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1. OPERATION MANUAL The information in this document Is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment 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 written permission by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH hereinafter referred to as NATIVE INSTRUMENTS All product and company names are or trademarks of their respective owners Furthermore the fact that you are reading this text means you are the owner of a legal version rather than an illegal pirated copy It is only through the loyalty and honesty of people like yourself that NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH can continue to develop and create innovative audio software On behalf of the entire company thank you very much Written and revised by Irmgard Bauer Friedemann Becker Robert Kotok Version 3 Other valuable input from PhilL Hobbes Quartz AudioRapture and all TRAKTOR Forum Users Special thanks go to 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
2. Data Location You can change the directory path for the following file types by clicking on the button with the exclamation mark after the current path gt Cottection the file path TRAKTOR follows for loading and storing CoLLECTION information gt PLaviisTs the file path TRAKTOR follows for PLayLists Read more about PLayLists in chapter 6 4 Working with the Collection and Playlists RECORDINGS the file path in which TRAKTOR stores the recordings you make in audio format iTunes the file path to your Tunes library this path has to be identical with the settings in your iTunes Beatport the file path in which TRAKTOR physically stores all songs down loaded from Beatport through the TRAKTOR interface Music Here you can specify the location of folders and hard drives to be scanned for supported music files during the Music FoLpers Import vY vv vv TRAKTOR 3 3 46 6 1 4 Analysis The analysis scans the entire track and returns the following information gt gt BPM Estimate The BPM Estimate is more or less accurate according to the type of music Read more about verifying the BPM Estimate and about how to create a BeaTarip in chapter 9 5 Beatgrids Gain VALUE each track has a perceived loudness based on its musical proper ties of the track and on the involved mastering techniques The Gain VALUE established during the analysis is a very accurate estimation of the optimal setting of th
3. Setting a free Loop without predefined length gt gt gt gt Make sure that none of the LENGTH buttons in the Loop Set panel is lit Click the Set In button to set the starting point of the loop Click the Active button to set the ending point of the loop and to make It ac tive Click on the lit Active button a second time to leave the loop Snap Button If you have set your manual Loor a little bit off beat the Loop Set panel offers a Snap button that will quantize the loop to the nearest beat or BeatcriD line gt gt gt Set a 4 beat Loop anywhere in the track If the Loop is off beat click the Snap button The Loor will snap or quantize to the nearest beat You can additionally use the Snap to quantize the loop borders to the beats of the track set them leave the Snap button enabled Your loop will then auto matically quantize when you set it It is helpful to use the decks in Snap mode when setting a free Loop by only using the Set In and Active but tons If you want your loops to quantize right when you TRAKTOR 3 3 98 Reloop ReLoop instantly jumps back to the start point of the current Loop 10 3 3 Resizing the Loop After you have established a Loop you can change its length in the Loop Set Loop START and Loop Enp panels Loop Set gt gt gt With a track playing in Deck A set a 4 beat Loop Click one of the 4 LENGTH buttons in the Loop Set panel to ins
4. Crossfade to Deck B Load new track into Deck A Perform your transition and crossfade to Deck A Crossfade to Deck B Load new track into Deck A Repeat the steps as described in the sentences before VVVVVVVVY Duplicate Deck A ABsoLuTE ReLative Mope into Deck B INTERNAL Mope This tip was shared by Betatester Slawomir TRAKTOR 3 3 183 21 Troubleshooting TRAKTOR is a complex piece of software and it is more than natural that you need to make a sound check after turning on TRAKTOR as you would do on a regular DJ setup The addition of a soundcard and a computer to the traditional setup makes the sound check even more complex as more components can be misconnected or wrongly set This chapter provides a guide to troubleshoot the most common problems when starting up TRAKTOR 21 1 What is Latency As with any digital device including hardware signal processors that converts audio to data and back again a computer adds a certain amount of delay latency when processing audio signals Fortunately with today s computers and low latency sound card drivers this delay can be so small that you cannot hear it as example 3 milliseconds is about the same delay caused by moving your head one meter further away from a speaker However typical computers are generally not set up for low latency attempting to play in real time with the AUDIO 8 DJ will probably prove unsatisfying due to the delay Any computer base
5. If you have tracks with variable tempo you have two options 20 4 1 Use Ableton Live gt Fix the tempo variation by Warp Marking the track gt Export it as a flattened audio file gt Reimport into TRAKTOR and add the Beatcarip to it 1 This method can only be used on a running deck this does not work on a stopped deck 1 This method can only be used on a stopped deck this does not work on a running deck 1 Consult the respective manual on details re garding the warp feature of Ableton Live TRAKTOR 3 3 178 20 4 2 Use Loops for mixing in and out vVvvyvv vv v VY Yy Set a BEATMARKER and adjust the tempo at a place of the track you likely mix it in Don t worry the BearcripD needs to align only a few bars Set a Loop there most likely not with 32 beats but 8 or 16 beats and save the loop Lock Write the current tempo in the Comment field or even better set a Cue Point at the beginning of a Loop and name it after the bpm value Change the Beatmarker to a FLOATING Cue Point UNLOCK Set a new Beatmarker at the end of the track or where you most likely want to mix out Adjust the tempo Set a new Loop Save the Loop Write the current tempo in the Comment2 field of the Browser or the Cue Point name field Delete the BEATMARKER This way you can have e g a perfect 115 bpm loop in the beginning and a 123 bpm loop at the end which you can use for a perfectly beat matched
6. Remixer Producer Raumton Y Genre Electronic Comment nore 005 no response org 2 Lyrics Rating Y Playcount 5 M BPM 131 998 Bitrate Last Played 2007 S Key Autogain Comment2 imported Path File 3 Restore Y Apply Write Tags fa Read Tags Edit Dialog Y Cat No C Dokumente und Einstellungen muerte Eigene Dateien Traktor3 Playlists Demo nore005 Raumto Cancel nore005 Y Released 2005 1 112 KBit 1950 1 Y OK TRAKTOR 3 3 54 Editing a Single Track Y vvv vv Select a track in the List Winbow by clicking it Right Ctrl Click on the selected track and choose Edit from the pop up menu or use the respective Browser Button The List Winbow turns into the track EbiT DiALoc Edit the desired information for your track Use the drop down menu next to a track property to select a property already stored in your TRACK COLLECTION At the bottom of the dialog you find a button called Restore to undo any changes you have made To apply the changes click the button labeled APPLY or use the respective Browser BUTTON When you are done either confirm with OK or abort by pressing CanceL Of course you can use the respective Browser Buttons here as well Editing a Selection of Tracks If you want to edit all tracks of an ALBum or of a PLavyList select them and choose Edit from the context menu just as you did for editing a single track or use the respective Br
7. 218 Tracks Not Analyzed cccccccecccseeeeceeeeeeeeeeeneeens 52 W Track Start POSION oiae irri a re Ee a e 163 Wave Display ODIN Siroco lee 38 ItackS to Aa Suar 53 Waveforms St era caia lll 196 TRAKTOR File Formats ocococcococococconccnnnos 68 167 Windows XP Optimization cccececeeeeeeeeeeeeees 200 TRAKTOR FO aa 68 Write File Tags ASynC wins ranita 61 TWAS BOY antic E EAT E A 139 Wite Metadatos rte rain 58 Troubleshooting mirne era ias 184 ADIE S ld deat A E 104 U Undo BUON eas ese n e a EER 25 Unlocked Playlist Aodine MaCkor rere re E 63 Deleting TACKS secta alas 63 REA 62 Unlocked Playlists susan lis 62 Lee DOW I rose a 139 WCAC A O 207 o STN A Seaman aeee totes ioees 12 PA wis robb weuanass eqn oatad 107 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ with a Laptop 186 Using the Beatmasher in Musical Values 181 V Visit TRAKTOR 3 on the web ccscececesceceeeeees 20 VOIUING Fader ET 104 TRAKTOR 3 3 219
8. AAC M4A WAV AIFF WMA FLAC OGG Vorbis VVVVVVY Find more information about the supported music file formats especially about the TRAKTOR support of ID3 tags on the following website http www native instruments com traktor3filetype Read more about ID3 tags in chapter 6 3 3 Writing Track Properties into Music Files ID3 Tags A You have to install Quicktime or Tunes to be able to use AAC files in TRAKTOR A You have to install Windows Media Player to be able to use WMA files in TRAKTOR A Music files that are DRM protected cannot be played back in TRAKTOR This affects e g AAC tracks bought in the Tunes store TRAKTOR 3 3 43 6 1 2 Importing your Tracks Managing your tracks in the TRAKTOR CoLLection represents a huge advantage compared to simply organizing your tracks in folders The Track COLLECTION IS a file that categorizes and provides references to the music files on your computer making them easily accessible through various browser features Importing a track into your CoLLEcTION does not actually copy the music file instead it adds the file to the Track Colection list making it easily manageable and searchable Each row in your COLLECTION references a track on your hard drive and contains information about the track such as its location Fite PATH on your computer and standard ID3 tag properties such as Artist TrrLE ALBUM etc However the TRAKTOR Co tLection allows for even more speci
9. Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Utilities gt Audio Midi Setup and click the Audio Devices tab gt For Default Input drop down the menu and make sure your soundcard is displayed in the list If it is not you may need to reinstall the drivers for your sound card 21 4 4 Decks play but there is no Sound Most likely when the decks are playing everything is fine with the soundcard drivers and selection but something may be wrong either in the settings of the internal mixer or in the way you connected your soundcard to your speaker system or headphones gt Look at the Master DeTAILs PANEL and verify that the Master LeveL METER Is showing an output signal TRAKTOR 3 3 193 21 4 5 No Master Level Activity If the Master LeveL Meter shows no output activity gt Verify if the Master VoLuME knob is all the way up gt If so check if the CHANNEL LeveL Meter of the playing track is showing any activity gt If no is there an effect engaged on that channel that might mute the signal gt If no is the EquaLizer set to neutral position P If no is the channel set to ExTERNAL InPuT in the channel header if so switch back to Deck Input with the drop down menu above the Cue and PreFX but ton If the Deck LeveL Meter does show activity check the following settings gt Is the CHANNEL Faber all the wax up gt Is the CHANNEL Gain knob in neutral position gt Is the Crossraber
10. USA sales native instruments com www native instruments com ND NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Native Instruments GmbH 2007 All rights reserved 1 Welcome Words Dear Customer Thank you for choosing TRAKTOR 3 As a legal owner of this software you contribute to the maintenance of the software and to the creation of future updates Since spring 2007 TRAKTOR 3 has a new brother called TRAKTOR Scratch Version TRAKTOR 3 3 merges both worlds by connecting the intuitiveness of turntable controlled playback with the powerful sync and loop tools for which TRAKTOR is known This happens after 8 years of TRAKTOR history initiated by a group of three developers in 1999 In these years the software has grown to a serious project that covers a large variety of user profiles from dance to hip hop and from bedroom to main floor We wish you a great and successful time when driving TRAKTOR 3 Friedemann Becker TRAKTOR 3 3 4 2 System Requirements For latest system requirements compatibility and support of the latest operating systems please see our website at http www native instruments com traktor3 TRAKTOR 3 3 5 3 Installation This chapter explains you in an easy step by step explanation how to install TRAKTOR 3 on your computer 3 1 Start The Splash Screen Insert the TRAKTOR 3 CD in the CD drive of your computer gt Ona PC double click on My Computer then double click on the TRAKOR 3 CD Icon to open the
11. Click the arrow next to BootH Richt and choose Output 6 of your sound card gt The Master Outputs of TRAKTOR are now routed through outputs 5 and 6 of your sound card gt Click on Mono if you want to merge both channels into one channel TRAKTOR 3 3 15 Record Outputs The Record Output is an additional output pair you can use for the recording function of TRAKTOR 3 It is controlled by the Aubio REcorper panel in the DETAILS section If you don t see the Aupio RECORDER panel read more on page 5 4 4 Details Section gt gt gt Click the arrow next to Recorp Lert Mono and choose Output 7 of your sound card Click the arrow next to Record RIGHT and choose Output 8 of your sound card The Master Outputs of TRAKTOR are now routed through outputs 7 and 8 of your sound card 4 3 3 Verifying the Audio Setup To verify the correct setup of your output channels play one of the included Demo TRACKS gt gt In the TREE Winbow on the left double click on PLavyListT Mixes then double click on Demo Tracks to open the Demo PLAYLIST Right Ctrl Click on a Demo Track in the List Winbow and choose Load Track in Deck A This will load the track in Deck A and the track Waverorm will be dis played Click the PLay button underneath Deck A You should hear output from your speakers If the Waverorm does not scroll from right to left after you press the PLay button your Aubio SETUP is incorrect refer to the fo
12. If you are adding similar controls such as Deck seLecr Focus an easier method is DurLicATE This will add a duplicate control identical to the currently selected control P Click on a control in the control list window P Click the DurLicaTe button gt Another identical control will appear in the window gt Click CONTROLLER ATTRIBUTES and select another channel type e g Deck B 14 4 2 Delete If you don t want a control in your list you can delete it gt Click on a control in the control list window gt Click the Derete button gt The control will be deleted from the list 14 4 3 Reset By clicking the Reset button at the top of the settings PREFERENCES window TRAKTOR will immediately clear the control list You can assign the same MIDI Hotkey to more than one function which can be useful in special situations but may be unwanted for other situa tions However if you assign the same MIDI Hotkey to more than one function both lines are lit in red TRAKTOR 3 3 137 14 4 4 MIDI Hotkey Pages The Hotkey Setup and MIDI Setup have more than one page The drop down menu above the table containing the list of assigned controllers shows the currently selected page 1 3 Switching from or to another MIDI Hotkey Pace changes all assigned keys and MIDI triggers it s like loading a totally new assignment file with the difference that the switch is seamless and can be triggered with a Hotkey or a
13. P Any track you have purchased is saved automatically in your TRAKTOR Track COLLECTION gt Purchased tracks contain extensive metadata so there is hardly any need to edit their tags gt Interrupted transfers can be resumed at any time TRAKTOR 3 3 disposes of an improved Beatport integration In the Browser TREE you can find now two new subfolders PuRcHASED Tracks and DOWNLOADS PURCHASED TRACKS IS a playlist file Whenever you buy a track from Beatport a reference to this track is placed in the PurcHaseD Tracks playlist The new FiLe Structure Mope feature also applies to the Purchased Tracks playlist Find more info about the Fite Structure Mope feature in chapter 19 3 2 Collection Preferences The folder DownLoabs shows your current downloads and their download progress 8 1 Beatport Browser Buttons The following Browser Buttons can only be accessed from the Beatport icon If you don t see the Beatport icon in the Tree Winbow uncheck Hine BEATPORT in PREFERENCES gt APPEARANCE gt MISCELLANEOUS gt Buy Previeweo Track Buy the track currently loaded into the preview deck gt Check DownLoabs Checks your download queue for uncompleted downloads gt RerresH Beatport Refreshes the Beatport shop Use after connection prob lems 1 Please keep in mind that you need to be connect ed to the internet in order to use the Beatport store For further information on registration please Current Playlist E
14. Shift Tab Deck Toggle to Last Focus Ctrl Tab Window Layout 1 10 Numeric 1 10 Toggle to Last Layouts Ctrl Numeric 1 Details Page 1 4 Shift Numeric 1 4 TRAKTOR 3 3 208 Browsing Browser List Select Up Down Arrow Up Down Browser List Select All Ctrl A CS ee Loading Load Deck D Ctrl Arrow Right Browser Load Selected Track into Deck TRAKTOR 3 3 209 Playback Sync Loop Loop Set In TRAKTOR 3 3 210 Index Symbols A E 68 Md 68 AI VNU A O 68 Saeta 68 O O 68 A A E A 68 A ADOUE TRAKTOR Sinai ues 20 ACTING EOC kerero ales aE omar atau ahiea med 98 PCC A ban Dict rasta eileen nore eeewtet ined 171 172 Add TOCONCCHION caca lloras 61 Add to Playlist as Next ococococococccncnononononononoso 58 61 Add to Playlhst at ENG sica telecos 58 61 Adj stine the Adi 89 91 Payant Ed oer a wey 164 Advanced CONTO nassi miene ee 26 Allow Inline Editing in List WindowWw o o 169 A ON 47 PMG ZO oido 57 60 Analyze BPM Range cccocooioninciconincici n rara ndan nns 169 Analyzing your track teMpO ococccccconococccnccononinnncos 88 A A A 19 ADD a 58 POW mamona eh eth a ts ee 51 A nD eee ae re 168 PANG BD A Sener ere Meee reece cect eer ce tere eee eee 22 AUTO DEA cios 161 Audio LATE a A e 161 Audio pops clicks and or distortion o o o 188 A a 20 161 Multi Channel SOUNACArd cococcccncococcnnnconinnnnonon 14 OED Bis ROUT elisa dise 162 A
15. Show value when over Control ccccceeeeeeeeee ees 173 Show value when over control ocococcccccccccononononoso 41 CI O 98 Soft Takeover vate id 141 Software Ol AIIM oie tone a in 11 Sorting Unlocked Placa tia 62 So nd Se VIXEN Si is 166 SOU CA 161 SOMA File SIZE is ai di 170 SAUS BA spear tnnvede N E E E 25 Stop Deck at End of Track cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 164 DUNDES panhesdvowesen teste buena A T 24 4 7 SUDO Ol A 0 ae men eens EA AT 205 Ve AP 2 Switch to Absolute Mode after Loading 165 Switch to Absolute Mode in Lead In 165 Switch to Fullscreen on Startup occccocococccno 41 173 DV ING aes ee tale O OEEO EA A E 81 external Hard amp Software ccccceseceeeeeeeeeees 143 SYSTEM MONO A sea eta 22 T Test Drive DEMO MS trae podas 17 CUM dd 18 Test your Soundcard on Mac OS Xo coccccccncononononoss 196 Test your Soundcard on Windows ceeeeee sees 196 Test your Speaker Setup ccccececeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeers 195 Timecode Mpt S seusutsbecein init idol 163 Time Stretching Quality ascsvedesweate car vesriuead coves 83 TIPS TICKS cor avai a a 176 a A A epi abedeacss 23 TOPS CONSOLE ri lla 23 Mo AAA a as ae eee oes es 52 Total Tracks To Analyze 0 52 Track Collections diia 66 Track End Warning DIS asicosuistiew essai 39 A O oea 163 Mack OPUS ari 58 Tracks MSS WS sera iaa 52 Tracks Missing Stripe estaran piro lren lc dalpao ds 52 TRAKTOR 3 3
16. This knob controls the filter in the feedback loop With this knob you can control the color of the delay Turned counter clockwise the high frequencies are damped In center position there is no damping at all Turned clockwise the lower frequencies are damped Tap Click in time on this button to adjust the effect tempo 12 4 7 Reverb gt vvv On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the processed signal and works as dry wet control Turned to 0 lets through a completely unprocessed signal turned to 100 lets through only the processed signal HicH This knob controls the higher cutoff frequency Low This knob controls the lower cutoff frequency Size With this button you can define the size of the reverberation room If you drag the knob completely counter clockwise the reverberation is on its short est value representing a small room and if you set the value to 100 the re verberation is at its maximum value representing a huge room TRAKTOR 3 3 121 12 4 8 Flanger gt gt vv On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the processed signal and works as dry wet control Turned to 0 lets through a completely unprocessed signal turned to 100 lets through only the processed signal Det Wit
17. chapter for optimizing your computer TRAKTOR 3 3 196 21 4 8 get no Response from my MIDI Controller Activate Controller gt gt gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt MIDI Interfaces Make sure there is an X in the active column next to your MIDI device If there is not double click to put an X in the box If your MIDI device does not appear in the list it may not be correctly con nected or installed or it may have been plugged in after startup of TRAKTOR You should restart TRAKTOR Click on MIDI Setup and use Learn to configure your controller Check your Device Manager Windows If your device does not appear in the Interfaces list even after restarting check your MIDI configuration gt vvv Open Start then right ctrl click My Computer choose Properties gt Hardware gt Device Manager Click the Plus sign next to Sound Video and Game Controllers Your MIDI device should be listed here If there is a yellow exclamation mark question mark or if it is not listed at all you may need to reinstall the drivers for your MIDI device or consult its manual for further trouble shooting TRAKTOR 3 3 197 Test MIDI Setup on Mac OS X gt Y vvvv Open Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Utilities gt Audio Midi Setup and click the MIDI Devices tab Your MIDI device sho
18. contact the support and send them your crashlog For PC users Please note that some sound cards may not be able to achieve a comfortable latency If this is the case you may want to try the generic ASIO4ALL driver TRAKTOR 3 3 191 21 4 3 Tracks load but won t play If your waveforms are not moving regardless of pressing Play most likely something is wrong with your SOUNDCARD SETUP Check the Selected Audio Device gt Open TRAKTOR PREFERENCES gt Aubio SETUP gt SOUNDCARD gt Make sure you have selected the correct soundcard The Aupio Device drop down list shows all soundcards that have been installed on your computer 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 soundcard as described further below You may need to deselect and re select your soundcard If this does not work try to select your audio interface confirm with OK and then close and re open TRAKTOR gt gt Check the Audio Midi Setup in Mac OS X To check the correct installation of your soundcard on a Mac do the following gt Open Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Utilities gt Audio Midi Setup and click the Audio Devices tab gt For Default Input drop down the menu and make sure your soundcard is displayed in the list If it is not you may need to r
19. has no mechanical range endless knob and controls the parameter via small increments and decrements Rotary 3Fh 41h is a special type of rotary encoder sending values smaller or higher than the neutral position 40h Button is something with an on off state i e something you can turn on Rotary Sensitivity The Rotary Sensitivity slider determines how far the controller moves per one click of the Rotary Encoper If you have an endless knob this will give it a fixed value for high and low gt Select a control in the MIDI controller list window gt Click the arrow next to ControL Tyre and select Direct from the drop down menu gt Click the arrow next to Mope and select either Rotary or Rotary signed gt You now have control over the Rotary Sensitivity slider Rotary Acceleration The Rotary ACCELERATION Slider determines how the controller behaves when the knob is turned at higher speeds gt Select a control in the MIDI controller list window gt Click the arrow next to Controt Tyre and select Direct from the drop down menu gt Click the arrow next to Mope and select either Rotary or Rotary signed gt You now have control over the Rotary ACCELERATION slider For adapting to various mechanical layouts the direction of motion for Direct con trollers can be inverted with the Invert button The acceleration and sensitivity of rotary en coders can be configured just like a mouse The mouse wheel and
20. it jumps back to the previous Cue Point and continues with the playback when you release the mouse button Cue gt Cue il TRAKTOR 3 3 76 9 1 4 Deck Loop P If you click on Deck Loop button an instant Loop gets created with the amount beats that are displayed gt Right Ctrl Click on the Deck Loop button to define the Loop LENGTH 9 1 5 Set Cue gt Clicking on this button creates a FLoatinc Cue Point as a visual reference or to make use of the Cue PLay and Cue Pause buttons Opposite to Cue Points set with the Cue Enit Paner the FLoatinc Cue Point will not be stored The next time you hit Set Cue or you stop the track a new FLoaTiNG Cue Point is generated Read more about Cue Points in chapter 9 3 Cue Points XE Set Cue TRAKTOR 3 3 77 9 2 Tempo Controls This chapter explains the software tempo controls in TRAKTOR 9 2 1 Pitch Fader By moving the PitcH Faber up or down you can speed up or slow down the tempo of the track The PitcH Faber has just the same functionality as a pitch fader on any standard DJ record player or pitchable CD player Load and play a track in Deck A To slow down the tempo click hold and drag upward on the PitcH FADER Double Click the PitcH Faber to reset it to 0 Use the buttons to change the tempo in steps Use the scroll wheel of your mouse to move the Pitch FADER up or down in steps as well You can assign different sensitivities to
21. the ball below a mechanical mouse are basically the same as a rotary encoder TRAKTOR 3 3 140 14 4 8 Soft Takeover By default the virtual knobs and sliders of TRAKTOR will pick up at the position of the corresponding knob or slider of your MIDI controller By selecting Sort TAKEOVER this works inversely The knob or slider of your MIDI controller will pick up where the knob or slider of TRAKTOR left off 14 4 9 Incremental and Decremental Controllers Controllers working incrementally like repeated clicks of buttons have another set of options Auto Repeat With Auto Repeat enabled a triggered function such as an INCREMENT or DECREMENT can be automatically repeated when the key or button is held down Resolution A Step Size is the distance how far up or down a controller moves The RESOLUTION menu allows you to increase or decrease the Step Size of your incremental or decremental controls gt Use the arrow next to REsoLution to drop down the menu gt Select a Step Size from the menu gt These Step Sizes are the same available for the knobs on the software interface Refer to chapter 5 2 3 Advanced Control to learn more about knob and fader sensitivities TRAKTOR 3 3 141 14 4 10 Save your Controller Settings Once you have completed a controllers configuration you can save it as a TRAKTOR configuration file This file can then be copied to another computer and loaded into TRAKTOR Save Save allows yo
22. want to replay a track later in your set avoiding confusion of it being marked as having already been played gt Show in Explorer Finder By right ctrl clicking on a track you can choose Show in Explorer Finder from the context menu This will display the track in the Windows Explorer or Mac Finder according to your operating system v vv vv Not all file types are sup ported by these opera tions Find a complete list with all supported file formats here http www native instruments com traktor3filetype 1 The played state of your tracks will be reset auto matically after every session i e closing and re opening TRAKTOR will reset the played state TRAKTOR 3 3 58 6 3 6 Deleting Tracks from your Hard Drive The TRAKTOR Browser has no features allowing the physical deleting of tracks from your hard drive 6 4 Working with the Collection and Playlists 6 4 1 New Collection Format TRAKTOR 3 3 uses an updated CoLLection format When starting TRAKTOR 3 3 for the first time after the update you will be informed that importing your old CoLLEcTION will make it incompatible to former versions of TRAKTOR Please confirm the import by clicking OK or cancel it by clicking on CANcEL After importing the CotLection it is written in the new format Older TRAKTOR versions can open CoLLecrtions that are newer than the ones they use If such a COLLECTION is opened the data not known to that TRAKTOR version is
23. 13 1 7 Editing Properties of the Recording Track properties for the Aupio Recorpinc can be edited just like any track in your CoLLecTION either inline in the List Winbow by using the Epit button or through the Enit context menu option Additionally there is a shortcut to the Enit dialog of the currently recording track in the Aupio RecorDER panel called Ebir TRAKTOR 3 3 126 13 2 Native Mix Recording As you have learned TRAKTOR 3 allows you to record your mix as an audio file using the Aupio Recorber panel However TRAKTOR offers a second more advanced way to record your mix called Native Mix RecorbinG This records a control file that contains all fader knob or button actions you performed during the mix Native Mix RECORDING IS proprietary to TRAKTOR meaning it can only be played back with TRAKTOR 3 or the TRAKTOR Player software and only together with the tracks that have been used during the mix During playback TRAKTOR will load the same tracks in the order you mixed them as well as reproduce all fader knob and button actions performed This accurately reproduces your mix Unlike audio recording Native Mix Recorpine results in a file that is far smaller than a recorded audio file Native Mix RecorbinG allows you to stop the recording at any time then seamlessly resume it later on The Native Mix RecorDER will take care of loading the correct tracks at the correct point re syncing them and setting all controls exactly where th
24. 41 Reset hidden dialogs Whenever a dialog in TRAKTOR opens e g if you try to delete a track you can put a checkmark in the field Do Not sHow AGAIN If you do so you won t see this dialog again gt Use the option RESET HIDDEN DIALOGS whenever you want to reset this so that all security dialogs show up again 9 4 8 Customizing the List Window of the Browser The content of the List Winbow can be sorted by any of the visible columns Click on a header to invert the sorting sequence of the column You can hide and show 27 attributes of a track Right Ctrl Click on a headline of the List Window Check an attribute that you would like to have represented as column in the List WINDow Uncheck those attributes that you want to hide Repeat this action until you have configured the headlines you want to be vis ible To change the size of a column drag the line next to it To change the relative position of a column click hold and drag it horizon tally Observe the red line indicating where the column will be inserted when releas ing the mouse button Y vv vv vv TRAKTOR 3 3 42 6 Using the Track Browser Whether you are at home in the studio or DJing at a live gig the Track BROWSER is designed to help manage your songs giving you the easiest quickest access to your songs PLayLists and FAVORITES 6 1 Preparing the Set 6 1 1 Compatible Music File Formats TRAKTOR supports the following music file formats MP3
