Allen amp Heath s Xone 92 mixer with tempo synced LFO The LFO Is either driven by the Beatgrid and therefore Is always in sync with the track or can be driven in Freerun mode gt The controls of the Filter 92 LFO are identical in behavior to the ones of the Filter described above TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 155 19 9 8 Filter Classic Industry standard filters with 2 knob and single knob control modes based on ladder filter architecture Advanced Mode HP HIGH Pass gt Controls the low cutoff frequency gt Passes the entire band in full left position gt Progressively cuts frequencies from low to high when turned to the right RES gt Controls the resonance of the filter High resonance makes the filter sound colorful and more noticeable Min low resonance Max high resonance LP Low Pass gt Controls the high cutoff frequency In DJ Mode DJM the LP knob is labeled LP HP and has a combined function to control both lowcut gt Progressively cuts frequencies from high to low when turned to the left and highcut trequencies gt Passes the entire band in full right position BRJ BAND REJECT
65. ameter Knobs Controls the different parameters of the selected effect Snapshot Saves the current effect settings as a default Effect On Globally switches the selected effect on and off Effect Parameter Reset Resets all effect parameters to the default setting a eS Se Effect Buttons 1 2 Controls which vary depending on the selected effect TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 28 5 4 3 Master Clock Master Clock Tick Toggles the Beat Tick an audible metronome synced to the Master Clock Mode gt Manual manually assign tempo source to the Master Clock or to a Deck gt Auto automatically selects one of the Decks as tempo source The Master Clock automatically syncs to the Master Deck Tempo Display Displays the current tempo and offset of the Master Clock Tap Manually set the Master Tempo by tapping to the beat Master Clock Pitch Bend Slows down or speeds up the Master Tempo momentarily Master Tempo Adjust Increases and decreases the Master Tempo MIDI Clock Reset Resets any external slaves connected via MIDI Clock MIDI Clock Send Activates or deactivates MIDI Clock for external synchronization TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 29 9 4 4 Recorder Not Rec a a E Rec On Off Starts and stops recording Broadcasting On Off Starts and stops broadcasting Gain Controls the volume of the recorder input Recorder Display Displays the length and file size of the recording Re
66. anel gt Send In Send mode the effect unit becomes independent from TRAKTORs internal Signal flow The effect unit receives input externally from one of the inputs of the au dio interface as selected in Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Input Routing The effect sends its output to one of the Outputs of the audio interface as selected in Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing FX Panel Mode FX1I FX2 choose between Advanced and Chained Effects gt The Advanced Mode provides a more detailed control over one selected effect gt The Chained Mode gives you control of up to three selected effects in one Panel Effect pre selection TRAKTOR provides a vast amount of effects You can create a personal selection of all available effects to narrow down the effects appearing in the EFFECT SELECToR of the effect units By default all available effects are pre selected To remove an effect from the pre selec tion select it and press the REMOVE button or double click it To add an available effect to the pre selection select it and press the ADD button or double click it The order in which the effects appear in the drop down selection of the effect units can be customized by moving the pre selected effects up and down the list with the Up and Down buttons TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 118 14 8 Recording Source gt Source Choose internal to record TRAKTOR s Master Output and choose external to record an
67. are absolutely seamless BeatJump TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 49 Loop Mode Loop Mode allows you to move the whole loop 1 Use the Amount Controt to choose a move size 2 Click the Move Buttons to move the loop by the chosen move size gt With Loop activated the loop will be moved a full Loop length The Amount CONTROL automatically switches to Loop when clicking the Loop Button gt With the Fine Button activated you can move the Loop by a precise amount Further choosing xFNE allows for even more precise loop jumping Loop In Mode Loop In Mode allows you to set the Loop In Point 1 Choose a move size using the Amount CONTROL 2 Use the Move Buttons to move the Loop in Point by the chosen amount gt With Loop activated the Loop Length is halved or doubled by using the Move BUTTONS gt With the Fine Button activated you can edit the Loop Size by moving the Loop In Point by a precise amount The Amount ControL automatically switches to FINE Use xFNE to make even finer changes Loop Out Mode Loop Out Mode allows you to set the Loop Out Point 1 Choose a move size by using the AMouNnT CONTROL 2 Use the Move Buttons to move the Loop Out Point by the chosen amount gt With Loop activated the Loop Length ts halved or doubled when using the Move BUTTONS gt With the Fine Button activated you can edit the Loop Size by moving the Loop Out Point by a precise amount The
68. as to be started in off mode and then turned on to Sample the current audio TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 171 R SPD gt Controls the speed of the rocking motion triggered with the RCK button B SPD gt Controls the speed of the brake motion triggered with the BRK button RCK gt Triggers the rocking motion of the turntable REW gt Triggers a rewind effect gt The acceleration of the rewind effect is controlled by with the B SPD knob Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt The ON button behaves like the BRK button and the knob like the B SPD knob tn Advanced Effect Mode 15 6 Upgrading from TRAKTOR 3 amp TRAKTOR SCRATCH Please read this chapter thoroughly to prevent you from possible data losses However It Is highly recommended to backup your Traktor folder before upgrading to a newer version 19 6 1 Running TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO side by side with older versions TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO uses a new folder for storing its Collection and settings It is therefore possible to run TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO side by side with TRAKTOR 3 TRAKTOR SCRATCH on separate Collections and separate settings files It is not possible to share the same Collection Playlists or settings between TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO and older versions of TRAKTOR TRAKTOR SCRATCH TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 172 15 6 2 Importing your Collection For importing your old Collection file use the mport Co
69. atch the tempo and the Phase of the playing track to swe Pm the Master Deck gt the Master Clock if no Deck is selected as Master Deck TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 47 Master Deck E Automatic Master Deck The Master Deck gives the target tempo to which other decks can sync gt TRAKTOR automatically sets the Master Deck depending on which track has the lon c gest uninterrupted playtime MasteR button of a Master Deck gt The Master Deck can be changed by clicking the Master button on another Deck gt If TRAKTOR does not automatically set the Master Deck activate Auto Mode within the Master Clock Panel of the Global Section See chapter 5 4 3 Master Clock When switching the Master Clock to Manual Mode you must manually select the Master Deck for it will no longer be done automatically gt The Master Clock will define the target tempo if no Master Deck is selected 6 6 4 Key Lock TRAKTOR allows you to change a track s tempo while keeping the track in key thus avoid ing the Mickey Mouse Effect gt Click the Key Lock Button on the right side of the Stripe to play a track at Its pitch gt Click the small button next to the Key Knos to engage Key Lock mode without altering the current pitch gt Both buttons are lit when Key Lock Is active TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 48 6 7 The Advanced Panels The Advanced Panels provide additional editing and storing functions for Loops a
70. ation process Choose No if Windows asks you to search the Internet for a driver If you see a window from Vista s User Account Control feature saying that Windows needs your permission to continue please click Continue A screen will appear during the installation with a message that the driver has not passed Windows Logo Testing this does not indicate a problem simply click on Continue Anyway to proceed with the installation Please note that as multiple driver components are installed you will see the whole sequence of installer screens repeated twice this is not an error just follow along and make the appropriate choices to finish the installation Windows XP Installation gt After the TRAKTOR installer has finished running please connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to any available USB port on your computer gt Windows will identify the AUDIO 8 DJ and begin the final installation process You cannot install the AUDIO 8 DJ on a USB 1 1 port a USB 2 0 port is required TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 7 gt Choose No if Windows asks you to search the Internet for a driver gt A screen will appear during the installation with a message that the driver has not passed Windows Logo Testing this does not indicate a problem simply click on Continue Anyway to proceed with the installation gt Please note that as multiple driver components are installed you will see the whole sequence of in
71. ay positionprecisely CUE upon it 2 Click the Cue button Transport Controls 3 In the Cue Panel choose Store and then the Cue Type Grid 4 Double click in the Cue Name Display to name the Beatmarker Deleting Beatmarkers Deleting a Beatmarker is done from the Cue Panel 1 Navigate to the Beatmarker by using the Next PRrevious Cue Point Buttons the dropdown menu next to the Cue Name Display or by clicking the white Gridmarker in the Stripe 2 Click the Derete button to permanently delete the Beatmarker TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 56 Lock the Beatgrid lf the Beatmarker and Beatgrid are set you can lock your results by clicking the Lock BUTTON gt After clicking Lock all buttons in the Grid Panel are deactivated gt The stored tempo BPM is locked and cannot be changed until you unlock It by click ing Lock again gt All tracks with a locked Beatgrid will show a small Lock Icon within the Browser Tick Audible Beatgrid The Tick is essentially a metronome used to obtain audible feedback as to the positioning of the Beatgrid relative to the beats of the track gt Click on the Cue Button gt Click on the Tick button in the Master Panel Pm Click the Tick button again to deactivate It in E Ty iu ii In External Mixer Mode you will additionally have to activate the Cue button inside the Internal Mixer in order to hear the Tick TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO
72. ays be recreated from the tags in the tracks The main function of the Collection is to contain all your playlists In TRAKTOR PRO playl ists are no longer saved as individual files This has the following advantages gt All playlists always display the most recent tags Playlists can be created and moved within a virtual folder structure gt Relocating tracks updates all copies in all playlists gt Removing tracks from the Collection removes them from all playlists as well The down side of this concept is that playlists are not saved by default as individual files While all metadata is safely stored within the tracks and can therefore be restored If the collection nml file is deleted or corrupted the playlists may be lost It is therefore very important to make backups of your collection nml file in addition to the automatically generated backups 16 4 3 Playlist Management Creation and Organization In TRAKTOR PRO playlists can be managed more intuitively than before Dragging a selec tion of tracks from the list window onto the playlist icon will create a new playlist A folder Structure can be created within the playlist node and organized by drag amp drop Navigation and Sorting The workflow has been improved by recalling the selected tracks the sorting order and the scrolling position individually tor each Playlist TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 181 The way of sorting a Playlist has been overworked a
73. backup of your personal TRAKTOR files make a copy the entire TRAKTOR Root folder and save it onto a separate hard drive Make sure that you also back up your RECORDINGS folder The default path to the RECORDINGS folder is mentioned above in section 15 2 2 The Recordings folder 15 2 4 Restoring TRAKTOR from a Backup Method 1 This method deletes the current settings and the Collection Use this method after re installing TRAKTOR gt Make sure that TRAKTOR is not running gt Overwrite the current Root folder with the content of the backed up Root folder The default path of the folder to replace is PC My Documents Native Instruments Traktor gt Mac Native Instruments Traktor gt Restart TRAKTOR You can change the path in Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 144 Method 2 This method preserves the current settings and the Collection You can switch back at any time to these settings by repeating this method gt Vv vyv Copy the backup of the Root folder back to your DJing computer Open Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location Click the Button next to the Root Dir field Point to the location of the backup folder that you created in step 1 Contirm and restart TRAKTOR 13 2 5 Creating a portable version of TRAKTOR By storing all your tracks and the Root folder on a portable hard drive you can recreate your personal profile
74. c Folders cluded in the scan and do not 4 Confirm with OK need to be added to the list 5 Repeat to add all of your Music Folders 7 1 3 Playing Tracks managed by iTunes If you have organized your tracks within the iTunes application the TRAKTOR Browser offers direct access to both your iTunes Library and Playlists 1 Click on the ilunes icon in the Browser Tree 2 Browse through the Library and the playlists as you would with iTunes 3 Load a track into the Deck as you would trom a normal TRAKTOR playlist Note The iTunes Tree Node is a read only view of your iTunes Library and playlists Not all edit ing functions are available within this view Playing a track from the iTunes Node will automatically import it into the TRAKTOR Collection TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 59 1 1 4 Importing a Selection of Tracks from iTunes 1 Click on the lunes Icon in the Browser Tree 2 Select the track to import into the Track Collection 3 Drag the selection onto the CoLLectIoN Icon 4 Alternatively right ctrl click the selection and choose Add to Collection 7 1 5 Importing iTunes Playlists gt Click on the ifunes Icon in the Browser Tree gt Select the playlist to be imported gt Drag the playlist onto the PLayLists TREE ICON gt Alternatively right ctri click the selection and choose Import to Playlists 7 1 6 Alternative Import Methods TRAKTOR offers alternative methods to import single tracks and
75. c Meter Displays the level of the recording signal Delete Deletes the current recording Cut Cuts the current recording and seamlessly starts a new recording file TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 30 5 5 Decks This screenshot shows nearly all ih Deck elements Depending on r aew Goofs AAA ome RR the layout some of them may be hidden or can be shown additionally e g the Scratch Panels in TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 11 1 Track Cover Icon Displays the cover art of the loaded track 2 Track info Displays information about the loaded track Customize displayed informa tion in Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Deck Details gt Deck Header 3 Sync Controls Pm Sync BuTTON synchronizes the playing track to the current tempo source another Deck or the Master Clock gt Master Button defines this Deck as Master for syncing gt Phase Meter shows the offset of the beats in the playing track to either the beats in the Master Deck or the Master Clock ticks The Phase Meter has to be centered synced to match the beats a gt PitcH Bend Buttons temporarily slows down or speeds up the playing track ARC pase 4 Waveform gt Visually represents a portion of the playing track The lighter color shade repre sents high frequencies while the darker color shade represents low frequencies Pe Use the or buttons to zoom in and out 9 Skip to Start Moves the play position to the beginning
76. can enable Playlist Scrolling Read more about Playlist Scrolling in chapter 13 1 3 The Control Zones on Vinyl and 13 2 3 The Control Zones on CD Switch to Absolute Mode in lead in When you place the needle in the Lead In of the Control Vinyl or skip to the first track of the Control CD the tracking mode switches to Absolute Mode Switch to Absolute Mode when loading When loading a track the tracking mode always switches to Absolute Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 114 14 4 Loading Loading gt Loading only into stopped Deck Prevents you from accidentally loading a track into a deck that is playing in the main mix gt Stop playback at end of track Stops the playback of a deck when a track Is at Its end gt Load next at end of track This enables TRAKTOR to automatically load the next track from the Preparation Playlist gt Initially cue to Load Marker With this enabled a track will automatically cue to an established Load Marker when it Is loaded gt Activate Fade In amp Out Markers This option allows the use of Fade In and Fade Out markers for automatic crossfading between tracks gt Autoplay loops Playlist This option affects the Cruise Mode Autoplay With this op tion checked TRAKTOR will repeat the Playlist trom the beginning when the end of the list is reached Resetting Controls gt Reset all deck controls when loading track Resets all deck controls to their default value when a trac
77. ch information for a loaded track will be shown in the Deck Header There are nine fields in three rows available The top row Is displayed larger and the bottom row smaller so you can sort the Information by importance Pitch Controls gt Phase Meter switches the Phase Meter for all Decks on and oft gt Pitch Fader switches the Pitch Fader for all Decks on and oft 14 11 3Browser Details gt Show Preview Player switches the Preview Player on and off Show Track Info switches the Info Window on and off Show Playlist Favorites switches the Browser Favorites on top of the Browser on and off Show Cover Art switches the cover art window on and off YYY Y Show Status Bar Error Messages switches the status bar on and off This also shows error messages Inside of It TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 123 14 12 Global View Options Decks gt Highlight Beatmarkers With this selected the Beatgrid will be brighter and more vis ible gt Show Minute Markers Shows a white line for each minute on the Stripe View gt Channels This configures how the waveform looks Beats will display the beats of the track only Beats and Highs will display the beats of the track along with the detected highs in the track Beats and Envelope will display the beats of the track along with the detected envelopes in the track gt Track End Warning This slider adjusts the amount of warning time TRAKTOR gives when the end of a trac
78. ch sensitive zone that can be used to assign different functions to turning the wheel on the outer rim or turning by touching the centre zone Most of these touch sensitive Jog Wheel send events on a different MIDI CC depend ing on whether the centre zone is touched or not In this manner you can directly as Sign different functions to the two modes of the Jog Wheel TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 136 gt Additionally touch sensitive Jog Wheels send a Note ON event when touching the wheel without turning it This event is usually assigned to the function Deck gt Transport gt Deck Scratch ON to simulate placing a finger on the record for taking over manual control gt The MIDI CC sent by the Jog Wheels when turning it while touching the centre has to be assigned to Deck gt Transport gt Deck Scratch for obtaining a natural feeling scratch control gt A few Jog Wheels send a MIDI Note ON event when turned left and another MIDI Note ON event when turned right These Jog Wheel are not really usable for scratching but can still serve for Pitch Bending or for Seeking through the track gt Depending on the specific function assigned to the Note ON event it may be neces sary to reset the function at the end of the motion This functionality is provided by the JOG Controller Type which RESETS the controlled function once the motion of the Jog Wheel has stopped gt A further variable between different kinds of Jog Wheel
