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
In TRAKTOR DUO 2, TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO 2, and TRAKTOR LE 2, FX assignments are
fixed and no PAN knobs are present.
For more information on the Mixer please read ↑7, The Internal Mixer & the Crossfader.
4.2.6 Browser
Fig. 4-21 — TRAKTOR’s Browser
TRAKTOR’s Browser provides you with tools to organize your tracks and to build and main
tain your track database: the Track Collection. Search for a track in the Search Field (2),
drag your Playlists to a Favorite slot (4) for quicker access, and sort the Browser list (5) by a
specific attribute. You can edit all track tags here in the Browser list. By using the Browser
Tree (3), you can browse your hard drives and access various Playlists, including the spe
cial Archive, which automatically saves a Playlist for every session. With the
Preview Player
(1), you can pre-listen to tracks before loading them into a Deck. The Status Bar (6) pro
vides basic info.
(1) Preview Player: Click the Preview Player icon in the Browser List to load a track into the
Preview Player. Alternatively, you can also drag-and-drop a track directly into the Preview
Player. This will allow you to pre-listen to tracks before loading them onto a Deck.
(2) Search Field: provides a live search based on the tags of the tracks in the Collection.
Read more in chapter ↑5.4, Finding Tracks (Search) called Finding Tracks (Search).
(3) Browser Tree:
▪ Track Collection: contains all Tracks imported to your Collection. They are automatical
ly sorted by Artist, Release, Label or Genre.
▪ Playlists: contains all your TRAKTOR Playlists.
The User Interface
Main Elements
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