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▪ Sample Cell: Each Sample Cell can hold one Sample, and has its own playback settings.
You can load the same Sample into different Sample Cells, and give them unique settings
so that the Sample plays back at different speeds, direction, or pitch in each Sample Cell.
▪ Operating Modes (or just "modes"): The F1 controller offers various modes for configuring
settings of Sample Cells, loading and manipulating Remix Sets and Samples, etc. All these
modes are accessed from the controller's Mode buttons in the middle of the controller. The
main mode that you will be using with the F1 is the Performance mode, which also is the
controller's default mode (read about the different controller modes in ↑4.1.1, A Word on
Modes).
2.2 Hardware Overview
As an add-on controller, the KONTROL F1 is designed to provide controls which the other NI
DJ controllers do not provide. The F1 controls the "inner" aspects of the Remix Deck, such as
triggering individual Samples, scrolling the Sample Grid, and adjusting Slot volumes and fil-
ters, while a traditional Deck controller (such as an X1 or a Timecode record) controls the "out-
er" aspects of the Remix Deck, such as the general playback of the Deck, its tempo, scratch-
ing, and so on.
2.2.1 Top Panel
The top panel of the TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 consists of three main areas, as you can see be-
low.
TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 Overview
Hardware Overview
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