User Manual

4.2 Performance Mode
Performance mode is the "default mode" for the KONTROL F1. It is where you navigate the
Sample Grid, trigger Samples, mute and stop Sample Slot playback, edit Sample Slot parame-
ters, and adjust the Volume faders and Filter knobs. You will certainly be spending most of
your time in Performance mode, so it's a good place to start.
Within this chapter, we describe how all the controller elements work when the controller is in
Performance mode. The only elements unaffected by the various other controller modes are the
Filter knobs and the Volume faders; they always have the same function.
This is the longest section in this manual, and probably the most important in terms of using
the F1 on a day-to-day basis.
4.2.1 Filter Knobs
At the very top of the TRAKTOR KONTROL F1, are the four Filter knobs which are two-way
(low-pass and hi-pass) controls for the Filters on each Sample Slot of the Remix Deck currently
in focus.
The F1's Filter knobs control single-action, two-way filters for each Sample Slot.
The knobs have a center detent indicating the point where no filtering takes place. If you turn
the knobs counterclockwise from 12 o'clock, the cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter will be
lowered (letting lower-pitched sounds through and filtering out high-pitched ones). Turning the
knobs clockwise from 12 o'clock raises the cutoff frequency of a high-pass filter (letting high-
er-pitched sounds through and filtering out lower ones).
The filters can be activated (by deviating either direction from the neutral 12 o'clock position)
in any mode.
TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 Reference
Performance Mode
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