79. ck decks and therefore requires a two channel mixer You also can use the Preview Adding a third and fourth deck can extend this setup Each additional source requires an Player function of the Browser additional input on your mixer in External Mixer Mode This requires an additional channel on the mixer An even more advanced setup integrates the TRAKTOR send effects Using them not only requires one more channel on your mixer but also an effects send output on the mixer to feed the effects directly trom the mixer Usually this output can be controlled either via FX send knobs or buttons on each channel of the mixer TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 85 91 2 Audio Device For connecting all decks to the mixer an audio interface with as many stereo channels as used decks Is required TRAKTOR does not support two sound cards side by side but there are ways to aggregate sound cards to make them appear as a single audio device in TRAKTORs audio setup If you want to use the send effect feature the audio interface also must have an additional Stereo input for the effects send signal coming trom the mixer If you have enough available channels on your hardware the Preview Player can also be connected to a separate output of the soundcard Traktor Scratch Pro If you are using TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO the AUDIO 8 DJ or a TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Certified Mixer is required 9 2 Physical Setup This part describes the setup of the hard
80. cording to frequency The EQ Knoss have all the advanced functionality described in chapter 11 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs 8 3 1 Equalizer Types TRAKTOR offers 4 different types of EQ modeled after today s top DJ mixers To change the EQ type go to Preferences gt Mixer gt EQ Selection Classic The Classic Equalizer is the standard classic TRAKTOR 3 Band EQ It offers controls for adjusting the Low Mip and HicH range frequencies of each deck Each knob controls its frequency band by 12 24 db It also offers Kill Switches that cut the frequency entirely when activated P600 The P600 is a standard club DJ mixer EQ with 3 bands low mid and high It works like the Classic EQ but offers a range of 12 26 dB and the Kill Switches cut the frequen cles to 26 dB It s always a good idea to use the EQs during a transition to avoid clipping that can easily occur when two tracks play together with full volume TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 81 Nuo4 Nuo4 is an emulation of the EQ found on the Ecler Nuo4 four channel DJ mixer It offers 3 band equalization low mid high The adjustment range for low and mid frequencies is 10 30 dB and for high frequencies 10 25 dB Like the Classic and P600 Mixer Types it offers Kill Switches for all frequencies but sets them to 30 25 dB XONE 92 XONE 92 Is an emulation of the EQ found on the Allen amp Heath XONE 92 DJ mixer It is unique in that it off
81. cted to the amplifier sys tem In this example we have set the monitor outputs to 7 8 so we can listen on the headphone output of the AUDIO 8 DJ 8 Close the Preferences by clicking the Close button TRAKTOR PRO with External Mixer To use TRAKTOR PRO with an external mixer you need an external audio interface with at least two stereo outputs When mixing with four decks an audio interface with four stereo outputs such as the AUDIO 8 DJ Is required In this case the output of each TRAKTOR deck is routed to a separate output of the exter nal audio interface each of which Is connected to a different input channel input channel of the mixer The mixing and prelistening is entirely done with the mixer in this setup Physical Setup 1 Before starting TRAKTOR PRO make sure that the audio interface is correctly installed connected and fully functional on your computer 2 Connect the outputs of the external audio interface to the mixer inputs Each stereo output channel of the external audio interface connects to one of the stereo channel inputs of the mixer 3 Connect your headphones to the mixer and the mixer outputs to the amplifier system driving your speakers TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 17 soundcard example Software Setup 1 2 In the Setup Wizard select the option External Mixer Confirm your choice by pressing OK This opens the Audio Setup page of the Preferences Drop down the Audio Device li
82. d Loop In Loop Out TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 53 6 7 4 Hotcues and Hotcue Mapping In TRAKTOR you can assign any Stored Cue Point or Loop to one of the 8 Hotcue BUTTONS This allows for instant access to your most important Cue Points and Loops gt Storing a Cue Point instantly maps it to the next available Hotcue Click a second time on Store to duplicate the Hotcue gt If you want to change the assignment click on the assigned Hotcue then click on Map and then on the new Hotcue gt To delete a Cue Loop In point select the Cue Loop In Point and click on the WASTEBIN Icon This deletes the Cue Loop In Point permanently How to use Hot Cues The behavior of Hot Cue Buttons depend on the playback status of the track gt When the Deck is playing clicking a Hot Cue Button will jump the play position to the mapped Cue Loop In Point and continue playing gt When the Deck Is paused the Hot Cue Buttons behave in the same manner as the Cue button in the Transport Panel i e clicking it jumps the play position to the mapped Cue Loop In Point Holding the Hot Cue Button will continue playback until it is released Upon release the playback position will jump back to the Cue Loop In Point and remain paused 6 7 5 Beatgrid Panel Grid Panel Gove aa l Be eS The Beatgrid is the foundation for setting perfect loops Beatgrids act as a visual reference for the DJ in showing a visible tempo structure for
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84. ders function TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 77 7 8 4 Other Maintenance Functions gt Reset Played State Resets the play count and the Track Icon next to any track that has been played gt Relocate Opens a dialog in which you can navigate to the folder containing the miss ing track s This can be useful if you have restructured a Music Folder gt Analyze Async Starts analysis for the selected track s gt Show in Explorer Finder Use to find the track in the Windows Explorer or Mac Finder gt Search in Playlists Searches for the selected track s and returns with a report show ing all playlists containing the selected track s 7 9 Working with Audio CDs 1 9 1 CD Text In the past tracks of Audio CDs were displayed as TrackOl TrackO2 etc However if you insert an Audio CD with related information artist title etc you will be able to see this data in TRAKTOR s Browser 7 9 2 Audio CDs and Favorites gt If you drag the Aupio CD Icon onto a Favorite the CD will stay assigned to the Favorite even if you remove the CD gt If you do not have an audio CD loaded in your CD drive the Favorite will be displayed with a Missing Icon shown as a red cross 1 9 3 Eject CD You can also eject a CD from within TRAKTOR gt Right ctrl click on the Aupio CD icon and choose Eject CD to eject the CD H texts Not all commercial Audio CDs show these additional info TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRAT
85. ding the tracks onto a portable hard drive Pointing trom a host computer to your personal Root fully reproduces your workspace on the host computer gt For transferring your workspace onto another computer also running TRAKTOR gt For creating distinct User Profiles with separated Collections on the same computer TRAKTOR can be told to switch to another Root folder which results in switching the Profile of TRAKTOR 13 2 2 The Recordings folder Recordings Besides the Root folder TRAKTOR creates a second folder containing the audio files re corded with TRAKTORs recording function in wav format It is found by default in gt PC My Music Traktor Recordings gt Mac Music Traktor Recordings 15 2 3 Complete Backup Besides the automatic backups of the collection it makes sense to manually backup the entire TRAKTOR Root folder from time to time gt The Root folder is called TRAKTOR The default path to the Root folder is mentioned above in section 15 2 1 The TRAKTOR Root folder H The location of the Recordings folder cannot be changed TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 143 If you have moved the Root folder to another destination you can find the correct path to the Root folder as follows gt Open Preferences gt File Management gt Data Location Pm Click the Button next to the Root Dir field gt The file browser will reveal the current position of the Root folder To make a complete
86. e confirm with OK and then close and re open TRAKTOR Check the Output Routing in TRAKTOR You may have selected the correct sound card but not assigned any of Its outputs gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing gt Make sure you have selected the right Mixing Mode INTERNAL will mix the signal inter nally and output the mix on the Master Output and the pre listening signal at the Monitor Output ExTERNAL will output each deck individually on a separate channel for being mixed in an external mixer gt Verify if the section for Monitor and Master or Deck A and Deck B in External Mixer Mode show valid outputs of the connected sound card gt You may need to deselect and re select the outputs to re initialize the assignment gt If this does not work make the correct assignment confirm with OK and then close and re open TRAKTOR Check the Audio Control Panel in Windows To check the correct installation of your sound card on a Windows computer do the fol lowing gt Open Start gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices gt Audio Pm For Sound Playback gt Default Device drop down the list and make sure your sound card is displayed in the list If it is not you may need to reinstall the drivers for your sound card TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 195 Check the Audio Midi Setup in Mac OS X gt To check the correct installation of your sound card on a Mac do the followin
87. e Internal Mixer on the screen click the Cue BUTTON in the Mixer Strip of the Deck When using an external mixer cueing is done there 9 The two tracks will most likely have different tempos and you will need to synchronize their tempo and beat You can observe current beat offset in the Phase METER above the Waveforms of both Decks 10 Click the Sync button for automatic synchronization or use the Pitch Fader either on the software or the hardware deck for manual synchronization just as you would with a real physical turntable or CD deck TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 22 5 User Interface This chapter not only provides a preliminary run through of TRAKTOR s graphical user interface but will also begin to explain some of the basic features of the application 5 1 Overview File view Help lt TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 3 E no Efect E Track Collection Coverart T othe F Ee Demo 2 atl rue de commerce abakus mmy A Tube amp Berger Nonstop TheMarsTrukker Wellengang Flutter l il Lick Your Spine Repea RE Got Leaks In The Roof lheMare lrukkKer Achtimasterdub sok Part2 rs Creatures of the Might How Do Know Eigenleben Marke Fuerstenberg Hemi a intial SMK Part 2 Motor City Drum Ensemble Release reun brqa020 Rue de Commerce EP Go Outside Lets Ayko Loco Dice Motor City Drum Ensemble Deymare Loco Dice Dubsuite Sirk Miele i Hayabusa N
88. e Tap button Double click in the Tempo Disptay to manually enter a tempo Continue on until you reach the end of the track Once the Beatgrid sits correctly on the beat throughout the whole track click the Lock Beatcrip button and you are done a precise tempo has been permanently defined for this track Example Pictures A The Beatgrid is too tight so you have to widen it A The Beatgrid is too wide so you have to tighten It Tr 6 Lett mouse click moves the Beatmarker in fine steps right ctrl click In coarse steps Left mouse click changes the Grid in fine steps right ctrl click in coarse steps g en If no Beatmarker is set en able Place AutoGrid Marker in Preferences gt File Management gt File Management gt Analyze BPM Range FARA TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 55 aasaaaausdaee This is an example of a perfect Beatgrid Auto Beatmarker TRAKTOR automatically sets a Beatmarker on the first bass drum detected during the analysis So when you analyze your tracks a first Beatgrid is built based on the tempo TRAKTOR has determined gt Click on the Auto Button to rebuild the Beatgrid Use Snap Mode to position the marker exactly on the beat If Manual Beatmarker the beat is not detected correctly deac Alternatively you can also manually set a Beatmarker with the Cue Panel tivate snap Mode 1 Search for an appropriate downbeat in the track and move the pl
89. e channel signal when Headphone Cue on the Internal Mixer is active 10 1 3 Control Modes TRAKTOR s Control Modes affect the mouse and cue point behavior during playback al lowing synced navigation in the track and accurate setting of Cue Points All modes can be activated independently They work globally for all Decks When acti vated the Mope Buttons Snap Quant CD Mops are lit blue Vinyl Mode None of the Mope Buttons is activated You can start and stop playback at any position Click and drag the waveform back and forth like a record Snap Mode In Snap Mode the playback position always jumps to the next detected beat Activating SNAP helps you to work exactly on a beat while setting up Cue Points and Loops em With Snap activated you can set Cue Points and Loops only on detected beats Quantized Mode Quant Mode lets you jump between Cue Points and Stored Loops seamlessly and without losing sync and also works with Hot Cues gt Skipping in the track in Quantized Mode brings the play position to the next destina tion but without losing sync TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 91 CD Mode CD Mode emulates the behavior of CD players before the invention of the touch sensitive jog wheel When pausing the deck a short stutter loop Is played at the current playback position This loop can be moved forward and backward to adjust Its position Finally pressing Cue sets a Cue Point at that position It wor
90. e entire row The active layout is marked with Active in the first column The order in this list also defines the order of layouts in the LayouT SELECTOR of TRAKTOR PRO s Header App adds a new layout to the Layout Manager Remove deletes the selected layout Move Up Down changes the position of the selected layout in the order of layouts Show Global Section switches the whole Global Section on and off Left Right choose the default Panels shown on the left and right of the Global section EQ Fader Cue Show or hide the respective features Filter Key Gain Balance Show or hide the respective features Crossfader Show or hide the crossfader 14 11 2Deck Details Deck Style Pe Deck SizeA amp B C amp D switch between full and minimized Decks Minimized Decks do not show Waveform and Advanced Controls gt Scratch Panels switches the Scratch Panels on and off for use with TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO gt Adv Controls switches advanced controls for full Decks on and oft Scratch Panels are only avail able if TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO and the required hardware are in Stalled TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 122 gt A amp B C amp D Choose the default displayed Advanced Control Panel gt Show Deck C amp D switches Decks C and D on and off If unchecked Decks C amp D are hidden and muted Deck Header gt Show Cover Art switches the Cover Art Icon on and off gt File Info here you can choose whi
91. e sure to choose Yes when you are asked if you want to install the driver 3 1 2 Mac OS X Installation After inserting the TRAKTOR CD ROM in the computer the TRAKTOR CD icon will be displayed on the desktop Double click it to open the content of the CD then double click the Traktor Installer A window will open that begins the installation of TRAKTOR The setup program will lead you through the installation procedure Please follow the onscreen Instructions 1 Please always refer to the Readme file on the installa tion CD as it contains last minute in formation not available in the printed manual If you choose a complete instal lation the Audio 8 DJ drivers will be installed by default You can un select the Audio 8 DJ by choosing cus tom installation TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 6 3 2 Audio Device Driver Installation You have to install the driver for your audio interface before using it with TRAKTOR This section explains how to install the driver for the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS audio interface AUDIO 8 DJ If you own an audio interface from another manufacturer please refer to their documen tation for information on how to install the driver 3 2 1 Windows Installation Windows Vista Installation 1 After the TRAKTOR installer has finished running please connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to any available USB port on your computer Windows will identify the AUDIO 8 DJ and begin the final install
92. e track Mapping Cue Points to the Hot Cue buttons is very intuitive select the Cue Point that you want to map press the Map button and then the button you want to assign it to Quantized Navigation A new navigation mode Is introduced with TRAKTOR PRO called Quant In this mode most operations are executed in beat accurate manner so that they can be used for remixing a track in real time Quantized mode only affects skips during playback gt Skipping to cue points and loops via Hot Cue Buttons gt Skiping to cue points and loops via clicks on the Stripe display TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 186 16 5 3 Synchronization Sync Reference TRAKTOR 3 used the horizontally opposite deck as reference when pressing Sync Synching vertically or diagonally opposite requires using the Master function TRAKTOR PRO aban dons this approach and always uses the Master Clock as synching reference This requires the Master Clock to be always in sync with the current main track This Is achieved by automatically letting the Master Clock follow the tempo of the deck currently having Master Deck status To enable this mode make sure the Auto button Is enabled in the Master Clock panel click on the metronome on the left border of the Global section The deck playing for the longest non interrupted timespan receives the Master state The master status of the decks can be overridden at any time by clicking on the Master button of another
93. e used as the Current Playlist This change has a few consequences described hereafter Recently played tracks As soon as you load a track into a deck it shows up in the History playlist The History has a few more columns than normal playlists that give information when and how the tracks have been played gt Start Time shows when the track has been played gt Duration shows how long the track has been played gt Deck shows on which deck the track has been played After installation the History is assigned to the second of the Favorite Playlists Queuing up songs In TRAKTOR 3 the Current Playlist could be used to queue tracks for being played later To do so in TRAKTOR PRO you can use any playlist By default one of the Favorites Is named PREPARATION and serves this purpose If you find a track that you want to play later drag it onto the playlist called PREPARATION Autoplay Autoplay is now called Cruise and will work from any playlist The next track to be loaded is taken from the same playlist as the last loaded track TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 180 16 4 2 Collection Tags and Playlists All tags entered in TRAKTOR PRO including cover art stripes BPM Cue Points and Loops are instantly written into all supported file types including WAV and AIFF The collection of TRAKTOR PRO therefore only duplicates the information contained in the tracks for faster searches but when lost the information can alw