25. Deck Waverorm display This zooms in on the track Waverorm P Now click the Equal sign This zooms to TRAKTORs default view of the track WAVEFORM gt Now click the Minus sign This zooms out giving a broader view of the track WAVEFORM 9 4 3 Layouts A Layout is the way in which you have the TRAKTOR interface configured Customize your Layouts to create a working environment for specific tasks that fits your needs or use one of the 10 different sample Layouts that are already preconfigured Switching between Layouts gt Click on the Layout SELEcTor for opening the drop down menu showing the available Layouts gt Select one of the available Layouts and observe the changes in the interface gt The 10 Layouts are optimized for typical situations Customizing a Layout gt Switch to the Layout that you intend to customize gt Unlock the selected Layout by opening the drop down menu a second time and un checking the option Lock current Layout of the bottom of the list gt Right Ctrl Click anywhere on the TRAKTOR Heaper to open a menu that shows the currently visible sections in the active Layout P Visible sections are checked invisible sections are un checked Waveform Zoom can also be performed with the scroll wheel of your mouse Hold the mouse over the Waveform and scroll up or down to zoom in or out Effects amp Master v Effects amp Master Beat Juggler Set Beatgrid 4 Full Size Dec
26. MIDI command itself The controllers for switching pages are found in App gt Paces gt MIDI Hotkeys MIDI and Hotkey Paces have one major purpose Allowing you to implement any key as modifier between two functionalities for a knob or button You could for example assign DEFAULT sensitivity for Key changes to a MIDI Hotkey and switch to Fine sensitivity when you additionally press the key F on our keyboard gt Select Page 1 from the drop down menu and assign Hotkeys to Add gt Deck Tempo gt Deck Key Add a Hotkey for increasing and one for decreasing the value via the Dup icate button and choosing the respective ControL Tyre Inc and Dec gt Select Page 2 from the drop down menu and assign the same Hotkeys to Deck Key Now set the Controt Tyre to Fine via the respective dropdown field P Now define a hotkey for switching between MIDI Paces 1 and 2 and assign it to the letter F 14 4 5 Controller Types gt Direct is used to control parameters within a definable range via faders or knobs gt Inc amp Dec are used to control parameters within a range via buttons or keys on your keyboard by stepwise incrementing and decrementing the value of the parameter TRAKTOR 3 3 138 vvv vv Vv v VW Yy Reset is used to set a value at which a button or key resets to e g the pitch fader resets to the middle position Toggle is used to control buttons with an On Orr state e g the PLay Pause button Ho
27. Search Results IE Track Collection lx Explorer si Playlists Mixes 5 Audio Recordings Mix Recordings r iTunes History i Beatport Purchased Tracks i Downloads TRAKTOR 3 3 73 8 2 Beatport Find More Button In the List Window you will notice a small downwards pointing arrow in many of the track property fields This is the Finn More button used to search tracks within the Beatport store that have the same entry in that field gt Inthe List Winbow click the Fino More Button next to an Artist NAME gt TRAKTOR will search the Beatport store for tracks of the same ARTIST Artist Ronald van Aggelen Breltbannt Arthur Oskan Raumton 1 If you don t see the Find More button turn on the Beatport store in Preferences gt Appearance gt Miscellaneous by unchecking the box Hide Beatport TRAKTOR 3 3 74 9 Controlling the Decks This chapter addresses the general deck behavior including the tempo controls and the very interesting chapter about Cue Points 9 1 Deck Controls gt In Internal Mope click and hold the track Waverorm This is like putting your hand on a vinyl record to pause playback gt While holding the mouse button move the mouse backward and forward This moves the Waveform similar to scratching a vinyl record gt Release the mouse button The track will begin playing from the point at which you release it gt Right Ctrl Click on the Wavero
28. Section If everything is setup properly you will see the RECORDING LeveL Meter flash with the music 13 1 2Adjusting the Input Level Once you have selected your input device and chosen your input channels you should test your input signal level This requires the use of the Aupio RECORDER panel in the DETAILS SECTION gt gt gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click on a blank area of the Detaits Section and choose Audio Recorder Play a track from any of your input sources Your input level will be displayed in the level meters of the Aubio RECORDER panel Use the Gain knob for adjusting the recording level the meter range should show peaks in the upper third To avoid distortion or clipping make sure the level doesn t reach the maximum amount at the top of the meter range TRAKTOR 3 3 124 13 1 3Recording your Input Signal P Open the Aubio Recorper folder icon in the TREE Winbow gt Click on the Record button in the Aupio RecorDer panel gt TRAKTOR 3 will begin recording your input signal The file size of your recording and time elapsed will be displayed in the Display Winbow of the Aubio RECORDER panel gt The recording will appear as track in the Aupio Recorper folder and will have a time stamp in its name gt Click on the Record button in the Aupio RecorDer panel to stop recording gt You can instantly drag the recording into a deck and play it 13 1 4Cut amp Continue While recording you ca
29. Use this button to switch to FuLLscreeN Mope Read more about how to configure FULLSCREEN Mope in chapter 5 4 7 Miscellaneous Display Options NI Logo Clicking on the NI Loco opens the Asout window like clicking on the TRAKTOR logo 5 1 3 Details Section Channel F 92 LP Q L Fra The Details Section is the part directly underneath the Header This window is fully customizable and used to display the messages window as well as many different Panes controlling TRAKTOR 3 Find a detailed explanation of all Detaits Panels in chapter 5 4 4 Details Section TRAKTOR 3 3 23 a 5 1 4 Decks A wow 0000 sos lt lt gt gt me b The Decks have a header showing File Info Phase Meter Pitch Bend Buttons Master Slave and Sync Buttons a detailed waveform a graphical track overview Stripe and a few playback control buttons underneath They are referred to as Deck A and C for the left decks and Deck B and D for the right decks Read a detailed explanation of all Deck features in chapter 9 Controlling the Decks TRAKTOR 3 3 24 5 1 5 Browser The Track Browser of TRAKTOR 3 On the left you see the Browser Tree Window which contains top down the SEARCH Winbow and the Unbo Buttons the Preview Player the Browser TREE and the BROWSER BUTTONS as well as the Status Bar and the Proaress Bar On the right you see the List Winpow with the customizable Browser Columns and th
30. and the BPM does not correspond to a correct value you have the following possibilities to solve the situation gt Click on the arrow beneath the BPM value in the BPM details panel and select Restore to reload the BPM value stored in the CoLLection for this track gt Select a BPM Rance by clicking on the downwards pointing arrow next to the BPM value and choosing one of the offered options to transform the auto matically generated BPM value into the selected interval gt Tap 4 7 times to the rhythm of the beat to transform the automatically de tected BPM value into a value close to the tempo of your tapping gt Tap over 8 times to enter the BPM manually based on the tempo of your tap ping TRAKTOR 3 3 92 Beatless Intros and tracks with different tempi Sometimes you might have tracks that come with a beatless intro that irritates and influences TRAKTORs BPM detection For these you can generate a Local BPM value by just one click giving you a very precise tempo at a certain point e g when the bass drum of the track starts gt In the overall waveform Stripe click on the part where you want to get the tempo from gt Inthe BPM panel click on the downwards pointing arrow and choose LocaL BPM gt You ll get a very precise tempo value back for this part of the track Setting a Beatgrid for Tracks recorded from Vinyl Since a turntable s tempo always fluctuates a little bit a vinyl ripped track may drift
31. and PHMix Phones Mix knobs in the and 2 for monitoring as many internal mixer of TRAKTOR 3 sound cards with headphones Click the arrow next to Monitor Lert Mono and choose Output 1 of your sound connectors identify them as card Outputs 1 and 2 gt Click the arrow next to Monitor Richt and choose Output 2 of your sound card gt You can now monitor or pre listen to tracks through the outputs 1 and 2 of your sound card gt Click on Mono if you want to merge both channels into one channel TRAKTOR 3 3 14 Master Outputs The Master Output is an output pair directed at the audience It is controlled by the CHANNEL FADERS and the Crossraper in the internal mixer of TRAKTOR 3 gt Click the arrow next to Master Lert Mono and choose Output 3 of your sound card gt Click the arrow next to Master RicHt and choose Output 4 of your sound card gt The Master Outputs of TRAKTOR are now routed through outputs 3 and 4 of your sound card Booth Outputs The BootH Output is an additional output pair directed to the DJ booth In large rooms the sound can be reflected and delayed making exact beatmatching imprecise or impossible at all Extra booth boxes help you mix tighter The BootH Output VoLume is controlled by the BootH panel in the Details section If you don t see the BootH panel read more on page 5 4 4 Details Section gt Click the arrow next to BootH Lert Mono and choose Output 5 of your sound card gt
32. contains the correct information Y vV yY vv Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Broadcasting Adjust the proxy setting according to your current internet configuration If you are not using a proxy simply check USE DIRECT CONNECTION Next input the address of the Icecast server you want to connect to This can be either a hostname or an IP address Specify the port where the server can be reached Most servers use the default setting of 8000 Input 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 Choose the streaming format and quality Keep in mind that with a higher bi trate more bandwidth is used for every single stream Therefore fewer slots are available and fewer listeners can tune in at the same time Finally you can specify the client Metapata setting This information helps to tag your audio stream Be specific in your description the easier it is to iden tify the musical content of your stream the more likely listeners will tune in TRAKTOR 3 3 149 Once the necessary configurations have been done you can start your live stream To do this open the Aubio RecorDER panel in the DETAILS SECTION gt gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click a blank area of the DETAILS SECTION Choose the Aupio REcorDER panel Click the BRoapcast tower symbol If the symbol starts flashing the connection with t
33. content of the CD Double Click Traktor_3_Installation_ Menu gt Ona Mac the TRAKTOR 3 CD con will be displayed on the desktop Click on it to open the content of the CD Click on Traktor_3_Installation Menu This starts the TRAKTOR 3 Splash Screen that lets you choose between different possible actions Follow the forthcoming chapters to make the right decisions regarding the needed installations for your package and the right order of these installations TRAKTOR 3 3 6 TRAKTOR 3 Installation CO INSTALL TRAKTOR 3 INSTALL NI SERVICE CENTER NI DJ DIVISION SHOWROOM Quit 3 2 Windows XP Installation This section describes the installation and the uninstall processes on a Windows PO 3 2 1 Installing TRAKTOR 3 gt On the Splash Screen choose Insta TRAKTOR 3 gt A dialog opens that welcomes you to the installation of TRAKTOR 3 Click on Next to proceed gt Inthe next window you are prompted to agree to the license agreement Click on Accept to proceed gt The next window lets you choose an installation folder Click Next to proceed with the default installation folder TRAKTOR 3 3 7 gt gt In the next screen you can choose a program group where the TRAKTOR 3 icon will be added to You should leave it in the default path and proceed with Next Now the installation is running At the end of this process a dialog asks you whether you want to see the Welcome pdf create a shortcut on the d
34. gt Close TRAKTOR gt Make a backup of the file collection nm found in the folder user gt Traktor3 Mac My Documents gt Traktor3 PC before deleting it gt Restart TRAKTOR with an empty COLLECTION gt Import the backup of the CoLLecrtion as described above 1 TRAKTOR only saves 10 backups after which it replaces the oldest backup with the second oldest one You should therefore make a manual backup of the current status of the Collection by copying such a backup file to a separate folder not accessed by TRAKTOR The file Traktor DJ Studio 3 Settings xml contains your layout settings and is saved always to your Traktor3 folder Backup this file as well 1 Although TRAKTOR gives you the choice to store your Track Collection and Playlists in different directories it is best to keep these files orga nized in the default manner as this makes it much easier to track down problems TRAKTOR 3 3 70 Store 8 Beatport Online Dance Music Home First Time Start Here Labels Artists Mixes Usemame Password New Release Classic View All Sign In Register Forgot Pass Gift Card The Monstrous Surplus Pluramon GCleA el Lf bods 2 COMPLED BY N i E 4 Ber sE ai ve T karaoke kalk Featured Charts 2007 10 02 Top Downloads 01 Let It Go Axwell Remix Let It Go pa ogr Axtone Records ELISSE Dirty South Axwell y 2007 09 27 I Oxia Beatport
35. medium processor gt Use Phase Vocoper with a fast processor Mixer gt Auto CrossFaDE Time This slider adjusts the amount of time it will take for the auto crossfade feature to crossfade between tracks A This setting is very de pendant of your system s tech specs The higher the Cache setting the higher the stress for your computer When choosing a setting leave always enough head room for the actual RAM of your computer especially if you re hav ing audio dropouts or other per formance Issues TRAKTOR 3 3 166 19 3 Browser Preferences 19 3 1 Data Location This menu contains the locations of various file types used In TRAKTOR 3 LE gt gt gt Click on the button next to a file type to change the location of the folder Click on App to add a music folder You can choose multiple music folders Click on DELETE or CHANGE to delete or change your music folder s 19 3 2 Collection Preferences gt IMPORT Music FOLDERS AT STARTUP With this selected each time TRAKTOR is started it will automatically import all tracks in your Music Fo_per that have not already been imported DETERMINE TRACK TIME AUTOMATICALLY BEFORE ANALYSIS With this option checked TRAKTOR estimates the track time before exactly analyzing it PERFORM AUTOMATIC BACKGROUND ANALYSIS ON COLLECTION LoAD Import Performs an automatic analysis of all tracks of the CoLLection not yet analyzed when im ported PERFORM AUTOMATIC B
36. of a Forwarp and Backwarb button pair right ctrl click the Forward button and choose a new length number from the drop down menu To change the Loop Enp point in finer increments use the Continuous ConT buttons 10 3 4 Loop Move Once you have established a clean Loop you can move the entire Loop forward or backward gt Play a track in Deck A and set a 4 beat Loop gt Right Ctrl Click a blank area of the DETAILS Section and choose Loop Move from the drop down menu gt The Loop Move module will appear with buttons that enable you to move the entire Loop forward or backward gt Click the forward button labeled Loop gt This will move the Loop forward by the amount it was set to For instance if you set a 4 beat Loop this would move the Loor forward 4 beats gt When the track marker reaches the Loop Start point the track will begin loop ing again 1 Leaving the Snap button in the Loop Set module enabled while resizing a Loop can block or modify resizing because the new size may be smaller than the Beatgrid 1 Leaving the Snap button in the Loop Set panel enabled while moving a Loop can block or modify the step size be cause the increments may be smaller than the Beatgrid TRAKTOR 3 3 100 P Now click the backward Loop button gt The entire Loop will move backwards 4 beats and begin looping from the start point 10 3 5 Storing of Loops TRAKTOR allows you to store up to 10 Lo
37. output The Recorbinc outputs are used to send the Master output signal from TRAKTOR 3 to a Separate mixer input or recording device for recording your mix Mono Click this to merge the channels for mono mode TRAKTOR 3 3 162 19 1 3Input Routing In Channel A D Use this menu to configure TRAKTOR 3 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 Swap Input Channel Click on the respective buttons to swap the channels A and B or C and D 19 1 4Tracking This submenu Is about TRAKTOR Scratch PREFERENCES Timecode Inputs The Controt SIGNAL figures give you a basic idea of the quality of the CONTROL SIGNAL Record Speed Put a checkmark in the 45 RPM handling mode if you prefer this over 33 RPM Track Start Position You can choose the start position of the tracking here This is useful if gt You want to sticker your record with a lead in sticker gt The beginning of your control record is worn out or scratched TRAKTOR 3 3 163 19 2 Deck Preferences 19 21 Loading Security gt No LoabinG TRACK WHILE DECK IS PLAYING Secures you from accidentally loading a track into a deck that is playing in the main mix gt Stop Deck at Enp or Track Stops the playback of a deck when a track is at its end Reset Controls gt Reset Deck CONTROLS WHEN LOADING TRACK Resets all deck con
38. own tracks as their gt After a short loading time you see the Waverorm of your track building up in the tempo has to be analyzed in order display for this function to work properly P Click and hold one of your tracks and drag it form the external window to the Read more about the import and TRAKTOR 3 window and into Deck B the BPM detection of TRAKTOR gt Play and mix the tracks as you have learned in the previous section 3 on page 54 Beatgrids TRAKTOR 3 3 18 5 User Interface 9 1 Features and Terminology Before we dive into the wealth of features and options let s get an overview about the most important elements of TRAKTORs interface and where to find the most basic features 9 1 1 Application Menu Traktor 3 Native Instruments Fie View slim Launch Service Center Open Manual Visit Traktor 3 on the web About Traktor 3 header The Application Menu gives access to basic functions and information about the software T 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 TRAKTOR 3 3 19 gt Preferences Opens the PREFERENCES window P Audio Setup Opens the Sounbcarb sub menu of the PREFERENCES gt MIDI Setup Opens the MIDI Interfaces sub menu of the PREFERENCES gt Exit Cl
39. should test your audio setup with another standard music software installed on your computer A Before unplugging the cables verify if you have turned the volume of your ampli fier and speakers safely down as hot unplugging cables can cause damage to your amplifier and speaker system TRAKTOR 3 3 195 Test your Soundcard on Mac OS X gt gt gt gt Open Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Utilities gt Audio Midi Setup and click the Audio Devices tab For Default Input Output and System Output drop down each menu and select your audio device Open iTunes and play back an audio file or song If you do not hear sound your speaker setup is not configured properly Test your Soundcard on Windows gt gt gt gt Open Start gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices gt Audio For Sound Playback gt Default Device drop down the menu and select your soundcard audio device Open the Windows Media Player and load and play a song If you do not hear sound your speaker setup is not configured properly 21 4 1 The Waveforms or other Graphics Pause or Stutter If the graphics of TRAKTOR pause or stutter follow the same instructions above to check your system specs raise the audio latency and test with the built in sound card Lower your CacHe settings and use a lower Key Lock quality Also refer to the next
40. special PLayListT that gives you information about what tracks you played during a gig It has a timestamp and will be created after every session you make so that every time you close TRAKTOR you will find the history of what you have done the next time you open TRAKTOR It is very useful if you have to handout a PLay ist of the actual played tracks of an evening or just to review what you were doing last night gt In the Tree Winbow double click on the PLaAyList folder and then another double click on the History folder gt If this was not the first time you opened TRAKTOR you will see several PLAYLISTS with a timestamp at the beginning for every session you made with TRAKTOR gt History Play ists are locked by default If you are already working with TRAKTOR several months this list can become very large often containing PLAyLists with only a few tracks It s a good habit to rename History PLayLists of successful evenings which makes finding them way easier than only with the timestamp name TRAKTOR 3 3 64 You can do everything you re used to do with PLay ists including deleting a PLAYLIST but for the History PLaytists this little trick might suit you better gt gt gt In the Windows Explorer Mac Finder navigate to your Traktor3 folder and open the Playlists folder and in there the History Folder You will see the list of all your History PLAYLISTS As a rule of thumb every track in a l
41. t SHow THis Acain checkbox 19 8 External Sync 19 8 1 MIDI Clock gt MIDI InterFace Select a MIDI interface to which TRAKTOR 3 will send MIDI clock gt Seno Mini Clock Select this for TRAKTOR 3 to send MIDI clock gt MIDI CLocktime OrrseT Use this slider to adjust the MIDI clock offset 19 8 2 Open Sound Control OSC Use this menu to configure TRAKTOR 3 for Open Sound Control OSC 19 8 3 Detailed OSC Options Use this menu to configure the detailed OSC information Read more on page 90 Synchronizing external Hardware and Software TRAKTOR 3 3 174 19 8 4 Open Sound Control gt gt Activate LocaL IP This enables OSC The Local IP Address of your computer will be recognized automatically and displayed in the window next to ACTIVATE Loca IP LocaL IDENTIFIER This is the name other OSC clients use to identify you This can be any name you like When changing the name of the Local IDENTIFIER make sure to click the APPLY button next to the Local IDENTIFIER box This con firms the change Tempo Sync Master This will send the Master Cock signal to other clients on the network TEMPO SYNC Source This will make TRAKTOR 3 the Sync Stave Use the drop down menu next to Tempo Sync Source to select the master source from which TRAKTOR will receive sync information SEND CONTROLS To This will allow TRAKTOR to send OSC control data to other clients Use the drop down menu next to SEND ControLs to select the clien
42. that the mix volume does not overload and clip When exporting has finished the audio file s will be saved in the folder you chose 13 2 9 Exchanging Native Mixes with Other Traktor Users To playback a Native Mix you need 3 components gt gt gt The Native Mix file nmx The audio files of the tracks used in the mix TRAKTOR 3 If you want to share a Native Mix with somebody else you have to give him the Mix Fite and all the tracks that have been used for the mix You can create a copy of this set of files in the following manner gt gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click on the Mix Recorpines icon in the TREE WINDow From the context menu choose the option Export A dialog will ask you for the location of the Mix Fite and for the path where the files should be exported After successful export it is useful to create a ZIP archive of the folder contain ing all the tracks and the Mix FiLe before sending it out TRAKTOR 3 3 132 14 MIDI and Hotkeys 14 1 Controlling TRAKTOR with MIDI and Hotkeys Virtually every feature of the TRAKTOR interface is capable of being controlled by MIDI or by Hotkeys keyboard shortcuts The reaction of TRAKTOR can be customized in a large variety of modes These settings can become very complex and they can therefore be saved ina preset file and shared with other users This file can be stored and loaded with the Loan and Save buttons in the Hotkey or MIDI Setup page of the PREFE
43. the changes Stripe View This is a TRAKTOR Scratch Preference explained in chapter 18 2 TRAKTOR Scratch Preferences TRAKTOR 3 3 39 Play Marker Position This slider adjusts the position of the vertical red line called PLaymarker This is where your track starts to play from P Load a track into a Deck gt Move the PREFERENCES window beneath the Deck gt Move the slider to a different value gt Click AppLy to preview the result Show Phase Meter With the option SHow Phase Meter unchecked the Phase Meter will not be visible If you check this option you will see the Phase Meter appear above the Waverorm 9 4 7 Miscellaneous Display Options Other adjustable settings of TRAKTORs appearance can be found in Preferences gt Appearance gt Miscellaneous Fullscreen Mode You can use the scale method to stretch TRAKTOR to fit your whole screen or you can use FULLSCREEN mode The advantage of using FULLSCREEN mode Is that nothing on your computer screen will be visible or controllable other than the TRAKTOR interface For instance If using a Mac the dock will not be visible If using Windows the taskbar and start menu will not be visible gt Click the FuLLscreeN button located at the top of the TRAKTOR interface to enter and exit FULLSCREEN mode This will fill your entire screen with the TRAKTOR inter face This looks great if you re performing live TRAKTOR 3 3 40 gt If your screen re
44. the mouse backward or forward This will navigate through the STRIPE Waverorm similar to moving a slider TRAKTOR 3 3 29 9 3 9 Vinyl Mode In this mode the Waverorm can be manipulated like a vinyl record and the mouse pointer won t snap to beats in the Waverorm P Click and hold the track Waverorm This is like putting your hand on a vinyl record to pause playback gt While holding the mouse button move the mouse backward and forward This moves the Waverorm similar to scratching a vinyl record gt Release the mouse button The track will begin playing from the point at which you release it gt Right Ctrl Click on the Waveform to start and stop playback 9 4 Adjusting the Look of TRAKTOR Whether you would like to take advantage of advanced features or simply wish to perform basic mixing the TRAKTOR interface can be adjusted for your specific needs 9 4 1 Scalability The TRAKTOR interface can be scaled to the size of your liking gt Click hold and drag the bottom right corner of the TRAKTOR window This will expand and or contract the TRAKTOR interface while simultaneously resiz ing all TRAKTOR sections TRAKTOR 3 3 30 9 4 2 Waveform Zoom Each Deck offers the ability to zoom in or out on a track Waverorm Zooming in on a Waverorm can be helpful in finding a more accurate Cue Point Zooming out will give you a broader view of the Waverorm gt Click the Pus sign button in the upper corner of the main
45. to import your iTunes library as well as individual iTunes playlists In TRAKTOR 3 3 the way of the iTunes import is slightly changed The file path to your Tunes library chosen in Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Data Location used to point to the folder of your Tunes library Now you have to point TRAKTOR exactly to the exact Tunes library file usually named Tunes Music Library xml And all you have to do now is to click on the Tunes icon in the TREE Winbow of the BROWSER 6 4 11Connecting your iPod TRAKTOR allows you to not only play non DRM protected tracks from your iPod but also from playlists stored on your Pod Start TRAKTOR and plug your Pod into your computer TRAKTOR will then recognize your iPod and display the iPod icon in the browser tree this may take up to 10 seconds This change was imple mented because the li brary files of iTunes versions prior version 4 9 were named differ ently Another reason for this change was that now you can rename your iTunes library file and still make it usable in TRAKTOR by pointing it to the exact file instead of a folder TRAKTOR 3 3 66 When first selecting the iPod the message Loapine will appear to let you know that TRAKTOR is reading the track and playlist information The word QueuepD next to an iPod playlist means that it will be read next When finished you will be able to select any non DRM protected track to play as you normally wou
46. track into a deck If you want to add additional markers proceed as follows gt Click the PLay button in the Native Mix RECORDER panel gt Listen for a spot in the mix you would like a marker to be placed gt Click the Set button in the Native Mix RECORDER panel gt Let the mix play click the Ser button again to set another marker 13 2 5 Skip and Seek Buttons The Skip and Seek buttons in the Native Mix RECORDER are used to navigate through your recorded mix as you would do on a CD player The Skip buttons skip to the next or to the previous marker in the mix Use these buttons to find a specific point in your mix then play the mix overdub it or to delete an unwanted marker 1 You can resume a transi tion in the middle of your mix file but all following mixes have to be re done as well To seek through the Mix Recording in larger in crements hold down the Shift key of your computer keyboard while clicking the Seek buttons TRAKTOR 3 3 129 13 2 6 Fix the Mix with Overdub If you hear something in the mix you do not like the Native Mix RecorDER offers an OverbusB feature that allows you to fix It gt Click on the Mix Recorpine folder icon gt Click PLav Mix to play back the recorded mix gt Just before you reach the point in the mix that you would like to fix click the Recorb button gt Make whatever adjustments you need to make For example raise the gain knob for Deck B gt The Dus b
47. track pad or mouse without a second button you can utilize these functions by pressing and holding the CTRL key of your computer keyboard while clicking FX F B2 LP FX F 82 LP TRAKTOR 3 3 26 Plus and Minus Buttons and Mouse Wheel gt gt gt Each click on the Pus button next to a knob moves the value of the knob incrementally up Each click on the Minus button next to a knob moves the value of the knob incrementally down Turning the mouse wheel will adjust the parameter by one increment for each step of the wheel Sensitivities TRAKTOR 3 offers five sensitivities for the incremental control of parameters gt gt gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click on the PLus 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 be havior of the knob has changed The small bar of dots below the knob only visible when you hover over the control change accordingly One single dot remains if you have chosen min the full bar of 9 dots appears if you have chosen switch Right Ctrl Click Functions gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click hold and drag a knob A Guost Pointer will appear in red although the knob itself will not move Keep holding the right mouse button then left click and hold This will bring the knob to the value of the GHost Pointer K
48. track playing in Deck A will be heard Click the PLay button underneath Deck A The track in Deck A will begin playing and the track tempo will be displayed in the file info section in the upper part of the deck along with other useful infor mation Underneath Deck B click the PLay button The Demo Track in Deck B will begin to play but you won t hear it in the main mix vv vv vy TRAKTOR 3 3 17 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 Click the Sync button above Deck B The tempo of the track in Deck B now matches the tempo of Deck A Click hold and drag the CrossrADER slowly to the right You will hear the track from Deck B slowly blend in with the track in Deck A eventually becoming the main audible track vvwvvv 4 4 2 Test Driving on Your own Music You now have learned enough to make a few mixes with the included tracks As you probably already have a collection of music files on your hard drive you might want to test drive TRAKTOR 3 with your own music Nothing is simpler than that gt Open a window of the Mac Finder or the Windows Explorer containing the tracks that you want to play You may not be able to gt Click and hold one of your tracks and drag it from the external window to the use the Sync function TRAKTOR 3 window and into Deck A with your
