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
17 Getting Help
If you are experiencing problems related to your Native Instruments product that the sup-
plied documentation does not cover, there are several ways of getting help!
The links in the following sections can also be reached from the Service Center application:
Open the Service Center application and click on the Support button in the upper-right corner.
17.1 Knowledge Base
The Online Knowledge Base gathers useful information about your Native Instruments
product and can be of great help to solve possible issues you may encounter. You can
reach the Knowledge Base via: www.native-instruments.com/knowledge.
17.2 Technical Support
If no Knowledge Base entry matches your problem, or if the matching entry does not solve
the problem, you can use the Online Support Form to contact the Technical Support team
of Native Instruments. The Online Support Form will ask you to enter information about
your hardware and software setup. This information is essential for our Support team to be
able to provide you with quality assistance. You can reach the Online Support via: www.na
tive-instruments.com/knowledge.
When communicating with the Native Instruments Support team, keep in mind that the
more details you can provide about your hardware, your operating system, the version of
the software you are running, and the problem you are experiencing, the better they will be
able to help you. In your description, you should mention:
▪ How to reproduce the problem
▪ What you have already tried to fix the problem
▪ A description of your setup, including all hardware and the version of your software
▪ The brand and specifications of your computer
When installing new software or software updates, a Readme file is included that contains
late breaking news and new information that was not yet included in the documentation.
Please open and read this Readme file before contacting Technical Support.
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