94. e you do not have to look at the computer to check the crossfader the EQ or the pitch fader One problem of ab solute controls is that the software may change the value of the controlled function This generates an offset between the value of the function in the software and the physical position of the fader or knob As soon as you slightly tweak the value of the fader or knob the controlled functions jumps to match the values which can be un expected and not wanted Using the Soft Takeover option described further below can solve this problem TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 131 gt Rotary Encoder Endless rotary encoders or touch pads do not have an absolute posi tion If the controller does not have LED rings or displays the status of the functions controlled via endless encoders can only be checked by looking at the computer The big advantage of this type of control is that the value can also be controlled by the software because changes are only made incrementally For example the value of an effect parameter controlled via encoder can be set on a certain value by recalling the preset and can be directly tweaked from there with the encoder This does not work when using a fader or a potentiometer gt Rotary Encoder inv There are two different types of endless rotary encoders on the market If the controlled function reacts backwards and too roughly when using the first type of Rotary Encoder choose Rotary Encoder inv i
95. ease the left mouse button as well If you have a track pad or mouse without a second but ton you can utilize these functions by pressing and holding the Ctrl key of your computer keyboard while clicking TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 101 12 Control via Keyboard amp MIDI Hotkeys All controls in TRAKTOR can be used with your computer keyboard or a MIDI controller TRAKTOR uses settings files tsi files to store the mapping for your keyboard and MIDI controllers 12 1 Keyboard Hotkeys Keyboard Hotkeys are used to control TRAKOR with your computer keyboard TRAKTOR contains a standard mapping with all basic controls that is loaded by default You can find the default mapping documented on the enclosed flyer To load another mapping do as follows 1 gt gt Open the Preferences by clicking on the PREFERENCES BUTTON or via Application Menu gt File gt Preferences Click Import Navigate to My Documents Native Instruments Traktor Settings PC or Native Instruments Traktor Settings Mac and choose the file named settingsfilename tsi Contirm the dialog and close the Preferences Use your computer keyboard to control TRAKTOR You can find an explanation how to create your own mappings in in chapter 15 1 Hotkey and MIDI Mapping Clicking Application Menu gt Help gt Downloads will open the TRAKTOR PRO Downloads website of the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Homepage There you can download se
96. eat this operation with the second pair of longer cable segments and the right turntable TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 104 13 1 2 Test Drive TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO with Turntables gt Put the Control Records on your turntables gt Switch your mixer from Phono to Line gt Set the AUDIO 8 DJ Input Mode for channels A and B to Timecode Vinyl by toggling through the modes with the INPUT MODE button on the front panel gt Inthe TRAKTOR PRO software click on the downwards pointing arrow below the Deck letter and verify that Scratch Control is chosen as input source gt Load a track from the Demo Playlist into Deck A and start the turntable gt TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO starts calibrating the blue ABsoLute Mope Button lights up and the track Is played back 13 1 3 The Control Zones on Vinyl The Control Vinyl consists of the following three zones each with different playback func tions Lead In The first few Rounds of the Record Dropping the needle into the Lead In Zone of the record will skip to the beginning of the track If you turned on the respective option in the Preferences you can use this to skip back to the beginning of a track when playing in the Relative Tracking Mode the tracking mode jumps to Absolute Mode making needle drops again possible Playback Zone Main Part of the Record This is subdivided into 10 tracks on side A and 15 tracks on side B This zone is used for regular playback The divisi
97. ective way of organizing your tracks while preparing for a set Essentially Playlists offer a means of grouping tracks into an order that has several significant advan tages over physical record crates Pm One track can be contained in multiple playlists gt A Playlist can be re ordered or reset to the original state rapidly gt Further advantages are saving loading and exporting a Playlist TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 62 1 3 1 Creating a Playlist Method 1 Right ctrl click on the PLayList folder icon in the Browser Tree 2 Choose Create Playlist from the context menu 3 Type a name for your new Playlist into the window 4 Confirm with OK 9 Your new playlist will appear under the PLayYList folder Method Il 1 Select one or more tracks in the Browser List 2 Drag these tracks onto the PLay ist folder in the Browser Tree 3 Type a name for your Playlist into the pop up window 4 Confirm with OK 9 Your new playlist will now appear under the PLayList folder 7 3 2 Adding Tracks to Playlists 1 2 Click and hold one or more tracks Drag it onto a playlist of your choice and keep holding the mouse button The view of the Browser List changes and shows the destination playlist If you move your mouse over the content of the playlist now you will see a red line indicating where the track s will be inserted when releasing the mouse button H hH This behavior is shown If the play lis
98. ered during playback will be activated TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 34 5 5 3 Advanced Panels To open the Advanced Panels click on the small downwards pointing arrow button below the Pitch Fader There are three Advanced Panels Select them by clicking on the Move Cue or Grid Buttons on the left side Loop Move and Beat Jump Panel Move 4 MOVE ome R z eee CE 9 crip 2 5 1 Mode Selector Switch between Beat Jump Loop Loop In and Loop Out Mode 2 Amount Controls Select the step size in beats The yellow arrow marks the chosen step size Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the predefined move sizes Click on a value to choose one 3 Move Buttons Moves the parameter defined in the Mode Selector forward or backward the amount of beats as defined in the Amount Controls 4 Loop Button gt This button selects a step size for the movement that is based on the current loop Size gt With Loop Mode selected the loop will be moved backwards or forwards exactly one loop length gt With Loop In or Loop Out Mode selected the loop will be resized by either dou bling or halving the current loop length 9 Fine Button Selects a finer step size for the movement TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 35 Cue Point and Loop Management Panel Cue 1 2 3 4 5 6 m Bo a T G _ CUE 3 ecm EEEn e l 8 1 Next Previous Cue Point Use these to skip to the previous o
99. ers 4 band EQ controls low mid low mid high and high The high and low bands have infinite attenuation total kill with a sharp 12 dB oct roll off The mid bands offer 30 dB of cut 8 4 Gain Cue and Pan 8 4 1 Gain With the Gain Knos you can control the pre fader level of each channel shown in the Level Meters of the CHANNEL FADERS gt GAIN Is only visible when full size Decks are activated gt TRAKTOR offers a powerful Autogain function enabled in Preferences gt Mixer This function relies on the gain values extracted from the Analysis process 8 4 2 Cue With the Cue Button you can audition the Deck via the Monitor Outputs TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 82 8 4 3 Pan With the Pan Knos you can control the balance between the left and right stereo channels for each Deck individually gt The Pan KNoB is only visible when the Advanced Panels are activated 8 9 Filter Key and Effect Insert 8 9 1 Filter The Fitter Knos provides a bipolar filter gt In center position the filter is inactive gt Turning the knob to the right activates a high pass tilter The more you move it to the right the more low and middle frequencies are cut out gt Turning it to the left activates a low pass filter The more you move it to the left the more high and middle frequencies are cut out gt In Preferences gt Mixer gt Filter Selection you can choose between Fi ter 92 emulating Allen amp Heath s Xone Ser
100. es of a track are visible in the Browser List To get access to all available properties of a track use the Edit Dialog This dialog allows simultaneous editing of a selection of tracks Title Tight Laces Original Mix Mix Release T Dunham Place Rating Bitrate 320 KBit Artist Loco Dice Track Neo 0 Autogain 0 8 dB 1 6 dB Remixer Playcount a Producer Released i900 1 1 Bf 127 000 Genre Techno lastPlayed 2008 9 19 Label Desolat imported 008 9 23 Comment Techno Comment 2 Lyrics Edit Dialog Editing a Single Track 1 Select a track in the Browser List by clicking It 2 Right Ctrl Click the selected track and choose Edit from the context menu 3 The Browser List turns into the track Edit Dialog 4 Edit the desired information for your track 9 Use the drop down menu next to a track property to select a previously stored property from your Track Collection 6 Use the Restore button to undo any changes you have made To apply the changes click the button labeled Appty or OK You can abort editing by clicking CANcEL TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 70 Editing a Selection of Tracks 1 If you want to edit a selection of tracks e g all tracks of an album select them and choose Edit from the context menu just as you did when editing a single track 2 Inthe Edit Dialog you will notice that most of the checkboxes beneath the attributes are unchecked 3 At the bottom of the Edit Dialog you will n
101. ething that Toggle Mode cannot do When using Direct Mode with buttons on ranges of values the available values are displayed and one of them must be se lected or entered into the editable field Fader Potentiometer Options Type Fader gt Soft Takeover This function is to be used whenever the functions controlled by the hardware can change their value without touching the hardware such as the pitch fader that moves when pressing Sync When Soft Takeover is enabled the action of the associated fader or knob will be ignored until it is brought to the position match ing the position in the software This allows taking over control with absolute control lers seamlessly gt Invert Allows inverting the action of a button a fader or knob Encoder Options Type Rotary gt Rotary Sensitivity Adjusts the ratio of transmission between hardware and software parameters Usually 50 is a good value to start with For achieving finer resolution go down to 1 For scrolling through lists use 100 gt Rotary Acceleration Determines the influence of higher rotational speeds on the soft ware parameter For linear behaviour of the controller i e amount of change independ ent from speed of movement set the Acceleration to O gt At higher values of Acceleration larger changes of the controller can be achieved by turning the knob faster gt Invert Allows inverting the action of a button a fader or knob TRAKTOR PRO TRA
102. external audio source like a turntable or a microphone gt External Input Select the input channel of TRAKTOR receiving the external audio File gt Directory This determines the file path in which your audio recordings are stored gt Prefix This determines the prefix of the filename of each recording gt Split File at Size With a file size selected your audio recordings will be split each time the file size is reached 14 9 Broadcasting Proxy Settings If connecting to the Internet through a Proxy use this section to configure TRAKTOR to use your Proxy settings Server Settings Use this menu to configure TRAKTOR to use your Shoutcast Icecast server Metadata Settings Use this menu to configure metadata for your broadcasting stream TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 119 14 10 File Management 14 10 1 File Management File Management gt Import Music Folders at Startup With this selected each time TRAKTOR is started it will automatically import all tracks in your Music Folder that have not already been imported gt Determine track time automatically before analysis With this option checked TRAKTOR estimates the track time before explicitily analyzing it gt Background Analysis on Collection Load Import Performs an automatic analysis of all tracks of the Collection not yet analyzed when imported gt Background Analysis when Loading into Deck This option triggers the analysis only when loading a
103. f available effects You can pre select them in Preferences gt Effects gt Effect Pre Selection Only the pre selected effects are acces sible from the Effect Panels gt More information about the TRAKTOR Effects is documented in chapter 15 5 Effects in Detail 10 4 Audio Recorder Panel The Audio Recorder in TRAKTOR is used for recording your mixes or an external source like e g your mix with an external mixer a microphone or turntable It also is used for activating Broadcasting 10 4 1 Recording your Mix gt Before you start recording you have to adjust the settings in Preferences gt Recording especially to define on which channel you want to record and where the recording be saved see chapter 14 8 Recording gt To activate the Audio Recorder click the Tape Icon on the right side of the Global section gt With the Gain knob you can adjust the level for recording The Recording Meter helps you to set the right level gt Start recording by clicking the red Recorper Button Clicking it again stops recording and saves the recorded file in the Audio Recordings folder gt The display shows the actual file size and recorded time gt By clicking Cut TRAKTOR saves the current recording and seamlessly starts a new file for recording gt To delete the current recording click on the DELETE BUTTON TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 98 10 4 2 Broadcasting TRAKTOR gives you the ability to broadcast your
104. ffset time for the MIDI Clock signal 1 If your MIDI device does not ap pear in the list you may need to restart TRAKTOR in order for it to be recognized When doing so make sure your MIDI device is attached to your computer and powered on TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 113 14 3 Timecode Setup Timecode Inputs The Control Signal figures give you a basic idea of the quality of the Control Signal ence Oren Tet a able if you own a TRAKTOR Decoder Gain SCRATCH PRO license The required Here the volume of the incoming Timecode signal is shown A higher gain normally means hardware has to be installed better tracking Assign to Decks With these buttons you can assign the Timecode signals to TRAKTORs channels You can assign one signal to several Decks for controlling more than one Deck with only one CD player or turntable Tracking Track Start Position You can choose the start position of the tracking here This is useful if you want to sticker your record with a lead in sticker or the beginning of your control record is worn out or scratched Turntable Speed Put a checkmark in the 45 RPM handling mode if you prefer this over 33 RPM Tracking Alert If the Timecode signal becomes bad the tracking buttons start flashing red Load next track when flipping record With this option checked you can load the next track of any Playlist by flipping the record Use Playlist Scrolling Zone With this option you
105. ft CD Player trom your mixer and connect them to the female RCA connectors on the cable segment labeled Player T1 CD Plug the two RCA connectors labeled Mixer TT CD into the Line Inputs on the mixer that just became available by unplugging the CD Player If your track exceeds the 10 minutes Playback Zone it will continue playing normally in the Scroll Zone you have to lift and drop the nee dle again to stop the playback and switch to Scroll Mode Even if you reach the end of the record the track will continue to play as there is an endless groove at the end of the record TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 106 gt Plug the two RCA connectors labeled Mixer Line In into the Line Inputs of the same channel of your hardware mixer gt Repeat this operation with the second pair of longer cable segments and the right turntable When using CD Players you may run into a lack of LINE level connectors on you mixer In this case you can either leave the RCA connectors of the Multicore Cable labeled Mixer TT CD unconnected or connecting them to another available channel on your mixer 13 2 2 Test Drive TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO with CD Players gt Put the Control CDs in your CD Players gt Make sure your Mixer is switched to the Line Channel where the Mixer Line In cable iS plugged in gt Set the AUDIO 8 DJ Input Mode for channels A and B to Timecode CD by toggling through the modes with the INPUT MODE bu
106. g gt Open Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Utilities gt Audio Midi Setup and click the Audio Devices tab gt For Default Input select the drop down menu and make sure your sound card Is displayed in the list If it is not you may need to reinstall the drivers for your sound card 17 3 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Troubleshooting If you have installed TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO correctly but the Timecode control does not work check the following Hardware gt Do the Input LEDs of the AUDIO 8 DJ blink when playing a Timecode record gt If not you should do the following to identify the source of the problem 1 You cannot use USB 1 0 or 1 1 ports with the AUDIO 8 DJ gt Verify that the Audio 8 DJ is connected to your computer gt Switch the mixer channel used for the Timecode input to Phono for monitoring the Signal coming from the turntable Do you hear the Timecode noise v Re check all cables and connections including the USB cable v Try to connect a turntable playing a Timecode record directly to an input of the audio interface to exclude the Multicore cable gt Switch the Input Mode button of the Audio 8 DJ to reset the operation mode gt Unplug and reconnect the Audio 8 DJ to exclude a bad state of the audio interface gt ry to use a powered USB 2 0 hub to exclude underpowered USB ports on your com puter TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 196 Routing and Driver Go to Preferences
107. ge it gt In the Browser Tree right ctrl click the TRAck CoLLecTion Icon and select Check Consistency from the menu Pm Once TRAKTOR has run the check the Consistency Check Report will appear showing the results TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 74 Show Overview Missing Tracks Tracks to Analyze The Consistency Check Report gives you information about the following gt Total Tracks The total number of tracks in your Collection gt Tracks Missing The total number of tracks that have been deleted from your hard drive or moved from their original location gt Tracks Not Analyzed The total number of tracks that have not been analyzed gt Tracks Missing Stripe The total number of tracks that have been imported and ana lyzed but their Overview Waveform Stripe has been moved or deleted gt Total Tracks To Analyze The total number of tracks that need to be analyzed Relocate Missing Tracks The Consistency Check Report also allows you to relocate tracks that are missing from your Collection 1 Click the ReLocate BUTTON 2 Relocating tracks in a folder that contains many subfolders can be a lengthy process Don t hesitate to interrupt relocation this will not damage your Collection consis tency 3 Use the browse window to navigate to the folder where your missing tracks have been moved 4 To find multiple tracks in different folders choose the top level folder where they are Stored You can even
