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
The TRAKTOR 2 Manual
For in-depth information on all features provided by the TRAKTOR software, please refer to the
TRAKTOR 2 Manual. It is available as a PDF file in the Documentation subfolder of the TRAK-
TOR 2 installation folder.
1.2.2 Recommended Reading Order
We advise reading the documents in the following order:
1. The Setup Guide.
2. The TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 Manual.
3. The TRAKTOR 2 Manual.
1.2.3 In This Manual
What you are reading now is the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 Manual. This manual is structured as
follows:
▪ Chapter ↑2, TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 Quick Overview quickly introduces you to the TRAK-
TOR KONTROL S2 user interface and its main areas, both on the hardware side and soft-
ware side.
▪ Chapter ↑3, Preparing Your Music Library shows you how to import your own music into
the powerful Track Collection of TRAKTOR, so that you can use all TRAKTOR KON-
TROL S2 features with your own tracks.
▪ Chapter ↑4, Tutorials is a selection of tutorials focused on your controller. They will let
you progressively discover how to use the various tools provided by TRAKTOR KON-
TROL S2. These practical examples will simplify the learning process and get you quickly
started with computer-based DJing.
▪ Chapter ↑5, Using the S2 with TRAKTOR DJ is a concise overview of using the TRAK-
TOR KONTROL S2 with TRAKTOR DJ on an iOS device.
▪ Chapter ↑6, Hardware Overview is an extensive reference of all hardware control elements
to be found on your TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 hardware controller. Whenever you are un-
sure about the functionality of a particular control element, you will find all the necessary
information here.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL S2!
The TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 Documentation at a Glance
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