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15.4.6 Snapping to the Beats
You don’t have to worry about placing a Hotcue directly on a beat. By default, TRAKTOR 2
will make sure this happens automatically. This is done by the so-called Snap mode.
Clicking on the little S button in the Global section will activate and deactivate Snap
mode:
Fig. 15-8 — The Snap and Quant buttons in the Global section
With Snap mode on, any Cue Point you create in the track will snap to the closest beat,
thus ensuring that you get directly to that beat next time you press the Hotcue.
15.4.7 Sticking to the Beats
There is another reason you don’t have to worry about pressing the lit Hotcue button exact
ly on the beat: By default, TRAKTOR will make sure that the beats of both tracks stick to
gether and that jumps don’t ruin the beat-matching. This is because the so-called Quan
tize mode is on, as you can see by the lit Quantize Button in the Global section (see pic
ture above).
With Quantize mode on, whenever you jump through the track (e.g. by pressing a Hotcue
button or clicking somewhere in the Overview waveform), the playback jumps to the near
est position that preserves the beat-matching, thus ensuring that the current sync doesn’t
get lost when you jump through the track.
Tutorials
Mixing In a Second Track
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