108. gt n Fade In Cue Point gt Out Fade Out Cue Point gt Load Load Cue Point gt gt Grid Beatmarker Loop Loop In Point TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 51 6 7 3 Cue Point Types This section gives a detailed description of the different Cue Point Types Fade In Fade Out Cue Points The Fade In and Fade Out Cue Points are used for the automated Cue Play of two tracks For this to work you have to set a Fade In Cue Point in one Deck and a Fade Out Cue Point in the other Fade In gt Additionally you have to enable this option in Preferences gt Loading gt Loading How they work Load a track into Deck A Fade out Scroll towards the end of the track click Cue to move the Cue Point to this position Click Store to convert the Cue Point into a Stored Cue Point Dropdown the Cue Type SELEcTor and select Out from the menu A red Fade Out Cue Point will appear in the Waveform Display and the Stripe View Load a track into Deck B Set a Stored Cue Point at the beginning of the track by clicking Store ee a ee oo a Dropdown the Cue Type SeELector and select n from the menu A red Fade In Cue Point will appear in the Waveform Display and Stripe View mA m Click the Cruise BuTTon in the Global Section to activate Autoplay Mode Start the playback of the track in Deck A shortly before the Fade Out Cue Point When the Fade Out Cue Point in Deck A crosses the play posi
109. gt These buttons change the BPM of a track As a result the Beatgrid gets expand ed or compressed gt Use this to match the grid with the beats throughout the track Auto Grid Click on this button to set a Beatmarker at the Current Cue Point Tempo Display Shows the tempo of the loaded Track in BPM 2 x2 Click on these buttons to halve double the tempo Tap Sets the tempo based on the speed at which tap on the button The tempo will be adjusted after the fourth tap TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 37 tighten Beategrid widen Beatgrid 5 6 Mixer P I FIL TER FILTER 1 Equalizer gt Provides a 3 band EQ default for adjusting the frequency content of the playing track gt Clicking the small buttons next to the knobs kills the related frequencies gt For other EQ Types go to Preferences gt Mixer EQ Selection 2 Channel Fader gt Controls the channel volume gt The Channel Level Meters show the pre fader level of the Deck s signal and can be adjusted with the Gain Knob TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 38 Filter gt This knob provides control over the bipolar Channel Filter gt Enable the filter by clicking the small button next to the knob gt Center position is neutral Turn left for a low pass filter and right for a high pass filter Key Lock gt Provides control over the track s key Turn right to raise the key turn left to lower the key gt Enable Ke
110. ies filters and Filter for a regular ladder filter 8 5 2 Key With the Key Knos you can control the pitch of a playing track without affecting its tempo Key control has to be activated by pressing the small button underneath the knob gt Inthe center position the track is played at original pitch gt Turning it left or right adjusts the pitch up or down i PAN 1 To use the cue functionality a multi channel audio device IS required Cue is only visible when full size Decks are activated TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 83 8 5 3 Effect Insert The two ErFrect INSERT BuTTons In each channel insert the effect units into the signal chain gt gt gt gt You can insert both Effect Units in one channel You can insert the same Effect Unit in more than one channel Insert an Effect Unit on all channels to simulate a Master Effect When switching an Effect Unit to External Send Mode the according INSERT BUTTON IS disabled 8 6 The Internal Mixer in External Mixer Mode TRAKTOR can be used with an external mixer that replaces the Internal Mixer However you can use certain features of the Internal Mixer also in External Mixer Mode The controls of the Internal Mixer that are not used when using an external mixer are placed on the inner strip EQ and CHANNEL Fabers These controls are disabled and hidden in External Mixer Mode The controls of the Internal Mixer that can be combined with an externa
111. in Advanced Mode with Freerun activated 15 5 5 Phaser Classic industry standard Phaser with tempo based and free running rate control and Stereo de phasing gt The controls of the Phaser are identical in behavior to the ones of the Flanger de scribed above 19 9 6 Filter LFO Classical Filter based on ladder filter architecture with tempo synched LFO The LFO is either driven by the Beat Grid and therefore is always in sync with the track or can be driven in Freerun Mode Advanced Mode D RNG Dry RANGeE gt Controls the strength of the effect with a combination of Dry Wet and the LFO Range The filter is fully bypassed in full left position gt As soon as the knob Is not in full left position the filter fully kicks in and the knob progressively increases the range of the LFO when turned clockwise TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 154 SHAPE gt Controls the shape of the LFO gt Jo the full left position of the knob the shape is a triangle morphing into a saw tooth with sharp decay at the full right position of the knob RES gt Controls the resonance of the filter High resonance makes the filter sound colorful and more noticeable Min low resonance Max high resonance RATE The LFO RESET button in the aia Master Panel resets the low fre gt Controls the rate of Filter oscillation quency oscillation phase to zero highest gt The 11 available values are expressed in fractions of bars and are equ
112. ing occurs or as the built in Limiter compresses the signal must be switched on in the Preferences 1 Battery Indicator Displays how much power your battery has left This icon will highlight blue when using a power adapter and red when running on battery power 8 Recording Indicator Displays the status of the Traktor Audio Recorder If the icon is red Traktor is recording 9 Layout Selector Gives direct access to Screen Layouts configured with the Layout Manager see chapter 16 1 2 Layout Manager and 14 11 Layout Manager 10 Maximize Browser Button Expands the browser window to Till the screen ey 4 DECKS ABcd Y 11 Preferences Button Opens the Traktor Preferences menu see chapter 14 Preferences Fed TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 25 12 Full Screen Button Toggles Full Screen Mode on and off 13 NI Logo Opens the About Window Co 5 4 Global Section The Global Section offers five distinct panels Each panel is described in detail below 5 4 1 Master Panel 1 Master Volume Controls the Master Output level 2 Mouse Mode selection SNAP Snaps to the closest beat in the Waveform Display Quant accurately skips between both Hotcues and Hotloops for real time remixing CD Mop plays a short Stutter Loop while the Deck is paused Simulates the cue ing behavior of a traditional CD DJ player 3 Headphones Mix Controls the headphone mix between the Master and the Cued signal 4
113. ion without any crackles or glitches in audio Even in Freeze mode the Delay follows the Master Clock and will therefore seamlessly merge into the mix once It is released 1 The Rate knob continues to work in Freeze mode and allows making interesting mash ups It is Im portant though to turn the knob down to low values only briefly because otherwise the buffer loses its full content TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 162 SPREAD gt Creates an offset between the delay times of the left and right channel giving the effect spatial depth gt The Delay times are L Min Max 1 32 1 16 1 8 3 16 2 4 3 8 4 4 R Min Max 1 32 1 8 3 16 3 8 3 8 2 4 4 4 Chained Mode 1 Knob Control The knob works like the Rate knob in Advanced Mode at a medium Feedback value 15 5 17 Reverb Classic industry standard Reverb with extreme room sizes individual low and high pass filter controls and a Freeze function Advanced Mode LP gt Low Pass filter in the effect loop fully open when turned to the left HP Pm High Pass filter in the effect loop fully open when turned to the right SIZE gt Controls the size of the reverberation added ranging from small to huge room sizes FRZ FREEZE gt Freezes the Reverb by closing the input and leaving the output open CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt Works like the SIZE knob of the Advanced Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 163 15 5 18 Ice
114. k is approaching A red flashing Stripe View shows It gt PlayMarker Position Determine how far to the left or to the right the Play Marker will be displayed gt Stripe View Fit This applies to TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO choose between two display options Display Deck Focus When this option is checked TRAKTOR will highlight the focused Deck Miscellaneous gt Switch to Fullscreen on Startup With this selected TRAKTOR will open in full screen mode filling your entire computer screen each time it Is started gt Fullscreen Resolution Determines the zoom factor of the full screen view of TRAKTOR If set to Desktop TRAKTOR uses the native resolution of your computer 1 1 When choosing another option the full screen view appears larger zoomed in because TRAKTOR assumes a lower screen resolution The available options depend on your hardware gt Show value when over control With this option checked knobs like Gain Master Volume or the Effects knobs show their actual value when hovering over It TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 124 gt Font Here you can choose the font TRAKTOR uses in the Browser gt Font Size With this option you can change the font size used in the TRAKTOR Browser gt List Row Height Choose how big your Browser List rows will be gt Reset Hidden Dialogs The Reset button will reset all dialogs that have been hidden by clicking on the Don t Show This Again checkbox 14 13
115. k is loaded gt Reset all mixer controls when loading track Resets all mixer controls to their default value when a track is loaded Deck Cache Size You will notice the blinking yellow bars beneath and below the Stripe Everything you see in this range will be cached allowing seamless loops and jumping through the track The yellow bars stop blinking when the whole track Is cached TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 115 Choose how many megabytes per track and deck shall be cached but choose carefully Choosing 256 MB for Deck A amp B means that with tracks loaded in both decks your com puter needs 512 MB of your RAM only for handling the two decks The display below shows how much RAM is left with your current adjustment 14 5 Transport Pitch gt Pitch Fader Range Determines the range of tempo control in the Decks gt Fine Pitch Range Determines the range of an additional pitch controller available only via MIDI This second pitch controller can be used in combination with the Deck pitch control By setting the range to 8 or less you can control the speed of a deck very precisely with MIDI fader increments Key Lock Quality This adjusts the quality of time stretching used when using the Key Lock function Pm Use ECO with a slower processor gt Use HiQ with a fast processor Loops gt Auto Detect Size Use this slider to adjust the size beneath which a track is auto matically detected as loop and
116. ks like this Activate CD Mope in the Master Panel Play a track and navigate near the play position where you want to set a Cue Point Pause the track by clicking on PLay Pause The short stutter loop is active Go to the Move Panel chose Beat Jump Mode and activate Fine Use the Move Buttons in the Move Panel to change the position of the stutter loop Se oe ae When you find the position for the Cue Point finally click Cue in the Transport Controls The loop stops playing and the Current Cue Point is set to this position 10 1 4 Cruise Mode Cruise Mode allows you to automatically play one track after the other from a playlist or your track collection CRUISE Engaging Cruise seamlessly takes over playback control gt The currently playing track continues to play gt The next song from the playlist will be loaded in the opposite deck and started by TRAKTOR automatically when the first track reaches Its end gt Then the next song of the Playlist will be loaded and played automatically and so forth TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 92 Note At least one track has to be playing when engaging Cruise Mode gt To activate it click the Cruise Button in the Master Panel Pm The CrossrADER IS set automatically to the center position gt The CHANNEL Faber of the playing track is open while the other Is closed At the end of the playing track it will fade out and the next track will fade in gt Use a playlist
117. l mixer are placed on the outer Strip of the Internal Mixer gt Vv Y v The Fitter can effectively be combined with the EQ s on the external mixer Key and FX can also be used in combination with an external mixer The Gain KnoB allows you to apply an additional volume boost to your tracks The headphone Cue Button is used to make the beat tick audible on that channel It Tick In the Master Panel is activated The Pan Knos is useful as not all hardware mixers have individual pan per channel Turning off an effect with the INSERT BUTTONS Stops process ing of this effect instance and therefore saves CPU power 1 The Master Volume Knob in the Master Panel works also in External Mixer Mode and can be used to raise or lower the overall volume TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 84 9 Using TRAKTOR with an External Mixer TRAKTOR can either replace an entire DJ setup or it can just replace your decks In this case you will be using TRAKTOR in combination with an external mixer This allows you to mix your digital tracks with the analog feel of the knobs and faders of the hardware mixer 9 1 Requirements The requirements of your hardware depend on the complexity of your setup 9 1 1 Mixer In External Mixer Mode each deck of TRAKTOR is routed to one of the channels of your mixer The inputs required for TRAKTOR decks are LINE level inputs the same as for CD players The most basic TRAKTOR setup uses two playba
118. l signal Detection of the connection and the quality of the signal and If it Is sufficient for tracking Correction of reversed channels The decoder outputs a series of messages detailing the result of the calibration process gt gt gt YYYY Y Vinyl 10 15 Min Detected side of the Timecode record CD Timecode CD detected Left Right Ch Missing One of the channels is missing TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO only works in emergency mode only forward playback is possible Waiting TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO is waiting for an incoming signal for calibration Calibrating TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO is decoding the incoming signal Calib Failed the calibration was not successful Skipping the Timecode vinyl or the Timecode CD skips Browsing you are in the scroll zone If your track exceeds the 27 30 minutes Playback Zone it will continue playing back normally in the Scroll Zone you have to skip manu ally to track 3 again to switch to Scroll Mode And even if your track exceeds the whole 30 minutes It will continue playing in Internal Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 108 You can re trigger the Calibration every time by clicking on the ON button in the calibra tion picture 13 4 Playback Tracking Modes 13 4 1 Internal Mode Internal Playback means that you control playback via the Play button and the software pitch fader regardless of your external turntables or CD players 13 4 2 Absolute Mode Absolute
119. llection option in the context menu of the CoLLecTion TREE Icon The process is automatic and does not require further interaction 13 6 3 Importing your Playlists For importing your old playlists use the mport Playlists option in the context menu of the PLAYLISTS TREE Icon Point to the top level folder containing the playlists you want to Import The process can be repeated for playlists located in different folders 15 6 4 Importing your MIDI and Keyboard Mappings It is not possible to import MIDI and keyboard mappings from former versions into TRAKTOR PRO or TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO This is due to a total restructuring of the internal architecture to support the needs of the growing number of hardware controllers on the market gt The installation of TRAKTOR comes with a large number of MIDI and keyboard map ping files that cover most of the controllers available on the market gt More settings files are available for download on the TRAKTOR website via the Download option in the Help tab of the Application Menu We recommend writing tags for all your tracks in TRAKTOR 3 before importing them into TRAKTOR PRO or TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 173 16 What s new in TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO This chapter addresses users of TRAKTOR 3 and TRAKTOR SCRATCH It describes the For convenience in this chapter TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR a upgrading to TRAKTOR PRO or TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO the reasons
120. ls gt gt gt Move Panel groups functionality of former Details Panels Beat Jump Loop Start Loop End and Loop Move Cue Panel groups functionality of former Details Panels Cue Edit Cue List Loop Set and Loop Slct Grid Panel offers functionality of former Details Panel BPM Other Former Details Panels gt gt gt Page two tabs on each side of the Global Section allow showing and hiding either one of 2 available control panels Decks The new TRAKTOR does not use color based deck focus the Crossfader as Signment is done directly in the Crossfader Section Channel the functions Punch and Talk have been discontinued Autogain Is cen trally controlled in a Preferences option External Input is activated via a button menu underneath the Deck letter File Info has been discontinued as all track information is displayed in the larger deck headers Native Mix Recorder this recording format has been discontinued in the new TRAKTOR More details in the chapter 16 9 Dropped TRAKTOR 3 Features Key the key is controlled directly from the mixer strip Tracking tracking panels are displayed in the waveform Booth the booth output and volume control have been discontinued Effect Units are global enti ties but are activated individu ally per deck in the mixer strip of each channel TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 175 16 1 2 Layout Manager TRAKTOR PRO s Layouts are ce
121. lso displays the current play back position as well as all of the Cue Points and Loops gt When the configured Track End Warning Time is reached it flashes red Preferences gt Global View Options gt Decks gt The behavior when clicking inside the Stripe Display depends on Quant Mode This type of Mode is chosen within the Master Panel of the Global Section Read more about Mouse Modes in chapter 11 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs The yellow bars on the top and bottom of the Stripe indicate which part of the track is loaded into the cache Jumps made within cached parts of a track are absolutely seamless gt The bars will flash as TRAKTOR writes portions of the track into the cache gt The bars will stop flashing once the entire track is loaded into the cache You can setup the cache size for TRAKTORs Decks In Preferences gt Loading gt Deck Cache Size For more see chapter 14 4 Loading TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 43 6 4 Transport Controls The Transport Controls are the main buttons used for playing tracks within TRAKTOR 6 4 1 Play Pm Click Play Pause to start and stop playback 6 4 2 Cue This button has multiple functions depending on the playback state of the track Pm Ona paused deck clicking Cue sets a new Current Cue Point at the current play posi tion In Snap Mode this Cue Point will snap to the beat nearest the play position gt When the track is paused and cued up to the C
