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
Analyze Tracks
If you have tracks in the Collection that are not analyzed yet, you can analyze them by
clicking the Analyze button.
Show Consistency Check on Startup
The Consistency Check Report can be set to run each time you open TRAKTOR. Please be
aware that this feature can increase TRAKTOR’s startup time, thus can be impractical with
large collections in a live situation.
1. Go to: Preferences > File Management.
2.
Check the box labeled Show Consistency Check Report on Startup and close the Preferences.
3. The Consistency Check Report will now open each time you start TRAKTOR.
5.10.2 Analysis
TRAKTOR uses an “Analysis” function to collect several important pieces of information
from your tracks. These are:
BPM Estimate
The BPM Estimate is an accurate tempo readout based on the type of music you are scan
ning. Read more about verifying the BPM Estimate and about how to create a Beatgrid in
↑6.8.6, Beatgrid Panel (GRID).
Gain Value
Each track has a perceived loudness based on its musical properties. The Gain Value es
tablished during the analysis is an accurate estimation for the optimal setting of the chan
nel GAIN knob to match the loudness of a track to 0dB.
► To use this gain estimation when loading a track into a Deck, enable the Auto Gain
function by activating Set Autogain When Loading Track in Preferences > Mixer > Level.
Stripe
The analysis process creates a small representation of the waveform underneath the Wave
form Display, which is called the Stripe. If the Stripe of a track is missing it has not yet
been analyzed.
To keep file size to a minimum Stripe is not stored in files. When moving your music to an
other computer you should re-analyze your music on the target machine.
The Browser
Collection Maintenance
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