MANUAL
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 2 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! ........................................................ 10 1.1 Where to Start ............................................................................................................................. 10 1.2 Manual Conventions ................................................................................................................... 12 1.3 What's new for TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 Users? .........................
Table of Contents 3.3 3.4 3.2.1 Engaging and Disengaging a Loop ............................................................................ 58 3.2.2 Moving a Loop ........................................................................................................... 61 3.2.3 Storing a Loop ........................................................................................................... 62 Playing with Loops in LOOP Mode ................................................................
Table of Contents 3.10 3.11 3.9.1 Selecting and applying a Performance Mode ............................................................. 107 3.9.2 Using Performance Mode Pitch .................................................................................. 108 3.9.3 Using Performance Mode Filter .................................................................................. 109 3.9.4 Using Performance Mode FX SEND .............................................................................
Table of Contents 4.3 4.4 4.2.3.3 FREEZE Button ..........................................................................................155 4.2.3.4 REMIX Button ............................................................................................157 4.2.4 Loop Encoder ............................................................................................................. 158 4.2.5 EDIT Button ............................................................................................
Table of Contents 4.5 5 The Deck ..................................................................................................................................... 180 4.5.1 DECK Button .............................................................................................................. 183 4.5.2 FLUX Button ............................................................................................................... 184 4.5.3 CAPTURE Button .............................................
Table of Contents 6 Troubleshooting - Getting Help ................................................................................... 211 6.1 6.2 7 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 211 6.1.1 TRAKTOR Won’t Start ................................................................................................. 211 6.1.2 TRAKTOR Crashes ..............................................................
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Where to Start 1 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Thank you for choosing TRAKTOR KONTROL D2. What is TRAKTOR KONTROL D2? TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 provides a direct tactile interface to TRAKTOR PRO's features and allows you to achieve more with the controller hardware so you have to do less on your computer screen.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Where to Start TRAKTOR Manual The Manual helps you learn all of the workflows which make TRAKTOR a unique DJing solution. In addition to learning to use TRAKTOR's core features, this document gives advice on working in various configurations; from using TRAKTOR in the most basic setup on its own to integrating turntables, external DJ mixers and audio interfaces, as well as the SCRATCH extension. Access the TRAKTOR manual via TRAKTOR's Help menu. The 'Open Manual.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Manual Conventions ▪ Technical Support ▪ Registration Support You will find more information on these in chapters ↑6.2, Getting Help and ↑6.1, Troubleshooting. 1.2 Manual Conventions This section introduces you to the signage and text highlighting used in this manual. This manual uses particular formatting to point out special facts and to warn you of potential issues.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Manual Conventions ► Single instructions are indicated by this play button type arrow. → Results of actions are indicated by this smaller arrow. Naming Conventions Throughout the documentation, we will refer to the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 hardware controller either as the controller or simply D2. The TRAKTOR 2 software and TRAKTOR SCRATCH will be referred to as TRAKTOR.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Manual Conventions Numbering scheme for FX and Performance controls Display Buttons On each side of a display, there are two buttons marked by a square icon.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! Manual Conventions Numbering scheme for Display Buttons Pads Each Deck comes with eight multi color pads.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! What's new for TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 Users? 1.3 What's new for TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 Users? This chapter provides a quick overview on D2's feature enhancements and improvements introduced with TRAKTOR 2.9. New Stem Deck Flavor in TRAKTOR PRO TRAKTOR 2.9.0 introduces a new Stem Deck which is capable of playing and mixing .stem.mp4 files. Thanks to the Automatic Deck Flavor Switching that was introduced in TRAKTOR 2.8.
Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL D2! What's new for TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 Users? loaded. If you had MIDI Mappings for Remix Deck mix controls previous to this update, those controls are now automatically mapped to the Deck Common Sub-mix controls for convenience. Stem file management in Browser To support management of .stem.mp4 files, a new smart folder called “All Stems” is added to the Browser Tree. All Stem files in the Track Collection can be found quickly by clicking on this node in the Tree.