122. m the text entry box 1 2 2 Refining a Search You can narrow a search to a specific subset of metadata fields by selecting one of the options trom the Refine List 1 2 Type a word into the SEARCH FIELD Click the REFINE BUTTON magnifying glass behind the SEARCH FieLD and choose a field from the drop down menu The list is thus further narrowed down to only display tracks fitting the criteria chosen from the drop down menu 1 Hotkeys will not work while searching Search in Playlist t lela i c Folders inn TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 61 1 2 3 Searching for Similar Tracks In the Browser List you will notice that some metadata fields have a small MAGNIFYING GLASS icon Click this to search for tracks sharing the category of that specific metadata field gt Inthe Browser List click the MaGniryiING Glass next to an artist name gt TRAKTOR will search for tracks sharing the same information within the Artist field gt Jo extend the search to the entire Collection right ctrl click the MAGNIFYING GLass 7 2 4 Search in Playlists You can call up a list of all Playlists containing a certain track gt Inthe Browser List right ctrl click on a track and choose Show in Playlists gt A list is shown with all of the Playlists containing this track gt Click on an entry to select a Playlist The entries are then displayed in the Browser List 7 3 Working with Playlists Playlists are an eff
123. mix or a radio show over the internet gt To start broadcasting activate the Audio Recorder Panel and click the BRoaDcAsT BUTTON gt Broadcasting needs to be set up in the Preferences gt Broadcasting The required set tings depend on your network and server settings gt For more information see chapter 15 4 Broadcasting TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 99 11 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs To make your life easier when controlling the software via mouse or touch pad TRAKTOR Supports a variety of on screen control features 11 1 Basic Controls All knobs and faders in TRAKTOR are either controlled by dragging the mouse by using the mouse wheel or by clicking the small PLus and Minus buttons next to the knob or fader Dragging the mouse Is a good way to make dynamic changes whereas the PLus and Minus buttons allow more subtle changes and are better suited to set a knob to a specific value Mouse Drag P Hold your mouse arrow over a knob or fader then click hold and drag the mouse up or down This will move the knob clockwise or counter clockwise and the fader up or downwards gt Double Click on the knob or fader to return it to its default setting Scroll Wheel Pm Hover over a fader or knob and use your scroll wheel to move it either up and down or clock and counter clockwise Plus and Minus Buttons gt When hovering over a knob or fader small and buttons appear gt Click them
124. n field gt Previous Dec Incrementally steps through a range by decreasing the value The step size is either fixed or can be adjusted in the Resolution field gt Reset Resets the range to its default value One frequently used example Is to skip to the beginning of a track by mapping the Reset Mode of the function Deck Seek Position to a button gt Output The mode to be use to turn on and off MIDI driven LEDs on the controller TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 130 Assignment gt Determines on which deck the action of a function will take place gt Global Certain functions are not deck related here the only available mode Is GLOBAL Pm Focus Deck A Deck B Deck C Deck D If functions are deck related they can either be assigned to the Focus Deck or they can be permanently assigned to one specific deck gt FX 1 FX 2 When assigning effect controls the available Assignment option are FX 1 and FX 2 referring to the two available Effects Units Types of Controllers gt Button MIDI buttons usually send a Note On event when pushed and a Note Off event when released The value of the Note differentiates the MIDI signals coming from different buttons gt Fader Potentiometer Faders and Potentiometers both have a limited range and an absolute position within the range The advantage of using absolute controllers is that they give visual feedback about their state and therefor
125. nal because the endless encoder does not send a Pitch Bend Off message at the end This has been addressed with the new JOG Control Type for endless encoders This control type sends a Reset message when no new data comes in from the controller 16 7 5 Timecode Control and External Input The size of the Timecode Panels has been increased in TRAKTOR PRO and they have been moved into the decks Calibration is now done with a dedicated button in the panel and is not combined with the assignment to a deck as it used to be in TRAKTOR 3 Both Timecode Control and External Input Mode of a deck are set In a button menu ac cessed via the arrow underneath the Deck letter The Timecode Panels themselves are opened via the Layout Manger The Deck s associ ated physical Timecode Inputs are selected in the Tracking Preferences page TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 191 16 8 More Features 16 8 1 Resizable Browser Line Height The height of the lines and the font size in the browser can be manually customized This can be used to display more or less of the covers in Cover Flick view 16 8 2 Setup Wizard When starting the application for the first time a Wizard will guide the user through a few fundamental setup choices Technically the installer will provide a set of default settings files from which the Wizard selects the most appropriate one 16 9 Dropped TRAKTOR 3 Features 16 9 1 Native Mix Recorder The Native Mix Rec
126. nd Cue Points Hotcueing Beatjumping and for adding Beatgrids to your tracks gt To open the Advanced Panels click the button underneath the Active button gt Alternatively activate the Advanced Panels in Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Deck Details gt Deck Style gt Once the panel is open the buttons labeled Move Cue and Grip each give access to one of the three available subpanels 6 7 1 Beatjump and Loop Move Panel Move Panel CL Move a ecu i GAD The Beatjump and Loop Move Panel Move lets you edit previously set loops You can then jump the loop points within a track by a predefined number of beats gt The four available modes are described below Use the Mode Selector to change modes gt The Amount Controt applies to all modes Use this to select the size of of the beat or loop jump The yellow arrow under a value defines the selected size Use the left and right buttons to scroll through the predefined move sizes Beatjump Mode Beatjump Mode allows you to jump forwards or backwards within the track gt Use the Amount Controt to choose a move size gt Click the Move Buttons to jump forwards or backwards by the selected move size Pm With the Fine Button activated you can jump by a precise amount Further choosing XFNE allows for even more precise beatjumping You cannot open the Advanced Panels in Mini Deck Mode With Quant activated in the Master Panel all moves
127. nd the concept of Locked Playlist has been abandoned A Playlist in TRAKTOR PRO has an intrinsic order that is not lost when sorting the playlist by any of the column Headlines The original order can always be re Stored by clicking on the column There are only two ways of permanently changing the order of a playlist in TRAKTOR PRO gt Pressing the Consolidate button which will make the currently visible order perma nent gt Manually rearranging the songs in the playlist by drag amp drop This operation is only allowed when the playlist is first brought into Its original order by either clicking on the header or by consolidating It This behavior is how iTunes handles Playlist order with the very powerful addition of the CONSOLIDATE button not available in iTunes Incremental Search The TRAKTOR Search has changed from being a function that creates a special new playl ist called Search Results to being a Filter that filters the tracks in the Collection Furthermore the filter is applied after each typed character so that the results of a search appear progressively as you type The search string is stored for each playlist individually A playlist filtered by string xyz will remain filtered in that way until the search string is explicitly deleted The DELETE BuTTON next to the search string allows removing the current filter at once 16 4 4 Saving and Loading TRAKTOR Settings TRAKTOR PRO offers a po
128. ng lashing sounds It has the most effect on music with gaps in it such as drum loops because the self oscil lation can develop best in empty parts of the music gt The controls of the Filter 92 Pulse are identical in behavior to the ones of the Filter described above TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO lol 15 5 16 Delay Classic industry tempo synced Delay with Freeze Button The rate of the Delay is directly controlled by the Master Clock of TRAKTOR to ensure that the Delay keeps up with the beat even during tempo changes Advanced Mode FILTER gt Internal carbonized high pass filter and low pass filter similar to a bandpass filter The filter is open when the knob is in full left position and progressively cuts out low and high frequencies when turned to the right FEEDB FEEDBACK gt Controls the strength of the delay s feedback making the effect stronger and more colorful Min small feedback Max strong feedback RATE gt Controls the Delay time gt The 7 available values are expressed in fractions of bars and are equally distributed over the range of the knob Min Max 1 32 1 16 1 8 3 16 1 4 3 8 4 4 FRZ FREEZE gt Freezes the Delay by closing the input and turning up the Feedback to maximum value gt The filter remains active in the feedback loop For endless freezes the FILTER knob has to be therefore turned down to full left position The effect rate can be switched during operat
129. ngth This allows managing Cue Points and Loops in the same list with the same controls The panel dedicated to these functions is the advanced Cue panel TRAKTOR PRO simplifies the way of managing Loops by always skipping to a Loop or Cue Point when selecting it This way you will always edit the current loop and no alterna tive representation Is needed to differentiate between the selected Loop and the current loop TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 185 Storing Cue Points and Loops TRAKTOR PRO can store up to 32 Cue Points or Loops per track They are managed in the advanced Cue panel The list of 32 cue points and loops can be navigated in chronological order with the previous and next buttons adjacent to the text display The current Cue Point is stored by pressing the Store button in the Cue panel After storing the Cue Point its position name and type is shown and can be edited there To delete a Cue Point press the DELETE BuTToN after selecting it with the back and forward buttons To store a Loop press Store while the Loop is active A Loop Is deleted from the list by skipping to It and pressing the DELETE BUTTON Hot Cue Buttons TRAKTOR PRO has 8 Hot Cue buttons numbered from 1 to 8 These Panels unlike the hot cues of TRAKTOR 3 are not bound to the position of the cue point in the track A Cue Point assigned to Hot Cue 1 will always stay assigned to Hot Cue 1 even though another Cue Point may be stored earlier in th
130. nstead gt Rotary AutoReset Rotary AutoReset inv These two modes behave like the Rotary Encoder Modes but add a neutral reset MIDI command once the rotation has stopped For example when controlling the Pitch Bend function via Rotary Encoder the last Pitch Bend buttons will remain lit When using Rotary AutoReset the Pitch Bend but tons will be reset to OFF Modifier This section provides two pairs of conditions for executing the selected function Modifiers can be used in the same manner as SHIF T buttons on your computer keyboard When these boxes remain empty the currently selected MIDI command is always ex ecuted When the Modifier boxes contain data i e Modifier M1 Value 1 the currently selected MIDI command ts only executed when Modifier 1 has been set to Value 1 The ADD menu provides 8 Individual Modifiers that can each be assigned to a MIDI but ton and can each have 8 different states numbered O 1 7 O is the neutral state of each Modifier gt The condition is expressed by a modifier and its value Only if the condition Is true Is the function executed gt The values state of Modifiers can be changed via MIDI like the other TRAKTOR functions TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 132 Button Options Type Button gt Set to value When using Direct Mode with buttons on two state functions such as Play Pause It allows the function to be turned ON or OFF regardless of the current State som
131. ntrally managed in the Layout Preferences pages There you can configure the currently displayed layout and place it into an ordered list New layouts can be created trom a set of pre defined templates or as copies from existing layouts Layouts can be recalled via MIDI or hotkeys mappings 16 2 Cover Art 16 2 1 Import of Standard Tags TRAKTOR PRO has cover art support Pictures contained in standard metadata tags of all supported file types can be displayed in three positions of the interface below the browser tree as a list column and in the deck headings Cover Art can be added in JPG format to all file types supported by TRAKTOR PRO and also directly saves them into all these file types 16 2 2 JPG Import The artwork imported via JPG import is resized to 200x200 pixels in order to guarantee Short loading times In order to prvent overwriting of the sometimes much larger artwork created by other applications TRAKTOR PRO s cover artwork Is only visible in TRAKTOR PRO and not written back into the standard metadata tags of the tracks 16 2 3 Crate Flick TRAKTOR PROs unique Crate Flick feature simultaneously shows all covers from a record crate as a long list The cover artwork is cached to ensure gapless browsing by cover art in large playlists TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 176 16 3 Effects TRAKTOR PRO has many exciting new effects The power of the effect section has been massively increased and simplified at the
132. ntroller is connected and activated in Preferences gt MIDI Setup gt Open Preferences gt MIDI Mapping Creating a MIDI Mapping Overview To assign a control of your MIDI controller to a function in TRAKTOR you have to gt Click on Add Select the function you want to assign Click on Learn Press the respective Button on your MIDI controller Vvvyv To verity if the assignment was successful Learn Mode has to be turned off Usually at this point further options have to be set in order to achieve the desired behaviour such as Toggle versus Hold Mode or adjusting the sensitivity of a knob The changes can be observed instantly in the software without the need to close the M D Mapping page A few visual helpers are provided such as sorting by columns and highlighting of entries assigned to the same button knob or fader The final part of this chapter provides a few step by step examples of how to map specific functions to your MIDI controller To test if your controller is con nected simply press a button or move a knob or fader on your control ler and verify that the MIDI Indicator in TRAKTOR s Header lights up while doing so TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 127 Understanding the available Options This section describes the function of each control in the MIDI Mapping page Assignment Table gt The Assignment Table shows the entire set of MIDI associations contained in the tsi file gt
133. nual Looping gt gt Click on the Loop IN Button to set the start point of the loop Click on the Loop Out ButTTon to set the end point of the loop Your track will begin to loop the specified amount The Loop Active Button will highlight upon choosing your Loop Out point To stop looping click on the highlighted Active BUTTON ACTIVE For more option for working with loops like storing and editing loops see chapter 16 5 Transport EET TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 45 6 6 Tempo Controls TRAKTOR provides a PitcH FADER with customizable range a pair of PitcH BEND BuTTONS as well as a variety of automated syncing functions These features will give you more control over your mixes than ever before 6 6 1 Manual Tempo Controls Pitch Moving the Pitch Fader up or down will slow down or speed up the tempo of the track respectively Traktor s PitcH FADER offers the same functionality as a pitch fader on any Standard DJ turntable or pitchable CD player gt To adjust the tempo in steps use the and Buttons gt Alternatively you can use the scroll wheel of your mouse to move the PitcH FADER up or down gt The sensitivity of the and Buttons and the scroll wheel of your mouse can be adjusted by right ctrl clicking on the or Button and selecting one of the sensitivity options Pitch Bend Buttons The PitcH BEND Buttons are used If two
134. ombination of RAW and PITCH controls which can be found in the Advanced Effect Mode 15 5 22 Digital LoFi Digital LoF decomposes the music by reducing its bit depth and the sample rate Advanced Mode BIT Bit DEPTH gt Controls the bit rate ranging from full bit rate in full left position to just above one bit in Tull right position SMTH Sampce Rate Smooth 1 This knob only has an effect in combination with the sample gt Smoothes the effect by introducing a lag into the sample rate reduction rate reduction SMP RT Sampece Rate gt Controls the Sample Rate reduction raging from no reduction in full left position to 100 Hz sample rate in full right position SPREAD gt Creates an offset between the sample reproduced on the right and left stereo channel giving the effect spatial depth Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt Works like a combination of the SMP RT and the BIT knob in Advanced Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 168 15 5 23 Mulholland Drive The Mulholland Drive is a highly sensitive overdrive effect with two independent overdrive units and unpredictable self oscillating behavior When Feedback Is activated it has most effect on music with gaps in it such as drum loops because the self oscillation can develop best in empty parts of the music Without Feedback activated it behaves like a regular drive effect Advanced Mode TONE gt Controls the frequency of the feedback tone gt
135. on For switching from either the Master Clock or the Audio Recorder to the respective Effect Panel click on the tabs labeled FX1 and FX2 on either end of the Global Section Each of the Effects Units can be inserted into any of the TRAKTOR Decks individually or into more than one Deck at a time by clicking on the FX Assign Buttons found in the mixer strip of each Deck TRAKTOR s effects are insert effects by default but you can use them as send effects too Each of the Effects Units can be used In 2 modes Chained and Advanced described hereafter The mode can be switched in Preferences gt Effects gt FX Panel Mode 10 3 1 Chained Mode In Chained Effect Mode you can use and control up to three effects in one Panel It works as follows gt Choose the effect s you want to use with the EFFECT SELECTOR 2 gt You can switch on and off every effect in the chain with the 3 Errect On Buttons 5 and control its amount with the Errect Amount Knoss 3 gt For the whole effect chain you can control the main signal to effect signal ratio with the Dry Wet Knos 1 Pm You can save a specific setting as default with the SNAPSHOT BUTTON 4 gt To recall the default setting of an effect double click the effect knob TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 96 10 3 2 Advanced Mode In Advanced Effect Mode you get full control over all parameters of a single effect gt Choose an effect with the EFFECT SELECTOR 2
136. on Is always executed when analyzing a track The BPM value shown when loading a no analyzed track is computed based on the currently playing part of the track and Is less accurate than the BPM detection triggered during analysis Results of the automatic BPM detection can be improved when adjusting the Auto BPM Range to the genre of the tracks BPMs outside the range are not detected and the clos est value within the range will be selected instead TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 188 Automatic Grid Positioning In TRAKTOR 3 the position of the Grid Marker had to be set manually TRAKTOR PRO now does this automatically The automatic Grid Marker is placed at the beginning of the track and not necessarily on a beat but in alignment with a Beat Grid that best matches all detected beats In the track This operation can be optionally disabled in the Auto BPM Preferences Using BPM without a Grid Marker makes sense for tracks that have fluctuating tempo Adjusting the Grid The automatically created Beat Grid can be tested and adjusted in the same way as manu ally created Beat Grids The fastest method Is to turn on the Beat Tick in the Master Panel and the Headphone Cue button in the mixer channel This adds an audible tick for each line of the grid When the ticks match the beats of the track the grid is correctly set BPM Quality and Locking BPM TRAKTOR PRO does not show the quality of the detected BPM like TRAKTOR 3 did
