User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to the TRAKTOR KONTROL F1!
- TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 Overview
- Tutorials and Workflows
- TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 Reference
- Introduction
- Performance Mode
- Browse Mode
- Capture Mode
- Selecting the Capture Source Deck
- Activating Capture Mode
- Setting the Capture Size
- The SYNC (MASTER) Button in Capture Mode
- Activating a Loop on the Capture Source Deck
- Loop Move and Beat Jump on Capture Source Deck
- Capturing a Sample into a Cell
- Auto-capturing a Sample
- Quick-Capturing Into a Cell
- Quick Auto-Capture
- Delete Mode
- Color Mode
- Type Mode
- Pitch Mode
- Size Mode
- Speed Mode
- Edit Mode
- MIDI Mode
- Sample Slot Parameters
- F1 Preferences
- Index
4. Let's start the Deck again by hitting pad A2.
5. Now hit the pad just below it on the same slot, pad A3. Notice there is a slight delay be-
fore the pad starts playing. This is because Quantize is on to ensure that your loops start
in sync with each other, according to the phrase (quantization length) that is set for them.
Only one pad (Sample Cell) can be playing at a time in a given Sample Slot!
3.4.3 Adjusting Quantization
To change the Remix Deck's Quantize Value, proceed as follows:
1. While the Remix Deck is still playing, push and hold the QUANT (EDIT) button. Now turn
the encoder knob until you get to the value "1" and then release the QUANT (EDIT) but-
ton. You have just set the Quantize Value to one beat.
2. Now hit some other pads. Notice that the change from one pad to the another happens
nearly immediately.
3. Push and hold the QUANT (EDIT) button again. This time, look at the Pad Matrix on the
F1. The first two rows of pads have transformed into eight differently-colored pads repre-
senting the same eight Quantize Values available on the encoder knob. Since you had pre-
viously chosen a Quantize Value of one (beat) with the encoder knob, the corresponding
pad (pad A3) should be more brightly lit than the others. While continuing to hold the
QUANT (EDIT) button, tap the third pad in the second slot (B3). The underlying Quantize
Value is sixteen beats. Release the QUANT (EDIT) button.
4. Now hit a pad that is not currently playing. Notice that — depending where you are in the
phrase — it can now take up to sixteen beats for the new pad to start playing once you've
hit it. During this time, it will flash to show you that it is "next in line" for playback.
And here's what quantization really means in the Remix Deck context: the Quantize Value does
not represent the amount of beats it will take before a Sample starts playing, therefore, it is
not a "delay" value; the Quantize Value represents a mark in the Remix Deck's internal timeline
(such as a bar line on a sheet of music). E.g., when the Quantize Value is set to 4, a Sample
you hit will start playing with the next 4/4 bar of the Remix Deck's internal timeline!
It's a good idea to experiment around with Quantize Values. Depending on the scenario, you
will often want to keep the values long (four beats, eight beats, or even longer) to keep your
musical phrases synced up. But for rapid changes between sounds, and a more "active" re-
mixing, try for values of one beat or less.
Tutorials and Workflows
First Steps With the F1
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