49. tracks and then pressing the Delete button Drag and Drop the PLaytist to be played in AutopLay mode into the CURRENT PLAYLIST Put the tracks into the desired order Load the first track into Deck A Start playing Deck A and pull up the volume on CHANNEL A In the Master panel click on PLay to enable AutorLaY mode You will observe the CHANNEL FADERS and the CROSsFADER adjust to AUTOPLAY mode The Play button in the Master Details does not start or stop playback of any deck One of the decks supporting Autoplay must be already playing to switch on Autoplay mode TRAKTOR 3 3 151 gt TRAKTOR 3 will load the next track from the Current PLayList into Deck B and when the track in Deck A ends it will blend in the track in Deck B gt To restart playback at the top when AutorLay has reached the bottom of a playlist check the option AutoPLa Loops PLayList in Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Collection Preferences 17 1 2Switching to Autoplay during a manual DJ Mix You don t always need to play the whole playlist when using AutoPLay Also during a normal DJ set you can seamlessly switch into AutoPLay if you need a break You can seamlessly resume as well Before switching to AutoPLay during a DJ set please check the following settings gt Sort the Current PLayLisT by icon to put the already played tracks to the top gt Is the Gain button in the Master details lit AUTOGAIN gt Is the currentl
50. transition This tip was shared by forums user native_girl TRAKTOR 3 3 179 20 5 Organizing Playlists Per default there is only one level under the PLay ist folder besides the pre installed Demo History ITunes and Mixes folders If you use PLavLists a lot you will soon find this a bit limiting So if you want to categorize your PLayLists into a deeper hierarchy do as follows gt Close TRAKTOR gt Open the Windows Explorer or respectively the Mac Finder gt Navigate to the folder My Documents Traktor3 Playlists for Windows or HD User Traktor3 for Mac P Add new directories depending on your operating system gt Move PLaytists into desired folders and organize them in the new directories to your liking o gt Open TRAKTOR again and see these new directories appear under the Playlists THIS tip was Snareo Dy torumuser directory electric surge 20 6 Synchronize the Auto Crossfade with the BPM of your mix Imagine you want to tweak a transition between two tracks with effects Obviously impossible with only two hands and a mouse so you d most likely use the Auto CrossFADE to have your hands free for the effects controls But why not do the Auto CrossraDE synchronized with the tempo of the tracks for a more subtle result TRAKTOR 3 3 180 Here s how It works gt gt gt gt gt Load two tracks in Deck A and B and synchronize the BPM Divide the beats per minute by 60 and you ll h
51. with your audio interface Thus the computer does not need to handle devices that are currently not being used Besides that laptops often are equipped with built in devices that tend to disturb audio processing An example is a wireless LAN card In case you experience serious dropouts you might need to disable these devices while working with your audio interface Disable devices in Windows XP Right click on My Computer gt Properties gt Hardware gt Device Manager to open the device manager Double click on a device to bring up its properties dialog On the bottom of this pane you can disable the device via the drop down menu Deactivate it and hit OK You should see a red cross over the device which means that it has been deactivated TRAKTOR 3 3 187 Common built in devices are network adapters wireless LAN cards Bluetooth ports infrared ports printer ports etc Try to disable the network adapter and wireless LAN card first as they are the most common problem causing devices in audio processing Make sure that you do not disable devices that are indispensable for your laptop to work properly Here is a list of devices that you should not deactivate System timer Keyboard System CMOS real time clock Microsoft ACPI Compliant System Numeric data processor Primary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel Graphics Controller Ultra ATA Storage Controllers Disable devices on Macintosh OS X If you h
52. you hold Punch Channel Gain Punch Ext Talk TRAKTOR 3 3 111 11 2 5 Gain Manual Adjusting Before mixing in a track you need to calibrate the channel volume so that when the fader is set to the maximum its level is matching that of the other decks gt YYY vVVVVYVY Open the Demo PLaytist by double clicking on the PLay ist folder in the Browser TREE opening the Demo Fotper by double clicking on it and then clicking on Demo Load the track Traktor Demo 1 by dragging it on Deck A Load the track Traktor Demo 1 by dragging it on Deck B Drag the CRossFADER all to the left On Deck A click on the Pray button You will see the white channel gain meters flashing up and down Drag the Gain BUTTON down and observe the changes in the channel gain me ters Click the PLay button of Deck B Click the Cue BUTTON above the CHANNEL VOLUME FADER A pair of blue level meters appears in the CHANNEL Faber They represent the Master level and offer a visual reference to adjust the Gain of the channel so that it matches the volume of the master once the channel fader is open all the way Turn the CHANNEL GAIN KNOB Of Deck B to approximately match the intensities of the white channel and the blue master signal You can now be sure that the new track will not appear too loud or too quiet when the CHANNEL VOLUME FADER is set to maximum TRAKTOR 3 3 112 11 2 6 Gain Auto Gain To avoid the manual adjustment of
53. you make are furnished with cookies so they should automatically be reproduced when you enter a second support request In your communication with the support team keep in mind that you should offer as much information as possible about your hardware your operating system and the software you are running to give the possibility to help you In your description you should mention gt How to reproduce the problem P What you have already done to try to fix the problem gt A description of your setup including all hardware and software involved gt The exact model and technical specifications of your computer 23 2 Forum In the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS User Forum you can discuss directly with other users and with experts from NATIVE INSTRUMENTS that moderate the forum The TRAKTOR Forum s address Is http www native instruments com forum forumdisplay php f 105 TRAKTOR 3 3 206 23 3 Updates Whenever you encounter problems you should also check if you have the latest software installed Click on the TRAKTOR logo to display the version number Updates are released regularly to fix known problems and to constantly improve the software TRAKTOR 3 3 207 24 Hotkeys TRAKTOR 3 has over 500 assignable functions The most important of them for a live context have been assigned to keys on your computer keyboard The file containing this preset is named TDS3Keyboard tks Focus Layouts Deck Focus Next Previous Tab
54. you use External Mixer Mode the Mixer Strip is disabled and therefore made in visible TRAKTOR 3 3 114 12 Effects TRAKTOR 3 offers six different effects that can be applied to each of the four decks as well as the master signal It is important to understand how these effects work in order to use them intuitively Especially in time sensitive situations such as playing in front of an audience you will only use the functions you feel most comfortable working with Therefore please take your time and make yourself familiar with each effect so that you can be truly creative in your application 12 1 Choosing a Channel Effect Channel Delay CaN ow Master Reverb Amt Fdb Freq Spd Amt High Low Size 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 On Freeze Quant Tap On Freeze There are two ways in which the parameters of the CHANNEL ErrecT can be viewed and manipulated gt Right Ctri Click the HEADER and select Show Mixer FX Controls from the drop down menu gt Click on the small downwards pointing arrow and choose one of the available options gt Select the panel CHANNEL Errect from the DETAILS SECTION gt Click on the small downwards pointing arrow and choose one of the available options TRAKTOR 3 3 115 12 2 Choosing a Master Effect The Master EFrect can be accessed in a similar way gt Master Errect controls are visible in the Mixer Master CONTROLS in the center of the mixer gt Click on the small downwards pointing ar
55. 23 Browser Preferences Controller Attributes 171 172 Data LOCAU Oesa a em Tee 167 Controller Type S uni odiada 138 Browser IOC enoe E a AA AE 25 E a E EAA A EEE EEA 22 Browser Tree WINdOW ccccececeececeseeeeseseeeeaeees 25 Crossfade Button Preferences sa da 22 Automati Cere m fica a a EA aE 110 Buy Previewed Tracks 73 mereme mali a 110 Cross 103 109 Cross adi acord E anus orcas ee 109 C A A NA 76 A Gavan AE deter 166 UGE IP TAs ccruten cua A 76 Cancel A E E 57 CUS DUTON sr E N AA 104 A A E A NE 104 CUCINE a ea E wanes 108 TRAKTOR 3 3 212 Cue Points A Nr uana enone pte wean 85 ole inset Ren aoe nea er ete rece ener tt on rrr 84 O O A OsteTreuds 84 RE 83 SOC dic a ads 85 A A hanna ema tata 84 Cue to Marker when Loading Track 0cceceees 164 current lia ista actes 65 D Data Loc OM ricota valorara aos 46 Deck External switch oocococcoconococcononocinnononon 104 DE Asta lr 24 DOCK Brassica i e 24 DECKO orno Is 24 SEke P E E E A E TA 27 A O O 121 Delta dio 57 60 137 Deletine Tracks iaa R aaia 59 Details Secta 23 33 Determine track time automatically 167 E A ences 51 Difficult tracks and easy solutions ccccceeee eens 92 O 138 Direct Mode for specific HotkeyS occocococccnonoc 139 o A ventas AN 170 A O deus 137 Duplicate DOG inte totes texte avin Miva nvanacnmie cca gol 96 0 Ua Cee ten POT tena R nC E 57 A A alaeriaviiat tenes 54 Editing Sele
56. ACKGROUND ANALYSIS WHEN LOADING INTO Deck This option trig gers the analysis only when loading a 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 SHow CoNSsISTENCY CHECK REPORT ON STARTUP With this selected the ConsIsTENCY Check Report will be displayed each time you start TRAKTOR This report displays information about your Track CoLLeEcTION and gives options to manage it Read more about TRAKTORs dif ferent file types in chapter 7 1 TRAKTOR File Formats and the Traktor3 Folder Analysis is a process generating high CPU load Due to lower prioritization of the analysis process there is no risk of slowdowns for TRAKTOR itself but when using additional software contemporarily to TRAKTOR you may note that this software performs slower than usual TRAKTOR 3 3 167 gt ID3 Tac Moe This selects how the ID3 tag is written to a song file STANDARD will write industry standard ID3 tag properties such as Artist SONG TITLE ALBUM NAME etc ExTENDED Tacs will write standard ID3 tags as well as TRAKTOR ID3 tags such as Record LaBeL BPM Remixer PRODUCER Key etc EXTENDED TAGS de STRIPE will write standard and TRAKTOR ID3 tags and will store the STRIPE Overview Waveform data in the track file lanore Cue Tracks IN History With this selected tracks that have been cued but not played will not appear in the History located under
57. AKTOR 3 with Open Sound Control OSC Open Sound Control OSC is an open protocol for communication between multiple computers over Ethernet The OSC implementation within TRAKTOR transmits event data allowing you to control other devices with the controls of TRAKTOR 3 15 2 1 Open Sound Control OSC preferences P Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt External Sync gt Open Sound Control OSC gt Puta check mark in the box labeled Activate Locat IP This enables OSC gt The Local IP Address of your computer will be recognized automatically and displayed in the window next to Activate Locat IP The following are descriptions of the OSC options Click to put a check mark in the box next to an option to activate it Port This is the sub network identifier When other OSC clients scan your network this is how their system identifies yours You can change this number however only certain ports are scanned It is generally best to use a number between 10 000 and 10 015 Local Identifier This is the name other OSC clients use to identify you This can be any name you like When changing the name of the Local IDENTIFIER make sure to click the AppLy button next to the LocaL IDENTIFIER box This confirms the change TRAKTOR 3 3 144 Tempo Sync Master This will send the Master CLock signal to other clients on the network Tempo Sync Source This will make TRAKTOR 3 the Sync Stave Use the drop down menu next to Temp
58. Installation This section describes the installation and the uninstall processes on a Macintosh computer 3 3 1 Installing TRAKTOR 3 gt On the Splash Screen choose InstaLL TRAKTOR 3 gt The next screen shows the license agreement Click on Continue to proceed gt In the next window you can choose an installation destination Click CONTINUE to proceed with the default path gt In the next window you can choose the installation type Click on INSTALL to proceed gt When the installation is finished a new window informs you that you can com plete the installation process by clicking on Quit 3 3 2 Uninstalling TRAKTOR 3 To uninstall TRAKTOR 3 from your computer please delete the following files manually Applications Traktor DJ Studio 3 Library Preferences com native instruments TraktorDJStudio3 plist 1 Please always refer to the Readme file on the installation CD as it contains last minute information not available in the printed manual TRAKTOR 3 3 9 3 3 3 Installing NI SERVICE CENTER gt On the Splash Screen choose InstaLL NI Service CENTER gt The next screen shows the license agreement Click on Continue to proceed gt In the next window you can choose an installation destination Click CONTINUE to proceed with the default path gt The next window lets you install the Flash Player that is needed for the SERVICE CENTER Click on Install to proceed gt After the installation the window close
59. KTOR gives when the end of a track is approaching The warning is dis played as a flashing red transparency over the deck waveform STRIPE View This applies to TRAKTOR Scratch mode choose between two display options Read more about this in chapter 18 2 TRAKTOR Scratch Preferences PLay Marker Position Determine how far to the left or to the right the PLay Marker shall be displayed Phase Meter With the option Show Phase METER unchecked the Phase METER will not be visible If you check this option you will see the Phase METER appear above the WAVEFORM 19 7 3Miscellaneous gt 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 FULLSCREEN Mone Options for TRAKTOR to fill your entire screen at the resolu tion your computer is set to Desktop or at 1024x768 resolution SHOW VALUE WHEN OVER CONTROL With this option checked knobs like Gain MASTER VoLume or the Errects knobs show their actual value when hovering over it TRAKTOR 3 3 173 gt Font Size Choose a font size from the drop down menu Font sizes range from small to huge Click Apply The font size for the Browser will be changed ac cordingly gt Hive Beatport This option hides the Beatport icon from the Browser TREE and the Fino More button in the Browser gt Reset Hippen DiaLocs resets all dialogs that have been hidden by clicking on the Don
60. LS pages independently unlock your Layouts When using unlocked Layouts the DeTaiLs page will remain unchanged while you switch from one Layout to the other 9 4 5 Deck Info Options gt Open Preferences gt Appearance gt Deck Info Options gt In this PREFERENCE menu you can choose the information you want to have displayed in the Deck HEADING gt There are two rows with three columns each available or in other words you have six fields you can customize to your liking Click on the downwards pointing arrow to choose between one of the 19 available fields gt Title Displays the tracks title gt Artist Displays the tracks artist name gt Release Displays the tracks album name gt Mix Displays the remix name The width of a Growing Separator depends on the number of panels you made visible in the Details section TRAKTOR 3 3 36 Y Y VVVVVY VY VVVVVVY Label Displays the Label name where the track was released Cat No Displays the Beatport catalogue number Genre Displays the musical genre Total Time Displays the whole track time in minutes and seconds Bitrate Displays the bitrate of a track in kbps Track BPM Displays the original BPM of a track Gain Displays the Gain of a track depending on the value chosen with the Gain knob Elapsed Time Displays the already expired track time in minutes and sec onds Remaining Time Displays the remaining track time
61. LenctH Button is at the very minimum the audio material played back from the buffer is exactly 1 32nd note long gt The next increments represent 1 16th 2 16th 3 16th 1 8th at the center position 3 8ths 2 4 3 4 and finally one whole bar at the maximum value to the very right This leads to more satisfying results when using the Beatmasher 20 8 Single Turntable Mode 20 8 1 Variation This method makes use of two hotkeys that can be assigned to a key of your computer keyboard or a midi controller If you don t know how to setup Horkeys please read chapter 14 MIDI and Hotkeys In this example the turntable is connected to the IN 112 on the AUDIO 8 DJ If you re using a TRAKTOR Scratch Certified mixer connect the turntable to the inputs of the left deck Set up the following HoTkEYs gt Assign Deck to Left Scratch Control with controller attribute Deck A gt Assign Deck to Left Scratch Control with controller attribute Deck B With these two hotkeys you can switch back the control signal from deck to deck If Deck A is playing in ABsoLuTE ReLative Mope and you switch with the hotkey to control Deck B Deck A automatically switches playback to INTERNAL MobeE This tip was shared by Betatester Jorge M TRAKTOR 3 3 182 20 8 2 Variation Il This method utilizes the Dupticate Deck feature in a creative way Load a track into Deck A in ABsoLuTE RELativE Mope Duplicate Deck A into Deck B playing in INTERNAL Mobe
62. Locking Unlocking a i 61 PIAVIISE ODHONS aducir 60 PIS Sui 46 59 Play Marker Position rd ios 40 Plus and Minus Buttons iaa 21 A el cetanavacteahls 108 PET ENE Si ibid 20 161 A E AA 172 Broad cas ad 170 Deck Preferentes 164 External SACA N 174 Hotkey MIDI Setup ococcocococconononcncononocinnons 171 Hotkey and MIDI Setup ccccseceeeeeeeeeees 171 A A A AN 170 PROV Wait 108 Preview Channel aia a 114 Preview Player tpcieiaciladaahascuannicrenweamearidea 25 108 TRAKTOR 3 3 216 Provins amp Nel iaa iodo 139 Progress Dalai ds 25 A O eel a 83 166 Q GUCK SO GIG orna tic ear hale canst aca le a 48 R rack End Warning MMe iia 173 Raise the audio latency ococcocccccconononnnconenonon 189 Read File Tags ASYNC ociosa caridad ros 61 RCM a 205 Read Metadata ala 58 ROC anir E eh atin Adee tases Aedes aa 22 A A a 169 A O O siatet aoc wees 123 termal Eder 123 Native Mix RecordiNg ocococcoconococcononoconnononon 127 RECO IN Sir A 46 Record OPE a 163 A ic anes me eae Oa ae At cares 48 REMESI Sat DOM catia n naveste es 73 POD IS elutes otc cece O 11 Registration and Product Authorizati0n 11 o A diel Ea a EE AAA EA ENa 58 60 Relocate Missing Tracks cccsceeseceseeeeeeseeeeaeees 52 RENOMO aea t A A EA 60 ASRS E EE A AE A EE 137 139 142 RESOLUCION Sua as 164 Reset Deck Controls when Loading Track 164 Reset Hidden Dialogs ococcocococcononono
63. ML file containing a list with the tracks of the selected playlist with customizable columns 6 4 4 Locked Playlists Lock Unlock a Ptaytist by right ctrl clicking on a PLayList and choosing Lock Unlock A locked playlist has a Lock Icon next to it Sorting your Playlist Click on the headline of a Browser Column to sort the PLayList by this column Click another time on the headline to invert the sorting M Playlist Locked F Playlist Unlocked 1 Sorting and rearranging a Locked Playlist is only momentary and will not be saved If you click on another folder in the Browser Tree and then again on the Locked Playlist 1t will show you the Locked Playlist in its original status If you want to change the order of a Locked Playlist permanently you have to unlock it beforehand TRAKTOR 3 3 61 Rearranging Playlists by Drag amp Drop Click hold and drag a track in the PLayList up or down and observe the red line that shows where the track will drop when you release the mouse button Adding one or more Tracks to a Playlist Simply select one or more tracks in the Track COLLECTION and drag it on the PLAYLIST name in the Browser Tree A security question will ask you for confirmation to prevent from unwanted changes Deleting Tracks from a Playlist Deleting one or more tracks from a Locke PLay_ist is not possible If you want to delete one or more tracks from a LockeD PLAYLisT you have to unlock it beforehand by righ
64. OR has the ability to set points in a track that will loop sections of the track seamlessly You can adjust the Loop LENGTH even while the Loop is running 10 3 1 Looping From the Deck Nas ror 03 18 mm 95 4 F Made You Look Instrumental With rem 03 05 sra 95 4 Sat Gua Deck A with an active 4 beat Loop Load and play a track in Deck A Click the Loop button Your track will begin looping If the Loop button is set to 4 your track will loop 4 beats To change the loop length right ctrl click the Loop button underneath the deck and choose a different loop length number from the drop down menu The Loop will automatically change length and continue looping Click the Loop button again to continue playing the track vv vvvv TRAKTOR 3 3 97 10 3 2 Looping From the Details Section Loop Select Loop Start 3 LoopEnd gt Loop Move gt cont contr cont contr a fine fine A A P LP Jump Lock 4LP S LP 3 1LP 3 LOP 4Loop Loopt These are the available Loop panels gt gt gt gt gt Click on one of the 4 LencrH buttons to select a loop length Click on the Set In button to set the loop This makes it automatically ac tive Right Ctrl Click on the lit Loop button and choose a different loop length number from the drop down menu The Loor will automatically change length and continue looping Click on the lit Active button to leave the Loop
65. OS seaaartes re bauietly tac e alae ceee 133 MIDICOR ihO FV uc ie dies 140 MIDI Device Status Inquiry ococcccononocccconenonon 135 MIDI Hotkeys Manara 137 MIDI MID OUT air cue dualpia 171 MIDI ito 138 MDI os 20 U a aa a ciid 27 Miscellaneous Display Options ccccceeeeeee sees 40 Missing Tracks a bli 52 Mixer Modas 162 MONITO ita da 162 A a meme aca nawnes 162 TRAKTOR 3 3 215 Mouse Wee suela al 27 AANU ST E E tit abel 46 MUSIC FOIRO P asneira a T 44 N Native MIX EXPO a i 132 NI OTO iaa oe cats a T 23 No Loading Track while Deck is playing 164 NOMPACA OLIVE reonip N austin Rai 83 Non Adaptive clan at ad 166 No Response from MIDI Controller 197 0 A E O A EA E AS 139 OnE SUD DOR rs er rcen anes 206 Open MANU lic src dada a 20 Optimizing your Computer ocococcccccocococcnnoconnnnnnos 200 Organizing Playlists rsca ttre anaa semi abenss 180 A a A 144 A ee a E ae 139 P Perform Automatic Background Analysis on Collection Load IMPDO Tannen aa E E 167 Perform Automatic Background Analysis when Loading tO DOCK osma a E E E 167 Phase Metric 24 78 80 173 Phase VOCE anal 83 166 A a ore deste hd 103 o oore A E EEA 103 PCa ao iia 78 165 PICO BORG acido Dra ada 81 Piten Bend BUON Stites ed actuate aaa 78 A AA a aauninn Melee a 79 lO 75 SA a int aE 173 Play Marker Position cccccceceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 173 Playing in Reverse siii cai 177 Playlist
66. PLayLists in the BROWSER TREE AuToPLay LOOPS PLAYLIST This option affects the Autoplay Mope With this option checked TRAKTOR 3 will repeat the Current PLayList from the beginning when the end of the list is reached FILE STRUCTURE Mope The Fite Structure Mope is relevant for exporting PLAYLISTS Read more in the next section File Structure Mode The Fite STRUCTURE Mope is relevant for exporting PLAYLISTS Depending on the chosen mode tracks will be stored on your hard disk differently when you export a PLAYLIST gt gt gt FLAT All files will be stored in one folder Artist All files will be stored in an artist folder then in a release sub folder LABEL All files will be stored in a label folder then in a release sub folder This applies also to the special playlist PURCHASED Tracks that is part of the integrated BEATPORT store TRAKTOR 3 3 168 19 3 3 BPM Ranges gt Analyze BPM Range Dial in the minimum and maximum values of beats per minute BPM your tracks usually have to help TRAKTORs BPM analyzation finding the appropriate value when analyzing It s 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 19 3 4 Live Settings gt A ttow INLINE Epitine IN List Winbow With this option unchecked INLINE EDITING of a tracks tag in the brow
67. R TRAKTOR 3 3 110 11 2 3 Mixing with Channel Volume faders For mixing without the CRossFADER it is possible to assign each channel to either the left or the right side gt gt gt Open the Decks panel with the colored buttons representing the four decks by right ctrl clicking on the DeTalLs SECTION Underneath each button is a pair of smaller arrow buttons representing both sides of the CROSSFADER Uncheck the lit button to decouple a deck from the CrossraDER The volume of this deck is now exclusively controlled with the volume fader on the channel itself 11 2 4 Punch Channel Panel The CHANNEL STRIP also allows you to Punch in a track from an opposite deck without the use of the CrossrADER This means the audio from a deck that is not focused can be punched in and out of the main mix allowing it to be heard only as long as the Punch button is held down This is extremely useful if you only want to bring in single elements of another track while it is running in Sync such as punching in the snare drum gt gt gt gt gt Load and play a track in both decks Move the CrossraDER to Deck A Open the CHANNEL panel by right ctrl clicking on the DETAILS Section and choos ing CHANNEL Focus Deck B then click the Richt Arrow button This sets the CHANNEL panel to control Deck B Click and hold the Punch button in the CHANNEL panel The track in Deck B will be audible in the main mix for as long as
68. RAKTOR Explorer icon or on a track listed in the window on the right side and choose Add to Collection from the menu Any track that is played in a Deck or added to the Current PLAYLIST iS also added to the COLLECTION Collection Structure Within the CoLLection the tracks are detached from their physical location on the hard drive and can be represented in several independent and overlapping ways gt Underneath the CoLLection icon you can see the tracks grouped by Artists RELEASES LABELS or Genres A number indicates the current number of tracks within this category A track can be contemporarily listed in several PLayLists PLAYLISTS represent a personalized sorting method often related to the circumstances for playing these particular tracks They can be seen as your virtual record crates Search results are a further way of displaying your CoLLection Read more about the Search function in chapter 6 2 Searching for tracks Finally in the List Winbow on the right tracks can be sorted by various criteria such as BPM Re ease Dates or Ratinas giving an additional value to search results TRAKTOR 3 3 45 6 1 3 Data Location As you will learn TRAKTOR has functions that create and reference certain file types These file types are stored in their own default directories However you can change the directory paths by using the Data Location PREFERENCES menu gt Open Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt
69. RAKTOR analyses a track it finds beats in the Waverorm the little white lines on the beats The problem is that these sensed beats are not always an even distance apart like in Hip Hop or Breakbeat This means that when you try to synchronize two tracks TRAKTOR tries to lay one sensed beat on top of 1414 131 998 TIA BPM Tik 100 E Tel TRAKTOR 3 3 87 one in the other track causing the Phase Meter to jump around as it tries to mash things together Setting a Beatcrip fixes this by placing a tempo structure on a track that supersedes the actual beats This means that a regular pattern is used stopping the PHASE Meters from jumping around and ruining the mix The grid represents quarter notes or beats The following sections give you a step by step explanation to this very powerful tool Although it may sound somewhat complicated if you re reading this chapter the first time it s definitely worth the time and you will very soon get very fast at setting BEATGRIDS 9 5 1 First Choosing a BPM Range You can find this general setting in the Prererences Use this to limit the possible BPM range to a value that fits your musical style e g if you re a Hiphop DJ you will most likely choose a range between 70 and 120 BPM if you re a Techno DJ you ll choose limits more in between 110 and 160 BPM P Open Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt BPM Ranges gt Ideally cho
70. RENCES TRAKTOR comes with a default set of assignments for Hotkeys documented in chapter 24 Hotkeys It is called DS3Keyboard tks and can be found in the Traktor3 folder The following section describes how to customize this preset and how to create your own MIDI and Horkey presets TRAKTOR 3 3 133 14 2 Keyboard Hotkeys VvVVVY vvwvvv Open TRAKTOR PREFERENCES gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt Hotkey SETUP Click the App button and select Deck gt View gt Deck SELEcT Focus Drop down the CONTROLLER ATTRIBUTE menu and select Deck A Click the Learn button Press the desired key on your computer keyboard e g y The letter y will appear in the controller window next to the Learn button as well in the list under the ASSIGNED Column Choose OK Now you can select Deck A as focus deck when you press the key y To un assign this key click the Reset button next to the LEARN button To entirely remove the option from the list press DELETE 14 2 1 Changing an Existing Hotkey Assignment Most likely you don t like certain assignments of the default Hotkeys In this case you can change the configuration as you like gt vvv Open TRAKTOR PREFERENCES gt Hotkey MIDI Setup gt Hotkey Setup and scroll through the list You can sort the list by the assigned Horkeys to find a specific control Select the control and change the settings in the details underneath the list To assign another key press the Learn button an
71. Top 10 e 2007 10 01 I g Adam Beyer Beatport Ci 8 02 Not Exactly Original Mix 03 Q Muranyi Original Mix 04 G Twilight Original Mix Joey Negro s Top 10 Fo 05 Q The Line Oxia Remix A 2007 10 01 06 y Push The Feeling On Robbie 07 y Submariner Original Mix 19 0 08 Q Let It Go Original Mix 09 y Defected Olivier Giacomotto 10 Q Balaton Original Mix 22 40 View Results As Releases Contact Us FAQs About Us Up until recently it was difficult to purchase new tracks in MP3 format for DJs working with TRAKTOR Cutting edge club music has been predominantly released on vinyl and recording tracks from a 12 to hard disk is a time consuming process However more and more labels are distributing their music in the digital domain and it s finally possible to buy music in digital format at the same time that it Is released on vinyl Sometimes certain tracks are even available earlier as MP3 or TRAKTOR 3 3 71 there is additional content available for download that didn t make it to the vinyl release In order to give TRAKTOR users a quick and easy way to purchase new tracks Native Instruments joined forces with Beatport Beatport is the first authentic digital music store designed to service the evolution of the digital music culture redefining how DJs and enthusiasts acquire their music Beatport com allows users to access the world of club music through secure legal hi speed high qua
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73. al sources connected to the soundcard such as vinyl records or a microphone in case you are performing together with a vocalist It s even possible to use a recorded audio file and play it back in a deck just as you do with the tracks from your COLLECTION 13 1 1 Input Configuration TRAKTOR 3 allows you to record from an external device e g your hardware mixer or a turntable or from the INTERNAL Master output of TRAKTOR 3 The selection of the recording input is made in Preferences gt Recording Internal Configuration In Preferences gt Recording click on INTERNAL as RECORDING SOURCE gt If you want to record your DJ set play back a track and verify the right connec tion by opening the Aubio RecorDer panel in the Details Section If everything is setup properly you will see the Recorbinc LeveL Meter flash with the music Rec Edit Audio Recorder Rec 350 kB t g 0 00 02 Cut ont TOLUENE VOLE Delete TRAKTOR 3 3 123 External Configuration gt gt gt gt In Preferences gt Recording click on ExTERN aS RECORDING SOURCE If you want to record your DJ set connect the record output of your hardware mixer to the input of your sound card you want to use In TRAKTORs Input Routine select the channel A B C or D that you have connected to the recording signal Play back a track and verify the right connection by opening the Aubio RECORDER panel in the Details
