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
10.2.2 USB and Driver Issues
Once your TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 is connected and turned on, wait a few seconds and give a
look at the USB indicator located in the Master Display, in the middle of your device:
The USB indicator in the Master Display.
If the USB indicator is flashing, there is no connection to the computer or there is a problem
with the hardware driver. Please check the following points:
▪ The TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 is a USB 2.0 device and will not work on a USB 1.0/1.1
port.
▪ A bad USB cable can be responsible for connectivity problems. Try using a different cable
bearing the official USB logo, in some cases using a shorter cable might help.
▪ On Windows: Check that the driver is correctly installed. You can do this for example by
looking for the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 Control Panel (see ↑9.2.1, Opening the Control
Panel for more info). If you cannot find the Control Panel, the driver is most likely not in-
stalled at all. In this case, please re-install the driver from the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2
installation disc as described in the separate Setup Guide.
10.2.3
Updating the Driver
►
Check NI Service Center regularly for driver updates.
10.2.4 USB-related Power Issues
We strongly recommend you to use an external power supply with your S2 via the included
power supply unit. Although operation is also possible when your S2 is powered via the USB
connection, you then have following limitations: the headphones output level is lower, and all
LEDs light darker.
If for any reason you cannot make use of any external power supply, you should check the fol-
lowing points:
Troubleshooting and Help
Hardware-related Problems
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