137. on for the exported file From the List Options select the columns you want to add to the file Contirm with OK 7 3 11 More Playlist Functions Right ctrl click on a Playlist to tind the following additional options gt gt gt gt gt Analyze analyzes the tracks contained in the selected Playlist Rename allows you to rename the selected Playlist Clear Playlist removes all tracks from the selected Playlist Delete Playlist deletes the selected playlist It will not delete the tracks from your Track Collection Reset Played State removes all Track Icons from the Icon Column in the Browser List 7 3 12 History Playlist TRAKTOR automatically lists the tracks you have played during a gig in the History Playlist Often it can be useful to have a record of which tracks were played in a specific ses sion TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 68 History Playlist storage location gt After closing TRAKTOR the History Playlist is cleared However you can find the Playlist stored under My Documents Native Instruments Traktor History Win and Native Instruments Traktor History Mac gt A History Playlist is labeled with a date and time after every session Tips On Using History Playlist Think about re importing History Playlists after a good session for use during future gigs If you have been working with TRAKTOR for a long time think years the amount History Playlists can become large T
138. ons are visual markers of time which do not affect the continu ous playback of the loaded track TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 105 Scroll Zone Last two Tracks of the Record Dropping the needle in the Scroll Zone allows you to scroll up and down through your playlist by manually spinning the record forward or backward Whenever you stop the movement of the record the respective track gets loaded To play the selected track simply place the tonearm back into the Playback Zone 13 2 CD Player Setup 13 2 1 Hooking up CD Players with the Multicore Cables Connecting the Multicore Cables with the AUDIO 8 DJ gt gt gt The box contains 2 sets of Multicore cables each set comprising 2 segments that can be connected with a 7 pin XLR connector Each of the 2 Multicore Cable Sets is used for connecting one Timecode CD Player to TRAKTOR Take one of the the shorter cable segments having the RCA connectors colored in red black yellow and white and connect them to the connectors labeled CHANNEL A on the rear of the AUDIO 8 DJ by matching the colors Repeat the operation with the second of the shorter cable segments and connect it in the Same manner to the connectors labeled CHANNEL B on the rear of the AUDIO 8 DJ Connecting the Multicore Cables with Your CD Players and Your Mixer gt gt gt Take one of the longer cable segments having the red and white connectors Unplug the RCA cables of the le
139. onstop 4 schall 13 The Marx Trukker Maps o Zahara Flutie i schall 1 The Marx Trukker Haps 0 Compost Black Label 27 i alw020 Himmelblau Pause T Dunham Place 4 stadt016 Dubsuite Rearranged Ah nnn Pai TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 23 ee SO Application Menu Header Global Section Decks Mixer Crossfader Browser 0 2 Application Menu The Application Menu gives access to basic functions and information about the software File Windows gt Preferences Opens the Traktor Preferences window Audio Setup Opens the Soundcard sub menu of the Preferences MIDI Setup Opens the MIDI Interfaces sub menu of the Preferences Vv Y Exit Closes the program If audio is playing from the Master Output you will have to confirm the warning prompt before closing the application Traktor Mac About Opens an information window displaying the version number license type serial number and the credits Clicking on the window will close It Preferences Opens the Traktor Preferences window View gt Layouts Lets you choose one of the available layouts gt Fullscreen Switches to Full Screen Mode Help gt Launch Service Center Opens the NI SERVICE CENTER in order to download updates and register your products gt Open Manual Opens the TRAKTOR user manual gt Visit TRAKTOR on the web Opens the TRAKTOR section of the Native Instruments website gt About TRAKTOR Opens
140. ontrol into the D W knob For these effects the knob is called D RNG Dry Range and its action is separately described in the effects details Some effects use the On but ton for triggering the sampling process required to fill the effect buffer These effects have to be started in an off state Starting them in an on state will result in no audio 1 In order for the Gater to match the beats in the music It IS absolutely necessary that your tracks have well aligned Beat Grids and that the Master Clock follows the track tempo in Auto Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 151 RATE gt Controls the rate of the Gater gt The 5 available values are expressed in fractions of bars and are equally distributed over the range of the knob Min Max Off 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 Activating MTE in combination with no added Noise Level re sults in no audio output MTE Mute gt Fully mutes the music and passes only the added hissing noise STT STUTTER l Activating STT disables the ac gt Activates 3 16 gating time for producing a stuttering effect 1 a Sa EPEa tion of the Rate knob CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt The knob controls the rate of the Gater and behaves like the Rate knob in Advanced Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 152 15 5 4 Flanger Classic industry standard Flanger with tempo based and free running rate control and stereo de phasing Advanced Mode SPRD S
141. or Pro plist gt Macintosh HD Users Library Preferences com native instruments Iraktor Pro plist gt Macintosh HD Users Music Traktor TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 9 4 First Steps with TRAKTOR This chapter helps you to get started with TRAKTOR especially when you are new to it 4 1 Starting the Software Windows Click on Start gt All Programs gt Native Instruments gt Traktor and click the TRAKTOR program icon Mac OS X Look in the folder Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Traktor and you will find the TRAKTOR program icon there Double click the icon to start the program 4 2 Product Authorization Before you can use TRAKTOR without any restrictions you need to register and activate the software with the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS SERVICE CENTER Until TRAKTOR s activated you will see the following screen every time you start the program TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 10 nie TRA KTOR ae OUr serial number is incorrect Please run the gt TRAKTOR g Service Center to enter the correct serial number Demo Buy Activate Run Traktor in dermo mode IF you do not own Traktor Launch the Seruice Center to Recording is disabled You can use our locator to Find a activate Traktor Quits after 30 minutes dedler in your area or buy it in the Motive Instrument online shop Run Demo Activate gt Choose Run Demo to run TRAKTOR in Demo Mode You can see whether you are In Demo
142. or different ways of mixing and gating the sampled material gt In full left position it bypasses the effect gt From full left to the center it mixes in progressively bigger chunks of the buffered audio gt In center position it plays the buffered audio gt From center to full right position cuts out progressively bigger chunks of audio like a Gater ROT Rotate gt Shifts the sampled audio relative to its original position in steps of 1 8 notes LEN LENGTH gt Controls the length of the audio played back from the buffer TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 170 FST Fast gt Enables a second range of values for the Length controller for producing much short er loops REV REVERSE Pm Reverses the playback direction of the buffered audio samples Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt This knob behaves like the LENGTH knob in Advanced Mode 15 5 25 Turntable FX This effect emulates sounds produced by spinning back or slowing down a record playing on a turntable Advanced Mode BRK TURNTABLE BRAKE gt Triggers the turntable brake effect produced when turning off the motor of the turn table gt The speed of the braking sound is controlled by the B SPD knob gt The wind down time and the speed up time can be individually controlled by changing the position of the SPEED knob while BRK is on AMNT gt Controls the amount of the rocking motion triggered with the RCK button 1 The effect h
143. order has been discontinued in this release Mix recording is a rather Studio beginner related feature that we will bring back at a later point in time but then with a full feature set and highly usable 16 9 2 Integrated Beatport Shop The functionality of the integrated Beatport shop has been dropped NI and Beatport will start providing TRAKTOR metadata tags as an integral part of each purchased track with the launch of TRAKTOR PRO A recently launched download manager at beatport com covers the current functionality of the integrated shop Both partners will therefore focus their efforts on providing more additional metadata content to their users rather than maintaining a second shop front end within TRAKTOR TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 192 16 9 3 Browse Back Function The Browse Back function in the browser has been discontinued TRAKTOR PRO recalls the selection and the search string for each playlist individually and offers a dedicated button to browse back to the playlist containing the last loaded track 16 9 4 Punch Talk Booth This group of functions emulating classic mixer features has been discontinued for their low popularity and for simplification purposes TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 193 17 Troubleshooting This chapter provides help for the most common among the rarely encountered initial problems when getting started with TRAKTOR 17 1 TRAKTOR won t start Pm Check the system requirements for
144. ore colorful Min small feedback Max strong feedback AMNT Amount gt The knob has two operating zones on the left and the right side of the center position and controls the amount of the modulation of the Flanger frequency FB INVERTED FEEDBACK gt Only passes uneven harmonics making the flanging effect sound deeper in frequency SPRD STEREO SPREAD gt Creates an offset between the flanging effect of the right and left stereo channel giv ing the effect spatial depth CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt The knob has two operating zones on the left and the right side of the center position It behaves like the AMNT knob in Advanced Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 159 15 5 13 Phaser Pulse Innovative auto controlled Phaser effect that Is triggered by signal peaks In the music producing interesting lashing sounds It has the most effect on music with gaps in it such as drum loops because the self oscil lation can develop best in empty parts of the music The controls of the Phaser Pulse are identical in behavior to the ones of the Flanger Pulse described above except the 8 Pole switch SPL 8 PoLe gt Switches between 6 Pole and 8 Pole filters making the effect more intense 15 5 14 Filter Pulse Innovative auto controlled Filter effects based on ladder filter architecture and triggered by signal peaks in the music producing interesting lashing sounds It has the most effect on music
145. otice 3 new buttons called Previous SELECT ALL and Next You can use these buttons to browse your selection of tracks 4 The checkboxes indicate which of the attributes share the same value across the se lected tracks The checks also indicate that anything written into the related field will be saved to the metadata upon applying changes 9 If you want to change an attribute globally for all selected tracks e g to write an Artist Name make sure that the box is checked and press App y or OK 6 If you want to edit your selected tracks one by one use the Previous and Next buttons at the bottom of the dialog to step through the list 1 Clicking Restore will undo your changes 8 To abort editing click CANCEL 7 5 Track Icons It is important to have an overview of your set when you are performing in front of an audience The icon column gives information about the status of a track It can be sorted in the order of the status messages gt The letters A B C and D identify the tracks currently loaded into the Decks gt A Check Mark means that the track has been played in one of the Decks gt An Exclamation Mark identifies tracks not found at the file s previous location Some possible reasons for this could be that a storage medium is unavailable the location of the track has been changed or the track has been renamed gt A Lock marks tracks with a locked Beatgrid and Tempo TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 71
146. ou have to do here depend on your audio device gt Output Preview Choose an output pair for the Preview Player gt Output Send Choose an output pair for using send effects Click on Mono to merge the channels to mono mode 14 1 3 Input Routing Input Channel A D Use this menu to configure TRAKTOR to use the various inputs of your sound card for playing from an external device The Volume Meters to the right of the input selections will display signal level if signal is present Input Send Choose here an input pair for using send effects Swap Input Channel Click on the respective buttons to swap the channels A and B or C and D TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 112 14 2 MIDI Setup After you have installed the drivers for your MIDI device the interface will appear within this section TRAKTOR supports usage of multiple MIDI devices 14 2 1 MIDI Input Devices Activate a MIDI Input Device by double clicking on the respective line 14 2 2 MIDI Output Devices To use TRAKTOR s MIDI Out feature e g to light the LEDs on your MIDI controller acti vate the matching MIDI Output Device by double clicking on the respective line In most cases a controller will show up with the same name in both the Input and the Output Devices list 14 2 3 MIDI Clock Settings Send MIDI Clock If this option is checked TRAKTOR will send a MIDI Clock signal to the selected device MIDI Clock Send Offset Here you can setup an o
147. plicate it for Deck B rather than create it two times from scratch gt Proceed in functional groups For example implement all looping related functions at once and ideally add a comment to all these functions that allows you to identify them as being related to looping later on Finally test this group and save the settings file This way you create intermediate stages of your mapping file that are completely func tional for a certain number of functional groups TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 135 Simple SHIFT function The following example mapping assigns the PLAY function to a button when pressed alone and the SYNC function to the same button when pressed in combination with another button Pm Add gt Deck gt Transport gt Deck Play Pause gt Modifier M1 Val O gt Interaction Mode Toggle gt LEARN to PLAY Button on controller Pm Add gt Deck gt Tempo gt Deck Sync Tempo Phase gt Modifier M1 Val 1 gt Interaction gt Toggle gt LEARN to the same PLAY Button on controller gt Add gt Modifier gt Modifier 1 Interaction gt Hold Value 1 gt LEARN to SHIFT Button on controller Jog Wheels Jog Wheels Yes there are some on the market And they are not all the same somehow gt Most Jog Wheels send events on a MIDI CC channel when turning the wheel gt For the mappings of Jog Wheels use DIRECT Interaction Mode and ROTARY as Type of Controller gt Some Jog Wheels have a tou
148. ption External Audio Interface 2 Confirm your choice by pressing OK This opens the Audio Setup page of the Preferences Audio Setup Audio Device Audio amp DJ sample Rate 44100 Hz Audio Latency 3 Drop down the Audio Device list to select the external audio interface 4 Set a latency and sample rate your system can handle We recommend to use a la tency value of 10 15ms to start with You can try to reduce this value later to improve the responsiveness of the application but note that if you reduce this too much your computer may be unable to handle the load and you may begin to hear some distortion of the audio signal If this happens you need to adjust the value a bit higher again You should set a sample rate of 44100 Hz to start with 9 Open the Output Routing page to assign the outputs of TRAKTOR PRO to the physical outputs of your audio interface Mono E 7 Out7 Audio 8 DJ Ch D right Mono A 8 Out 8 Audio 8 DJ Ch D left Out 1 Audio amp DJ Ch A right Mono 2 Out 2 Audio amp DJ Ch A left Hana AAma mM not connected R not connected 6 Verify that nternal Mixer Mode is chosen TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 16 1 f not automatically assigned assign the Monitor outputs to the secondary outputs of the external audio interface connected to the headphones and the Master outputs to the primary outputs of the external audio interface conne
149. r next Stored Cue Point in the track 2 Cue Position Display Displays the position of the selected Cue Loop In Point in mmi ss ms 3 Cue Name Display The Display shows the name of the selected Cue Loop In Point Click inside the field to edit the name Click on the downward facing arrow to select another Stored Cue Loop In Point 4 Cue Type Selector Click on the downward tacing arrow to select the type of Cue Point Available types are described in chapter 6 7 3 Cue Point Types 9 Delete Deletes the selected Cue Loop In Point 6 Store gt Stores the Current Cue Point and maps It to the next free Hotcue BUTTON gt Up to 32 cue points or loops can be stored per track 1 Hotcue Buttons gt These provide direct access to up to 8 Cue Loop In Points per track gt The background color reflects the chosen Cue Point Type 8 Map This button enables Hotcue Mapping Mode When active pressing a Hotcue BUTTON maps the currently displayed Cue Loop In point to that button This works for stored Cue Loop In Points only TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 36 Beatgrid Panel Grid 2 A En 1 3 1 Adjust Beatmarker Buttons gt These buttons adjust the position of the Beatmarker As a result the whole Beatgrid gets shifted left or right gt Use this to move the Beatmarker to the desired starting point 2 Lock Beatgrid Locks the Beatgrid all buttons in the Grid Panel are disabled 3 BPM Adjust Buttons
150. ruin your Track Collection by mistake proceed as follows gt Right Ctrl click the CoLLecTion TREE Icon and choose Import Collection from the context menu gt Inthe folder Backup select the backup version that you would like to restore gt Confirm with OK TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 146 15 2 7 Repairing a Corrupted Collection A corrupted Collection may cause TRAKTOR to crash during start up If you can t start TRAKTOR proceed as follows gt Rename the file collection nml in the current TRAKTOR Root folder into collection _ original nml gt Restart TRAKTOR this will create a new Collection gt Try to import the backup of the Collection as described above 15 3 Synchronizing via MIDI Clock TRAKTOR allows you to synchronize external hard and software For this functionality it uses MIDI Clock Signals and the Master Clock Panel in the Global Section 15 3 1 TRAKTOR as Tempo Source MIDI Clock send To use TRAKTOR as the tempo source It has to send the MIDI Clock Signal to the external hard or software gt Vv vy VV To send MIDI clock you have to select the MIDI Output Device in Preferences gt MIDI Setup which will be sending the MIDI Clock signal On the same Preferences page you have to activate the Senp MIDI Crock option In the Global Section open the Master Clock Panel by clicking the Metronome Choose Auto or Manual Mode To start sending a MIDI Clock signal click the
