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 MAIN section on your S2.
The MAIN level meters in the Header of TRAKTOR show you the (left and right) overall level of
your mix before it is adjusted by the MAIN LEVEL knob. To adjust this level, use the MAIN
knob right below the MAIN level meters in TRAKTOR’s Master panel (see below).
The MAIN meter and MAIN knob in TRAKTOR.
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Adjust the MAIN knob in TRAKTOR’s Master panel so that the values of the MAIN level
meters stay in the upper part of the blue areas without reaching the red 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 red clipping LEDs light up, turning down the MAIN LEVEL knob on your S2 is of no
use: indeed, changing the level of the already distorted or shrinked signal coming from TRAK-
TOR won’t repair it!
Turn down TRAKTOR’s MAIN knob if clipping or limiting occurs.
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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