User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- 1 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL S2!
- 2 TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 Quick Overview
- 3 Preparing Your Music Library
- 4 Tutorials
- 4.1 Playing Your First Track
- 4.2 Mixing In a Second Track
- 4.2.1 Loading and Playing the Second Track
- 4.2.2 Using Headphones to Prepare the Mix
- 4.2.3 Synchronizing the Second Track
- 4.2.4 Setting a Cue Point as Starting Point
- 4.2.5 Interlude: In Case the Left Track Has Reached Its End
- 4.2.6 Mixing In the Track by Using the Channel EQ and Filter
- 4.2.7 Doing Everything by Hand
- 4.3 Adjusting Levels
- 4.4 Looping and Cueing
- 4.5 Using Samples in Your Mix
- 4.6 Adding FX
- 4.7 Synchronization
- 5 Using the S2 with TRAKTOR DJ
- 6 Hardware Overview
- 7 Hardware Control Reference
- 8 Customizing TRAKTOR KONTROL S2
- 9 The S2 Audio Interface and Control Panel
- 10 Troubleshooting and Help
- 11 Appendix A – Common Setups
- 12 Appendix B – Technical Information
- 13 Appendix C – Quick References
- Index
7 Hardware Control Reference
This chapter details the use of the individual sections on your S2 controller. Whenever you
need to know what a particular section on the controller can do, or how to achieve a specific
task, refer to this chapter's contents.
In this chapter, we describe actions on the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2. Of course, every action on
your S2 is instantly mirrored in TRAKTOR! For an in-depth explanation of all features provided
by the TRAKTOR software, please refer to the TRAKTOR 2 Manual.
You will find in chapter ↑13, Appendix C – Quick References a series of Quick Reference
tables summing up the basic functionality of each control element on your S2.
7.1 Things You Should Know
7.1.1 General Structure of the S2 Controller
Throughout the following sections, you will find detailed information on operating the control-
ler's individual sections, e.g., the LOOP section, or the CUE/REMIX SLOTS section. It is, how-
ever, good to keep the general structure of the controller in mind when learning how to use it:
In general, the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 consists of two Decks, left and right, and the Mixer,
sitting in the middle of the device. The Decks control Track Decks A and B in the TRAKTOR
software. An additional mode, the Remix Deck mode, allows you to control TRAKTOR's Remix
Decks C and D from the controller's CUE/REMIX SLOTS sections.
The Mixer controls the volumes of the Track Decks A and B with its two main mixer channels.
A third REMIX channel allows you to control the volume of TRAKTOR's Remix Decks C and D.
Hence, you can view the S2 as a controller for a very classic DJ mixing setup: two decks and a
mixer (with the additional capability of firing off some samples in your mix).
What's also worth mentioning is the separate microphone channel with its dedicated gain con-
trol. This channel goes straight to the S2's main outs and works even when the S2 is not con-
nected to a computer.
Hardware Control Reference
Things You Should Know
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