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→ Deck B now is the tempo master: the MASTER button on the left Deck Display turns off,
whereas that of the right Deck lights up:
If you play sets with two Decks only, or if you prefer to do your beat-matching manually,
the Auto mode might be for you: it guarantees that each new track in the mix follows the
previous tempo reference and that all FX and looped samples on Sample Decks will syn
chronize to it correctly—without being constrained to a single tempo.
If you’d like to do a combination of manual and synced beat-matching, again leave the
AUTO
button engaged and enable the
SYNC
button for individual Decks as needed:
▪
If
SYNC
is enabled, the new Deck inherits the tempo from the previous tempo master.
▪
If SYNC is disabled, the new track plays at its own individual tempo.
Note that you can also manually set a particular Deck as tempo master:
► To manually set a Track Deck as tempo master, simply click the Deck’s MASTER button.
Using the Master Clock as Tempo Master (TRAKTOR PRO 2 / TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 Only)
If you run beat-mixed sets with more than 2 Decks, possibly along with synchronized loop
ed samples, you should use the Master Clock as tempo master. The Master Clock will al
ways give you a solid tempo reference that will not change unless you want it to. Also, if
you intend to only do beat-synced transitions and would like to stay within the same gener
al BPM range throughout your set, this is the ideal mode to use. To set it up, do as fol
lows:
1.
In TRAKTOR’s Master Clock panel, deactivate the AUTO button.
2.
Click the MASTER button in the Master Clock panel to set it as the tempo master.
Tutorials
Synchronization
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