151. ry this trick 1 In the Windows Explorer Mac Finder navigate to your TRAKTOR folder and open the History Windows My Documents Native Instruments Traktor History Mac Native Instruments Traktor 2 As a rule of thumb every track in a list equals around 1 kb This means that all Playlists of 5 kb or less will have less than 4 6 tracks within them 3 You can delete the smaller files making browsing in the History Playlists more realistic 7 4 Editing Track Metadata Each track in your Collection has track properties tags or metadata such as Song Title Artist Name Album Name Cover Artwork etc TRAKTOR gives you the option to edit this data in two ways 1 4 1 Editing Track Properties via Inline Editing 1 In the Browser List click on a track to highlight it 2 Click again in the field you want to edit e g the artist name 3 You will see a cursor appear in the info field 4 Edit the artists name Hi TRAKTOR PRO directly writes Tile tags into most of your mu Sic Tiles note wav and aiff cannot hold metadata 1 If you are using the iTunes func tionality we recommend editing tag data only in iTunes TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 69 9 Click in another property field to edit its contents 6 Hit the Enter key on your keyboard to exit Inline Editing Mode and confirm your entries or hit Escape to abort editing 7 4 2 Editing Track Properties via the Edit Dialog Not all properti
152. s gt The subfolders below the CoLLection icon are grouped by Artists Releases Labels or Genres A number indicates the number of entries in this category gt Double click one of the four entries to see a further breakdown of each category Example gt Double clicking Artists will expand the Playlist to show all artists and the number of related tracks within your Collection Pe Click on an artist s name to show all or their tracks in the Browser List 1 3 1 Favorites The Favorites Window is the navigational tool located at the top of the Browser If you do You can assign any File Browser not see the Favorites go to Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Browser Details and activate folders or Playlists as a Favorite Show Playlist Favorites Three Favorites are pre assigned gt Track Collection gt History Playlist Dragging a new Playlist upon an gt Preparation assigned Favorite will replace the previous Favorite Do the following to create and use a Favorite 1 Click the PLaytists folder to browse its contents 2 Click hold and drag the Playlist name onto a free Favorite Icon 3 Now you can access the Playlist anytime by clicking on the Favorite Icon TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 66 7 3 8 Exporting Playlists Exporting a Playlist creates a folder containing the tracks in the Playlist as well as the Playlist Tile To export a playlist 1 Right ctrl click on the Playlist and select
153. s Creates interesting effects when used in combi nation with the SPEED KNOB SPEED gt Controls playback speed of the samples audio grains gt Plays at normal speed in full right position gt Progressively reduces playback speed when turned to the left Hi The effect has to be started in off mode and then turned on to Sample the current audio TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 166 INV Play the grains in reversed order FWD Forwarb gt Inverts playback direction trom backward playback to forward playback Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt Behaves like the GRNSZ knob in Advanced Effect Mode 15 5 21 Ring Modulator The Ring modulator is an effect that modulates the tracks by multiplying a high frequency Signal onto the audio material Advanced Mode AM RM gt Morphs the type of modulation from amplitude modulation in full left position to ring modulation in full right position gt Amplitude modulation sounds softer compared to ring modulation RAW gt Controls the shape of the modulation oscillator gt The oscillator is a sine wave in full left position for smooth sounds and a filtered square wave in full right position for harsher sounds PITCH gt Controls the frequency of the modulating oscillator from low in full left position to high in Tull right position LOO Hz 8371 Hz TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 167 Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt This knob behaves with a c
154. s controlled via so called Range Controllers Example The list of pre selected effects Effect Select is an example of a Range Controller When learning Effect Select to a button and choosing the Control Type Direct the field Set to value displays all possible entries of the list By selecting one of them the button will always select the effect directly when pressed MIDI Out for all parameters The MIDI output functionality has been extended to all available controllers in TRAKTOR PRO MIDI Output is available also for some parameters that are pure outputs such as the Deck Phase Meter the Deck Level Meters and the Track End Warning time TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 190 16 7 3 CD Mode The old veteran CD Mope of TRAKTOR 3 has seen a slight change for better usability in combination with MIDI controllers CD Mope now affects all playback functionality When switching TRAKTOR PRO to CD Mop the PLay and the Cue button behave exactly like on a CDJ when stopping playback a short stutter loop will play until pressing Cue to set a new Current Cue Point The position of the stutter loop can be adjusted by dragging the PHase METER or the Waveform or by using the Beat Jump function in Ultra Fine mode 16 7 4 JOG Control Type A new Control Type for controlling incremental functions such as Tempo Bend via endless encoders has been implemented Formerly mapping Pitch Bend to an endless encoder was not functio
155. s have the following set of parameters in common TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 150 D W Dry Wet For all effects this parameter controls the balance between the original signal Dry full left position and the effect signal Wet full right position ON For all effects this button turns the effect on and off Some buffer based effects such as the Delay or the Reverb will continue outputting sound for a certain amount of time even after turning them off To fully disable the action of an effect on a specific cannel use the ErFect ASSIGN BuTTons in the mixer strip of that channel Snapshot amp Reset For all effects this button resets the effect parameters to their default value The default value can be stored by pressing the SNAPSHOT BUTTON camera symbol in the effect panel When switching effects the new effect will be reset to its default 15 5 3 Gater The Gater rhythmically mutes parts of the audio at adjustable rates The Master Clock controls the rate and the moment in time of muting A hissing noise can be added to the Gater for emphasizing the rhythmical pattern Advanced Mode NOISE Noise LeveL gt Controls the amount of hissing noise added to the Gate Min No added hissing Max Much hissing added SHAPE gt Controls the shape of the Gate Min Center 1 Hold O Decay 50 Hold 0 Decay Center Max 50 Hold O Decay 0 Hold 100 Decay 1 A few effects integrate more than simple Dry Wet c
156. s help you to adjust the volume of the next track against the currently running track gt The CHANNEL Fapers are only visible if full size Decks are activated 8 2 Crossfader The CrRossFADER enables you to make transitions between Decks by dragging it from one Side to the other 8 2 1 Crossfader Assign Buttons With the CrossFADER AssiGN Buttons you define which Decks are audible on the left and right position of the CROSSFADER gt A Deck that is not assigned to one side of the CrossFADER Is only controlled by the CHANNEL FADER 8 2 2 Manual Crossfade gt Click hold and drag the CrossFaDER from one side to the other gt Alternatively you can use the CrRossFADER Switch Buttons With every click they move the Crossfader further in the dedicated direction gt Double clicking the CrossFabDerR resets It to the middle position 1 Advanced control features are described in chapter 11 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 80 8 2 3 Automatic Crossfade Crossfading can also be automated by using the CrossFaDER Move BUTTONS gt f you click a CrossFADER Move Button the CrossrAberR will automatically fade to the respective side gt To stop the transition click the CRossFADER Move BuTTon again Pm You can adjust the Auto Crossfade Time in Preferences gt Mixer gt Crossfader 8 3 Equalizer The Equalizer is an important mixing tool It adjusts the sound of your mix ac
157. s is the amount of data they send during one revolution This results in different sensitivities and can be controlled with the SENSITIVITY and ACCELERATION sliders in the Rotary Encoder Settings As you can see the variety of MIDI implementations for Jog Wheels is pretty diverse and contiguring your Jog Wheel for your needs may require either investing some time or exploring the DOWNLOADS section on the TRAKTOR website for mapping files for your specific controller TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 137 Disabling a Jog Wheel The following example shows how to use a Modifier to toggle a jog wheel between an en abled and disabled state The jog wheel is disabled when the modifier is O gt Add gt Deck gt Transport gt Deck CD DJ Jog Modifier M1 Val 1 Interaction Mode Direct Type of Controller Rotary LEARN to jog wheel on controller Add gt Moditier gt Modifier 1 Interaction gt Toggle gt LEARN to ENABLE Button on controller in case you have backlit buttons on your controller gt Add gt Modifier gt Modifier 1 gt Interaction gt Output gt Assign MIDI CC of LED button via drop down menu next to LEARN button YY YYYY Looping Section This example explains how to map three MIDI buttons to control the LOOPS of TRAKTOR with the following functionality gt The button labelled initially sets a 4 beat loop and when pressed again halves the size of the loop gt The button labelled
158. signal press the start button on the sending device gt Incase of an offset between the sending hard or software and TRAKTOR the offset has to be adjusted in the sending device 15 3 3 Synching two versions of TRAKTOR These are the steps to synchronize two versions of TRAKTOR running on different com puters gt Connect the two computers via MIDI in order to transmit the MIDI Clock signals gt Decide which of the two computers should be the Tempo Master and follow the in structions described in section 10 2 Master Clock Panel gt On the other computer follow the instructions described in section 10 2 Master Clock Panel gt For synchronizing both computers press the TICK button in the Master Clock Panel gt Once the two ticks are audible press the SYNC button on the sending computer in order to reset the receiving computer gt Now start tweaking the slider labeled MIDI Clock SENDING OrFseT found in Preferences gt MIDI Setup until the two Ticks are in perfect sync Pm You can then turn off the Ticks and are ready to go TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 148 15 4 Broadcasting With TRAKTOR you are able to broadcast your mix over the Internet Basically everything that is audible from the Master Out will be streamed to the Internet and listeners all over the world are able to tune in and listen to your show in real time 15 4 1 Streaming Protocol TRAKTOR uses a streaming protocol called Icecast The
159. size is automatically linked internally for best overall pitching gt It ranges from large grains 333 ms in full left position to short grains 5 ms in full right position gt Especially small sizes can lead to nice FM ring modulating metallic sounds Try also at full stop and transpose to max for metallic moaning sounds KEY gt Controls the pitch of the grains gt Center position is neutral and plays the grains at original pitch gt To the right the grains are pitched up to 1 octave in full right position gt To the left the grains are pitched down to 5 octaves GRN gt Enables Grain Size Control 1 The STRCH knob has to be in full left position to open the input of the effect The effect must be loaded with the STRCH knob in full left position TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 165 ST 2 gt Play 2 bars instead of 1 bar when in STRCH mode Chained Mode 1 Knob Control gt Works like the KEY knob in Advanced Mode 15 5 20 Reverse Grain Buffer based effect for capturing a loop form the current audio material and successively playing it backwards with different mash up options Advanced Mode ON gt Samples audio and plays the buffer backwards PITCH gt Controls the pitch of the sampled audio gt Normal pitch in full right position Progressively decreases pitch when turned to the left gt Ranges from O to 100 GRNSZ gt Controls the size of the audio grain
160. st and select the external audio interface Set a latency and sample rate your system can handle We recommend to use a la Ser ow ee a TaGderake eek tency value of 10 15ms to start with You can try to reduce this value later to improve ting You can change this later the responsiveness of the application but note that if you reduce this too much your and test out what your system is able computer may be unable to handle the load and you may begin to hear some distor to perform tion of the audio signal If this happens you need to adjust the value a bit higher again You should set a sample rate of 44100 Hz to start with Open the Output Routing page to assign the outputs of TRAKTOR PRO to the physical outputs of your audio interface TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 18 B External Mono Ca 1 Out 1 Audio amp BJ Ch A right A 2 Out 2 Audio 8 DJ Ch A left yut Channel E Monopiil 3 Out 3 Audio 8 DJ Ch B right BR 4 Out 4 Audio 8 DJ Ch B left Hee OOo ame 0 Mono Ca 5 Out 5 Audio amp DJ Ch C right BR 6 Out 6 Audio 8 BJ Ch C left O o Monoa 7 Out 7 Audio 8 DJ Ch D right BR 8 Out 6 Audio 8 DJ Ch D left Mona L nnected R nnected Mono L not connected R not connected 6 Verify that External Mixer Mode is chosen 7 Assign Out Channel A B C and D to the outputs of the external audio interface that Assigning Decks C D Out Preview are connected to the mixer and O
161. staller screens repeated twice this is not an error just follow along and make the appropriate choices to finish the installation 3 2 2 Mac OS X Installation gt After the TRAKTOR installer has finished running simply connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to any available USB port on your computer and it should be ready to use there Is no additional installation required Pm You can make sure if the device shows up correctly by checking in your System Preferences You should see an NI USB Audio Preference Pane here if the driver is installed If you open this you will see your interface displayed in the panel 3 3 Uninstalling TRAKTOR 3 3 1 Windows To uninstall TRAKTOR from your Windows XP computer please gt Go to Start gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs gt Find Native Instruments Traktor in this list gt Click Remove and follow the onscreen instructions To uninstall TRAKTOR from your Windows Vista computer please gt Go to Start gt Control Panel gt Programs and Features gt Find Native Instruments Traktor in this list gt Click Remove and follow the onscreen instructions TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 8 3 3 2 Mac OS X To uninstall TRAKTOR from your Macintosh simply delete the following files and folders on your Mac the symbol refers to your user home directory gt Macintosh HD Applications Traktor gt Macintosh HD Library Preferences com native instruments Irakt
162. t Cue Point is set at the current position The track will be played back from the cue point as long as the button is held When released the track skips back to the Current Cue Point 3 Cue Play Pause gt During playback clicking jumps the track back to the Current Cue Point without Stopping playback Pm On a paused Deck clicking sets a new Current Cue Point and starts playback when releasing the button TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 33 9 9 2 Loop Controls 1 Loop Size Control gt Sets Auto Loops and changes loop size gt The chosen loop size is highlighted yellow gt Use the Arrow buttons on each end of the range to see higher or lower values The Arrow buttons flash if the currently length is not visible 2 Loop In Button gt Manually sets a Loop In Cue Point gt The Loop In Button can also be used to set a Current Cue Point on the fly during playback gt Pressing In while a loop Is active selects the Loop In Move Mode see below 3 Loop Out Button gt Manually sets a Loop Out Point and activates the loop gt Pressing Out while a loop is active selects the Loop Out Move Mode see be low gt Pressing In and Out while a loop is active selects the Loop Move Mode to move the loop as a whole 4 Loop Active Button This button shows that a loop is active and running It Can be used to deactivate the loop If turned on when no loop Is cycling the next stored loop en count
163. t follows its original order This behavior is shown If the play list follows a sorted order TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 63 1 3 3 Deleting Tracks from Playlists Deleting Tracks From One Playlist There are two ways for deleting tracks 1 Deleting track s from the Collection will also delete them gt Click on one or more track s and press the DEL or Backspace key of your computer from all Playlists keyboard gt Right ctrl click on one or more track s and choose Delete Deleting Tracks From All Playlists and the Collection 1 Click on the TRack Collection icon in the Browser Tree 2 Right ctrl click on one or more track s and choose Delete 3 The tracks will be removed from your Collection Playlists Deleting Tracks From The Hard Disk 1 Right ctrl click on a track and choose Show in Finder Mac or Show in Explorer Windows 2 Delete the track like you would delete any other file on your hard drive 3 Repeat this for all tracks you want to delete 4 To remove the tracks from your Collection right ctrl click on the TRACK COLLECTION In the Browser Tree Choose Consistency Check and click the Remove button TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 64 1 3 4 Sorting Playlists There are several ways to sort and arrange Playlists Changes to the sort order can be undone by clicking on the header Sorting by Columns gt Click on the name of the Headline to sort the Playlist by this category
164. test drive For this we use the Demo Tracks that come with TRAKTOR We start by loading tracks in Deck A and B and letting them play 1 Click and hold a Demo Track in the Browser List and drag it into Deck A The selected track will load in Deck A and the track Waveform will appear in the Waveform Display 2 Click and hold a second Demo Track in the Browser List and drag it into Deck B 3 Start the Decks by clicking Play Pause or if you are using TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Start your Timecode Record CD 4 The Waveform starts moving from right to left If this does not happen verity if you have selected the correct audio interface and if you have correctly mapped the outputs to the audio interface channels If you are using TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO check If the Timecode graphic Scope looks correct 9 Once the waveform is moving you should be able to hear the music through your speakers If not verify if the Master Level Meter is showing any activity If not check the faders and knobs on the internal or external mixer 6 If the Master Level Meter shows an output signal but there still is no audio from your speak ers check if the speaker system Is correctly hooked up and turned on Some audio interfaces have monitor LEDs that can further help in finding the reason for the absence of sound 1 Once you can hear the sound move the CrossFaber left and right to blend from one track to the other 8 For prelistening to the tracks when using th
165. the flanging effect sound deeper in frequency SPR STEREO SPREAD gt Creates an offset between the flanging effect of the right and left stereo channel giv ing the effect spatial depth CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt The knob controls the pitch of the effect The center position of the knob is neutral to both sides the flanging effect moves from high to low frequencies 15 5 11 Phaser Flux Manually controlled Flanger suited for jog wheel control The controls of the Phaser Flux are identical in behavior to the ones of the Flanger Flux described above except the 8 Pole switch SPL 8 Pote gt Switches between 6 Pole and 8 Pole filters making the effect more Intense 15 5 12 Flanger Pulse Innovative semi automatic Flanger effect that is triggered by signal peaks in the music producing interesting lashing sounds Has the most effect on music with gaps in it such as drum loops because the self oscil lation can develop best in empty parts of the music TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 158 Advanced Mode SHAPE gt Controls the shape of the Flanger Pulse The range of the controller bears a multitude of patterns and morphs between them for continuously new sound effects gt Explore the range of this knob in combination with the FEEDB and the AMNT knob and store the preset whenever you like it FEEDB FEEDBACK gt Controls the strength of the flangers feedback making the effect stronger and m
