User Manual

The Main section on your S4.
In this section, The LED meters show the actual level being output from the device. So, when
the MAIN LEVEL knob is turned down, these meters will go down too.
These meters do not mirror what is seen in TRAKTOR PRO, although though the clip LEDs
will still light on the S4MK2 when TRAKTOR clips.
Adjust the MAIN knob in TRAKTOR’s Master panel so that the values on your S4’s MAIN
LEVEL meters stay in the upper part of the blue areas without reaching the orange clipping
LEDs.
By default, a limiter is enabled on TRAKTOR’s main output. With this limiter enabled, the
MAIN LEVEL meters’ clipping LEDs don’t indicate clipping anymore, but instead they indicate
when the limiter kicks in. While the limiter virtually cancels any distortion that might occur,
the resulting contraction of the dynamic range, though, cannot be undone. Therefore, even
with the limiter enabled, ensure that the clipping LEDs don’t light up too often!
When the orange clipping LEDs light up, turning down the MAIN LEVEL knob on your S4 is of
no use: indeed, changing the level of the already distorted or shrinked signal coming from
TRAKTOR won’t repair it! In this scenario, the Clip LEDs on the S4 will still light up to remind
you that the signal in TRAKTOR is clipped and the Main Level in TRAKTOR should be turned
down.
Should the level stay low on the MAIN LEVEL meters, check also the channel faders—they
are probably set too low as well!
Tutorials
Adjusting Levels
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