Using Your D2—Getting Started 2 Using Your D2—Getting Started This section will guide you through the most common tasks you will encounter during your work with TRAKTOR KONTROL D2. Most of the tutorials included are workflow-oriented. They start with the simplest tasks and progressively lead you to more complex operation, helping you to become familiar with TRAKTOR KONTROL D2.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using the Browser The tutorials presented here assume that TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 is in its default factory state. If it’s not the case, we cannot guarantee that you will experience what is described here, and as a result you might find it difficult to follow the instructions. 2.1 Using the Browser This tutorial explains how to use the Browser to access your music library. You will learn how to sort and preview your tracks in the Browser, and how to load tracks into Decks. 2.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using the Browser ► Push the BROWSE encoder. The Browser will be displayed in the display. 2.1.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using the Browser ► Rotate the BROWSE encoder. The selected entry will be highlighted in blue. The Browser View shows your current location in the folder structure at the top of the display, e.g. BROWSER>PLAYLIST>DEMO TRACKS. To open folders and load tracks: ► Press the BROWSE encoder to open a folder. ► Press the BROWSE encoder to load a track. To return to the previous folder: ► Press the BACK button. To exit the Browser: ► Press the VIEW button.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using the Browser 2.1.3 Browsing using Touch Interactions In addition to regular interactions with D2, you can perform touch interactions. However, to use touch interactions when browsing, the touch sensitivity for the BROWSE encoder has to be enabled: 1. Open the TRAKTOR Preferences. 2. Select the tab TRAKTOR KONTROL D2. 3. Enable the Touch Control Auto Open Browser on Touch. → The touch sensitivity is now enabled on the BROWSE encoder.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using the Browser 1. Press the ON button 4 to start preview. The preview is now audible in the Output Preview channel. 2. Rotate Performance knob 4 to seek within the track in preview. 2.1.5 Sorting Tracks To speed up scrolling through folders including a very large number of tracks, you can sort the tracks by categories TITLE, ARTIST, BPM, IMPORT DATE, #, and KEY. The selected category is displayed at the bottom-left in the Browser.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using the Browser To sort your tracks by another category: ► Rotate Performance knob 1 until the desired category is selected in the SORT BY pop-up window. The tracks will then be resorted. Additionally, you can display the tracks in ascending or descending order: ► Press the ON button 1 to switch between ascending and descending order. The Browser displaying tracks in descending order.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Loading and Playing a Track The Browser displaying tracks in ascending order. 2.2 Loading and Playing a Track Let’s load the track “Techno 1” from the included demo tracks on to Deck A. You can check this by looking at the display: you should see a blue indicator reading A: The Deck Display with DECK A indicator.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Loading and Playing a Track Look at the display reading No Track Loaded. Push Browse Knob, do the following: 1. Press the BROWSE encoder to open the Browser. 2. Navigate to the folder FAVORITES > Demo Tracks. 3. Scroll to track Techno 1.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck Focus 4. Press the BROWSE encoder to load the track into Deck A. The track is loaded. Its waveform and info appear in the display. 5. Press the PLAY button to start playback. The PLAY button lights up. → The waveform starts moving in the display. The track is assigned to MASTER. The track should now be audible on your mixer. If you don't hear the track, check the cable connections and read the manual of your mixer. 2.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck Focus ▪ If Deck A or B is focused, the DECK button, the Mode Select Button and the LED ring around the LOOP encoder will be lit in blue.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck Focus ▪ If Deck C or D is focused, the DECK button, the Mode Select Button and the LED ring around the LOOP encoder will be lit in white.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck View and Zooming 1. Hold the DECK button. The two Deck Assign buttons of the current Deck side lit up brightly. 2. Press one of the dim lit Deck Assign buttons to switch to the other Deck side. 3. Release the DECK button. 2.4 Switching Deck View and Zooming By default, the display shows only the focused Deck. This is called Single View.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck View and Zooming Deck A in Single View ► Press the View button located in the top-right corner of the display area to toggle Deck View between Single View and Split View. → The display now shows both Decks in Split View. The focused Deck always acquires the majority of space in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck View and Zooming Split View with focus on Deck A. Split View with focus on Deck C. Changing Deck View does not change the Deck's focus.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Switching Deck View and Zooming Zooming To get a more precise view of the waveform at the current Playhead position, you can zoom in or out of the waveform. To zoom into the waveform: ► Press Display button 3 repeatedly until you reach the desired zoom level.