74. and choose OK gt The Consistency CHeck REPORT will now open each time you start TRAKTOR 6 3 Editing tracks Whether you are performing live or working in the studio TRAKTOR gives you the tools to keep your Track CoLLecrion completely organized Each track in your CoLLection has track properties tags such as Sona TITLE ARTIST Name ALBUM Name etc TRAKTOR allows you to edit and add Track PROPERTIES with two methods TRAKTOR 3 3 53 6 3 1 Editing Track Properties via Inline Editing In the List Window click on a track to highlight the track Click again in the field you want to edit e g the Artist NAME A cursor will be placed inside the property field Edit the Artist NAME Click once in another property field to edit its contents Hit the Enter key on your keyboard to exit INLINE EDITING mode VVVVVY 6 3 2 Editing Track Properties via the Edit Dialog Alternatively you can triple click on a tracks property to place the cursor di rectly inside the property field Press the Enter key of your key board to leave Inline Editing Mode Not all properties of a track are visible in the List Winbow To get access to all available properties of a track use the Epit DiaLoc This dialog also allows to contemporarily editing a selection of tracks as described in the next section Title Wired short version Mix SS Release nore 005 Communication Y Label no response org Artist Raumton Y Track No 1
75. anel click on the Cue Tyre display above the Lock button gt Select a new Tyre for the current Cue Point The next chapters describe the available Cue Points and their special functions more detailed TRAKTOR 3 3 85 9 4 1 Load Cue Point A Deck Loap Cue Point causes a track to automatically cue to this point when it is loaded into a Deck saving you from the need to manually cue your track to this Cue Point If you want to make use of the Loap Cue Points turn this option on Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Loading gt Advanced gt Cue to Marker when loading Track 9 4 2 Fade In Fade Out Cue Points The Fane ln and Fane Out Cue Points are used to automate the Cue PLay of a track For this to work you must set a Fane In Cue Point in one Deck and a Fane Out Cue Point in the other Additionally you have to turn this option on Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Transport gt Synchronize gt Use Fade In and Out Markers Load a track into Deck A Scroll towards the end of the track and set a Cue Point From the Cue Enit panel drop down the Cue Tyre menu and select Out from the menu A red Fane Out Cue Point will appear in the Waverorm display Now load a track into Deck B Set a Cue Point at the beginning of the track From the Cue Enit panel drop down the Cue Type menu and select n from the menu A red Fane In Cue Point will appear in the Waverorm display Click hold and drag the Cr
76. ange allowing you to slow a track all the way down to a complete stop Choosing 35 will only allow you to slow a track down or speed it up by 35 gt Click on Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Transport gt Click on one of the Pitch Range buttons and choose OK 9 2 4 Fine Pitch Range The Fine PrrcH is a second controller not represented on the interface It is only controllable via MIDI The option Fine PitcH Rance determines the range of this parameter gt Open PREFERENCES gt Deck PREFERENCES gt TRANSPORT gt Click hold and drag the Fine Pitch Rance slider to the right to rise THE FINE PitcH RANGE up to 12 BPM or to the left to bring the value down Right Ctrl Click on the Pitch Bend Buttons for more subtle changes TRAKTOR 3 3 79 9 2 5 Phase Meter Two tracks can have the same tempo but still sound silly together because the Phase is shifted The phase is represented in the horizontal Phase Meter left from the PitcH BEND BUTTONS gt If two tracks phases are synchronized the meter stays in the middle gt If one tracks phase is shifted aback a yellow stripe is seen on the left side of the middle position gt If atracks phase is shifted forward a yellow stripe is seen on the right side of the middle position There are several ways to manipulate the phase gt Shift the Phase by clicking on it holding and dragging it with the mouse gt Shift the Ph
77. ange of tempo control in the Decks gt Fine PitcH Rance Determines the range of an additional pitch controller avail able 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 Scratch Mode gt Switch To ABsoLUTE Mope In Leap In When you place the needle in the LEAp IN of the ControL Vinyt or skip to the first track of the ControL CD the tracking mode switches to ABsoLuTE Mobe gt Switch TO ABsoLUTE Mone AFTER Loapina When loading a track the tracking mode always switches to ABsoLuTe Mobe TRAKTOR 3 3 165 Cache 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 Choose how many megabytes per track and deck shall be cached but choose carefully gt Choosing 256 MB for Deck A amp B means that with tracks loaded in both decks your computer needs 512 MB of your RAM only for handling the two decks gt The display below shows how much RAM is left with your current adjust ment 19 2 3 Sound Mixer Time Stretch Quality This adjusts the quality of time stretching used when using the Key Lock function gt Use Non Apaptive with a slower processor gt Use PSOLA with a
78. art the mix you can discard the recording up to this point gt Seek to the position in the mix that should be the new starting point gt Press the Cut button in the Native Mix RecorDER panel New To completely erase a mix from memory press the New button 13 2 8 Writing the Mix Recording as Audio To make a Native Mix audible without TRAKTOR 3 it has to be converted into an audio file Click the Write button in the Native Mix Recorber panel The Start Mix Export window will appear By default the main TRAKTOR 3 folder will be selected Click the Browse button to select a different file path Type a name for the mix in the following text field and choose Save Click the Start button vv vvv If you would like your mix to be tracked put a check in the box labeled Cut Tracks On Fade In Your mix will then be rendered as separate au dio tracks each cut at the time you faded them in and out of the mix with the Crossfader TRAKTOR 3 3 131 The Mix Export window will appear and displays the following Y vvvv Fite Displays the file name Track Displays the number of tracks in the mix that have been written Time Displays the amount of time in the mix that has been written WRITING Shows the amount of time left in the writing process via a progress bar The Master section has a VoLume slider that can be used to adjust the volume of the mix while it is writing You can also choose to Limit the output signal so
79. ase by using the scroll wheel of your mouse gt Reset the Phase by double clicking on it 9 2 6 Tap Button If you think TRAKTORs automatic tempo detection has estimated a wrong BPM value you can easily correct this with the Tar button It is shown in the Decks as Tap Clicking on it in time will change the tempo obeying the following logic gt Tap 4 7 times to the rhythm of the beat to consolidate the automatically de tected BPM value with the tempo of your tapping gt Tap over 8 times to enter the BPM manually based on the tempo of your tap ping You should use Beatgrids to get reliable results If you don t like the Phase Meter you can turn it off and back on in Preferences gt Appearance gt Wave Display Options TRAKTOR 3 3 80 9 2 7 Sync Button Use the Sync button as a quick way to match the tempo of two tracks without having to make PitcH Benn adjustments To use this function with the best result it is recommended to establish Beatarips for the tracks that are being synced Only then the tempo and phase of each track will match 100 vvwvv vv Load and play a track in each Deck Because the track tempos do not match the Phase Meters will jump back and forth Click the Sync button above the Waverorm of Deck B The tempo of Deck B now matches that of Deck A The Sync offset meters will stay centered 9 2 8 Master Slaves A Deck synchronizes to the opposite deck by default so if y
80. ave a wireless LAN card installed and Bluetooth running turn them off while you are using the AUDIO 8 DJ you can turn this off in the top OS X menu bar 21 3 Audio pops clicks and or distortion 21 3 1Check your system specs If your system does not meet the requirements you may experience pops clicks and or distortion in audio playback For latest system requirements compatibility and support of the latest operating systems please see our website at http www native instruments com audio8d TRAKTOR 3 3 188 21 3 2 Raise the audio latency gt gt gt INO vvyvvy Open the control panel of your audio interface Choose a preset with higher latency or if using user defined settings raise the USB and Audio latency Keep raising the latency until you do not encounter any more pops clicks and or distorts 1 3 3 Test with the built in soundcard Disconnect your audio interface Connect your speaker setup to the built in onboard sound card of your com puter Play back a track in your standard playback application e g iTunes or Windows Media Player If playback Is fine with your built in onboard sound card there may be an IRQ conflict Windows only present on the slot or port your sound card is con nected to or you may need to physically move your sound card to another USB port 21 3 4 Physically re configure the Audio Interface PCI If your sound card connects to the motherboard of your com
81. ave the number of beats per second Multiply this figure by the number of beats you want the crossfade to last Enter this number into the Auto CrossraDE Time field found in Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Sound amp Mixer gt Mixer and confirm with Apply Hit the AutoraDe Button below the CROssFADER and enjoy a smoother transi tion Example When your current mix is running at 174 BPM this number has to be divided by 60 which amounts to 2 9 beats per second For an 8 bar crossfade the correct crossfade time would be 23 2 seconds 2 9 8 20 7 Using the Beatmasher in Musical Values The BEATMASHER IS a unique effect that essentially samples the signal arriving at its input and stores it in a buffer There it can be looped transformed and mashed up The LENGTH knob only offers a value in terms of percentage There is however a little trick that allows you to step through the timing in musical values gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click the small PLus symbol underneath the LenetH button Select Coarse from the drop down menu Change the value in increments that relate more directly to the tempo of the deck either by positioning the mouse pointer over the LENGTH Burton and mov ing it up and down or via clicking the and symbols makes you look extra cool when you whip out a pocket calculator during your show This trick was shared by DJ Kabuki TRAKTOR 3 3 181 gt If the
82. ble in the context menu accessed by right ctrl clicking on the selected tracks the most important functions have been provided also as buttons in a special section between the Browser Tree and the List Winbow called BROWSER BUTTONS The Browser Buttons are not always the same the functions of the buttons change according to the currently selected view in the List Winbow gt Enit Clicking on the Epit Button opens the Track Epit DiaLoG for the selected set of tracks as described above gt Analyze Clicking on the Analyze Button triggers the analysis of the selected track s The analysis scans the entire track and returns several pieces of in formation about it Read more about Ana_yzation in chapter 19 3 2 Collection Preferences gt Deere Clicking on DELETE will remove the selected track from your TRACK COLLECTION or PLayList To remove more than one track select multiple tracks in the List Winbow and click the Derete button Edit Browser Buttons The following Browser Buttons can only be accessed after clicking the Enit button or choosing Edit from the context menu gt Conrirm Epitina Confirms all editing changes and returns to the playlist view gt Cancel Epitine Clicking on the CanceL Button cancels the editing operation All changes made after the last APPLY action are discarded gt Restore METADATA Aborts current changes and restores track attributes from the Collection This is especially useful if you acc
83. cinnonenononos 174 Reset hidden did iia 42 Reset Mixer Controls when Loading Track 164 Roset Playor a A EA 58 Reset Played State stas e randy eaters 60 RESINA A 141 A mat inar me oerrereeernces 92 Restore Metadata nicas 57 IGN Ch PEENE in 121 Right Ctrl Click FUNCTIONS ccecceceeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 27 Rotary ACCEICraAlION wirsdincnhcsanswroniiausscdanannthesenteves 140 Rotary Sensi Yy ta ds 140 S Sample Rale rererua E e 161 Samples and BUT Sais 185 SIE dida 60 142 Scala MI atari aerea 30 A cee tat aa Wade ats cubated 35 Scratch MODE iS 164 165 Seamless LOOPING asias 102 165 eLA TAE E AN A ET TS 47 Sedareh HIStory cesia eea a Ea eNEAN 50 Searchin Playlists eesti dienean dos 58 Search WIN Wi sd 25 A e Coed A 164 Selector AVOUT saldra eel aldeas 22 TRAKTOR 3 3 217 Sensitivities labios isc 27 Servie Center erri ora a aaa a a ar 11 Setn COG AA A AA 98 O O e 77 DEL Default adas 139 A A A 171 172 Setting the Gridmarker ocococococonoconenorororenonononnns 89 SEU O e nme 11 Shared MEMO ista creada ta TiLa 187 Show Consistency Check on StartupD coccccccccocccno 53 Show Consistency Check Report on Startup 167 Show in Explorer Finde rusas iced daca nearhad 58 Show Minute Markers ccccccceseeseeeseeveeeeeeeeeeanens 38 Show Minute Markers cccccccceseseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 173 SHOW OVEIVICW salauh ca eniulawtabesealscnsmesaNaseaieereterdaveteseted 52 Show Phase Meter asado 40 173
84. ction of Mack 55 Sale Track oia das 55 Edite TRACKS a e 53 A o aimee ae oeaerea anna 113 EO SDa A Taa 105 EU a a es 105 113 Exclamation Maki ba 51 Ei APET E ttn cat E EE EAE AEE EES 20 EXpOrtPiMaD E eenn EA A 61 Export WED DAGC ati 61 external GEVICCSi 5 aaa 104 External Mer 114 F A E AE A PTE 118 A O E ENE EAT 119 AT AAA A 117 118 119 120 A RA ROE E 120 FAVO MIES ado 25 63 File MiO ne a a EO AN 24 Fie MIO OPINAS as EEEREN 36 File Structure Mode iio 73 168 E EEA EE o EE E 27 Aa E E eientesaeaunrnors 157 TRAKTOR 3 3 213 o A E EE sthanias guarentee ules ee 122 A A a aei 208 A a O 168 Mana taa riot 137 Floating USE idad 83 MIDI amp Key Gommand sisi Para siadtas 133 FONT A O 174 S EAE EAA EAEE A eR inegnlaan 142 O NR 206 A n chen idack ecagmnen isi eaumices 20 40 Fullscreen BUTTON a 23 l F lsereen Modernie tdt 173 E 51 DTas Mode ario 168 DS TAS A Rda 56 G Ignore Cued Tracks in History eccrine 168 A E ET 104 112 Importing your Tracks areas 44 O A EE 104 Import Music Folder aro iia 44 Gal Vale til yaxdasladinusss 47 Import Music Folders at Startup cceceee sees 167 General Deck Behavior oococococcoconenocconenononinnonos 75 A aa AS E S 138 GOST PONG eo ru EN e taiwan 27 INCA DEC las 141 Grd Cue FONT ntsc ioniesds 87 MIME EGUNE AS 54 Installing TRAKTOR 3 Maite eter 7 H IPO Gta aa E aia necated 66 CAC CFs A E TAO 21 MUNES tna is 46 A A A 20 205 Mies Importa asa a in Rone
85. cut the low frequencies for a short duration click and hold the Kitt button with the right mouse button Another knob lets you adjust the Balance BaL from left to right Use this for interesting spacious effects Xone 92 Xone 92 is an emulation of the EQ found on the Allen amp Heath Xone 92 DJ mixer It is unique that it offers 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 Another knob lets you adjust the Balance BAL from left to right Use this for interesting spacious effects TRAKTOR 3 3 106 11 1 4 FX Strip gt gt gt gt Click on the downwards pointing arrow and choose the effect you want to use If you cannot see the FX Strip open it by right ctrl clicking on the HEADER and choosing Show Mixer FX Controls The EQ knobs have all the advanced functionality described in chapter 5 2 Knob and Fader Control The effects itself are described in detail in chapter 12 Effects 11 2 Common DJ Use Cases This chapter describes the most common DJ use cases with TRAKTOR 11 2 1Pre listening to a Track One of the most important things as a DJ is the ability to pre listen to a track that is not audible to the audience yet There are several ways to pre listen to a track in TRAKTOR gt gt If using TRAKTORs INTERNAL Mixer you can use the headphones output of you
86. d Loops Loop Select gt Play the track from the first Loop gt Right Ctrl Click the Jump button in THE Loop SELEcT module gt Clicking on the Loop SeLection buttons forward backward will now instantly perform a jump to the previous or next loop Delete a Loop If you want to discard a stored loop jump to it and release the Lock button in the Loop Set details panel 10 3 6 Loop Preferences PREFERENCES for looping can be found by clicking TRAKTOR Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Transport gt Seamless LoorinG Makes a short crossfade between Loor Enp to Loop START for avoiding clicks When setting a loop in a quiet part directly before a beat in seamless mode a small portion of the beat might blend into the loop gt Loop Autopetect Size TRAKTOR will automatically loop the loaded track if its length is below a certain value The length of this detection has a range of 0 60 seconds adjustable with the horizontal slider If you have set the track Loop Autobetect Size to 30 seconds any track shorter than 30 seconds in length will automatically loop If you don t want to jump to the previous or next next loop but for example from a first to a third loop in the track deselect the Jump button by clicking on it Then use the Loop Selection buttons to select a loop first the selected loop will have green lines above the brackets now click on the jump button This toggles a direct jump to the sel
87. d audio system has some delay between the audio input and output As a result if you are playing a MIDI keyboard through the AUDIO 8 DJ you may hear an annoying delay between the time you hit a key and the time you hear the sound It is easy to understand that this latency has to be kept to a minimum in order to make Instruments and DJ applications playable Even the most powerful computer can only do a certain number of calculations per second generating and processing sounds demands a lot from a computer so it is important to minimize any computer based delays TRAKTOR 3 3 184 Fortunately three main factors make delays virtually insignificant assuming you have a suitable computer setup gt Today s multi gigahertz computers allow very low latencies gt The AUDIO 8 DJ includes drivers optimized for low latency gt The AUDIO 8 DJ has been optimized to work as efficiently as possible 21 1 1 How Low Can You Go 1 5 ms of latency approaches the theoretical minimum because it will always take some time to convert a human action into something digital and then to convert the digital action back to analog sound However note that ultra low latency settings or higher sampling rates make your computer work harder which can affect the performance So here are some tips on living with latency 21 1 2About Samples and Buffers Audio cannot be handled continuously by a computer but has to wait its turn while other operations are be
88. d more natural using more CPU This mode is recommended for medium fast processors gt Selecting Phase Voc will give the highest quality sound This mode is recom mended for very fast processors since it is using far more CPU 9 3 Cue Points Regular 9 3 1 Floating Cue Point Each time a Deck Is stopped it sets a floating momentary Cue Point When playback resumes the Cue Point remains at the last point of interruption The Cue Pause and the Cue Pay button in the Cue Enit Paner can be used to skip back to the last floating Cue Point during playback During playback you can press Set Cue underneath the Waverorm at any time to move the FLoatinG Cue Point to the current position TRAKTOR 3 3 83 9 3 2 Storing Cue Points TRAKTOR can store up to 10 Cue Points per track You can store the current FLOATING Cue Point in the Cue Enit panel in the Detaics section This panel offers all functions needed to manage the Cue Points of a track A drop down box with a list of all Cue Points stored for this track Two buttons to cue to the previous and to the next Cue Point A drop down box to assign a special function to a Cue Point A Cue Play and a Cue Pause button for test playing your Cue Points A Lock button to store and to remove the current Cue Point vvwvvvv 9 3 4 Locking a Cue Point P If you want to recall a Cue Point for later use you have to use the Lock button to store It gt To remove a Cue Point from the list o
89. d then press the new HOTKEY TRAKTOR 3 3 134 14 3 Midi Hotkeys 14 3 1 MIDI Device Status Inquiry This function lets TRAKTOR automatically move all knobs and faders to the position of the MIDI device after startup To make use of this feature the MIDI device needs to support the MIDI Device Status Inquiry function If you are not sure if your MIDI device supports this please read the manual of your MIDI device or contact the manufacturer 14 3 2 Configuring your MIDI Setup for External Device Control Before you can configure TRAKTOR to use it with your MIDI interface you will need to install the drivers that came with it first MIDI device driver installation is different for every device Please read the manual of your MIDI device for the correct installation procedure 14 3 3 Activate your device After you have installed the drivers for your MIDI device the interface will appear within the MIDI section of the PrEFERENCES You must activate the device before you can assign any parameters gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt MIDI Interfaces Your MIDI device should be displayed gt Under the Active column double click the field next to the device name This puts an X in the Active box making the MIDI interface active 1 If your MIDI device does not appear in the list you may need to restart TRAKTOR in order for it to be recognized When doing so make sure your MIDI
90. device is attached to your computer and powered on TRAKTOR 3 3 135 14 3 4 Select a MIDI Channel TRAKTOR gives you the option to choose one of 16 MIDI channels or to accept MIDI messages from all channels gt gt vv Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Hotkey MIDI Setup gt MIDI Setup By default the CHANNEL will be set to OMNI This means TRAKTOR will accept all incoming MIDI control messages from any channel therefore you do not need to worry about what channel your MIDI device is transmitting on Choose Lock OMNI if you do not want to change the MIDI channel If you want TRAKTOR to accept messages from a specific MIDI channel click the arrow next to CHANNEL and select a MIDI channel from the drop down menu 14 3 5 Assigning MIDI Knobs and Buttons to TRAKTOR To assign functions to MIDI controllers use the TRAKTOR Preferences gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt MIDI Setup page gt gt gt gt Select a control just as you did in the Hotkey setup preferences To assign a specific MIDI knob or button press the LEARN button and send MIDI data by moving the knob or button that you want to assign If the MIDI connection to your controller is correct you will see the type of MIDI signal received by TRAKTOR in the window beneath the Learn button If nothing happens verify your MIDI Setup see section above TRAKTOR 3 3 136 14 4 Managing your MIDI and Hotkey Files 14 4 1 Duplicate
91. e describe here the more common case of setups For single turntable mode continue reading in chapter 20 8 Single Turntable Mode 18 3 1 Using 4 Decks with 2 Turntables or CD Players v vv YY Y Y vvv To achieve this you need a 4 Channel Mixer Connect your 2 turntables or CD players as usual Connect additionally Out 516 of your AUDIO 8 DJ with a third input of your hardware mixer Connect additionally Out 718 of your AUDIO 8 DJ with a fourth input of your hardware mixer Open two TrackinG PaneLs and assign Deck A to panel In ChanneL A and Deck B to panel In CHANNEL B Load and play tracks in Deck A B C and D To control Deck C via the ControL Recorbs ControL CDs just click in panel IN CHANNEL A on the button C to switch the assignment To control Deck D via the ControL Recorps ControL CDs just click in panel IN CHANNEL B on the button D to switch the assignment The switch of the input assignment is seamless and can be controlled via the Hotkeys you find in the Add gt Deck gt Scratch menu TRAKTOR 3 3 158 18 3 2 Using 4 Decks with 4 Turntables gt gt To achieve this you need a 4 Channel Mixer Also the additional turntables need to output line level either they have a level switch as some modern turntables have or you need phono preamps for these since the In 516 and In 718 do not have built in phono preamps as ln 112 and In 314 have To have the full TRAKTOR Scratch functionality you should u
92. e FAvoRITES All detailed information about the Browser can be found in chapter 6 Using the Track Browser 5 2 Knob and Fader Control Although each knob and slider in TRAKTOR has its own unique purpose their behavior is generally the same You can control each knob or slider with your mouse or by using a MIDI controller or keyboard shortcuts called Hotkeys explained later in chapter 14 MIDI and Hotkeys TRAKTOR 3 3 25 5 2 1 Knob and Fader Control 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 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 Using the scroll wheel can be used for very fine adjustments or for changing the parameter by steps 5 2 2 Basic Control Mouse Drag P Hold your mouse arrow over a knob then click hold and drag the mouse up or down This will move to the knob clockwise or counter clockwise gt Click hold and drag a knob horizontally The knob will adjust within a finer range gt Double Click on the knob to return it to its default setting 5 2 3 Advanced Control Besides the standard mouse click functions explained above TRAKTOR 3 offers advanced functions utilizing PLus and Minus buttons the mouse wheel and the right mouse button If you have a
93. e appearance of the waveform P Load a track into a Deck gt Move the PREFERENCES window beneath the Deck gt Bears uses a single color to display the beats of the track TRAKTOR 3 3 38 gt Beats AND HicHs uses two color shades to display beats and highs The lighter semi transparent shade represents the highs the solid color the beats gt Beats AND Envelope displays the beats and their envelopes to give a better im pression of the rhythmic structure of a track gt Press Arry to preview the change Colors It is possible to select a color scheme for the Waverorms that fits your personal taste and working environment When using TRAKTOR in daylight or with reflections on the screen it makes sense to use the highest contrast between Waverorm and background whereas it might be easier for the eyes if you use a more subdued color variation if you are working in a dark DJ booth or at home P Load a track into a Deck gt Move the PREFERENCES window beneath the Deck gt Choose YeLLow Blue or Brown as color gt Press ArrLy to preview the change Track End Warning Time By setting a Track END WarnNiNG Time TRAKTOR will flash the Waverorm STRIPE Up to 60 seconds before a Deck stops playing This is very helpful preventing a track running out unnoticed gt Open Prererences gt Wave DisPLay OPTIONS gt Set the desired amount of seconds by moving the slider next to Track EnD WARNING TIME Pm Click ArrLy to apply
94. e channel Gain knob to match the loudness of a track to OdB To use this gain estimation when loading a track into a Deck enable the Auto Gain function available in the Master Detaics panel STRIPE The small representation of the Waverorm underneath the wave display is created by the analysis process If the Stripe of a track is missing it has most likely not yet been analyzed Auto Analysis gt gt Open Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Collection Preferences for options on automatic track analyzation Read more about the Analyze options in chapter 19 3 2 Collection Preferences 6 2 Searching for tracks One of the quickest ways to find a specific track is to use the Search function Rather than browsing through folders you can type a key word into the Search field and let TRAKTOR search your COLLECTION To make use of the Search function the tracks need to be imported into the Collection TRAKTOR 3 3 47 6 2 1 Simple Search gt Click in the Search field gt Type anything related to the track you are searching for in the Search field such as Track Name Artist Name Album Name etc Hit the Enter key on your computer keyboard TRAKTOR will search your entire CoLLection and display all matching files in the List Winbow gt Entering more than one word will return the tracks containing all these words 6 2 2 Refine A search completed with the Enter key of your keyboard searche
95. ected loop TRAKTOR 3 3 102 11 Controlling the Mix 11 1 Mixer Controls 11 1 1 Master Strip The Master Stripe contains the main mixer controls the master volume knob Master the headphones volume knob PHVoL a knob to control the mix in the headphones PHMix and the CROSSFADER The use of the CrossFaDer is explained in detail in chapter 11 2 2 Crossfading The PHVoL knob allows you to adjust the headphones level and the PHMix knob lets you mix the cued signal with the master signal in your headphones The functions of the PHVoL and the PHMix knobs are explained in detail in chapter 11 2 1 Pre listening to a Track It contains also the controls for the Master Errects that we will discuss separately in chapter 12 Effects The knobs and the CrossraDER have all the advanced functionality described in chapter 5 2 Knob and Fader Control TRAKTOR 3 3 103 11 1 2 Channel Strip The CHANNEL Strip contains the CHANNEL VoLuME FADER the CHANNEL GAIN KNoB the CUE BUTTON and the Deck EXTERNAL SWITCH gt If you cannot see the CHANNEL STRIP open it by right ctrl clicking on the HEADER and choosing Show Mixer Channel Controls Deck External Switch This feature enables you to implement other external devices such as turntables or CD players gt Click on the downward pointing arrow in the CHANNEL Strip and choose the entry EXTERNAL gt Open Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Input Routin
96. ed F F10 not assigned Favorites Window The Favorites window is a navigational tool and is located at the bottom of the interface If you do not see the Favorites right ctrl click on the HEADER and choose Show Favorites Three of the Favorites are pre assigned gt Fl Current Playlist gt F2 Track Collection gt F9 Audio Recording You can assign any of the file browser folders or a playlist to a Favorite Playlist F1 F10 1 Some computer key boards require you to hold down the Function fn key in order to use the F Keys TRAKTOR 3 3 63 Do the following to create and use a Favorites folder 1 Dragging another playlist gt Click the PLayLists folder to browse its contents on an already assigned gt Click on the Demo Content folder to expose the Demo PLAYLIST favorite will replace the favorite gt Click hold and drag the Demo PLayList name on top of the F3 Favorite icon playlist with the new playlist gt F3 will now display the Demo PLAYLIST icon gt From now on you can access this folder at any time by pressing the F3 key on 1 Shift dragging another your computer keyboard or by clicking on the Favorite icon with the mouse playlist on an already gt The contents of the Demo PLayList will then appear in the List Winpow assigned favorite will merge the content of the favorite playlist with the content of the shift 6 4 7 History Playlist dragged playlist The History PLAYLIST is a
97. ed playlist Save Save the selected playlist Rename Rename the selected playlist Clear Remove all tracks from the selected playlist Delete Delete the selected playlist This will not actually delete the tracks from your track CoLLection it will only delete the playlist file Reset Played State This removes all track icons played cued etc from the icon column in the track browser TRAKTOR 3 3 60 P Add to Collection This adds all tracks contained in the playlist to the COLLECTION gt Read File Tags Async This reads out the 1D3 tags of the contained tracks This is going on in the background and does not affect the performance gt Write File Tags Async This writes ID3 tags to the contained tracks depend ing on the setting in Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Collection Preferences gt ID3 Tag Mode This is going on in the background and does not affect the performance P Add to Playlist as Next This places all tracks contained in the playlist as next in the current playlist gt Add to Playlist at End This places all tracks contained in the selected playlist at the end of the CURRENT PLAYLIST gt Export Webpage This exports the tracks contained in the selected playlist along with the playlist file playlist_name nml to a place of your destination This way you can transport a playlist to another TRAKTOR computer without losing data gt Export Printable This exports a HT