166. therefore will be looped automatically An automati cally detected loop will show the green loop bars at the beginning and the end Beat Counter gt Beats per Phrase Define here how many beats a phrase bar shall contain TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 116 14 6 Mixer EQ Selection gt FQ Type Choose between the classical 3 band EQ Classic or an emulated mixer EQ from Pioneer DJM 600 P600 Ecler Nuo4 NUO4 or Allen amp Heath XONE 92 Xone 92 Filter Selection gt Ladder Uses the ladder filter also used in the Filter effect for the channel filter knobs gt Xone Uses the emulation of the Xone 92 filers also used in the Filter 92 effect for the channel filter knobs Crossfader gt Auto Crossfade Time This slider adjusts the amount of time it will take for the auto crossfade feature to crossfade between tracks gt Smooth Sharp Adjust the crossfader curve here Level gt Set Autogain when loading track With this option checked TRAKTOR adjusts the gain for you gt Enable Master Limiter Enabling this option prevents clipping TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 117 14 7 Effects Effect Slot Routing TRAKTOR PRO can route all effects as insert or send effects gt nsert In Insert mode the effect is inserted into the signal chain right before the chan nel filter The balance of the original signal Dry and effect signal Wet Is controlled by the Dry WetT KnoB in the effect p
167. tion the track in Deck B will automatically begin playing from its Fade In Cue Point ch GSO N TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 52 Load Cue Point A Ltrack with a Load Cue Point will automatically cue to this point when loaded saving you from the need to manually cue your track to this point gt If you want to make use of the Load Cue Points enable the option nitially cue to Load Marker in Preferences gt Loading gt Loading Beatmarker A Beatmarker sets the starting point for a Beatgrid This is a special cue point from which a regularly spaced grid of reference lines is created TRAKTOR then uses these grids to synchronize your tracks Please read chapter 6 7 5 Beatgrid Panel Grid Panel for a de tailed explanation of Beatmarkersr and Beatgrids Stored Loops The process of storing Loops is essentially the same as storing Cue Points 1 Seta loop with the Loop Panel see chapter 6 5 Loop Controls 2 Click STORE 3 The loop markers change to green Loop In and Loop Out Points and the loop is now a Stored Loop 4 Stored Loops are accessed in the same manner as Stored Cue Points Deleting a Stored Cue Point or Loop If you want to delete a Stored Cue Point or Loop permanently perform the following 1 Choose the Cue Point or Loop from the dropdown menu or by using the Next PREvious Cue BUTTONS 2 Click on DELETE There is no undo 3 The Cue Point or Loop now is deleted Load Gri
168. to create an order for the automatic played tracks Pm You can automate Cruise Mode when using it in combination with Fade and Load Markers to control the transitions First you have to activate Use Fade In amp Out Markers in Preferences gt Loading gt Loading Pm You can manually trigger the transition to the next song at any moment by pulling down the channel fader of the currently playing track 10 2 Master Clock Panel The Master Clock is a central component of TRAKTOR and works as a tempo reference for the effects and for the sync function It also sends a MIDI Clock signal to external hardware and software gt To show the Master Clock Panel click on the MeTRonome Icon on the left side of the Global Section 10 2 1 Modes The Master Clock has three operation modes activated by the MaNuaL Auto and Ext but tons In Manual Mode the Master Clock runs independently from the Decks in Auto Mode the Master Clock automatically follows the tempo of one of the playing decks External Mode switches the MDI Clock to receive mode for syncing TRAKTOR to a MIDI Clock Signal coming from an external source Cruise Mode will also work when using an external mixer MODE EXT MANUAL O AUTO TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 93 Auto Mode Default gt In Auto Mode the Master Clock always follows the tempo of one of the playing Decks gt All manual tempo controls of the Master Clock are disabled in Auto Mode gt
169. tracks are playing at the same tempo but their phase Is slightly shifted This corresponds to a soft touch to the vinyl in order to slow down or fasten as the the tracks go slightly out of sync gt Click the left arrow to slightly slow down the track and the right arrow to speed It up Holding down either Pitch Bend button will continue to speed up or slow down the track until the button is released TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 46 6 6 2 Phase Meter The Phase METER IS a visual reference for track synchronization It shows you If a track is in or out of sync with the Master Deck or the Master Clock gt If two track s Phases are synchronized the meter will stay in the middle r Pm f one track s Phase is shifted backward a yellow stripe will appear left of the center ou marker gt If a track s Phase is shifted forward a yellow stripe will appear right of the center C marker gt You can globally activate or deactivate the Phase Meter in Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Deck Details gt Pitch Controls gt Manually shift the Phase by clicking within the Phase METER and dragging towards the center marker This can also be accomplished with your mouse s scroll wheel 6 6 3 Beat Synchronization Automatic Beat Synchronization is one of the central features of TRAKTOR All it takes is a single click Sync Button The Sync button provides the fastest way to beatmatch Click on Sync to automatically m
170. tton on the front panel gt Load a track from the Demo Playlist into Deck A and start the CD Player gt TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO starts calibrating the blue AssoLute Mope Button lights up and the track Is played back 13 2 3 The Control Zones on CD The control CD consists of the following three tracks each with different playback func tions CD Track 1 Lead In 0 04 min Skipping to CD Track 1 will skip into the Lead In of the loaded track If you turned on the respective option in the Preferences you can use this to skip back to the beginning of a track when playing in the Relative Tracking Mode the tracking mode jumps to Absolute Mode When leaving them discon nected you lose is the ability to play a regular Audio CD from that spe cific CD Player TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 107 CD Track 2 Playback Zone 27 30 This track is used for regular playback CD Track 3 Scroll Zone 2 30 Skipping to CD track 3 allows you to scroll up and down through your playlist by manu ally spinning the jog wheel of your CD player Whenever you stop the movement of the jog wheel the respective track gets loaded To play the selected track simply skip back to CD track 1 13 3 The Calibration Calibration is required for the following reasons gt gt gt gt Detection of the type of media vinyl or CD as well as the side of the played vinyl Detection of the input level of the contro
171. urrent Cue Point click and hold the Cue button to pre listen to the Cue placement Release Cue to return to the Current Cue Point gt Clicking Cue during playback jumps the current play position back to the previously set Current Cue Point and stops playback 6 4 3 Cup Cue Play This button behaves similary to Cue but stops playback as long as It is held down Pm Ona paused Deck clicking Cup sets a Current Cue Point and starts playback when upon releasing the button gt Clicking Cup during playback jumps the current play position back to the Current Cue Point and pauses playback Release the button to resume playback CUE TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 44 6 5 Loop Controls The main loop controls offer the functions required for the creative use of loops in your mix 6 5 1 Auto Looping gt gt Click on a number in the Loop Size Controt to set a loop The numbers represent the loop length in beats Upon choosing a loop size the relevant button and the Loop Active button will both highlight in yellow When inactive the icons are gray To stop looping click on either the same loop length number or on the Loop Active BUTTON To change the size of an active loop on the fly click on another length in the Loop Size CONTROL Click on the ArRRow Buttons on each end of the Loop Size Controt to see higher or lower values The Arrow Buttons flash if the currently selected length is out of range 6 5 2 Ma
172. ut Sent are optional de pending on your hardware setup 8 Close the Preferences by clicking the CLose button 4 3 2 Setting up TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO When registering the software with a TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO serial number or when choosing the TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Demo the software starts with a default configu ration suited for using TRAKTOR with Timecode records or CDs TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 19 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Setup The setup for TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO gives you all you need for playing with two turn tables CD Players Physical Setup 1 Before starting TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO make sure that the AUDIO 8 DJ or your TRAKTOR SCRATCH Certified Mixer is correctly installed and fully functional on your computer 2 Connect the outputs and inputs of the AUDIO 8 DJ to the mixer and to the turntables CD Players with the Multicore Cables as described in chapter 13 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Functionality If you are using a TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Certified Mixer you Should connect it with your computer and your turntables CD Players as described in the mixers manual 3 Connect your headphones to the mixer and the mixer outputs to the amplifier system driving your speakers Software Setup 1 When using the Demo Mode select the option TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Setup in the Setup Wizard 2 Confirm your choice by pressing OK This opens the Audio Setup page of the Preferences Audio Setup setup Audio Device Built
173. veral other Keyboard Mappings You also can use a combination of mouse actions keyboard and MIDI Hotkeys to control TRAKTOR TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 102 12 2 MIDI Hotkeys TRAKTOR works with all MlDI controllers and is installed with settings files for the most popular controllers on the market To set them up continue as follows 1 2 3 gt Connect the MIDI controller as described in its manual with your computer Open Traktor and go to Preferences gt MIDI Setup Activate your controller by double clicking the Active column in MIDI Input Devices and MIDI Output Devices Click the Import button in the lower left corner of the Preferences window Navigate to My Documents Native Instruments Traktor Settings PC or Native Instruments Traktor Settings Mac and choose the file named settingstilename tsi Confirm the dialog and close the Preferences Use your MIDl controller to control TRAKTOR If there is no settings file included for your controller or if you just want to setup your own mapping you ll find an explanation how to create your own mapping in chapter 15 1 Hotkey and MIDI Mapping Clicking Application Menu gt Help gt Downloads will open the TRAKTOR PRO Downloads website of the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Homepage There you can download several other MIDI Mappings The MIDI Indicator in the Header will light up whenever a MIDI message is received TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRA
174. verb The Iceverb is an innovative Reverb with selt oscillating filters for interesting colorful ef fects The Filter of the Iceverb Is outside the feedback loop what makes decay independent from the filter settings Advanced Mode COLOR gt Controls the cutoff frequency of the filter and therefore the color of the Reverb ICING gt Controls the resonance of the filter and therefore the intensity of the color SIZE gt Controls the size of the reverberation added ranging from small to huge room sizes FRZ FREEZE gt Freezes the Reverb by closing the input and leaving the output open gt The SIZE control remains active in Freeze Mode allowing interesting pitch effects CHAINED MODE 1 KNOB CONTROL gt Works like the SIZE knob in Advanced Mode TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 164 15 5 19 Transpose Stretch The Transpose Stretch is a classic Pitch Shifter with additional Grain Size control and Time sStretcher Advanced Mode STRCH Time STRETCH gt As soon as the knob is moved away from full left position the input is recorded for 1 bar 2 if the button Tx2 is pressed and then is endlessly looped and played back gt The more the knob is moved to the right the more the time is stretched until the music comes to a complete stop on a single Grain GRNSZ GRAIN SIZE gt This knob only works when the GRN button below is enabled and controls the size of the grains Otherwise the grain
175. ware in a general way The exact setup depends on the hardware you use 1 At first make sure that the audio interface is correctly installed connected and fully functional on your computer 2 Connect the outputs of the external audio interface to the mixer inputs Each stereo output channel of the external audio interface connects to one of the stereo channel inputs of the mixer With Traktor Scratch Pro use the Multicore Cables as described in chapter 13 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO Functionality 3 Connect your headphones to the mixer and the mixer outputs to the amplifier system driving your speakers NATIVE INSTRUMENTS AUDIO 8 DJ is specially designed to fit the requirements of Traktor TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 86 9 3 Software Setup When launching TRAKTOR for the first time the Setup Wizard lets you choose the ba Sic setup for External Mixer Mode But it is also possible to do the adjustments directly in the Preferences To do so open Preferences gt Audio Setup by clicking the dedicated PREFERENCES BuTTOoN or use the Application Menu and continue directly with step 3 1 In the Setup Wizard select the option External Mixer 2 Confirm your choice by pressing OK This opens the Audio Setup page of the Preferences Audio Setup Setup Audio Device Audio amp DJ sample Fate 44100 Hz Audio Latency 3 Use the Audio Device drop down list and select your external audio interface TRAKTOR PRO TRA
176. werful extension of the Traktor Settings file The new Settings files now also include the former tks files containing Hotkey and MIDI mappings This extended functionality is expressed by the new file extension tsi which stands for Traktor Settings Information TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 182 tsi tiles can now be imported and exported directly from the Preferences Import and export offer filter functions to selectively transfer only certain parts of the settings This allows using the settings file to store a complete profile containing preferred layouts de faults and controller assignments The available filter options are gt Hotkey Settings MIDI Mapping GUI Layout File Load and Write Paths Broadcasting Audio MIDI Devices and OSC Settings Effect Settings All Other Preferences Settings Vvvvvv iY 16 4 5 Changed Name and Path of Root Directory To Make TRAKOR PRO fully functional with a Settings file stored on a portable HD a few changes in the default location of the root folder have been necessary By default all files used by TRAKTOR PRO now are stored in a new location Pm user My Documents Native Instruments Traktor PC gt Native Instruments Traktor MAC TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 183 The root folder contains the following files gt collection nml gt Traktor Settings ts gt Traktor log And the following folders gt Backups Coverart History Stripes Vvvyv
177. work and overworked to improve sound and usability gt YYYY Y Flanger gt Flanger Flanger Flux amp Flanger Pulse Reverb gt Reverb amp Iceverb Delay gt Delay Beatmasher gt Beatmasher XONE 92 Filters gt Filter 92 Filter 92 LFO amp Filter 92 Pulse T2 Filters gt Filter Filter LFO amp Filter Pulse What is possible in TRAKTOR PRO that could not be done in TRAKTOR 3 gt gt gt gt gt Up to 3 effects can be chained per Unit Additional low and high pass filters in each mixer strip can be used on top of ef fects Current effect settings can be saved as the new default Effect pre selection allows you to order used and to hide unused effects Activating both Units on the same deck runs the signal through both Effect Units What is done differently in TRAKTOR PRO gt gt For 2 individual deck effects activate Unit 1 for deck A and Unit 2 for deck B For a master effect activate the Unit on both decks What can t be done in TRAKTOR PRO that used to be possible in TRAKTOR 3 gt gt 3 or 4 decks 3 or 4 Independent non filter deck effects 2 decks 2 Independent non filter deck effects 1 independent master effect filters are provided individually on each channel TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 179 16 4 Browser 16 4 1 Current Playlist The fixed Current PLayList of TRAKTOR 3 has been replaced by a more flexible concept al lowing any playlist to b
178. wser Tree It can be activated or deactivated within the preferences gt Preferences gt Layout Manager gt Browser Details and check or uncheck Show Cover Art List Window There is a column for cover art in the Browser List To activate or deactivate It gt Right Ctrl Click on the Headline of the Browser List and check or uncheck Cover Art 1 1 2 Editing Cover Art TRAKTOR allows you to either import or delete jpeg Cover Art from your Track Collection It works as follows Import 1 Right Ctrl Click on a track and choose Import Cover 2 Use the dialog box to direct TRAKTOR to the Cover Art image file 3 select the image file and confirm the dialog 4 The cover art now Is stored inside the file J You also can choose several tracks and import cover art for all selected tracks at once TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 73 Delete 1 Right Ctrl Click on a track and choose Delete Cover 2 The cover art is now deleted 3 You also can choose several tracks and delete the cover art for all selected tracks at once 7 8 Collection Maintenance Working with the browser before the gig or in a live situation can be very intense There are many things to keep track of such as removing obsolete tracks relocating tracks that have been moved to another folder on your HD etc 1 8 1 Consistency Check The Consistency Check Report provides an overview of your Track Collection by providing options to help you mana
179. y Lock by clicking the small button next to the knob Effect Assign Buttons Click on 1 or 2 to assign a channel to Effect Slot 1 or 2 Gain Adjusts the gain of a track Adjust to match the track levels before mixing them with the faders Cue Button Pe Pre listen to a track over the internal Traktor Mixer gt If Tick is activated click the Cue Button to make the beat tick audible on that deck Pan Button Controls the channel balance between the left and the right stereo channels Automatic Crossfade Buttons Clicking on these buttons automatically moves the Crossfader left or right gt Click again to stop transition Incremental Crossfade Buttons Each click on these buttons steps moves the Crossfader left or right Deck Assign Buttons Assigns the Decks to the Crossfader The buttons for the assigned Deck s are lit Crossfader Move the Crossfader to the left or right to perform transitions between the Decks TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 39 5 7 Browser ot assigne Of az L a a int ee gr anat anair ma i not assan Nol assigned k Track Collection E Playlists E Explorer audio CD 59 a Tube amp Berger Nonstop Audio Recordings BO Flutter iTunes 61 lt Lick Your Spine Repeat Repeat Remix ets Go Outside a i ck Your Spine Re es i 118 999 4 Histor y SS 1984 Got Leaks In The Hoot oco Dine lt f DU ace o o TATE err How Do Know it 7 Dunham Place m Eigenleben Marko

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