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Cue Points ► 2.5 Press Display button 4 several times until you reach the desired zoom level. Using Cue Points This tutorial will explain how to work with HotCues for jumping directly to certain points within a track. HotCues can be assigned to the pads when the Track Deck is in HOTCUE mode. On a Track Deck in HOTCUE mode, pad 1 always represents the Start Cue Point that will be assigned automatically as soon as a track is loaded.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Cue Points Pad 1 as Start Cue Point. Prerequisites We assume here that you already followed the instructions in the previous tutorials (see Enabling Decks). TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 is in the following state: ▪ The track “Techno 1” is loaded on Deck A. ▪ The Deck A is set to HOTCUE mode (default state). 2.5.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Cue Points ► Whether or not the track is playing, press one of the unlit pads on a downbeat—let’s say pad 2. The pad lights up blue. → You have just stored a Cue Point that you can return to by pressing the same pad again. ► In the display, a CuePoint will be highlighted by a blue indicator and the pad number. You can store up to eight CuePoints per track, including the first which is automatically set to the track start. The highlighted CuePoint in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Cue Points ► Press SHIFT + the pad assigned with a Cue Point. → The Cue point is deleted and the pad is unlit. Snapping to the Beats You don’t have to worry about being precise enough to set a HotCue directly on a beat; by default, TRAKTOR will make sure this happens automatically. This is because the Snap mode is on, indicated by the lit S button located in the top-mid in the TRAKTOR software: The S and Q button in the TRAKTOR software.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Adjusting Deck-specific tempo Adjusting the Deck-specific Tempo 1. Press the Display Button 1. The BPM pop-up becomes visible on the display. 2. Turn the BROWSE encoder clockwise to increase the tempo; turn the BROWSE encoder counterclockwise to decrease the tempo. 3. Hold the SHIFT button + turn the BROWSE encoder clockwise to increase the tempo in whole steps; turn the BROWSE encoder counterclockwise to decrease the tempo in whole steps. 4.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Keylock 2.7 Using Keylock When synchronizing tracks, you end up altering at least one track's tempo, which consequently changes their pitch (or key). For small tempo adjustments, this mostly isn't going to be an issue; but when the tempo is changed more significantly, the resulting pitch change might sound unsuitable: kick sounds would lose their impact, vocals would sound unrealistic, harmonic instruments would become dissonant when mixed, etc.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Keylock 1. On a Deck, press the Display Button 2. The KEY pop-up opens on the display. For tracks which have been analyzed by TRAKTOR, their key is displayed here.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Keylock 2. Press the Deck's BROWSE encoder to enable Keylock on the track. LOCK is now lit in white. 3. Press the Display Button 2 again to exit the KEY pop-up in the display. 4. Now press Display Button 1 to open the BPM pop-up and adjust the track's tempo by turning the BROWSE encoder. → You can hear the tempo change, but the track's key remains intact.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Keylock Adjusting the Key without changing Original Tempo If you want to change just the key of a track without affecting its tempo, proceed as follows: 1. On a Deck, press the Display Button 2. The KEY pop-up opens on the display. If the track has been analyzed by TRAKTOR, its key will be displayed here.
Using Your D2—Getting Started Using Keylock 2. Press the Deck's BROWSE encoder to enable Keylock on the track. LOCK is now lit in white. 3. Now turn the Deck's BROWSE encoder to adjust the key of the track. 4. Press the Display Button 2 again to exit the KEY window in the display. → You will hear that the track's key has changed, while the tempo is preserved.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 3 Using Your D2—Getting Advanced 3.1 Using Touch Strip D2 doesn't feature the conventional Jog Wheel of a regular DJ controller. Functions usually associated with Jog Wheel are instead controlled by the intuitive Touch Strip. This tutorial explains how to use the Touch Strip for the following actions: ▪ Seek/navigate through the entire track. ▪ Tempo bend (nudge). ▪ Scratching, backspinning and holding.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip The LED segments represent the entire length of the track. The three orange segments represent the current playhead position within the track.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 1. While holding SHIFT, place your finger on the Touch Strip beneath the orange LEDs and swipe to the right to move forwards in the track's waveform.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip ⇨ The three orange LEDs will follow your finger movement to the right, as does the playhead in the waveform.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 2. Swipe your finger to the left to move backwards in the track's waveform.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip ⇨ The three orange LEDs will follow your finger movement to the left, just as the playhead in the waveform. Alternatively, you can jump directly to an absolute position in the track by pressing SHIFT + placing your finger on the desired position on the Touch Strip. 3.1.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 2. On Deck B press the SYNC button to disable Sync. The SYNC button's backlight goes dim. 3. Listen to the track playing in Deck A, and press the PLAY button of deck B on an appropriate downbeat to start playback. → If your timing was perfect, a single orange LED at the center of the LED strip lights up, indicating the phase-alignment of both tracks is correct.