98. eep holding the right mouse button and let go the left mouse button The knob will return to its last position and the red GHost Pointer remains visible If you want the knob to stay at the value of the GHost Pointer simply release the right mouse button after the knob has reached the value of the GHost POINTER The red GHosT Pointer will disappear and you can depress the left mouse button as well TRAKTOR 3 3 27 5 3 Mouse Modes The mouse can be used to Cue Play and Pause a track There are 3 available Mouse ControL Mopes Snap CD and VinyL You can switch between Mouse Mopes by pushing the respective button in the Mope Details PANEL If you can t find the Mope panel refer to the Layout chapter for learning how to insert the Mope panel into one of your DETAIL views If you intend to often switch between Mouse Mobes make sure that the Mope panel is included on each of your Details pages If you intend to use only one Mouse Mope you can remove the Mope panel from all your DETAILS pages 9 3 1 Snap Mode Waveform In this mode the mouse pointer will snap to either Beats Cue Points or BEATGRID lines gt Hold your mouse pointer over the Waverorm Red Snap points appear at each Beat and Cue Point gt Click and hold This snaps the cursor to the nearest Beat and plays the track as long as you hold the button This is the same as Cue Pause gt Release the button to return to the last Cue Point gt To avoid returning press
99. effect that the tick will be faster Click on the right pointing arrow to lower the BPM which has the effect that the tick will be slower Right Click on these buttons for bigger steps When the tick and the beats of the track run perfectly in time you can fast forward through the track to preview the drift later on in the track The further away you get from the Gripmarker the more precise the tempo value has to be for the tick to stay aligned with the beats in the Waverorm When you have reached the end of the track and it still is aligned perfectly with the tick you can be sure that the Beaterip is precise Any mix using this track will run smooth for its entire duration 1 Be very careful during this procedure as you can easily skip one beat when aligning the tick Although TRAKTORs tempo detection is very precise use at least 3 points in a track to observe the drift Left Clicking on the BPM plus or minus but tons changes the BPM by plus minus 0 01 BPM Right Clicking on the BPM plus or minus buttons changes the BPM by plus minus 0 1 BPM TRAKTOR 3 3 91 9 5 6 Difficult tracks and easy solutions x2 and 2 Buttons Sometimes the TRAKTOR BPM analyzer cannot distinguish between a 170 BPM Drum n Bass track and a 85 BPM Hip Hop track In these cases you can double or divide the BPM by two very easily with the x2 and 2 buttons Tap Button If you have the feeling that you or the TRAKTOR analyzer have messed it up
100. einstall the drivers for your sound card Check the Output Routing You may have selected the correct soundcard but not assigned any of its outputs P Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing gt Make sure you have selected the right Mixer Mope INTERNAL will mix the signal internally 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 TRAKTOR 3 3 192 gt Verify if the section for Monitor and Master or Deck A and Deck B in EXTERNAL Mixer Mope show valid outputs of the connected soundcard gt You may need to deselect and re select the outputs to reinitialize the assign ment gt If this does not work make the correct assignment confirm with OK and then close and re open TRAKTOR 3 Check the Audio Control Panel in Windows To check the correct installation of your soundcard on a Windows computer do the following gt Open Start gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices gt Audio gt For Sound Playback gt Default Device drop down the menu and make sure your soundcard is displayed in the list If it is not you may need to reinstall the drivers for your soundcard Check the Audio Midi Setup in Mac 0S X To check the correct installation of your soundcard on a Mac do the following gt Open
101. el Effect Switch between TRAKTORs ChHaAnneL EFFECTS and adjust them Master Effect Switch between TRAKTORs Master ErrecTs and adjust them Tracking Find here SCRATCH related information like the calibration status and the assignment of the decks Click on the circle to switch from Scope to STICKER VIEW Booth Contains controls for a monitor speaker system Separators Growing Separators SEPARATORS are a viSual help to organize panels into groups To insert a SEPARATOR do the following gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click on the panel to the right of the desired SEPARATOR position Select Separator from the context menu To remove a Separator right ctrl click on it and choose Close this panel TRAKTOR 3 3 35 GROWING SEPARATORS are helpful to build your details view symmetrical and equally spaced The GrowING SEPARATORS are especially useful if you re assigning panels to Deck A and B this way you can e g adjust the panels for Deck A on the left side and for Deck B on the right side To insert a GRowinc SEPARATOR do the following gt Right Ctrl Click on the panel to the right of the desired GRowING SEPARATOR position gt Select Growing Separator from the context menu gt To remove a GRowING Separator right ctrl click on it and choose Close this panel Linking the selection of the Details pages to Layouts Locked Layouts recall the Details page they have been used with If you prefer to switch Layouts and DETAI
102. ent name gt Enter a new name for the Layout gt Confirm with the Enter key of your computer keyboard 9 4 4 Details Section The Detaics Section has four individual pages TRAKTOR is preconfigured for screens having a width of 1024 pixels On many current screens the DETAILS SECTION will therefore be only partly filled As for the Layouts the panels loaded into the 4 available DETAILS pages are an example of how you can configure the interface After spending some time with TRAKTOR you will want to change the pre selected panels to fit your personal needs and your style of DJing Here is the description of how to customize the DETAILS SECTION TRAKTOR 3 3 33 Arranging Deleting and Inserting Panels from the Details Section gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Right Ctrl Click on a panel in the Detaits section This will drop down a selec tion menu Choose Close this Panel to remove the panel from the current DETAILS page Choose Make First to move the panel all the way to the left most side of the DeTAILs section Choose Make Last to move the panel all the way to the right most side of the DETAILS section Choose Move Left to move the panel to the left Choose Move Right to move the panel to the right Choose one of the available panels to insert the panel to the right of the other panels into the page Available Panels Vvvvv V Vv VY VY vvv Page Select here one of the four Details PAGES Mode Select here t
103. er can handle real time audio processing without audio dropouts Dropouts can be caused by certain components in your computer A software utility that can check your computer s suitability for audio processing is available at www thesycon de deu latency_check shtml There is no software installation required just launch the tool after downloading With your audio interface disconnected the tool will report if your laptop can handle real time audio streaming without audio dropouts In case your computer is unable to handle glitch free audio processing the tool will show you red latency bars and report this in the box on the bottom Run it with both settings audio interface connected and disconnected to find out about your computer s capacities TRAKTOR 3 3 186 21 2 2 Avoid Shared Memory In general it is not recommended to use laptops with shared memory graphic cards for audio applications A shared memory graphic card accesses the same memory as the CPU Other graphic cards have their own dedicated memory so that the main memory is reserved for other tasks like audio processing You will need memory and processing power available for your audio project 21 2 3 Avoid battery usage It is not recommended to run the laptop on its battery as the computer might slow the clock rate of the CPU down 21 2 4 Disable devices First disconnect additional hardware printers scanners etc that you do not need while you are working
104. esktop start TRAKTOR 3 now and or start the NI SERVICE CENTER Setup Choose the options you want and then click on FinisH to finish the installation 3 2 2 Uninstalling TRAKTOR 3 To uninstall TRAKTOR 3 from your computer use the following steps gt gt gt Open C Program Files Native Instruments Traktor DJ Studio 3 Double click the Unwise tool to begin un installation Choose Automatic from the following dialog 3 2 3 Installing NI SERVICE CENTER v vv v vv On the Splash Screen choose INSTALL NI Service CENTER A dialog opens that welcomes you to the installation of NI Service Center Click on Next to proceed In the next window you are prompted to agree to the license agreement Click on Accept to proceed The next window lets you choose an installation folder Click Next to proceed with the default installation folder On the next screen you can choose a program group where the TRAKTOR Scratch icon will be added to You should leave it in the default path and proceed with Next Now the installation is running At the end of this process a dialog asks you whether you want to start the SERVICE CENTER now open the Readme or create a shortcut on the desktop Choose the options you want and then click on Finis to finish the installation 1 Please always refer to the Readme file on the installation CD as it contains last minute information not available in the printed manual TRAKTOR 3 3 8 3 3 Mac OS X
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106. ey were so that you can resume the mix perfectly At any time during your Native Mix RecorbinG you can store markers that create points in the mix This allows you to skip forward or backward precisely to the stored points in the mix then resume Mix RECORDING The big benefit of recording your mixes in the Native Mix format is that you can easily correct any mistake that has happened during the mix If you have ever tried to record an one hour mix where things went well until the last record and you had to re do everything again then you will know how useful this feature is gt 44 14 Native Mix Recorder b gt Rec 11kB 0 00 08 0 00 00 0 00 08 0 00 08 T Set Save Cut Load TDel SavAs New Write TRAKTOR 3 3 127 13 2 1 Recording your mix Y vvvvv Vvvvv vv Create a PLay ist of tracks you would like to mix and record Load a track in Deck A Move the CrossraDer to the left focusing Deck A Load a track in Deck B Click the red Recorb button in the Native Mix Recorder panel to start record ing Recording will begin and the record time will start counting in the Mix RECORDER display window This window will also show the size of the recording in kilo bytes Begin your mix Match the track tempos and move the Crossraber slowly to the right mixing in the track in Deck B Adjust the Gain knob to match volume levels Adjust the EQ if necessary Use effects if you like to Move the CrossFaDeRr all the
107. f permanent Cue Points select it and re lease the lit Lock button 9 3 5 Naming Your Cue Points After you have locked a Cue Point you can name it This way it is easy to find it in the Cue List panel gt Skip to the Cue Point by selecting it from the list in the upper drop down box gt Double Click on the display to place the text cursor in the name field gt Type the new name and confirm with Enter Cue Edit T4 HT Floating 7 Cue k Cull Set Lock Whenever you select a Cue Point from the Cue Edit Panel it gets locked by de fault except the Floating Cue Point obviously TRAKTOR 3 3 84 9 3 6 Jumping between Cue Points In TRAKTOR you have several options for jumping to Cue Points gt Click on the Cue Point symbol in the Stripe Window or in the WaAvEFoRM WINDOW gt Use the Backward Cue and Forwarb Cue buttons in the Cue Epit panel or the respective Hotkey gt Select an entry of the upper drop down menu of the Cue Enit panel gt Click one of the 6 buttons in the Cue List details panel 9 4 Cue Points Special While regular Cue Points help establish points in a track from which to play or cue there are three other types of Cue Points you can set each with their own special function Assigning a different type to a Cue Point is done by selecting the desired type in the drop down box in the Cue Ebit details panel gt Select a Cue Point by skipping to it gt Inthe Cue Ent details p
108. f the track where you want to know the BPM and choose Local BPM to generate a very precise BPM value for this area gt Exact BPM This analyzes the whole track Use this if your track has a constant tempo TRAKTOR 3 3 94 10 Advanced Playback Functions The following chapters will give you the ammunition to expand your creativity Load your tracks experiment with the following features and fire up your tracks with some hot new moves 10 1 BeatJump The BeatJump feature allows you to jump through the track in sections of beats You can specify how many beats forward or backward you want to jump This can be useful for scrolling through a track but also has an added effect of remixing when performed while the track is playing Load and play a track in Deck A You ll find the BeatJump panel on Details Pace 2 Listen to the beat of the track and click the 1 2 gt button on beat This will move the song forward 1 2 beat Now click the lt 4 button This will move the song backward 4 whole beats Using the BearJumr buttons on beat can give the effect of Beat Juggling allow ing you to remix the beat on the fly vv vvv BeatJump i short ver 2 iton 4 TRAKTOR 3 3 95 10 1 1 Customize the Jump Length By default the four BearJumP buttons are set for 1 4 and 16 beats TRAKTOR lets you customize the length of any of the three BeatJump button pairs gt Right Ctrl Click the button labeled 1 gt gt A menu wi
109. fic information such as BPM beats per minute original song Key personal Ratinc and more If you have organized your music in a set of special folders like My Music it is advisable to reveal these directories to TRAKTOR Hereafter you can use the function mport Music Folders to synchronize TRAKTOR with recently added tracks or with a changed folder structure within this set of folders Specify your Music Folders Open Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Data Location Click App on the bottom of the right window Browse to your Music FOLDERS Confirm with OK Repeat to add all of your Music FOLDERS vvwvvvv Import your Music Folders gt Right Ctrl Click on the CoLLection icon in the BROWSER TREE gt Choose Import Music Folders from the menu 1 Subfolders are automat ically included in the scan You don t need to add sub folders to this list TRAKTOR 3 3 44 TRAKTOR offers other alternative methods to import single tracks or a special folder that is not part of your conventional Music FoLDER structure gt gt gt Drag and drop a track or a folder from your Mac Finder or Windows Explorer onto the CoLLecrion icon in the TRAKTOR Browser TREE Drag and drop a track or a folder from the tree structure below the TRAKTOR Explorer icon representing all drives connected to your computer onto the COLLECTION CON In the same manner you can right ctrl click on a subfolder of the T
110. g 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 Cue Button With this button you are able to prelisten to a track that is not playing in the main mix Chapter 11 2 1 Pre listening to a Track describes how this is done Click on the Cue button to activate It It is lit blue when active Gain Knob With this knob you are able to adjust the gain of a track independently from the master gain Chapter 11 2 5 Gain Manual Adjusting describes how this is done The knob has all the advanced functionality described in chapter 5 2 1 Knob and Fader Control TRAKTOR 3 3 104 Channel Fader With this fader you are able to adjust the channel volume Its CHANNEL LeveL METERS help you to adjust the volume of the running track with the next track Chapter 11 2 5 Gain Manual Adjusting describes how this is done The fader has all the advanced functionality described in chapter 5 2 1 Knob and Fader Control 11 1 3 EQ Strip An important tool in mixing is the EquaLizer TRAKTOR 3 offers 4 different types of EQs each modeled after today s top DJ mixers gt On the EQ Strip click the downward pointing arrow and select a EQ Tyre from the drop down menu gt If you cannot see the EQ Strip open it by right ctrl clicking on the HEADER and choosing Show Mixer EQ Controls gt The EQ knobs ha
111. ge the Way Users log On or Off and unselect Use Fast User Switching 22 2 5 Switch off Power Schemes gt Choose Start gt Control Panel gt Power Options gt Set Power Schemes to Always On gt Drop down the menu for Turn off Monitor and select Never P Drop down the menu for Turn off hard discs and select Never 22 2 6 Turn off Hibernation gt Open Start gt Control Panel and double click Power Options P Choose the Hibernate tab and unselect Enable Hibernation TRAKTOR 3 3 201 22 2 1 Disable system sounds gt Open Start gt Control Panel and double click Sounds and Audio Devices gt Choose the Sounds tab gt Drop down the sound scheme menu and select None 22 2 8 Disable System Restore gt Open Start gt Control Panel gt System gt Click on the System Restore tab gt Select Turn off System Restore on all Drives 22 3 Macintosh Optimization This chapter collects tips for tweaking the performance of a Macintosh computer 22 3 1 Log off additional users If you have set up multiple user accounts on your computer make sure your user account is the only one logged in by logging off any additional users 22 3 2 Turn off the screen saver Open System Preferences gt Energy Saver Click on Show Details to display the energy saver deta
112. h the Grip lines you can be sure that the Beatcrip is precise Any mix using this track will run smooth for its entire duration Example Pictures El al The GRID runs out of sync with the beats soon the BEATGRID is too tight Lower the BPM value with the right arrow button below the BPM display in the BPM panel The GRID runs out of sync with the beats soon the BEATGRID is too wide Raise the BPM value with the left arrow button below the BPM display in the BPM panel Left Clicking on the BPM plus or minus but tons changes the BPM by plus minus 0 01 BPM Right Clicking on the BPM plus or minus buttons changes the BPM by plus minus 0 1 BPM TRAKTOR 3 3 90 The BEATGRID lies perfectly on the beats Scroll forward in the track to see if a drift starts later Use at least 3 points in the track to check if the BEATGRID is still in sync gt 5 5 Forth Adjusting the Grid audibly VV vv gt Skip to the GriDMARKER and play the track Turn on the Tick button in the BPM details panel to make the grid lines audible as ticks added to the track Observe the drift of the tick relatively to the beats of the track Correct any kind of emerging offset with the buttons underneath the BPM digits in the BPM details panel The tick should align with the beat of your track Use the both buttons beneath the BPM field to raise and lower the BPM value Click on the left pointing arrow to raise the BPM which has the
113. h this button you can control the speed of the LFO Mib Define with this button the frequency that is being modulated with the amount set by DPT Tap Click in time on this button to adjust the suspension frequency 12 4 9 Beatmasher vv gt On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the processed signal and works as dry wet control Turned to 0 lets through a completely unprocessed signal turned to 100 lets through only the processed signal LENGTH defines the length of the loop that is recorded in the buffer Gate This button works in two different modes If you move it from the centre towards the maximum value it works as threshold progressively muting sec tions of the recorded loop until only one 16th of the recorded loop is audible at 100 If Gate Is in the centre position it plays the recorded loop exactly as defined by the LENGTH knob When moved from the centre towards minimum value the original signal is being mixed into the recorded loop resulting in a 100 unaffected or dry signal at the minimum position and a 100 processed or wet signal at the center position Tap Click in time on this button to adjust the effect tempo TRAKTOR 3 3 122 13 Recording 13 1 Audio Recording By using the Aupio RecorbinG feature it is possible to record your TRAKTOR set in real time You can also record extern
114. he Icecast server could not be established Please go through the configuration process once more and make sure that the data you received from the server has been inputted cor rectly If the symbol is highlighted you are connected to the server and can now start your broadcast 1 Even though it is possi ble to run an Icecast server and the TRAKTOR 3 ap plication on one computer at the same time the CPU usage will increase and when using power hungry features like Key Lock it might result in a sluggish perfor mance Therefore it is recom mended to use two computers TRAKTOR 3 3 150 17 Autoplay TRAKTOR 3 offers an AutorLay function where all the tracks of a playlist are played back with automatic crossfades To understand how TRAKTOR 3 behaves in AUTOPLAY mode you have to be aware of the following limitations gt vv vv Autoplay only uses tracks from the Current PLavList If you want play another playlist in AUTOPLAY mode you have to copy the tracks to the CURRENT PLAYLIST first Autoplay only supports 2 Decks on the same level To start Autoplay one deck has to be selected and playing on the Master out put Autoplay follows the order of the CURRENT PLAYLIST The time for a transition in Autoplay mode is defined in PREFERENCES gt DECK PREFERENCES gt SOUND amp MIXER 17 1 1 Playing a Playlist in Autoplay Mode gt gt VVVVY Clear the CURRENT PLavyLisT by double clicking it to select all
115. he Mouse Mope for the Waverorm navigation Decks Here you can focus any of the Decks and change the CrossFaber assign ment Cue Edit Set save and rename Cue Points delete them or navigate between them Cue List Direct access to the first six Cue Points of a track for easier naviga tion BeatJump Performs BeatJumps forward and backward depending on the jump size BPM Tempo adjustment functions like setting a BEATMARKER and establishing a BEATGRID Channel Channel related functions and channel input selection Master Master audio section for controlling main mixer functions Loop Set Sets Loops either manually or with beat accurate length Loop Sict Handles navigation between Loops TRAKTOR 3 3 34 vv v VYY v Vv VW VW Yy gt Loop Move Moves the current Loop forward and backward depending on a chosen step size Loop Start Resizes the current Loor by moving the Loop Start Point depending on the step size Loop End Resizes the current Loop by moving the Loop Enp Point depending on the step size Track Info Contains customizable displays for the track infos Read more about the Track Inro in chapter 5 4 5 Deck Info Audio Recorder Record audio from the internal mix microphone or external mixer sum Native Mix Recorder Plays back and records Native Mix FILES Clock Contains all controls for the Master Clock Key Contains controls for changing the Key of your tracks and performing time stretching Chann
116. he Preview Deck This can be done while none or all Decks are playing Sound from the Preview PLAYER will be heard through the Monitor Outputs You can configure the outputs of your sound card in Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing v vv vvv Load a track into the Preview Deck by clicking the PRE LISTEN Icon in the List Winbow or using drag and drop The Preview Deck will display the Waverorm of the track Scroll through the track by dragging the red slider through the Waverorm Press the PLay button to the right of the player to pause and restart play back Unload a track from the Preview Deck by clicking again on the PRE LISTEN ICON If you like the track load it into a Deck A by right ctrl clicking the track title in the List Winbow and selecting Load to Deck A from the menu Click a second time on the PrRe LisTeNn Icon in the track line of the track that is loaded into the Preview Deck to unload the track from the Preview DEck QA search Traktor Demo 1 To hear tracks played in the Preview Deck over your headphones make sure that your headphones are connected to the Monitor Outputs of your sound card and the PhVol knobs in the Mixer Strip is in center position If you don t see the col umn with the Pre listen Icon Right Ctrl Click the Headline of the List Window and make sure that the column Pre listen is checked TRAKTOR 3 3 108 gt Click Hold on the title of the Preview Dec
117. he frequencies nearby the cutoff frequency All other frequencies are attenu ated This brings more color into the sound gt Low This knob controls the lower cutoff frequency gt Hich This knob controls the higher cutoff frequency 12 4 5 F T2L W gt On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted gt Awt This knob controls the amount of the processed signal and works as dry wet control Turned to 0 lets through a completely unprocessed signal turned to 100 lets through only the processed signal gt Q This knob controls the Resonance Resonance means an enhancement of the frequencies nearby the cutoff frequency All other frequencies are attenu ated This brings more color into the sound gt Low This knob controls the lower cutoff frequency P Wip This knob controls the width of the frequency band TRAKTOR 3 3 120 12 4 6 Delay gt gt gt On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the processed signal and works as dry wet control Turned to 0 lets through a completely unprocessed signal turned to 100 lets through only the processed signal Fos This knob controls the feedback that means how much of the original Signal is returned into the delay Turn it counter clockwise for short delays and clockwise for long delays Frea
118. hese kinds of tags because all relevant information is stored in the Collection file but as soon as you move a track to another computer the attributes of the track get detached from the music file itself It can therefore be useful to additionally write the properties into the track itself Not all file types support this kind of embedded information for instance AIFF and WAV files do not support it Other file types support a proprietary format of tags such as FLAC that TRAKTOR does not fully support yet ID3v2 which is the name for the most common type of embedded tags used in MP3 files is fully supported by TRAKTOR More file types will be supported with future updates Find a complete list with all supported file formats here http www native instruments com traktor3filetype Writing CoLLection attributes into file tags should be used for gt Transferring tracks to other computers gt Backup of the information contained in the CoLLEcTION Reading tags from files is automatically done when importing tracks into the CoLLection or when browsing tracks in the TRAKTOR ExPLorer Manually triggering the readout of tags from the files is mainly used for restoring unwanted changes made in the TRAKTOR CoLzLecrtion or if you changed track properties of a track outside of TRAKTOR i e with another application TRAKTOR 3 3 56 6 3 4 Browser Buttons Even though all functions that can be applied to tracks or selections of tracks are availa
119. his chapter all related options and menus gt Find a general description of TRAKTOR Scratch s functionality in your TRAKTOR Scratch manual 18 1 Scratch Panel Tracking 4 18 1 1 Open the Tracking Panel AERAN gt Right Ctrl Click on the Details section ao gt Choose Tracking gt Click on the downwards pointing arrow and choose n Channel A for Deck A gt Open another TrackincG PANEL and choose n Channel B for Deck B 18 1 2Assign an input to a channel gt On the TRAcKING PANEL IN CHANNEL A click on the button labeled A to assign Deck A to IN CHANNEL A gt On the Trackinc PANEL IN CHANNEL B click on the button labeled B to assign Deck B to IN CHANNEL B TRAKTOR 3 3 154 18 2 TRAKTOR Scratch Preferences Here is a list of TRAKTOR Preferences that are specific to the TRAKTOR Scratch functionality 18 2 1 Audio Setup gt Tracking Timecode Inputs The Controt SIGNAL figures give you a basic idea of the quality of the CONTROL SIGNAL Record Speed You can choose the start position of the tracking here This is useful if P You want to sticker your record with a lead in sticker gt The beginning of your control record is worn out or scratched Track Start Position Put a checkmark in the 45 RPM handling mode if you prefer this over 33 RPM TRAKTOR 3 3 155 18 2 2 Deck Preferences gt Loading Load next track on Record Flip With this option checked you can load the next track of any PLavList by fl
120. identally deleted entries in one of the attributes fields 1 This will remove the track from the Playlist only It will not delete the track from your hard drive TRAKTOR 3 3 57 gt Reap Metapata Clicking on the READ MeTADATA Button imports the metadata of the selected music files into the COLLECTION gt Write Metapata Clicking on the Write Button writes metadata information into music files Choose from 3 writing modes in Preferences gt Browser Preference gt Collection Preferences gt App The editing changes are applied and stored in the CoLLecTION Beatport Browser Buttons The Beatport Browser Buttons can only be accessed from the Beatport icon Read more about the Beatport Browser Buttons in chapter 8 1 Beatport Browser Buttons 6 3 5 Other Track Options gt Relocate Opens a dialog in which you can navigate to the folder containing the missing track s Very useful if you e g restructured your Music Folder Search in Playlists Searches the selected track s in all playlists and returns a list with all playlists containing the selected track s Add to Playlist as Next Adds the selected track s as next to the CURRENT PLAYLIST Add to Playlist at End Adds the selected track s at the end of the CURRENT PLAYLIST Reset Played Clicking Reset Played will reset the Display Icon next to any track that has been played It will then appear as not played This can be used if you
121. ils Click on Sleep Set the slider for Put the computer to sleep when inactive to Never Set the slider for Put the display to sleep when inactive to Never vvwvvvv TRAKTOR 3 3 202 22 3 3 Do NOT put hard drive s to sleep gt Open System Preferences gt Energy Saver gt Click on Show Details to display the energy saver details gt Click on Sleep gt Uncheck Put the hard disk s to sleep when possible 22 3 4 Make the desktop static gt Open System Preferences gt Desktop amp Screen Saver gt Choose the Desktop tab P Choose an image for your background gt Unselect Change Picture 22 3 5 Lock the Dock gt Open System Preferences gt Dock gt Drop down the menu next to Minimizing Using and select Scale Effect gt Unselect Animate opening applications and Automatically hide and show the Dock 22 3 6 Dismantle Dashboard 10 4 Tiger and above Search the internet for OS X Dashboard kill applications There are several to choose from Some are simple applications that you double click to stop and start the Dashboard others are lines of code to be pasted into the Terminal TRAKTOR 3 3 203 22 3 1 Turn off Sharing gt Open System Preferences gt Sharing gt Click on the Services tab gt Unselect Personal File Sharing and Internet Sharing or Pe
