User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- 1 Welcome
- 2 Upgrading from TRAKTOR (SCRATCH) PRO/DUO and TRAKTOR LE
- 3 The Setup Wizard
- 4 The User Interface
- 5 The Browser
- 5.1 The Track Collection
- 5.2 Importing Music Folders
- 5.3 Tracks Managed by iTunes
- 5.4 Finding Tracks (Search)
- 5.5 Working with Collection & Playlists
- 5.5.1 Creating a Playlist
- 5.5.2 Adding Tracks to Playlists
- 5.5.3 Showing Tracks in Collection
- 5.5.4 Deleting Tracks
- 5.5.5 Sorting Playlists
- 5.5.6 Organizing Playlists in Folders
- 5.5.7 Track Collection Subfolders
- 5.5.8 Favorites
- 5.5.9 Preparation Playlist
- 5.5.10 Exporting Playlists
- 5.5.11 Importing Playlists
- 5.5.12 Printing Playlists
- 5.5.13 More Playlist Functions
- 5.5.14 History Playlist
- 5.6 Editing Track Meta Data
- 5.7 Track Icons
- 5.8 The Preview Player
- 5.9 Cover Art
- 5.10 Collection Maintenance
- 5.11 Working with Audio CDs
- 5.12 Working with Digital Audio Players
- 6 The Decks
- 7 The Internal Mixer & the Crossfader
- 8 Using TRAKTOR with an External Mixer
- 9 Using the Header and Global Sections
- 10 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs
- 11 Control via Keyboard & MIDI Hotkeys
- 12 Setting Up TRAKTOR Scratch
- 13 Preferences
- 13.1 The Preferences Window
- 13.2 Audio Setup
- 13.3 Output Routing
- 13.4 Input Routing
- 13.5 MIDI Clock
- 13.6 Timecode Setup
- 13.7 Loading
- 13.8 Transport
- 13.9 Decks
- 13.10 Mixer
- 13.11 Global Settings
- 13.12 Effects
- 13.13 Mix Recorder
- 13.14 Loop Recorder
- 13.15 Broadcasting
- 13.16 Browser Details
- 13.17 Layout Manager
- 13.18 File Management
- 13.19 Controller Manager
- 13.20 Traktor Kontrol X1
- 13.21 Traktor Kontrol S4
- 14 Advanced Operation of TRAKTOR
- 14.1 TRAKTOR Profiles
- 14.2 Syncing via MIDI Clock
- 14.3 Broadcasting
- 14.4 The Effects in Detail
- 14.4.1 Introduction
- 14.4.2 FX Panel Modes
- 14.4.3 Common Parameters
- 14.4.4 Delay
- 14.4.5 Reverb
- 14.4.6 Flanger
- 14.4.7 Flanger Pulse
- 14.4.8 Flanger Flux
- 14.4.9 Gater
- 14.4.10 Beatmasher 2
- 14.4.11 Delay T3
- 14.4.12 Filter LFO
- 14.4.13 Filter Pulse
- 14.4.14 Filter
- 14.4.15 Filter:92 LFO
- 14.4.16 Filter:92 Pulse
- 14.4.17 Filter:92
- 14.4.18 Phaser
- 14.4.19 Phaser Pulse
- 14.4.20 Phaser Flux
- 14.4.21 Reverse Grain
- 14.4.22 Turntable FX
- 14.4.23 Iceverb
- 14.4.24 Reverb T3
- 14.4.25 Ring Modulator
- 14.4.26 Digital LoFi
- 14.4.27 Mulholland Drive
- 14.4.28 Transpose Stretch
- 14.4.29 BeatSlicer Buffer
- 14.4.30 Formant Filter
- 14.4.31 Peak Filter
- 14.4.32 Tape Delay
- 14.4.33 Ramp Delay
- 14.4.34 Auto Bouncer
- 14.4.35 Bouncer
- 15 Tutorials
- 15.1 Prerequisites
- 15.2 Goals of the Following Chapters
- 15.3 Playing Your First Track
- 15.4 Mixing In a Second Track
- 15.4.1 Pre-listening a Second Track in the Preview Player
- 15.4.2 Loading and Playing the Second Track
- 15.4.3 Using Headphones to Prepare the Mix
- 15.4.4 Synchronizing the Second Track
- 15.4.5 Setting a Cue Point as Starting Point (Not Available in TRAKTOR LE 2)
- 15.4.6 Snapping to the Beats
- 15.4.7 Sticking to the Beats
- 15.4.8 Interlude: In Case the Left Track Is Over…
- 15.4.9 Mixing In the Track by Using the Channel EQ and Filter
- 15.4.10 Manual Beat-matching
- 15.5 Adjusting Levels
- 15.6 Looping and Cueing
- 15.7 Adding FX
- 15.8 Using Samples in Your Mix (Not Available in TRAKTOR LE 2)
- 15.9 Using the Loop Recorder (TRAKTOR PRO 2 / TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 Only)
- 15.10 Synchronization
- 16 Troubleshooting
- 17 Getting Help
- 18 Appendix A — Common Setups
- 19 Default Keyboard Mappings
- 20 Assignable MIDI Controls
- 20.1 General Controls
- 20.1.1 Load
- 20.1.2 Transport
- 20.1.3 Timecode
- 20.1.4 Cue/Loops
- 20.1.5 Mixer
- 20.1.6 Sample Deck
- 20.1.7 Loop Recorder
- 20.1.8 FX Group
- 20.1.9 FX Single
- 20.1.10 Recording
- 20.1.11 Tempo
- 20.1.12 Track BPM
- 20.1.13 Master Clock
- 20.1.14 Preview
- 20.1.15 Browser Controls
- 20.1.16 Layout
- 20.1.17 Global Controls
- 20.1.18 Modifier Controls
- 20.2 Output Controls
- 20.1 General Controls
- Index
▪ Duplicate Deck when loading same track: If a track is currently loaded into a Deck, you
can directly copy the track and it’s playback position by pressing and holding the
mouse button while dragging from the Deck Heading to another Deck. For more infor
mation on performing this action please read chapter ↑6.3.5, Deck Audio Drag and
Drop.
▪ Load next at end of track: This enables TRAKTOR to automatically load the next track
from the active Playlist, i.e. the Playlist the currently playing track is in. Switching to
another Playlist during playback does not activate another Playlist.
▪ Initially Cue to Load Marker: With this enabled, a track will automatically cue to an es
tablished Load Marker when it is loaded.
Initially Cue to Load Marker not available in TRAKTOR LE 2.
▪ Activate Fade In & Fade Out Markers: This option allows the use of Fade In and Fade Out
markers for automatic crossfades between tracks.
Active Fade In and Fade Out Markers not available in TRAKTOR LE 2.
▪ Cruise Loops Playlist: This option affects the Cruise mode (Autoplay). With this option
checked, TRAKTOR will repeat the Playlist from the beginning when the end of the list
is reached.
Cruise Loops Playlist not available in TRAKTOR LE 2.
Resetting Controls
▪ Reset all Deck controls when loading track: Resets all Deck controls to their default val
ue when a track is loaded.
▪ Reset all mixer controls when loading track: Resets all mixer controls to their default val
ue when a track is loaded.
Preferences
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