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip ► Swipe your finger toward the right side of the Touch Strip until the blue LEDs disappear and a single orange LED is shown. → The phase-alignment is corrected and both tracks are perfectly synched.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 3.1.3 Using the Touch Strip to Scratch and Backspin Similar to manually turning a vinyl on a turntable, swiping a finger over the recessed Touch Strip area allows you to create a scratch effect on a Track Deck or Remix Deck. This feature is not enabled by default and requires some configuration as follows: Enabling the preference Touch to Scratch To enable the preference Touch to Scratch for the D2: 1.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 2. Navigate to the Traktor Kontrol D2 window, check the Shift + Touch to Scratch preference in the Touchstrip section.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 3. Click Close to exit the Preferences window. Performing Scratching On the Deck: 1. Hold the SHIFT button. 2. On the Touch Strip swipe to the left. This will move the playhead slightly forwards in the track's waveform, and you will hear the typical scratch effect.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 3. On the Touch Strip swipe to the right. This will move the playhead slightly backwards in the track's waveform and you will hear the typical scratch effect.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 4. Try moving your finger across the Touch Strip (back and forth) to scratch the corresponding playhead over a beat. → As soon as you cease moving your finger on the Touch Strip, the playhead remains at that position. A scratch effect can only be created when the track is stopped. Performing a Backspin On the Deck: 1. Hold the SHIFT button.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Touch Strip 2. On the Touch Strip swipe quickly from the very right to the very left. This will move the playhead backward in the track's waveform, and you will hear the backspin effect. → As soon as you lift your finger from the Touch Strip, the playhead remains at that position. Backspins are enhanced by the fact that TRAKTOR will stop the spin as soon as you release the SHIFT button.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in HOTCUE Mode 3.2 Playing with Loops in HOTCUE Mode Now that we've covered all basic mixing techniques and how to use the Touch Strip, we will focus on D2’s looping facilities in HOTCUE mode. Besides using the dedicated LOOP mode which will be explained in the next tutorial, you can work with loops in default HOTCUE mode. This allows you to perform with HOTCUES and loops at the same time.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in HOTCUE Mode → This will automatically add a loop at the current playback position in the track. The example above shows an engaged loop of four beats.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in HOTCUE Mode ► Turn the Loop encoder to change the loop size. You can choose a loop size of 32 beats down to a loop size of 1/32 of a beat. Note that you can adjust the loop size either before or after you’ve set the Loop! If you adjust the loop size beforehand, the next loop you set will acquire the set loop size value.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in HOTCUE Mode ► Press the Loop encoder again. → Playback continues as normal. By pushing the Loop encoder when there is no Loop active, you activate looping: the next Loop in the track will be activated. 3.2.2 Moving a Loop With a loop size selected, you can move the Loop selection to another position within your track. To move the Loop: ► Press the SHIFT button and turn the Loop encoder.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in HOTCUE Mode 3.2.3 Storing a Loop In a previous tutorial, you learned how to store Cue Points, which is as simple as pressing an unlit pad. Storing Loops works in a similar way. Let's say you have stored two HotCues in the track currently playing: 1. Press the Loop encoder to engage a Loop. 2. To store the active Loop, press an unlit pad. The pad lights up green. The display will show a green marker indicating the Loop.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in LOOP Mode → You have just stored a Loop that you can return to by pressing the same pad again. Deleting a Loop To delete a Loop: ► 3.3 Press the SHIFT button and the pad assigned to the Loop you want to delete. Playing with Loops in LOOP Mode LOOP mode offers a different set of control options for using loops on track Decks and Remix Decks, which you will learn in the following tutorial.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in LOOP Mode 3.3.1 Looping with Pre-defined Sizes In LOOP mode, with the first row of pads you can engage loops with pre-defined values. By default, these are (from left to right) 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 or 1 beat. To engage a loop: 1. Press the PLAY button to start playback. 2. Press the LOOP button to enable LOOP mode. The LOOP button lights up brightly and the pads also illuminate.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Playing with Loops in LOOP Mode Loop sizes can be changed in TRAKTOR's software preferences: Preferences>TRAKTOR KONTROL D2>Loop Mode Sizes>Loop. 3.3.2 Beatjumping With the orange pads, you can jump forward or backward in the track by the amount predefined as Beatjump size. By default, the orange pads 6 and 7 represent the Beatjump sizes of 1 beat backward and forward, whereas the beat-jump sizes of pad 5 and 8 are defined by the Loop encoder.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 2. Press pad 5 to jump the playback position backward by the loop-size value displayed on the display. If doing so causes the Playhead to jump into an active Loop area, it continues to loop again. 