122. in minutes and seconds Beats Counts the beats beginning with 1 1 at the origin of the BEATMARKER Beats to Cue Displays the beats remaining until the end of the track BPM Displays the actual BPM depending on the current pitch Tempo Displays the actual tempo of the track in percent depending on the actual pitch Key Displays the actual Key of a track depending of the value chosen in the Key panel Off Turns the respective Deck Info FieLD off TRAKTOR 3 3 37 9 4 6 Wave Display Options The Waverorm of a track can be customized in the following section of the preferences Open Preferences gt Appearance gt Wave Display Options Highlight Beatmarkers With this option checked the small white lines on every beat get highlighted Load a track in Deck A Move the PREFERENCES window beneath the Deck Check the option HIGHLIGHT BEATMARKERS Click on APPLY Observe that the white vertical lines on every beat are now brighter than be fore vvwvvvv Show Minute Markers With this option checked every minute will be marked with a small vertical white line in the overall waveform STRIPE giving you a visual hint of how long your track will go on Load a track in Deck A Move the PREFERENCES window beneath the Deck Check the option SHow MinuTe MARKERS Click on APPLY Observe that the white vertical lines every minute of the track in the overall waveform STRIPE VvVVVY Channels This option changes th
123. in neutral central position gt Is the PHMix knob Phones Mix knob set to neutral position centered If after verifying all this you can still not obtain any Master LeveL activity you should contact support TRAKTOR 3 3 194 21 4 6 Decks play Master Level Flashes but no Sound Re Verify your Soundcard Output Routing gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing gt Make sure you have selected the right Mixer Mope INTERNAL will mix the signal internally 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 Make sure you have connected the outputs to the Monitor OutPuT when using your built in soundcard With this setting the PHMix knob in the Mixer allows you to hear a mix of all available TRAKTOR 3 s signals in your headphones including the Preview Deck Test your Speaker Setup At this point you have tested almost any possible routing error in TRAKTOR itself You now have to verify your external connections including your amplifier and loudspeakers A good way to test the external connections is to momentarily disconnect the audio cables from your soundcard You should hear a popping sound or a buzz as you unplug the cables if everything is set up correctly in the signal path after the soundcard If this test gives positive result you
124. ing carried out As a result sound cards create a buffer which can hold a certain number of samples where data can be stored and released as needed to create a smooth flow of data An analogy would be if you had a hose that does not deliver water continuously but in bursts So you use a holding tank to store the water coming in from the hose and have a valve in the tank that releases a steady amount of water in a smooth continuous flow If the tank buffer is large then you can store more water in case the hose goes dry for a bit But it will take longer to fill the bucket which is equivalent to latency A smaller tank takes less time to fill but the hose needs to deliver water on a pretty continuous basis All ASIO audio interfaces and sound cards include a control panel in which you can adjust the latency This may be given as the number of samples per buffer or just milliseconds TRAKTOR 3 3 185 21 1 3Warning Different Types of ASIO It is extremely important to use the ASIO driver written for the AUDIO 8 DJ There are also generic ASIO drivers typically called for Windows ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver or ASIO Multimedia Driver If you re not sure which one to use try them all and choose the one with the lowest latency There should be an obvious dramatic difference when you use the correct AUDIO 8 DJ driver 21 2 Using TRAKTOR with a laptop 21 2 1 Check the laptop s latency First you should check if your comput
125. ipping the record Playlist Scrolling With this option you can enable PLAYList ScroLLING If you drop the needle into the SCROLLING zone of the ControL Recorb or skip to Track 3 on your Control CD You should see in the List Window how you scroll through your playlist backwards and forwards according to the movement of the record CD Whenever you stop the movement the respective track will be loaded into the deck you are scrolling in 18 2 3 Deck Preferences gt Transport Switch to Absolute Mode on Lead In When you place the needle in the Leab lIn of the ControL VinyL or skip to the first track of the ControL CD the tracking mode switches to ABsoLute Mobe Switch to Absolute Mode after Loading When loading a track the tracking mode always switches to ABsoLuTE Mobe TRAKTOR 3 3 156 18 2 4 Appearance gt Wave Display Options Fit to Record The length of the overview waveform STRIPE matches the length of your CONTROL VINYL Whip Game Proper Dirty Twista lt lt gt bu bol ELL Fit to Track The length of the overview waveform STRIPE matches the length of the track that is loaded Whip Game Proper Dirty Twista Kahet Se ee gt O O Dx16 Set Cue TRAKTOR 3 3 157 18 3 Using 4 Decks It is possible to switch the Deck AssiGNMENT Seamlessly which allows you to control every Deck via CONTROL SIGNAL Although one CONTROL SIGNAL SOurce Is possible w
126. ist equals around 1 kb This means all Playlists with 5 or below kb will have most likely not more than 4 6 tracks contained in them And usually they can be deleted making browsing in the History PLayLists more convenient 6 4 8 Current Playlist The CURRENT PLAYLIST IS a special PLayList in which you find tracks that were played recently or you plan to play in near future Whenever you play a track it will be placed automatically in the CURRENT PLAYLIST If you found some tracks you want to play not as next track but in the near future drag and drop them onto the Current PLayList for quicker access Drag the tracks in the CURRENT PLay_ist in the desired order see a red line in dicating where the track will drop in Right Ctrl Click on the CURRENT PLAYLIST and choose Clear to remove all tracks from the CURRENT PLAYLIST Another useful tip for organizing your Playlists can be found in chapter 20 5 Organizing Playlists TRAKTOR 3 3 65 6 4 9 Track Collection The Track COLLECTION IS a special PlayList that contains every imported track regardless of the folder structure of your hard drive This makes it sometimes easier to search for tracks or get a general overview while browsing for tracks you want to put in a PLAYLIST The Track CoLLecTion is the heart of TRAKTOR containing every song of yours in its database making it easy to search and to find 6 4 10 iTunes Import TRAKTOR allows you
127. k then drag the track in Deck A or B to load it into Deck A or B gt Load anew track in the Preview Deck to replace the current track in the Preview Deck with a new track 11 2 2 Crossfading Crossfading means to make a transition between two tracks Dragged to left side only Deck A Is audible Dragged to the right side only Deck B is audible Every position in between mixes both decks meaning that tracks in both decks are audible The characteristic of a crossfader is that the more you drag it to the center the more of the opposite track will be audible until both tracks are running with 100 of its volume in the center Manual Crossfade The TRAKTOR 3 Crossraber is a standard fader and offers the advanced fader functionality described in chapter 5 2 Knob and Fader Control gt Click hold and drag the Crossraper to the right focusing Deck B gt Load and play a track in Deck A and Deck B Because the Crossraper is faded to the right you will hear only the track in Deck B through the main mix gt Now click hold and drag the CrossraDER slowly to the left The track in Deck A will slowly mix with the track in Deck B gt When the Crossraber is all the way to the left only the track in Deck A will be audible It s always a good idea to use the EQs during a transition to avoid clipping that can happen easily when two tracks play together with full vol ume TRAKTOR 3 3 109 Fader Curve The TRAKTOR 3 Cr
128. ks 4 Minimized Deck System Monitor External Mixer amp F ja External Mixer amp F External Mixer amp E Browser Beatpoi You can always minimize or maximize the Decks by double clicking on the Header of one of the Decks where the letters A and B are located TRAKTOR 3 3 31 Proceed to customize your Layout by checking and un checking the different sections When you are done right click on the Layout box and check the option Lock current Layout The available options are gt gt vv Show Details Opens and closes the DertaiLs section Useful if you are working with four decks and have not much space on your screen left e g for the browser Show Messages Opens and closes the Toottips ConsoLe box Keep it open when you re a TRAKTOR 3 newbie close it if you re already familiar with TRAKTOR 3 and use the spare place for another panel Show Browser Opens and closes the TRAKTOR 3 browser If you manage your tracks outside the TRAKTOR 3 browser e g in iTunes you might want to close the TRAKTOR 3 browser Show Progressbar Opens and closes the analyzation Procress Bar in the low er left corner Show Favorites Opens and closes the Favorites playlists Show Browser Button Controls Shows and hides buttons for several playlist and track related functions Find a detailed description of the Browser Buttons in chapter 6 3 4 Browser Buttons Minimize Maximize Deck A amp B As well as a double click o
129. ld from your hard disk drive 6 5 Working with Audio CDs 6 5 1 CD Text Up to now tracks of an Audio CD were displayed like TrackOl TrackO2 etc But now if you insert an Audio CD that shows CD text you will be able to see this data in TRAKTOR e g the correct Track TitLe or the Artist NAME 6 9 2 Audio CDs and Favorites gt If you drag the Audio CD Icon onto a Favorite this Favorite keeps assigned to the Audio CD drive even if you remove a CD P If you do not have an Audio CD loaded in your CD drive the Favorite will be displayed with a Missine icon shown as Reb Cross 6 5 3 Eject CD You can eject a CD also from within TRAKTOR gt Right Ctrl Click on the Aupio CD icon to eject the CD A Plugging and un plug ging the iPod while tacks are playing may cause the audio to stop briefly Take extreme care not to unplug the iPod when play ing a track from it 1 Not all commercial Audio CDs show these addi tional info texts TRAKTOR 3 3 67 7 Backup and Transfer of your Collection 1 1 TRAKTOR File Formats and the Traktor3 Folder TRAKTOR creates the following file types on your hard drive gt nml all playlists have this extension the CoLLection the History playlists and user created playlists tks extension for keyboard or midi hotkey settings gt nmx extension for native mix recordings gt wav extension for the audio file created from the audio recorder gt xml extension fo
130. ld is used to control buttons that shall be On only as long as you press the button e g the Cue Pause button Trigger is used for controls that shall initiate an action e g the Deck Load Selected control Previous amp Next are used for controls with which you can scroll through a list e g the Browser List WINDow Output is used for MIDI Out e g to get LED s blinking Set Default is used similar to the Reset type Up Down is used e g for the PitcH BEND control 14 4 6 Direct Mode for specific Hotkeys This is a very innovative extension of the current hotkeys for range controls such as filter knobs or the Key knob The idea behind it is to give DJs without additional controllers a way to control TRAKTOR effectively and comfortably it enables you to turn a knob up and down without the need to hover over that specific control or to click with the mouse gt gt gt In the Hotkey Setup assign an additional Hotkey to a parameter Select Direct as CONTROL TYPE Back in the application you can now press this new Horkey with one hand and with the other you can instantly change the parameter by moving the mouse or by using the touch pad This way you can very quickly control several parameters particularly handy when it comes to controlling ef fects TRAKTOR 3 3 139 14 4 7 MIDI Control Types Analog Fader Knob control has a mechanical range corresponding to the range of the parameter Rotary 7Fh O1h
131. left to the SEARCH FIELD to see the list of your search expressions Artist Ronald van Aggelen Breltbannt Arthur Oskan Raumten Clicking the Magnifying Glass next to a BPM value gives back tracks with simi lar BPM values which means a range of 2 5 BPM Artist Ronald van Aggelen Breltbannt Arthur Oskan Raumton TRAKTOR 3 3 50 6 2 7 Track Icons It is especially important to keep an overview of your set with one look when you are performing in front of an audience The Icon column gives valuable information about the history of a track and can be sorted to align the tracks in their historical sequence Here is a list of each Icon and its meaning gt A DiamonD shows that the track is listed in the CURRENT PLAYLIST but hasn t been played yet This is modeled after the common habit of vinyl DJs who place the records they want to play in the near future at a 45 degree angle in their crate The letters A B C and B identify the tracks currently loaded into the Decks A Check Mark means that the track had been played in one of the two Decks An Exclamation Mark Identifies tracks not found at the files previous location A reason 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 The right pointing Arrow indicates that this is the next track in the current playlist vvv 0 orting by this column orders
132. lity downloads in MP3 MP4 and WAV formats on a pay per download basis With hundreds of labels and thousands of users worldwide Beatport is recognized as the leader in online digital dance music To access the store simply select the path Beatport in the Tree Winbow Your computer will now access the Beatport server and download information that Is being displayed in the List Winbow In order to navigate the interface just click the relevant buttons and links If you have not been a member of Beatport until now simply click the button labeled First Time Start Here and follow the instructions on the screen There are a lot of advantages when buying your music through the Beatport store integrated in TRAKTOR gt It is possible to preview any track available in the store through the integrated Preview PLAYER of TRAKTOR gt While previewing a track you can see the actual Waverorm in the Preview PLAYER and browse the track by moving the cursor through gt It is possible to enter a search string in the TRAKTOR Search FieLD to search Beatport P You can search for tracks with the same TITLE from the same LaseL or Artist with the Finn More button Read more about the Find More button in chapter 6 3 4 Browser Buttons It is possible to transfer multiple files with the help of a download manager All tracks you have bought through the store interface are added to a playlist called PURCHASED TRACKS vv TRAKTOR 3 3 72
133. ll appear with length selections Select 1 4 gt The BeatJump buttons will now be labeled 1 4 This allows your track to jump 1 4th of a beat 10 1 2Two Button Mouse control The BeatJump button offers a special functionality for dual button mice and for dual button track pads The left row of the BeatJump buttons can be right ctrl clicked to achieve a jump in the opposite direction With this feature you can beat juggle with your two finger tips 10 2 Duplicate Deck This feature allows you live remixing like you never could before with TRAKTOR you can create an instant exact and synchronized copy of a track that even copies the Loops that were in the original tracks It s as easy as loading a track Load a track in Deck A and let the track run Click and hold on the Heaber of the deck that s where you see the File INFo and the letter of the deck here the big A Now hold and drag the mouse onto Deck B Both tracks are now running in exactly in the same position and synchronized Of course you can duplicate the track from any Deck in any Deck e g from Deck B to Deck D or Deck A to Deck C etc vVvvv vv BeatJump If you don t want to use the mouse you can as sign the respective Hotkeys in Add gt Deck gt Load Tracks gt Deck duplicate Deck A or B in the Hotkey MIDI Setup section of the Preferences Read more about Hotkeys in chapter 14 MIDI and Hotkeys TRAKTOR 3 3 96 10 3 Loops TRAKT
134. llowing paragraph and verify your built in sound card settings If the Waverorm does scroll from left to right but you hear no sound on your built in speakers you may have accidentally moved a knob or fader in the mixer and turned down the volume gt Playlists Mixes 1 Demo Demo Tracks TRAKTOR 3 3 16 4 4 Test Drive TRAKTOR 3 Now that the sound card is configured and TRAKTOR is up and running let s have a little fun by doing a quick mix For this we use the Demo Tracks that come with TRAKTOR 3 The Decks are your virtual turntables and they behave just like any DJ turntable avallable on the market This means that you can not only play back stop scroll forward and backward through your tracks but you can also change the tempo of a track This makes it possible to match the tempo of two titles and then mix from one to the other just like you would with two turntables and a mixer 4 4 1 Test Driving on the Included Demo Tracks We start by loading tracks in Deck A and B and letting them play gt Click and hold on the first Demo Track in the List Winbow and drag it into Deck A The selected track will load into Deck A and the track Waverorm will appear in the Deck Waverorm DISPLAY Click and hold on the second Demo Track in the List Winbow and drag it into Deck B The track Waverorm will appear in the Waverorm display of Deck B Make sure the Crossraber on the mixer is all the way to the left so that only the
135. lost This is the current scenario for the TRAKTOR family TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2 x uses NML version 7 TRAKTOR Scratch 1 0 uses NML version 8 TRAKTOR DJ Studio 3 2 uses NML version 8 TRAKTOR Scratch 1 1 uses NML version 9 TRAKTOR 3 3 uses NML version 9 VVVVY TRAKTOR 3 3 59 6 4 2 Playlists PLAYLISTS are an alternative way of organizing your CoLLection Instead of creating tags for tracks and retrieving them via search strings you can create groups of tracks inside your CoLLection by creating PLayLists These can be seen as virtual record crates but contrary to a physical track contained on a vinyl record a virtual track can be contained in as many PLayLists as you want and you won t have to put it back into the shelf A PLayList can be shuffled or ordered in any way you like Further advantages are saving and loading as well as exporting a playlist to transfer it to another computer VVVVY Right Ctrl Click on the PlayList folder icon in the Browser TREE Choose Create Playlist from the context menu Type the name of your PLay ist in the following window Choose OK Your new PLaYList will appear as a subfolder under the PLavList folder 6 4 3 Playlist Options By right ctrl clicking on a playlist you find the following options in the popup menu Lock unlock the playlist Lock and unlock your PLAYLIST Analyze Analyze the tracks contained in the selected playlist Relocate Relocate the tracks contained in the select
136. ly connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to another USB port gt If this does not work and your computer is a desktop you may be able to change the IRQ allocation from within the system BIOS depending on your mother board However with most laptops it is not possible to change IRQ allocation You may need to reinstall your operating system for a better IRQ configuration VVVVVVY TRAKTOR 3 3 190 21 4 TRAKTOR Troubleshooting Find here a collection of issues and questions you most likely never have 21 4 1 TRAKTOR crashes In case of a crash please contact the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS technical support team and send them your crashlog You will find the crashlog in the following folders gt PC C Documents and Settings USER Local Settings Application Data Native Instruments Crashlogs P Mac USER Library Logs CrashReporter Traktor DJ Studio 3 crash log 21 4 2 TRAKTOR won t start or crashes upon start Check the systems requirements for 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 Errects Updating your RAM configuration may save you a lot of trouble gt Make sure you have the most recent TRAKTOR version gt Make sure that you have not clicked on an outdated application alias short cut gt Try to restart your computer Disconnect any audio interfaces and computer peripherals like printers scanners and the like gt If nothing helps
137. n enhancement of the frequencies nearby the cutoff frequency All other frequen cies are attenuated This brings more color into the sound Fully counter clock wise position represents minimal filter color Center position represents maxi mum filter color but zero LFO amount Fully clockwise position represents maximum filter color with maximum LFO amount Fra This knob controls the cutoff frequency of the filter SPD This button controls the amount of LFO that is modulating the filter cutoff The shape of the LFO Is a sine wave and it is generating positive and negative values This means that the filter cutoff will modulate above and below the cutoff frequency Tap With this button you can adjust the tempo at which the LFO is running The tapped tempo refers to the center position of the Spp knob Although this button is not reflected in the graphical user interface you can assign it to a keyboard or MIDI Hotkey TRAKTOR 3 3 118 12 4 3 F 92 HP The F 92 HP is a high pass filter progressively cutting off low frequencies vv On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the filtered signal in relation to the original signal Fully counter clockwise position represents 100 of the origi nal signal Fully clockwise position represents 100 of the filtered signal Q L This knob controls the Resonance Q giving more c
138. n separate the recording into individual wav files If you are recording your mix as audio this allows you to separate your recording at points you determine on the fly gt During recording click the Cut button in the Aupio RECORDER panel gt The recording will cut at this point and begin a new wav file gt Click on the Aubio Recorpines folder in the Tree Winbow to display the wav files TRAKTOR 3 3 125 13 1 5Split at file size Another way to separate your recording is by utilizing the SPLIT at FiLE Size preference This allows you to specify a file size in megabytes at which the recording will be separated This function is extremely useful in cutting down your recordings into CD size sections that can later be burned without any problem gt gt gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Recording Click the arrow to drop down the SPLIT at FILE Size menu and choose a file size Each time the Aupio Recorpine reaches this file size it will be split into a sepa rate audio file 13 1 6Delete If you are not satisfied with your Aubio Recorbine you can delete it YYY vvv Click on the Aubio Recorbines folder icon in the Track BROWSER Select the recording you wish to delete Click on the Derete button in the Aubio Recorber panel You can also click the DeLeTe button next to the List Winbow A menu will pop up asking you to confirm Choose OK The recording will disappear from the List Winbow
139. n the deck headline this option minimizes and maximizes the view of your deck removing the STRIPE and leaving more room for the browser Minimize Maximize Deck C amp D As well as a double click on the deck headline this option minimizes and maximizes the view of your deck removing the STRIPE and leaving more room for the browser Hide and Mute Deck C amp D If you only use 2 decks especially because you have a low end computer check this option to save memory Show Pitch Fader Turns the PitcH Faber on and off All these options can be reached from the Application Menu as well TRAKTOR 3 3 32 gt Show Mixer FX Controls Shows and hides a selection of effect knobs and but tons for the channel effects Learn more about the CHANNEL Errects in chapter 12 Effects gt Show Mixer EQ Controls Shows and hides the EQ controls Choose from 4 different EQ emulations Learn more about the EQ controls in chapter 11 1 1 EQing the Mix gt Show Mixer Channel Controls Shows and hides the typical channel controls like the CHANNEL FADER Cue button and Gain control gt Show Mixer Master Controls Shows and hides the Master CONTROLS like CROssFADER the PHMix and PHVoL knobs as well as controls for the MASTER EFFECT P Lock Current Layout Locks and unlocks the current Layout to make changes permanent Changing the Name of a Layout gt Double Click inside the Layout box gt A cursor appears allowing you to edit the curr
140. ntrot Type to Down moon Choose Switch from the Sensitivity dropdown menu Click Learn and assign the desired key of your keyboard Play a track and press your new Horkev This does not actually stop the track the track will continue to play if you let go the key so you still have to click on the PLay button to stop the deck com pletely 20 3 Playing in Reverse Sometimes you might want to play a track in reverse as an additional effect Although TRAKTOR itself does not have this feature graphically represented by a knob you can assign a Hotkey TRAKTOR 3 3 177 20 3 1 Variation gt Open Preferences gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt Hotkey Setup P Add a new control for Deck gt Transport gt Deck Reverse gt Start the playback of a track and see how the playback reverses 20 3 2 Variation Il Go to Preferences gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt Hotkey Setup Add a new control for Deck gt Tempo gt Deck Pitch Bend Set the ControL Tyre to Down Choose Switch from the Sensitivity dropdown menu Click Learn and assign the desired key of your keyboard Use your new Hotkey on a stopped deck VVVVVY 20 4 Beatgridding Tracks with unsteady Tempo TRAKTORs Beatcrid supports only a single tempo in a track Adding additional GRIDMARKERS Will only restart the phase This is useful for tracks that drift like tracks that were recorded from a turntable
141. o Sync Source to select the master source from which TRAKTOR will receive sync information Send Controls to This will allow TRAKTOR to send OSC control data to other clients Use the drop down menu next to SEND ConTRoLs to select the client Receive Controls This will allow TRAKTOR to receive control data via OSC 15 2 2 Detailed OSC Options The Detailed OSC Options menu holds synchronization setting options that need to be configured in order for TRAKTOR 3 to know what to do with your OSC configuration The following are descriptions of the Detailed OSC Options Click to put a check mark in the box next to an option to activate it gt Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt External Sync gt Detailed OSC Options gt Select Clock Sync Master for TRAKTOR to send an OSC clock signal to other OSC clients in the member list explained later OSC clock works exactly like MIDI clock gt The LED to the right of the Clock Sync checkbox will illuminate when a syn chronization signal is sent TRAKTOR 3 3 145 vv Select Time Sync Master for TRAKTOR to be the Master The client will con stantly scan the Master TRAKTOR for the time stamp comparing the received time with its own and adjusting it when necessary The LED to the right of the Time Sync checkbox will illuminate when a synchro nization signal is received or sent When CLock Sync Master and Time CLock MasTER are unselected you can use the Sync Mas
142. ollects an amount of tuning tips that help to increase the performance of your computer While faster computers may not need any of these tips they can be essential for a satisfying use of the AUDIO 8 DJ on a computer with technical specifications on the lower end of the system requirements 22 1 Windows XP optimization This chapter collects tips for tweaking the performance of a Windows PC 22 1 1Processor Scheduling Open Start gt Control Panel and double click System Choose Advanced Under Performance choose Settings Choose the Advanced tab Under Processor Scheduling select Background Services vvwvvvv 22 2 1 Visual Effects gt Open Start gt Settings gt Control Panel and double click System P Choose Advanced gt Visual Effects tab gt Choose Adjust for best performance TRAKTOR 3 3 200 22 2 2 Turn off desktop background image gt Right Ctrl Click Desktop gt Properties gt Desktop gt At the top of the list under Background choose None 22 2 3 Disable Screen Saver gt Right Ctrl Click Desktop gt Properties gt Screen Saver tab gt Drop down the Screen Saver menu and choose None 22 2 4 Disable Fast User Switching gt Choose Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt User Accounts gt Click on Chan
143. olor to the movement and the amount of the low frequency oscillator LFO RESONANCE means an enhancement of the frequencies nearby the cutoff frequency All other frequen cies are attenuated This brings more color into the sound Fully counter clock wise position represents minimal filter color Center position represents maxi mum filter color but zero LFO amount Fully clockwise position represents maximum filter color with maximum LFO amount Fra This knob controls the cutoff frequency of the filter SPD This button controls the amount of LFO that is modulating the filter cutoff The shape of the LFO Is a sine wave and it is generating positive and negative values This means that the filter cutoff will modulate above and below the cutoff frequency Tap With this button you can adjust the tempo at which the LFO is running The tapped tempo refers to the center position of the Spp knob Although this button is not reflected in the graphical user interface you can assign it to a keyboard or MIDI Hotkey TRAKTOR 3 3 119 12 4 4 F 12L H gt On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted gt Ant This knob controls the amount of the processed signal and works as dry wet control Turned to 0 lets through a completely unprocessed signal turned to 100 lets through only the processed signal gt Q This knob controls the Resonance Resonance means an enhancement of t
144. omputer keyboard The message will be received by the OSC client TRAKTOR 3 3 147 16 Broadcasting The BroapcastineG feature allows you to host an internet radio show directly out of the TRAKTOR 3 software 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 16 1 1 Hosting an internet radio show with TRAKTOR 3 To use this feature you need access to a computer running an Icecast server It is recommended that this computer has an internet connection with at least 128 kb s upstream transfer rate The available bandwidth is being shared among the listeners so if you choose to broadcast your show at 64 Mb s quality the bandwidth is just enough for two listeners 16 1 2Basics TRAKTOR 3 uses a streaming protocol called Icecast Essentially the TRAKTOR 3 software contains an Icecast client which can send data to an Icecast server It is then possible to access this server through the internet and listen to the audio that is being streamed from the TRAKTOR 3 software To learn more about this streaming protocol and how to setup a server please refer to the official Icecast homepage http www icecast org TRAKTOR 3 3 148 16 1 3 Configuring TRAKTOR 3 Before getting started it is important to configure TRAKTOR 3 so that the local client can connect to the server and the metadata of the radio stream
145. ops in one track You can then cue from each Loop Start point or jump between Loops on the fly This works by using the Loop Set and Loop SeLEcT panels together in the DeTAILs SECTION Open the Loop Set panel by right ctrl clicking in the details section and choos ing Loop Set Set a Loop and click the Lock button in the Loop Set panel to store the Loop Now disable the Loop by clicking the Active button and allow the track to play Set another Loor later in the track Click the Lock button again to store the second Loop You have now stored two Loops within the track Both will be displayed as green colored brackets in the Waverorm display and the STRIPE YYY vv Vv Activating a Stored Loop By default stored loops are not activated In playback the cursor passes a stored Loop without starting looped playback To switch into looped playback when entering a stored Loop press the Active button This will not set a Loop but activate looped playback for the next stored Loop the cursor will pass Skip to a position shortly before the first of the two stored loops Observe how the cursor passes the stored Loop without starting looped play back Skip to a position shortly before the second of the stored loops Press the Active button in the Loop Set details panel Observe how once the cursor passes the start point of the stored Loop the track switches into is looped playback vVvvv vv TRAKTOR 3 3 101 Stepping through Store