3. Press pad 8 to jump the playback position forward by the beat-jump size defined in the display. If you jump out of a loop this way, playback continues outside the loop. 3.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode Deck A in Freeze Mode. Prerequisites We assume here that the D2 is in the following state: ▪ The track “Techno 1” is loaded on Deck A and stopped. 3.4.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 1. Press PLAY to trigger playback. 2. Press the FREEZE button. The current playback position is "frozen" and a section defined by the loop size on the display is automatically split into eight slices.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 3. Press any of the eight pads to trigger playback and get a feel for the slices. 4. Press the HOTCUE button to exit Freeze mode. If no further slice is triggered, the Playhead position will leave the frozen area and playback continues towards the end of the track. 3.4.2 1. Adjusting the Freeze Slice Size Hold the FREEZE button. The SLICE SIZE window pops up in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 2. While holding the FREEZE button, turn the Loop encoder to increase or decrease the slice size from a 1/4 of a beat to a range of 4 beats. 3. Release the FREEZE button. → The Slice size and zoom will change accordingly.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 3.4.3 Slicer Mode There's an extension of Freeze mode's functionality, called Slicer Mode. Press the Loop encoder while in Freeze mode and the playback behavior of the pads changes. Instead of playing from the slice start to the end of the entire track, pressing and holding a pad in Slicer Mode will play back just the corresponding slice repeatedly. Slicer mode enabled.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 1. Turn the Loop encoder to define the desired Loop size. 2. Press the Loop encoder to engage a loop.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode 3. Press the FREEZE button to engage Slicer mode to the active loop. The Slices appear in green. While Slicer mode is engaged you can perform the following actions: ► Press any of the pads to jump between the Slices.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FREEZE Mode ► Hold a pad to retrigger its slice. ► Hold two pads simultaneously to loop the entire area between the first and last selected slice.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FLUX Mode ► Turn the Loop encoder to change the Loop size. The slice size will be changed on the fly and the waveform in the display adjusts its zoom accordingly. ► Press the Loop encoder or the HOTCUE button to exit Slicer mode. Playback continues as normal. 3.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using FLUX Mode Prerequisites We assume here that the D2 is in the following state: ▪ The track “Techno 1” is loaded on Deck A and stopped. Enabling Flux Mode To enable Flux mode within HOTCUE mode, LOOP mode, or FREEZE mode on Deck A: 1. Press the PLAY button to start playback. 2. Press the FLUX button to enable FLUX mode. The button lights up in orange. 3. Perform on the pads as usual.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks 3.6 Remixing with Remix Decks In the previous tutorials you learned how to mix using the Track Decks and how to work with some advanced functionalities of the D2. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Remix Decks. With the Remix Decks you can play and perform with pre-defined Remix Sets as well as create your own Remix Sets by capturing samples of tracks. Prerequisites ▪ Deck C is enabled. ▪ All Remix Slot Volume Faders are raised. 3.6.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks 3. Select the Remix Set Remix Deck Tutorial and press the BROWSE encoder to load it.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks → The Remix set is loaded to Deck C. The display has the following appearance: The pads now illuminate orange and green, corresponding to the Remix Deck page shown in the display. 3.6.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks 1. Press pad 1 to trigger its Sample Intro Beat. Playback of the Deck will start accordingly. The Sample is highlighted, the Playhead of its waveform moves, and the Sample will loop. 2. Press SHIFT + pad 1 to stop playback. 3. Now press pad 1, pad 2, pad 3, and pad 4 to trigger their samples.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks → The first four pads light up. The Samples play back. Select another Sample of a Remix Slot While the Samples are playing, you can switch to other Samples within the Remix Slots.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks ► Press pad 5. The Sample of pad 1 Intro Beat will stop and instead the Sample of pad 5 808 Deep will start without interruption. The Sample of pad 5 808 Deep is highlighted in the display. Note that only one Sample per Remix Slot (column in the display) can play at a time. Select other Pages of a Remix Set A Remix Set can include up to 64 samples.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks To select another page of a Remix Set: ► Press Display Button 4 or 3 to scroll a page downwards or upwards. Alternatively, hold the REMIX button while turning the Deck's LOOP encoder.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks 3.6.3 1. Triggering Samples using Different Quantize Sizes Press Display Button 2. The QUANTIZE window opens in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks 2. Turn the Decks's BROWSE encoder to select a quantize value of 16 beats. 3. Press Display Button 2 again to close the QUANTIZE window. The quantize value is visible in the display. 4. Now press the pads to trigger samples. → After you press a pad, TRAKTOR will play out the currently playing sample to the end of the 16 beats segment and then start playing back the sample assigned to the pad you pressed.