146. original pitch When you play a vocal track at a higher tempo the voice will often sound unnatural To avoid this you can lock the Key of this track so that tempo changes do not affect it also called Master Tempo gt Click the Key Lock button beneath the PitcH Faber or on the Lock button in the Key panel gt Drag the PitcH Faber slowly upwards You will hear the track in Deck B lower its tempo However Its Key will remain the same Key Changes gt Open Pace 2 of the Details and click on Lock in the Key panel to activate Key Lock gt Turn the Key knob counter clockwise to lower the key gt Turn the Key knob clockwise to raise the key gt This enables you to mix tracks harmonically A 0 50 step equals a semi tone Master Clock 105 23 TEMPO Master ji Slave Tap Tick Send The Master Clock has also a small representa tion in the central mixer part when playing with 4 decks TRAKTOR 3 3 82 Time Stretching Quality The TRAKTOR Key Lock function uses Time Stretching as its method of effect There are three types of Time Stretching each with its own sound quality and requirement for processor power P Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Sound amp Mixer gt Next to Time STRETCH QuaLiTY select Non Abaptive This will sound less natural but will use much less CPU It is the best mode for computers with slower processors gt Selecting PSOLA will soun
147. ose a range without doubling a value e g choose a minimum of 80 BPM and a maximum of 159 BPM 9 5 2 Second Analyzing your track tempo If your tracks are not analyzed already analyze now your track tempo The analyzation gives back an estimated BPM value as well as several other values and builds the overall waveform STRIPE Read more about analyzation in chapter 6 1 4 Analysis gt Select one or more track s and click on the AnaLyze button or choose Analyze via right ctrl clicking and choosing Analyze A quick BPM range for a specific track can be chosen in the BPM panel Click on the downwards pointing arrow next to the BPM value and choose a BPM range TRAKTOR 3 3 88 9 5 3 Third Setting the Gridmarker Grid Cue Point Beatmarker vY vV YV VYY Load a track into Deck A Click on the small PLus button in the waveform to switch to the largest possible zoom Let the track play and wait for the first beat in the track Place a FLoatinG Cue Point exactly right before the beat by dragging the Waverorm in INTERNAL Mope with the mouse exactly there Audition the position of the FLoatinc Cue Point by pushing and holding the Cue Pause button in the Cue Epit panel If you are satisfied with the location of the Cue Point transform it into a GRIDMARKER Use the dropdown menu Type in the Cue EbiT panel and choose GRID If the GRIDMARKER IS a bit too far before or behind the beat you can correct its position wi
148. oses the program If there is audio on the Master Output playing you will have to confirm the closing after a warning message View P Layouts Choose from 10 different layouts that can be customized renamed gt gt and saved to your convenience Configure Layouts Check and uncheck different options and see how the GUI changes Find a detailed description on page 5 4 3 Layouts Fullscreen Switches to FuLLscreen Mope Read more about FuLLScREEN Mone in chapter 5 4 7 Miscellaneous Display Options Help gt vv Launch Service Center Opens the NI SERVICE CENTER where you can down load updates and register your products Read more about the NI SERVICE CENTER in the separate Setup Guide installed in the NI SERVICE CENTER program folder Open Manual Opens the TRAKTOR 3 user manual Visit TRAKTOR 3 on the web Opens the TRAKTOR 3 website on the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS website About TRAKTOR 3 Opens the ABouT window It contains valuable information about the software such as the exact version number the serial number and the license type as well as the credits You can close it by clicking on it You can also open the About window by click ing on the TRAKTOR 3 logo TRAKTOR 3 3 20 5 1 2 Header a TRAKTOR MIDI AUDIO CPU MASTER a Effects amp Master gt NE The Header of TRAKTOR 3 is located directly beneath the Application Menu The elements contained in the Header give access to basic functions of
149. ossFaADER Curve can be adjusted The Curve affects the CROSSFADERS transition gt Right Ctrl Click in a blank area of the DEtAILs Section and choose Master to open the Master panel gt The Faber Curve adjustment is located just above the Balance knob and labeled CFCur gt Click hold and drag the Curve left or right gt With the Curve all the way to the right the CrossFADER will cut in and out more sharply This is better for DJs who want to perform scratches and need the crossfader to behave like an on off switch gt With the Curve all the way to the left the crossfader will mix in more slowly This is more appropriate if you want to use the CrossFADER to make long smooth blends between two tracks Incremental Buttons The CrossFaADER can be incrementally moved left or right with the far left and right arrow buttons below it The mouse wheel can be used for the incremental changes gt Click the far left arrow button underneath the CROSSFADER gt The CrossFADER will move incrementally to the left Automatic Crossfade Crossfading can also be automated by using the small arrow AUTOFADE BUTTONS below the CROSSFADER gt With tracks loaded in both decks move the Crossraper to the right focussing Deck B P Click the INNER LEFT ARROW BUTTON beneath the CrossrADER The CROSsFADER will automatically fade to the left P You can adjust the Auto CROSSFADE TIME IN PREFERENCES gt DECK PREFERENCES gt SOUND amp MIXE
150. ossraDER all the way to the left In Deck A scroll backward through the track before the Fane Out Cue Point and click the Play button YYY vvvv vvv TRAKTOR 3 3 86 gt When the Fade Out Cue Point in Deck A crosses the Track Position MARKER vertical red line the track in Deck B will automatically begin playing from its FADE IN Cue Point gt Click hold and drag the Crossraper slowly to the right to mix the two tracks 9 4 3 Grid Cue Point A Beatarip is defined by a Beatmarker This is a special Cue Point from which a regularly spaced grid of reference lines is created used to synchronize tracks The following section explains BEaTMARKERS and BEatTGRIDs en detail 9 5 Beaterids and the BPM Panel The tempo detection of TRAKTOR simplifies beatmatching giving you more time to express your creativity But although TRAKTORs tempo detection is very precise BEATMARKER and Beaterip are still important tools to synchronize your music in TRAKTOR The analysis of a track produces a BPM estimation that is not sufficiently precise enough to guarantee synchronous playback of two tracks over the duration of several minutes Tracks that have a correct Beatcrip don t go out of sync in the mix ever Tracks with a Beaterib loop perfectly will let you mix on obscure intros and will enable you to get busy on the other features that TRAKTOR has to offer Before we talk about setting them it s useful to understand a bit about them When T
151. ou download the most recent version of TRAKTOR You should check regularly for updates to TRAKTOR for best performance and compatibility with other audio applications 4 2 1 Demo Mode When you start TRAKTOR for the first time you will see the following screen This copy is not yet activated gt TRAKTOR 3 H Please use the Service Center to activate Activate Buy Demo Launch the Service Center to IF you do not own Traktor 3 Run Traktor 3 in demo mode activate Traktor 3 you can use our locator to find a Recording is disabled dealer in your area or buy it in Quits after 30 minutes the Native Instrument online shop gt Activate gt Run demo gt Choose Activate to start the NI SERVICE CENTER right away Consult the Setup Guide for more information about the NI SERVICE CENTER and activating TRAKTOR Note that you have to restart TRAKTOR to change from Demo Mope into FuLL Mobe gt Click on Buy to purchase a copy of TRAKTOR in the NI online shop or at a dealer in your area Your standard internet browser will be opened and the Native Instruments website will open TRAKTOR 3 3 12 gt Choose Run Demo to run TRAKTOR in Demo Mope You can see whether you lt TRAKTOR are in Demo Mope from the Demo Mope graphic in the TRAKTOR Heaber Once you have decided to purchase a product all you need do is unlock the demo version by entering a valid serial number it then instantly becomes the full version The Demo Mobe ha
152. ou most likely will experience audio dropouts Master Displays the Master Output LEVEL AEB Bat Gives you quick information about how much power your battery has left useful if you re working in FULLSCREEN MODE gt Rec If you are recording it turns green If the input is clipping it turns red Reduce the recording gain if the input is clipping vv Clock This displays the time depending on your computers time useful if you are working in FULLSCREEN Mobe 01 30 Layout Selector This drop down menu is used to switch between different screen Layouts in TRAKTOR 3 Read more about Layouts in chapter 5 4 3 Layouts Effects amp Master Preferences Button This button opens the Prererences dialog which allows you to configure TRAKTOR 3 to your personal needs Read more in chapter 19 Preferences ai ul TRAKTOR 3 3 22 Tooltips Console This button toggles the TooLtips ConsoLe window on and off In Toottip Mope it displays information about a particular feature and is especially useful for the new user Hover your mouse arrow over any control feature of the TRAKTOR interface to get information about a feature In Console Mope it displays software status information Different to the other panels you can open and close the Toottips individually via the Too tip button in the Header Click on the small C in the upper right corner of the Tooltip panel to switch between Too tips and ConsoLk Mobe Fullscreen Button
153. ou press the Sync button of Deck A it will use the tempo of Deck B as a reference and vice versa When you want to synchronize Decks that are not opposite each other it s possible to do this by assigning them to Master and SLave states YYY vvv Load and play a track in Deck A Load and play a track in Deck C Because the track tempos do not match the Phase Meters will jump back and forth Set the status of Deck A to Master Set the status of Deck C to SLave When you press the Sync button on Deck C it synchronizes to the Master Deck because Deck C has the status of a SLave Deck If Deck C is not visible make it visible by right ctrl clicking the Header and un checking the option Hide Deck C and D TRAKTOR 3 3 81 9 2 9 Master Clock Once you are more familiar with TRAKTOR you will want to synchronize the tempo of more than two decks According to the example above you can set all decks to SLAVE and the Master Clock to be the MASTER Load and play a track in Deck A Click the Slave button above Deck A Insert the CLock panel into the current DETAILS page Adjust the speed of the Master Cock to a value close to the original tempo of the track loaded into Deck A Click the Master button in the CLock PANEL Change the tempo of the Master Clock and observe the tempo of Deck A chang ing accordingly vv vvvv 9 2 10 Key Lock With TRAKTOR it s possible to change the tempo of a track while keeping its
154. our mixer TRAKTOR 3 3 160 19 Preferences This section gives an overview of each option found in the TRAKTOR 3 PREFERENCES menu Each preference in this section appears in the order in which it is displayed in the main PREFERENCES menu window 19 1 Audio Setup 19 1 1 Soundcard gt Aupio Device Please choose your audio device If no audio device is not con nected all channels get routed automatically to your onboard built in sound card gt Sampce Rate Choose a sample rate according to the soundcard Note that higher sample rates stress your computer more The standard is 44 1 kHz gt Aupio Latency Open your soundcard s control panel and choose a latency value Lower values stress your computer more and a setting too low can lead to audio dropouts and other unwanted behavior Read more about latency in chapter 21 1 What is Latency TRAKTOR 3 3 161 19 1 20utput Routing Mixer Mode Choose INTERNAL to route the Main output signal of TRAKTOR 3 to the recording inputs Choose Externat to route the inputs of your soundcard to the TRAKTOR 3 record feature or if using TRAKTOR 3 with an external DJ mixer Monitor Choose an output pair to prelisten to your tracks Master Choose an output pair for the master output Booth Choose an output pair for additional booth speakers BootH outputs are used to route the Master output of TRAKTOR 3 to booth monitors Record Choose an output pair for the Recorpine
155. over the time making it impossible to set a perfectly aligned Beatcrip over the whole track While the drift on a professional direct driven turntable may only be small and negligible the drift on a belt driven turntable may be unacceptable However in this case it is recommended to establish several GRIDMARKER during the track gt Seta new GrIDMARKER on a beat that has not aligned to the white vertical Grip lines gt See how the phase of the tempo is being restarted gt This helps only to create a Beatcrip for tracks that have a drifting but not an unsteady tempo For tracks with unsteady tempi please read chapter 20 4 Beateridding Tracks with unsteady Tempo 1 You can only assign one BPM value to a track in TRAKTOR Setting several Grid Points do not help if your track has 2 different tempi e g a value of 110 BPM in the beginning and 120 in the end TRAKTOR 3 3 93 9 5 7 Other BPM panel options To access other BPM panel options click on the downwards pointing arrow next to the BPM figure gt Restore If you think that your tapping has been less precise than TRAKTORs BPM detection click on Restore to restore the BPM value TRAKTOR detected during the analysis gt Round Click on Rounp to round the BPM value to a whole number gt Local BPM This analyzes the track tempo only nearby the PLavmarker Use this if your track has a varying tempo or different tempi e g a beatless intro Click on a part o
156. owser BUTTON In the Epit DiaLoc you will notice that most of the checkboxes beneath the at tributes are unchecked and most of the fields void At the bottom of the Epit DiALoc you will notice 3 new buttons called Previous SeLect ALL and Next The buttons are used to browse your selection of tracks The checkboxes indicate which of the attributes have the same value among the selected tracks At the same time they indicate that the field will be written into the CoLLEcTION properties when applying the changes If you want to change an attribute globally for all selected tracks for example the way to write an Artist Name edit the Artist FIELD make sure that the box beneath is checked and press the Appty button If you want to edit the tracks of your selection one by one use the Previous and Next buttons at the bottom of the dialog to step through the list TRAKTOR 3 3 55 gt Clicking Restore will undo your changes gt Clicking OK will confirm all your changes 6 3 3 Writing Track Properties into Music Files ID3 Tags As described in the introduction the TRAKTOR Co LLection is a database containing references to the physical location of your tracks as well as all attribute information about them Many music file formats such as MP3 allow you to store information about the track in the file itself This is done by special text tags embedded at the beginning or at the end of the music portion of the file TRAKTOR does not need t
157. puter via PCI bus Shutdown your system and unplug it from power Open your computer and physically move the sound card to another PCI slot in your system TRAKTOR 3 3 189 FireWire gt If your sound card connects via FireWire connect it to another FireWire port on your computer gt If this does not work you may need to purchase another FireWire card PCI for desktop computers or PCMCIA for laptops USB gt If your sound card connects via USB connect it to another USB port on your computer gt Try all USB ports on your computer until you find one that works best Check your IRQs Windows only IRQ stands for Interrupt Request This is the way in which Windows allocates resources to the various devices and ports in your system If your AUDIO 8 DJ is on a port that shares an IRQ with other devices you may have an IRQ conflict This means your sound card Is not receiving the resources it needs to function properly Here is how you detect an IRQ conflict Open Start gt Run and type the word msinfo32 and press OK Your system information window will appear Click the PLus sign next to HARDWARE Click on IRQs Your IRQs will be displayed in the window to the right Your USB port will show up as USB universal host controller in the list If the IRQ number listed next to any of these ports is sharing with other de vices in your system you may have an IRQ conflict In this case physical
158. r sound card and pre listen to a track in the opposite Deck If using TRAKTORs INTERNAL Mixer you can also use the headphones output of your sound card to pre listen to a track in the Preview Deck If using an external mixer you will use the cue button or switch on your exter nal hardware mixer to pre listen the opposite Deck 1 To achieve this you need a multi channel sound card Please read chapter 4 3 Audio Setup to learn how to setup a multi channel sound card TRAKTOR 3 3 107 Cueing Pre listening to a Track in the opposite Deck Cueing or previewing a track with the TRAKTOR 3 mixer works the same as with most hardware DJ mixers When a Cue BUTTON is active the deck signal is sent to the Monitor Outputs You can configure the outputs of your sound card in Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing vv v gt Load and play a track in Deck A and move the Crossraber all the way to the left Load and play a track in Deck B and click the Cue Button above the CHANNEL FADER of Deck B You will hear the track in Deck B through your headphones Click hold and drag the PHMix Knob all the way counter clockwise This will only allow the cued track to be heard through the headphones Dragging the PHMix Knob all the way clockwise will only allow the main mix to be heard through the headphones Centring the PHMix Knos will mix both signals in your headphones Cueing Pre listening to a Track via t
159. r the settings files Here are your PREFERENCES Settings and the chosen file paths saved gt log extension of the log files that get created when opening TRAKTOR If you are using the default paths of TRAKTOR you will find all TRAKTOR files in the folder My Documents Traktor3 PC or HD User Traktor3 Mac You can change the default paths in Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Data Location TRAKTOR 3 3 68 7 2 Complete Backup The easiest way to backup your whole TRAKTOR data is to use the default paths for the Traktor3 folder and save the whole folder somewhere else as backup If you re install your operating system and then TRAKTOR just copy your backed up Traktor3 folder to the default folder before starting TRAKTOR the first time If you choose to point TRAKTORs file paths to another location e g because you want to store all your data on a second partition or an external hard disk for security reasons it s the easiest to organize the TRAKTOR files in a folder called Traktor3 and a file structure like in the default folder It s important to know that even if you changed all paths to another destination the log and the xml files get saved always to the default Traktor3 folder anyways so you have to copy these manually from time to time as backup to the folder you Store all other TRAKTOR files in and obviously before you re install your operating system If you have re installed your opera
160. rm to start and stop playback 9 1 1 Play gt Hit on the Pray button to start and stop the playback of the track TRAKTOR 3 3 75 9 1 2 Cue Play gt gt The Cue PLay button only appears when you are in AlRPLANE Mope which means that you have chosen your built in or onboard sound card in the PREFERENCES Clicking with the left mouse button on the Cug Pay button lets the track jump back to the last Cue Point immediately and continuing from there the play back Clicking and holding the Cue PLay button with the right mouse button lets the track jump back to the previous Cue Point and stop there until you release the right mouse button again 9 1 3 Cue Pause gt gt gt The Cue Pause button only appears when you are in AirPLane Mope which means that you have chosen your built in or onboard sound card in the PREFERENCES Clicking on Cue Pause while the track is running lets the track jump back to the previous Cue Point and stop there If you click a second time on the Cue Pause button and hold it the PLay button lits as well and the track begins to play again from the Cue Point until you release the mouse button again then it snaps back again to the previous Cue POINT If you are clicking and holding the left mouse button and then additionally pressing the right mouse button the track will continue to play if you release both mouse buttons If you press the right mouse button while the track is running
161. row and choose one of the available options gt Select the panel Master Errect from the details section gt Click on the small downwards pointing arrow and choose one of the available options 12 3 PreEQ The TRAKTOR 3 you can preview a track on your headphones before the EQs To do this press the button labeled PreEQ in the Mixer CHANNEL controls section This means if you e g turned down the bass of the previewed track you can preview the track with full bass when pressing the PreEQ button The Mixer Strip shows only a selection of the available parameters If you want full control over all aspects of the effect please use the respective panels in the Details Section TRAKTOR 3 3 116 12 4 Detailed Description of all available Effects 12 41 F 92LP The F 92 LP is a low pass filter progressively cutting off high frequencies vv On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the filtered signal in relation to the original signal Fully counter clockwise position represents 100 of the original signal Fully clockwise position represents 100 of the filtered signal Q L This knob controls the Resonance Q giving more color to the movement and the amount of the low frequency oscillator LFO RESONANCE means an enhancement of the frequencies nearby the cutoff frequency All other frequen cies are at
162. rsonal Web Sharing 22 3 8 Shut down all other applications gt If you have any other applications running shut them down while using your audio application gt More tips on optimizing your operating system can be found on www native instruments com index php id niosxtut TRAKTOR 3 3 204 23 Getting Help If you cannot find the reason for a problem NATIVE INSTRUMENTS provides extensive help to registered users 23 1 Readme Knowledge Base Online Support 23 1 1Readme Always consult the Readme file found on the installation CD It contains important information and all last minute changes that were not available at the time of writing this manual 23 1 2 Knowledge Base You can access the Knowledge Base at www native instruments com knowledgebase To search the Knowledge Base you have to login with your user account first You can find more information about the registration in chapter 4 2 Registration and Product Authorization TRAKTOR 3 3 205 23 1 3 Online Support You can reach the Online Support via http www native instruments com productsupport To contact our support team you need to login with your user account You can find more information about the registration in chapter 4 2 Registration and Product Authorization The following form will ask you for all information about your hardware and software environment to better facilitate the information to our support team The entries
163. s an you are back to the splash screen TRAKTOR 3 3 10 4 First Steps with TRAKTOR This chapter helps you a lot if you are a first time user It covers the start of the software the registration and the audio setup After this chapter you are able to dive into the funky features of TRAKTOR 4 1 Starting the Software gt Mac OS X Go to Macintosh HD gt Applications gt Traktor DJ Studio 3 and double click on the TRAKTOR DJ Studio 3 program icon gt Winvows Go to Start gt All Programs gt Native Instruments gt Traktor DJ Studio 3 and click the TRAKTOR DJ Studio 3 program icon 4 2 Registration and Product Authorization A registration and product authorization of TRAKTOR 3 is mandatory This chapter guides you through the registration process Before continuing further in this manual you should first install NI SERVICE CENTER on your computer A step by step installation guide is provided within the separate Setup Guide booklet included in your TRAKTOR package If you did not install the NI SERVICE CENTER right away from the Splash Screen you will find information about how to install the application on your hard drive and a step by step introduction to the SERVICE CENTER application in this Setup Guide You can use the SERVICE CENTER to register and activate your copy of TRAKTOR via the Internet The SERVICE CENTER also includes an Update Manager that helps TRAKTOR 3 3 11 y
164. s the following restrictions P Audio processing stops after 30 minutes P Audio recording disabled P Native Mix Recording disabled gt Fixed broadcasting stream name 4 3 Audio Setup It is recommended to use TRAKTOR 3 with a multi channel audio interface so that you can pre listen to a track in your headphones before bringing it into the main mix However you can also use your built in soundcard and run TRAKTOR 3 but without the ability to pre listen or Cue tracks Multiple audio interfaces are not supported TRAKTOR 3 3 13 4 3 1 Setting up a Multi Channel Sound Card Click on the PReFERENCES button to open the PREFERENCES window In the PREFERENCES menu double click on Aubio Setup in the tree on the left Click on SOUNDCARD Click the arrow to drop down the Aupio Device menu and select the sound card you want to use Windows sound cards often come with different types of drivers TRAKTOR 3 requires a fast response of the audio signal and you should therefore use the ASIO drivers that come with your sound card if available gt For Mac OS X simply select the name of your soundcard Y vvvv 4 3 2 Configuring the Outputs of a Multi Channel Sound Card gt Open Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing gt Make sure Mixer Mope is set to Internal Monitor Outputs The Monitor Outputs are used to pre listen to a track by headphones They are o Otaua L controlled by the PHVoL Phones Volume
165. s the whole CoLLecTIiON You can refine a search to a specific subset of the CoLLection by completing the search with the selection of one category in the REFINE menu gt Type a word into the Search field gt Click the Rerine button behind the Search field and choose a field from the drop down menu The available options reflect the relevant Browser COLUMNS Playlist Searches within the currently displayed PLayList only This option can also be used for refining a search by searching only within a search result All Searches the whole COLLECTION Artists Tries to match the search string with the Artist fields only Same for Title Genre etc vvv Q search field b Cl Playlist ut Q search field Artist EE ERAS Key Lyrics Demo Comment2 a eee Remixer History Producer iTunes Mix Catalog No Bitrate BPM A search for BPM gives back tracks with similar values which means a range of 2 5 BPM of the entered value 4 songs 9 4 mins Ready TRAKTOR 3 3 48 6 2 3 Search Operators These are the available operators for advanced searches gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt amp and or equal if you search for attributes with decimal values the operator range is used automatically also lt gt unequal gt greater than lt less than a range of 2 5 phrases use this for an exact search phrase Example The following
166. se another pair of Mutticore Cas_es You can also use normal RCAs but without the ability to play normal vinyl on these decks If you use Mutticore CaBLes plug the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ InPur into IN 516 and the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Output into Out 5I6 to connect Deck C For Deck D Plug the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Input into IN 718 and the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Output into Our 718 If you do not use Mutticore CaBLes plug one turntable into IN 516 and connect OUT 5 6 with your mixer to connect Deck C For Deck D plug the other turn table into IN 718 and connect OUT 718 with your mixer TRAKTOR 3 3 159 18 3 3 Using 4 Decks with 4 CD Players or 2 Turntables and 2 CD Players gt To achieve this you need a 4 Channel Mixer gt Connect the first two turntables or CD players as usual gt To have the full TRAKTOR Scratch functionality you should use another pair of Mutticore CabLes You can also use normal RCAs but without the ability to play normal CDs on these decks P If you use Mutticore CabLes plug the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Input into IN 5l6 and the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Output into Out 5I6 to connect Deck C For Deck D Plug the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Input into IN 718 and the RCAs called AUDIO 8 DJ Output into Our 718 gt If you do not use Mutticore CabLes plug one CD player into IN 516 and connect OUT 5l6 with your mixer to connect Deck C For Deck D plug the other CD player into IN 718 and connect OUT 718 with y
167. search TITLE Chicken amp TITLE lt gt Dance GENRE Breakbeat ARTIST lt gt ChickenLips SARTIST Vee translates to gt gt Show me all tracks that contain Chicken in the title Don t include tracks that contain Dance in the title as well gt These tracks must have a genre of Breakbeat gt The artist must NOT be Chicken Lips or contain Vee TRAKTOR 3 3 49 6 2 4 Magnifying Glass In the List Winbow you will notice a small Macniryinc GLass in many of the track property fields This is used to search tracks in your collection with the same entry in that field gt In the List Winbow click the Macniryinc GLass next to an Artist NAME gt TRAKTOR will search your entire collection for tracks of the same ARTIST 6 2 5 Beatport Find More Button In the List Window you will notice a small downwards pointing arrow in many of the track property fields This is the Fino More button used to search tracks within the Beatport store that have the same entry in that field Read more about the Finb More button in chapter 8 2 Beatport Find More Button 6 2 6 Search History During a TRAKTOR session the Search function recalls each search expression you have searched for in a temporary list gt Type in a few search expressions and confirm with the Enter key of your com puter keyboard gt Repeat this a few times gt Click the small downwards pointing arrow
168. ser is not allowed to prevent from unwanted chang es during a live set Check this option if you re preparing tracks at home for faster access to the tags 19 4 Recording 19 4 1 Recording Source gt Source Choose internal to record TRAKTORs Master Output and choose exter nal to record an external audio source like a turntable or a microphone gt ExTerRn RECORDING Input Select the input channel of TRAKTOR 3 receiving the external audio TRAKTOR 3 3 169 19 4 2 Directory This determines the file path in which your audio recordings are stored 19 4 3 Prefix This determines the prefix of the filename of each recording 19 4 4 Split at File Size With a file size selected your audio recordings will be split each time the file size is reached With no file size selected the recording will be a continuous file 19 5 Broadcasting 19 5 1 Proxy Settings If connecting to the internet through a Proxy use this section to configure TRAKTOR 3 to use your Proxy settings 19 5 2 Icecast Server Settings Use this menu to configure TRAKTOR 3 to use your Shoutcast Icecast server 19 5 3 Icecast Metadata Settings Use this menu to configure metadata for your broadcasting stream 1 Be aware that a file re corded as wav can be come very large so splitting the file might be a good option TRAKTOR 3 3 170 19 6 Hotkey and MIDI Setup For detailed instructions in configuring these preferences please use the ins