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Remixing with Remix Decks It's a good idea to experiment with Quantize Values. Depending on the scenario, you will often want to keep the values long (four beats, eight beats, or even longer) to keep your musical phrases synced up. But for rapid changes between sounds, and a more "active" remixing, try for values of one beat or less. 3.6.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) You cannot use the Touch Strip for seeking functions on a Remix Deck. On a Remix Deck which isn't playing a track: ► Swipe along the Touch Strip to tempo bend. ► Hold the SHIFT button, and swipe from right to left to backspin the Samples. ► Hold the SHIFT button, and hold your finger on the Touch Strip to hold the Samples.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) 1. Set the focus on Deck A. 2. Hold the CAPTURE button. The LED ring around the Loop encoder starts to lit alternating in white and blue. 3. While holding CAPTURE, touch the Loop encoder to let the CAPTURE window pop-up and turn the Loop encoder to select the capture Source DECK A. 4. Release the Loop encoder to close the CAPTURE window and release the CAPTURE button.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) 1. Press the REMIX button to enable REMIX Mode. The pads should now be unlit because nothing is loaded into Remix Deck C.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) 2. Press the View button to switch to Split View. Both Decks A and C are shown in the display. 3. Turn the Loop encoder to define the capture size. 4. On Deck A press the PLAY button to start playback. 5. Press one of the unlit pads to capture a Sample from the current playback position.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) → You have captured a Sample of the track. The pad now illuminates a new color and the captured Sample is shown in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) ► Capture further Samples from another Capture Source and/or using another Capture size. The pads now illuminate with new colors and the first four captured samples are shown in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Capturing Samples from Track Decks (Using Remix Mode) ► Press the illuminated pads to trigger playback. The Samples are now being mixed with the track playing in deck A. The Samples will continue to loop within their Remix Slot. ► Move the Slot Volume Faders above the pads to smoothly fade the Samples out or in. ► Hold the SHIFT button and press the illuminated pad to stop playing.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 3.8 Adding FX In this tutorial section, we will walk you through the basics of using the FX Units. By default, TRAKTOR provides you with control over two FX Units, which can be assigned to any of the Decks. You can set up two types of FX: Single FX and Group FX. The following sections will explain both.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX ► Press the FX Assign buttons A and C again. 3.8.2 Setting up an FX Unit to Group FX Mode When an FX Unit is set to Group FX mode, it allows up to three different audio effects to be used simultaneously within an FX Unit. The following section explains how to set up your own Group FX, and how to control its three effects via the FX knobs and FX buttons. Prerequisites ▪ The track "Techno 1" is loaded on Deck A. The track is playing and audible.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 2. Press the FX Button 1 to display the FX Unit 1 options. 3. Turn the BROWSE encoder to select Group, and press the BROWSE encoder to enable Group FX mode. Three default effects are loaded into the Group FX and the FX Unit is set up as Insert. 4. Press the FX SELECT button again to exit the FX Unit menu.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX Apply the Group FX to the Track In order to apply the Group FX to the Track and control the parameters of each effect you can now perform the following actions: ► Activate the effects slots with the FX buttons. ► As soon you touch any FX knob, the FX panel will drop down in the display.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX ► Experiment with the FX Knobs 1 to 4 and listen to the resulting changes. The parameter adjustments are also visible in the FX panel. ► You can activate/deactivate each effect slot individually by pressing the corresponding FX buttons 2 to 4 below. 3.8.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 1. Press the FX SELECT button of FX Unit at the top left corner of the D2 to open the FX Unit menu. 2. In the FX Unit menu, press FX Button 3 to exchange the effect in effects slot 2. An overview of available FX will be displayed.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 3. Turn the BROWSE encoder to select the Gater effect and press the BROWSE encoder to load it. → You have exchanged effects slot 2 in the Group FX. Repeat this process for any of the remaining effects in the Group FX.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 3.8.4 Setting up an FX Unit in Single FX Mode While a Group FX setup gives you control over up to three effects with one parameter each, setting an FX unit to Single mode provides access to three parameters of a single effect. We will set up FX Unit 2 in Single FX mode and load a Delay effect: Prerequisites ▪ The D2 controls the right Decks B and D so that the FX Unit of the D2 controls FX Unit 2 of the TRAKTOR software.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 3. Ensure the options Single and Insert are selected. 4. Press FX Button 2 to display the list with available FX. 5. Turn the BROWSE encoder to select Delay, and press the BROWSE encoder to assign the FX. The FX Unit 2 menu closes.