169. solution is higher than 1024x768 the controls of TRAKTOR may seem too small for you In this case you can select 1024x768 in the TRAKTOR PREFERENCES menu With this selected FULLSCREEN mode will fill your screen with the TRAKTOR interface at 1024x768 resolution making the con trols larger and more visible gt On the same PREFERENCES page you can also set FULLScREEN mode to default by selecting the option SwitcH To FULLSCREEN ON STARTUP Show value when over control With this option checked hovering with your mouse over a control displays the current value if it s not checked you can only see the name of the button e g Amt for amount gt Check the option SHOW VALUE WHEN OVER CONTROL gt Click on AppLy gt Hover over control buttons like the effect knobs and see the difference Font Size You can customize the Font Size used in the Browser TREE and the List Winbow gt Open Preferences gt Appearance gt Miscellaneous gt Click on Font Size to choose between the font sizes from SMALL to Hucg gt Click Apply to preview the change gt Finally click OK to close the PREFERENCES menu Hide Beatport With this option checked all Beatport related things are taken away from the GUI This means the Beatport FinD More BUTTON as well as the Beatport shop gt Check the option Hine BEATPORT gt Click on AppLy gt Look at the List Winpow of the track browser to see the difference TRAKTOR 3 3
170. t RECEIVE CONTROLS This will allow TRAKTOR to receive control data via OSC TRAKTOR 3 3 175 20 Tips amp Tricks 20 1 Recording a Microphone 20 1 1 Recording the pure Microphone Signal gt Goto Preferences gt Input Routing and assign the Mic In to a Deck e g CHANNEL D gt Goto Preferences gt Recording Click ExteRN and choose the respective channel here CHANNEL D 20 1 2 Grinding in the Microphone Signal and recording the sum gt Goto Preferences gt Input Routing and assign the Mic In to a Deck e g CHANNEL D gt Go to Preferences gt Recording Click INTERNAL gt Click on the downwards pointing arrow above the channel controls and choose External from the dropdown menu The waveform display will be grayed out and you can mix in the microphone signal through TRAKTOR 3 s effects EQs and mixer and finally record it in the sum TRAKTOR 3 3 176 20 2 Vinyl Brake Effect 20 2 1 Variation To simulate a turntable like brake effect do the following gt gt gt Go to Preferences gt Deck Preferences gt Transport Choose a pitch range of 100 Slow down the Pitch Faber to a full stop 20 2 2 Variation Il VVVVVVY Go to Preferences gt Hotkey amp MIDI Setup gt Hotkey Setup This alternative solution was Add a new control for Deck gt Tempo gt Deck Pitch Bend found out by forums user marky Set the Co
171. t ctrl clicking on the playlist name and choosing Lock Unlock 6 4 5 Unlocked Playlists Lock Unlock a Ptaytist by right ctrl clicking on a PLayList and choosing Lock Unlock An unlocked Playlist shows no Lock Icon Sorting your Playlist Click on the headline of a Browser Column to sort the PLayList by this column Click another time on the headline to invert the sorting Rearranging Playlists by Drag Drop Click hold and drag a track in the PLayList up or down and observe the red line that shows where the track will drop when you release the mouse button ge Playlist Locked Playlist Unlocked 1 Sorting and rearranging an Unlocked Playlist is permanent If you want to main tain a certain order permanently you have to Lock the Playlist TRAKTOR 3 3 62 Adding one or more Tracks to a Playlist Simply select one or more tracks in the Track COLLECTION and drag it on the PLAYLIST name in the Browser TREE Deleting Tracks from a Playlist Select one or more tracks you want to delete from the PLayList and choose Delete either via right ctrl clicking on them and choosing Delete or by clicking on the DELETE BRowsER Button A security question will ask you for confirmation to prevent from unwanted changes 6 4 6 Favorites Fi not assigned gt F5 not assigned F7 not assigned gt F9 not assigned g a g gt F2 not assigned F F4 not assigned gt F6 not assigned F F8 not assign
172. tantly change the length of the Loop To change the predefined length assigned to these buttons right ctrl click the button and choose a new length value from the drop down menu Loop Start gt gt gt vv With a track playing in Deck A set a 4 beat Loor Click a blank area of the Detras Section and choose Loop Start from the drop down menu The Loop Start module will appear with buttons that allow you to adjust the start point either forward or backward Each button is labeled with the amount it will move shown in beats Click a Forward button The Loop Start point will move forward Click the corresponding backward button The Loop Start point will move back ward To change the predefined length of a Forwarp and Backwarb button pair right ctrl click the Forward button and choose a new length number from the drop down menu To change the Loop Start point in finer increments use the Continuous ConT buttons TRAKTOR 3 3 99 Loop End gt gt vv Right Ctrl Click a blank area of the DETAILS Section and choose Loop Enp from the drop down menu The Loop Enp panel will appear with buttons that allow you to adjust the end point either forward or backward Each button is labeled with the amount it will move shown in beats Click a Forward button The Loor Enp point will move forward Click the corresponding Backwarb button The Loop Enp point will move back ward To change the predefined length
173. tenuated This brings more color into the sound Fully counter clock wise position represents minimal filter color Center position represents maxi mum filter color but zero LFO amount Fully clockwise position represents maximum filter color with maximum LFO amount Fra This knob controls the cutoff frequency of the filter SPD This button controls the amount of LFO that is modulating the filter cutoff The shape of the LFO Is a sine wave and it is generating positive and negative values This means that the filter cutoff will modulate above and below the cutoff frequency Tap With this button you can adjust the tempo at which the LFO is running The tapped tempo refers to the center position of the Spp knob Although this button is not reflected in the graphical user interface you can assign it to a keyboard or MIDI Hotkey TRAKTOR 3 3 117 12 4 2 F 92 BP The F 92 BP Is a band pass filter passing just a band of the frequencies gt gt vv On This button switches the effect on and off Use it to punch in the effect that you have previously adjusted Amt This knob controls the amount of the filtered signal in relation to the original signal Fully counter clockwise position represents 100 of the origi nal signal Fully clockwise position represents 100 of the filtered signal Q L This knob controls the Resonance Q giving more color to the movement and the amount of the low frequency oscillator LFO RESONANCE means a
174. ter menu to synchronize to an OSC master Select Clock Sync to synchronize to Clock Sync signals or select another OSC member to Time Sync with Sync Messaces This window reports status and synchronization errors Time OFFset ms This window adds a time offset to each OSC message sent to all clients 1000 ms milliseconds equals one second Therefore when enter ing 1000 ms each message will be received by the client one second later This applies only to clients that are in Time Sync mode 15 2 3 OSC Member List The OSC Member List is a list of OSC clients that TRAKTOR 3 is connected to Each entry can be edited manually VVVVVY Press Scan to automatically locate all clients within the same sub network Select an entry and click the Epit button Edit information for the client in the info fields When you are finished with your changes press the ArrLy button The new information will appear in the Member List If you want to delete the connection click to select the client in the list and press the Derete button TRAKTOR 3 3 146 15 2 4 OSC Monitor The OSC Monitor allows you to monitor all OSC activity through a small information window This window displays all received OSC messages Select between Monitor Options to set the display behavior OSC Messace This field is used for sending text messages to other OSC clients on the network Select a client in the Memser List type your message and hit the ENTER key on your c
175. th the two buttons above the BPM digits 9 5 4 Forth Adjusting the Grid visibly gt gt gt Skip to the GRIDMARKER and play the track Observe the drift of the white vertical lines relatively to the beats of the track Correct any kind of emerging offset with the buttons underneath the BPM display in the BPM details panel The white vertical lines should align with the beat of your track Use the both buttons beneath the BPM field to raise and lower the BPM value and to align the Grip lines with the visualization of the beats in the WaverForm Click on the left pointing arrow to raise the BPM which has the effect that the grid spaces will be smaller Click on the right pointing arrow to lower the BPM which has the effect that the grid spaces will be bigger Right Click on these buttons for bigger steps 1 Be very careful during this procedure as you can easily skip one beat when aligning the Grid Although TRAKTORs tempo detection is very precise use at least 3 points in a track to observe the drift TRAKTOR 3 3 89 gt When the Grip lines and the beats of the track run perfectly in time you can fast forward through the track to preview the drift later on in the track gt The further away you get from the GrIDMARKER the more precise the tempo value has to be for the Grip lines to stay aligned with the beats in the WAVEFORM gt When you have reached the end of the track and it still is aligned perfectly wit
176. the CROSSFADER The two tracks are now playing together in the mix however the result sounds smoother than before because the low and the high registers of both tracks are not clashing anymore TRAKTOR 3 3 113 11 2 8 Using an External Mixer TRAKTOR 3 allows you to use an external mixer rather than the internal TRAKTOR 3 mixer This method requires a sound card with an equal amount of stereo outputs as the number of decks you want to use Open Preferences gt Audio Setup gt Output Routing Click the button labeled EXTERNAL Your Output Routine will then provide choices for routing outputs for Decks A and B Choose an output pair for each deck by clicking the arrow next to each output channel selection and selecting an output from the drop down menu Connect the output pair for Deck A of your sound card physically with the re spective inputs of your DJ mixer e g Line 1 Connect the output pair for Deck B of your sound card physically with the re spective inputs of your DJ mixer e g Line 2 v vv Y vvv Preview Channel In EXTERNAL Mixer Mope the Preview Deck in the Browser has Its own pair of outputs in the OutpuT assignment page You can route the Preview Deck to a third channel of your external mixer using an additional pair of outputs of your sound card Of course you can also prelisten to the next track on the opposite deck by using the HEADPHONES Out and Cue buttons of your hardware mixer 1 If
177. the PitcH Faber by right ctrl clicking on the button Y vvvvv Advanced Pitch Fader functionality gt Right Ctrl Click hold and drag the PitcH Faber up or down gt While holding the right mouse button click and hold the left mouse button This will temporarily slow down the tempo or quicken it gt This is a special method for pitch bending 9 2 2 Pitch Bend Buttons Next to the Phase Meter you will find two buttons with arrows pointing to the left and the right These are the PitcH BEND Buttons To hide and show the Pitch Fader right ctrl click on the Header and choose Show Pitch Fader E gt TRAKTOR 3 3 78 The PitcH BenD Buttons are used if two tracks are running with the same tempo but their phase is shifted slightly this corresponds to a soft touching of the vinyl to slow down or fasten to tracks that go slightly out of sync gt Click on the button with the left pointing arrows to slow down the track a bit and click on the button with the right pointing arrows to fasten the track a bit The tempo change is only momentary If you let go the mouse button the track continues in its normal tempo P You can assign these also to MIDI Hotkeys 9 2 3 Pitch Range The Pitch Range defines how far you can pitch the tempo up and or down TRAKTOR allows you to adjust the Pitch Range by plus or minus 8 35 50 or 100 Choosing a Pitch Range of 100 will give you the largest possible Pitch R
178. the application TRAKTOR Logo Clicking on the TRAKTOR 3 Logo opens the Asout window It contains valuable information about the software such as the version number the serial number and the license type as well as the credits You can close it by clicking on it 230 150 Serial Hr lt TRAKTOR 3 Tone piap araen een Becker pennert Se nner Fionan arene Olof Erzikalla Pantin Florian SG raet Mic hael Hirse JE 1 a Kubiak Tim Eril Pridun Rembert Gantke Phil L Irragard Bauer Tin orn Haver Felix F ate Andreas E E 2007 HATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH All rights reserved Made in Germany You can also open the About window in the Help section of the Application Menu TRAKTOR 3 3 21 System Monitor In the middle of the HEADER you ll see several displays that give you valuable information about the status of your system gt MIDI This displays the status of the connected device green a midi device is MIDI connected and working grey no device is connected or a device is not working properly gt AUDIO This displays the status of your sound card A green LED means the AUDIO selected sound card is connected a red LED means the selected sound card is not connected gt CPU Indicates how much of the CPU Capacity is available in TRAKTORs in ternal audio engine lt gives you information about how stressed your system is and how much headroom you have until you reach the capacity limit If the bar is fully lit y
179. the gain for each track TRAKTOR 3 offers an Autocain function which adjusts the gain for you While analyzing a track the perceived loudness is calculated and this value can be used as a Setting for the Gain knob This way the track will sound as loud as any other track whose Gain level is set to the calculated value Autocain only works with analyzed tacks and when it is activated in the Master DetalLs panel gt vvv Insert the Master panel or into the current Detaics Pace by right ctrl clicking on the details section and choosing Master Activate Autocain for all decks by clicking the button called Gain Load an analyzed track into Deck A Observe the Gain knob in the mixer changing position to compensate the per ceived loudness of the loaded track 11 2 7EQing the Mix By using the Equa izer it s possible to shape the sound of a track and make the mix sound smoother v vv vV Y vvv Load two tracks in Deck A and B Put the CrossraDERr to the left to hear only Deck A playing Click and drag the knob labeled Low in the CHANNEL Mixer EQ of Deck A all the way to the left Now the bass of the running track will be cut and you can only hear the mid and high frequencies Click and drag the knob labeled HicH in the CHANNEL Mixer EQ of Deck B all the way to the left This kills the high frequencies of the track playing in Deck B Click hold and drag the Crossraber slowly to the left Stop when you have reached the middle of
180. the right mouse button before releasing the left one to switch to permanent playback gt Clicking on the Waverorm with right ctrl click cues the song to the target but Starts playback only when you release the mouse button TRAKTOR 3 3 28 A 3 2 Snap Mode Stripe vvv gt Select Snap from the Mope DETAILs PANEL Hold your mouse pointer over the Stripe WAVEFORM When moving the mouse back and forth small red Snap points will appear along the STRIPE WAVEFORM Click to move the cursor to the Snap point in the STRIPE WAVEFORM 5 3 3 CD Mode Waveform This triggers a stutter loop known from pitchable CD players while clicking and holding the Waverorm gt gt gt gt Click and hold on the Waverorm The Deck will play a short consistent loop as long as you hold the mouse but ton While holding the button pressed you can adjust the position of the loop by horizontally dragging the Waverorm To set a Cue Point right before a Beat move the loop as close as you can to wards the beat coming from the right side until you hear the very first millisec ond of the beat entering the loop Release the left mouse button and the track will pause exactly before the beat Right Ctrl Click and hold the Waverorm then release the mouse button to start playback 5 3 4 CD Mode Vinyl Mode Stripe Select either CD or VinyL from the Mope module Click and hold anywhere on the Stripe WAVEFORM Move
181. the tracks as follows Already played tracks on top Currently playing tracks in the center Queued tracks waiting in the Current PLayLisT to be played underneath Non queued tracks below Missing tracks at the bottom VvVVVY TRAKTOR 3 3 51 6 2 8 Consistency Check Report The Consistency CHECK REPORT provides an overview of the current state of your TRACK COLLECTION providing options to help you in managing it gt Inthe Tree Window right ctrl click on the Track CoLLection and select Check Consistency from the menu gt Once TRAKTOR has checked consistency the Consistency CHeck REPORT will appear showing the totals of its findings 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 Missinc The total number of tracks that have been deleted from your hard drive or moved from their original location gt Tracks Nor Anacyzep The total number of tracks that have not been analyzed gt Tracks MissiNG Stripe The total number of tracks that have been imported and analyzed but their Overview Waverorm STRIPE has been moved or deleted gt Toral Tracks To ANALYzE The total sum of Tracks Missina STRIPE and Tracks Not ANALYZED This is the total amount of tracks you need to analyze Relocate Missing Tracks The Consistency Check Report allows you also to relocate the references
182. ting system and TRAKTOR copy the log and xml files to the default TRAKTOR folder before you start TRAKTOR the first time If the drive letter of your customized 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 Read more about the ReLocate feature in chapter 6 2 8 Consistency Check Report TRAKTOR 3 3 69 7 3 Automatic Backup Security Backup Each time you change something in your CoLLection and close TRAKTOR a backup of your CoLLection is created in the folder Backups contained in your Traktor3 folder If you delete or partly ruin your Track CoLLection by mistake proceed as follows gt In TRAKTORs Tree Window open the ExPLoRER and navigate to your Traktor3 folder found in your User folder Mac or in My Documents PC Click on the Backup folder Click on one of the most recent backups and verify the integrity of the COLLECTION If the backup seems to be corrupt check an earlier backup If you have found an integer backup drag and drop the folder onto the CoLLection icon to import the backup into the current COLLECTION vv vv A corrupted CoLLection might cause TRAKTOR to crash during start up If you suspect this might be the case do the following
183. to tracks that are missing from your COLLECTION P Click the ReLoc Missinc Tracks button gt A standard operating system dialog window will appear gt Use this to browse your hard drive for the folder in which your missing tracks were moved gt To find multiple tracks in different folders choose the top level folder in which they are stored You can even choose your main hard drive folder 1 Relocating tracks in a folder that contains many subfolders can be a lengthy process Don t hesitate to inter rupt relocation this will not dam age your Collection consistency TRAKTOR 3 3 52 Remove Missing Tracks gt If you no longer want these missing tracks to be referenced in your COLLECTION delete their references by clicking the Rem Missina Tracks button Analyze Tracks gt If you have tracks in the CoLLection not analyzed yet you can analyze these now by clicking on the Anatyze Tracks button Read more about TRAKTORs ANALYZATION in chapter 19 3 2 Collection Preferences Show Consistency Check on Startup The Consistency CHECK REPORT can be set to display each time you open TRAKTOR Please be aware that this function could be unpractical if you are using TRAKTOR whilst performing live and you want keep the startup time to a minimum gt Go to Preferences gt Browser Preferences gt Collection Preferences gt Puta check in the box labeled Show Consistency CHECK REPORT ON STARTUP
184. trols to their default value when a track is loaded gt Reset Mixer CONTROLS WHEN LOADING TRACK Resets all mixer controls to their default value when a track is loaded Advanced gt Auto Loan NEXT Track This enables TRAKTOR to automatically load the next track from the Current PLAYLIST gt Cue TO MARKER WHEN LOADING TRACK With this enabled a track will automati cally cue to an established Loap Marker when it is loaded Scratch gt Load next Track on Recorp Fup With this option checked you can load the next track of any PLAYLIST P PlayList ScroLLiNG With this option you can enable PLayList SCROLLING Read more about PLavyList ScroLLiNG in chapter 18 2 2 Deck Preferences gt Loading TRAKTOR 3 3 164 19 2 2 Transport Synchronize gt SyncHro Start Automatically triggers a Tempo Sync when loading a track or when Starting playback gt Use Fane IN AND Fane Out Markers This option allows the use of Fane IN and Fane Out markers for automatic crossfading between tracks Loops gt Seamless Loopine Softens the volume on the beginning and the end of a loop to make it sound more seamless without pops or clicks in audio gt Loop Autopetect Size Use this slider to adjust the size beneath which a track is automatically detected as loop and therefore will be looped automatically An automatically detected loop will show the green loop bars at the beginning and the end Pitch gt PitcH Rance Determines the r
185. tructions found in chapter 14 MIDI and Hotkeys 19 6 1 Hotkey Setup This menu is used to configure the various keys of your computer keyboard 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 gt See how the available CONTROLLER ATTRIBUTES change depending on the desired control and how different settings change the behavior of the controls P You can add controls and assign them to a specific deck or to the focus deck gt Loap and Save settings and share them with other users 19 6 2 MIDI Interfaces MIDI In MIDI Out On certain controllers MIDI Out Ports are named differently than the MIDI In Ports On these controllers you could not use TRAKTORs MIDI Out feature e g to light the LEDs on the respective controller Therefore the MIDI In Ports and MIDI Out Ports are specified in their own list It does work as follows P If TRAKTOR detects a MIDI device it will show up here gt If the device has driver problems the list will be empty TRAKTOR 3 3 171 gt If you have more than one MIDI device connected all devices will show up in the list and you can choose the one you want to have active gt To mark a MIDI device as active double click in the respective line This will put an X in the active column marking this MIDI device as active 19 6 3 MIDI Setup Use this menu to assign the various controllers of your MIDI de
186. u to save your settings as one file on your hard drive Click the Save button A standard operating system dialogue box will appear Type your desired name for the Horkey file Click the Browse button to search for a folder in which you would like to store the file gt Choose Save TRAKTOR will save your file with the extension tks VVVY Load P If you would like to load your Hotkey file click the Loap button gt Browse your hard drive for the Hotkey file gt Select the file and choose OPEN Reset By clicking the Reset button at the top TRAKTOR will immediately clear the controller list TRAKTOR 3 3 142 15 Synchronizing external Hardware and Software TRAKTOR 3 allows you to send a tempo signal to other computers and or MIDI devices through the use of MIDI Clock 15 1 MIDI Clock Currently TRAKTOR 3 can only send MIDI Clock it will not receive it Connect the MIDI output of your interface to the MIDI input of your external module or MIDI device Open TRAKTOR Preferences gt External Sync gt MIDI Clock Drop down the INTERFACE menu and select your MIDI interface Put a check mark in the box labeled Senn MIDI Cock Use the MIDI CLock Time OrFseT slider to compensate for any latency Choose OK Insert the CLock panel into the Details section Click the Senn button MIDI Clock will then be sent to the output of your MIDI device VVVVVVVY TRAKTOR 3 3 143 15 2 Controlling TR
187. uld be in the list Click on the Test Setup button Click on the MIDI device icon Press a key or move a control on your MIDI controller You should hear a small sound If your MIDI device appears in the list as is grayed out or if it does not show up at all you may need to reinstall the drivers for your MIDI device or consult its manual for further trouble shooting 21 4 9 My Crossfader doesn t work hear Deck A B C D playing on both sides Very likely you decoupled the assignment of the crossfader accidentally Open the Decks panel in the DETAILS SECTION gt Assign the small leftward pointing arrows to Deck A and C gt Assign the small rightward pointing arrows to Deck B and D gt Do the opposite for a Hamster Switch like found on most hardware mixers 21 4 10 My Recording sounds too slow and pitched down Check that the sample rate of your soundcard matches the sample rate chosen in the software e g 44 1 kHz TRAKTOR 3 3 198 21 4 11 cannot see the Mixer Strip Most likely you have accidentally chosen EXTERNAL Mixer Mobe gt Open PREFERENCES gt Aupio Setup gt Output Routine and choose INTERNAL as MIXER Mobe 21 4 12 The Details Pages switch themselves like bewitched Somehow your Settines file got screwed P Open your Traktor3 folder and delete the file Traktor DJ Studio 3 Settings xml TRAKTOR 3 3 199 22 0ptimizing your computer The following chapter c
188. utton will activate gt When you are done click the Recorp button again gt Press the Play Mix button to play back the Mix Recorpine and listen to your fixes 13 2 7 Saving Loading and Discarding a Mix recording Save If you are in the middle of recording you can save it without interrupting the mix While recording click the Save and Continue button in the Native Mix RECORDER panel Save As Once you have completed your mix recording you can save it and work on it later gt Click the Save As button in the Native Mix RECORDER panel gt A standard operating system dialog box will appear Choose a name for the mix and choose a folder on your hard drive in which to store the mix By default Traktor3 gt Playlists gt Mixes will be selected gt Click Save When stopping your Overdub all parameters that were changed during the overdub will skip back to their pre recorded values in order to match the rest of the mix Therefore it is not advisable to overdub more than one parameter at a time TRAKTOR 3 3 130 Load When you are ready to work on the mix again you can load it from the Native Mix RECORDER gt Click the Loap button in the Native Mix RECORDER panel gt A standard operating system dialog box will appear gt Browse your hard drive for the Native Mix Recoroine file gt When you have found it select it and choose OPEN Cut If you have found a better point to st
189. ve all the advanced functionality described in chapter 5 2 Knob and Fader Control Classic The CLassic EQUALIZER is the standard classic TRAKTOR 3 LE 3 Band EQ It offers controls for adjusting the Low Mip and HicH range frequencies of each deck via virtual knobs Each knob controls its frequency band by 12 24 db It also offers a KiLL button which cuts the low frequency entirely when activated If you only want to cut the low frequencies for a short duration only click and hold the Kitt button with the right mouse button Another knob lets you adjust the Balance BaL from left to right Use this for interesting spacious effects TRAKTOR 3 3 105 P600 The P600 is a standard club DJ mixer EQ with 3 bands low mid and high Each band offers a range of 12 26 dB Like the CLassic EQ the P600 offers a KILL button which cuts the low frequency entirely when activated If you only want to cut the low frequencies for a short duration click and hold the KiLL button with the right mouse button Another knob lets you adjust the Balance BAL from left to right Use this for interesting spacious effects 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 It also offers a Kitt button that will cut the low frequency when activated If you only want to
190. vice to control features of TRAKTOR App a control click LEARN and move a knob fader button on your MIDI Controller to assign it to the control feature gt See how the available CONTROLLER ATTRIBUTES Change depending on the desired control and how different settings change the behavior of the controls P You can add controls and assign them to a specific deck or to the focus deck gt Loan and Save settings and share them with other users 19 7 Appearance 19 7 1 Deck info Options This menu is used to configure the way in which file information is displayed above each deck waveform in the Deck HEADING You can customize the both rows with three options each for your needs with 19 different values Read more about the Deck Info Options in chapter 5 4 5 Deck Info Options TRAKTOR 3 3 172 19 7 2Wave Display Options gt gt gt vv HIGHLIGHT BEATMARKERS With this selected the BearcriD will be brighter and more visible SHow Minute Markers Shows a white line for each minute on the STRIPE WINDOW CHANNELS This configures how the waveform looks Bears will display the beats of the track only Bears AND Hicus will display the beats of the track along with the detected highs in the track Bears AND ENVELOPE will display the beats of the track along with the detected envelopes in the track CoLors You can choose from 3 waveform colors Track END WARNING Time This slider adjusts the amount of warning time TRA
191. way to the right mixing out of the track in Deck A and into Deck B 13 2 2 Seamlessly Interrupting and Resuming the Mix Don t hesitate to press the Recorb button to stop recording at any time during your mix This gives you more time to think about your next transition or to pull new tracks into the playlist To resume recording simply re press the Recorp button TRAKTOR will slightly wind back configure all decks knobs and buttons as they have been shortly before the interruption and hand over control to you at the exact point in the mix where it had been interrupted TRAKTOR 3 3 128 13 2 3 Seamlessly Redoing a Transition Seamlessly resuming the mix is not only possible at the end of the mix but from any earlier point in the mix Proceed as follows gt Using the Seek buttons in the Native Mix RecorDer panel wind back a point in the mix about half a minute before the failed transition Press PLay to start playback of the mix Press Recorp to seamlessly enable recording mode For taking over full control of the mix turn off the PLay button leaving only the Recorb button lit and redo your transition You can repeat this procedure as many times as you need vY vvv 13 2 4 Setting Additional Cue Markers Cue Markers are used in a Mix Recorpine to establish points of reference from which you can cue It is possible to seek to resume or overdub the mix from this point By default TRAKTOR 3 sets a marker each time you load a new
192. y playing deck selected gt Is the track to be loaded after the next correctly enqueued as next track gt Is the CHANNEL Faber of the playing track all the way up gt Is no other deck playing gt Under these circumstances switching to AutoPlay will be seamless The CROSSFADER IS Centered and the CHANNEL FapeRs of all not playing decks are pulled down gt Toresume manual control simply turn off the Play button in the Master DETAILS panel TRAKTOR 3 3 152 17 1 3 Rearranging the Playlist during Autoplay During AUTOPLAY you can insert or append tracks to the CURRENT PLAYLIST or even loading tracks directly into decks gt During AutoPlay browse to another PLayList and drag and drop a track into the waiting deck This will insert the new track before the previously loaded track into the CURRENT PLayList and play it next gt Dropping a track from another PLavList into the currently playing deck will trig ger the transition to the opposite deck and insert the new track into the playl ist after the next track The inserted track will not instantly start playing but will be played after the next song gt During AutorLay drag and drop a new song from another PLavyList into the CURRENT PLaAYLisT The song will be inserted into the Current PLavListT at that position TRAKTOR 3 3 153 18 TRAKTOR Scratch functionality TRAKTOR 3 3 is the first TRAKTOR version that is compatible with TRAKTOR Scratch gt Find in t

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