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 6. Press FX button 1 to activate the Delay. You will hear a delayed signal being added to the playing track. With the Delay enabled, you can perform the following actions: ► Turn FX Knob 1 clockwise. The Delay effect gets louder. The mix value in the FX dropdown panel in the display increases.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX ► Turn FX Knob 1 counter-clockwise. The Delay effect gets quieter. The mix value in the FX drop-down panel in the display decreases. ► Turn the FX knobs 2-4 to adjust FILTER, FEEDBACK and RATE values of the Delay effect.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX ► Press FX button 3 to use the freeze feature (FRZ) of the Delay effect. Your track is muted and the Delay effect starts to decay. Press FX button 3 again to re-engage the track going into the Delay effect. ► Press FX button 4 to activate spread (SPR) for a wider Delay sound. ► Press FX button 2 to reset the FX parameters to their default values. This resets the FX parameters in the software independently from the FX knobs position on the hardware.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Adding FX 3.8.5 Storing a Snapshot You can save a default state for any of the effects by doing the following: 1. Adjust the FX knobs and buttons to your liking. 2. Press the FX button 1 to display the FX Unit's options. 3. Turn the BROWSE encoder to select Snapshot. 4. Press the BROWSE encoder to save the Snapshot. → The next time you press FX Button 1 with this effect loaded, its parameters will assume the values you stored. 3.8.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Performance Modes on Remix Decks 3.9 Using Performance Modes on Remix Decks The D2's Remix Deck provide you with Performance Modes, allowing you to send individual Remix Slot channels to be processed by an effect/s. The Performance Modes are available for Remix Decks only. By default the Performance Mode Filter is applied to the Performance Controls below the display. Prerequisites ▪ The Remix Set "Remix Set Tutorial" is loaded to Remix Deck C.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Performance Modes on Remix Decks 3. Press the left Performance Mode button until the Display reads FX SEND just above the Performance controls. 4. Press the ON buttons to activate/deactivate the FX SEND per Remix Slot. Turn the Performance knobs to control the mix between unprocessed and effect signals. You can have all Performance Modes enabled simultaneously. Skip through the Performance Modes to check which modes are active. 3.9.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Performance Modes on Remix Decks 1. Touch a Performance knob to expand the PITCH parameters overview in the display. 2. Turn a Performance knob clockwise to pitch up or counterclockwise to pitch down the samples individually. → You will hear the result in the audio and see the values change in the PITCH parameters overview. 3.9.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Performance Modes on Remix Decks 1. Touch a Performance knob to enlarge the FILTER parameters overview in the display. 2. Turn a Performance knob clockwise to apply hi-pass filtering to the playing Sample. Turn a Performance knob counterclockwise to apply the low-pass filter to the playing Samples individually. → You will hear the result in the audio and see the values change in the FILTER parameters overview.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Performance Modes on Remix Decks 3.9.4 Using Performance Mode FX SEND The Performance Mode FX SEND allows you to send signal from each Remix slot to the assigned FX Unit/s. In this case, Deck C is assigned to FX Unit 2, which is set up as a Reverb. As soon as the ON Buttons are enabled in this Performance Mode, the audio effect from FX Unit 2 should become audible. When Performance Mode FX SEND is enabled: 1.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks 2. Turn the Performance knobs clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to decrease the FX SEND amount. → You can hear a Reverb effect being added to the Remix Slots. Slot 1's value of 25% means that you're listening to a mix of 75% unprocessed signal and 25% Reverb. 3.10 Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks This sub-section describes the usage of Step Sequencer mode with the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks 1 2 6 5 4 3 Overview of Step Sequencer Mode in the display. (1) A STEP label appears next to the Remix Set's name indicating Step Sequencer mode is active. (2) Each column displays the waveform of the selected sample and a grid of squares representing the amount of steps of the sequence. (3) A rectangular frame around a sample waveform and the grid of squares indicates the focused sample.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks ▪ Each of the eight pads represent one step of the sequence. ▪ A pad will be dimmed in the color corresponding to the selected sample to indicate a step that is not set. ▪ A pad will be fully lit in the color corresponding to the selected sample to indicate a step that is set. ▪ An unlit pad indicates the step is not available. For example the amount of steps in the sequence is 7 steps, thus the 8th pad does not lit.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks ⇨ The Deck switches to Step Sequencer mode. 4. Load a Remix Set or fill the empty Cells with one-shot samples from your Track Collection. 5. Start playback of the Deck.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks → The Step Sequencer is ready for operation. 3.10.2 Operating the Step Sequencer When Step Sequencer mode is active you can perform the following actions using your TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 controller: Setting / Removing Steps 1. Press a pad to set that step in the sequence.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks ⇨ When the playhead reaches the step, the sample will play back. 2. Press the pad again to remove the step from the sequence. Switching the Sample Focus 1. Press the Performance Mode buttons at the lower left / right area of the display to toggle between the samples. 2. Alternatively, press SHIFT + Pad 1 to 4 to focus the corresponding sample. → The pads’ colors switch according to the sample color.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks Defining the Amount of Steps 1. Turn the loop encoder to increase / decrease the amount of steps of the sequence. 2. If you have set an amount greater than 8 steps, press Display Buttons 3 and 4 to navigate between upper and lower rows of steps. Clearing all Steps of a Sample ► Press SHIFT + EDIT to clear all steps in the sequence of the selected sample.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks Selecting another sample within the column 1. Turn the Performance Knob 1 to select another sample stored in the same column of the Remix Set. ⇨ The pads’ colors switch according to the sample color. If there is no other sample stored, turning the encoder has no effect. 2. In order to prevent accidental switching,Step Sequencer press ON Button 1 to lock the sample.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks Controlling Volume ► Move any of the four volume faders to control the volume of the corresponding sample. Using SWING 1. Press Display Button 2 to access the SWING dialog. 2. Turn the Browse encoder to increase / decrease the SWING amount in percentage. 3. Press Display Button 2 again to leave the SWING dialog.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks Applying Filter 1. Turn Performance Knob 2 to set the filter cutoff. 2. Press ON Button 2 to engage the filter. → The filter only applies to the selected sample.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks Applying Pitch Shifter 1. Turn Performance Knob 3 to shift the pitch. 2. Press ON Button 3 to engage the pitch shifter. → The pitch shifter only applies to the selected sample.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Using Step Sequencer Mode on Remix Decks Applying FX Send 1. Turn Performance Knob 4 to control the amount of FX Send from an FX Unit. 2. Press ON Button 4 engage the FX. → The effect only applies to the selected sample.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 3.11 Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks In this tutorial you will learn how to load and play back a Stem File, and how to perform on Stem Decks. Stem Files allow you to interact with four different musical elements of a track independently while DJing. The four stems of a track can be modified individually to create spontaneous instrumentals, remixes, or mashups.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks The Stem Deck on the D2. 3.11.1 Loading and Playing a Stem File Prerequisites We assume here you already have imported and analyzed your Stem Files in your Track Collection and your TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 is in the following state: ▪ Deck A is focused and stopped. ▪ On the Deck All Slot Volume faders are set to the maximum level. Loading a Stem File To load a Stem File into Deck A: 1. Press the BROWSE encoder to open the Browser.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 2. Rotate the BROWSE encoder to navigate to TRACK COLLECTION > All Stems >. 3. Select a Stem File.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 4. Press the BROWSE encoder again to load the Stem File. → The Deck Flavor automatically switches to Stem Deck. → The Deck Flavor automatically switches to Stem Deck and the upper row of the Pads reflect the colors of the Stem Parts. Playback the Stem File ► Press the PLAY button to start playback. → The Stem File is playing back and the waveform is moving in the display. 3.11.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks Stem Deck in Track View. In Stem View the display shows the four colored waveforms of the Stem Parts. Stem Deck in Stem View. To switch the view: 1. Hold the SHIFT button. Depending on current view either Display Button 3 or 4 will light up.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 2. Press the unlit Display button to switch the view in the display. 3.11.3 Performing with Stem Decks While the Stem File is playing back you can perform the following actions on the Stem Deck: Adjusting or Cutting Volumes of Stem Parts To adjust the volumes of key elements from the music or to take them out completely: ► Move the four Slot Volume Faders downwards or upwards.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 1. Press the Performance Mode buttons until the VOLUME page is selected in the Performance Mode pane. 2. Press Stem Selector 1 (the most left Pad) to select the corresponding Stem Part 1. The Stem Selector Pad flashes indicating Stem Part 1 is selected. The Footer in the display expands and the selected Stem Part name is underlined.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 3. Rotate the BROWSE encoder to adjust the volume of Stem Part 1. 4. Press the BROWSE encoder to reset the volume to maximum level. 5. Press Stem Selector 1 again to unselect the corresponding Stem Part 1. The Stem Selector Pad is dim. The Footer in the display diminishes. When all Stem Parts are selected you can adjust and reset the volumes of all Stem Parts simultaneously.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks Applying FILTER to Stem Parts To apply the FILTER to Stem Parts: 1. Press the Performance Mode buttons until the FILTER page is selected in the Performance Mode pane. 2. Press the ON buttons to activate the filter. 3. Rotate the respective Performance knob to change the parameters for applying a highpass or a low-pass filter.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks Applying FX SEND to Stem Parts You can also apply FX SEND to any of the Stem Parts. To apply the FX Unit’s FX to Stem Parts: 1. Assign the Stem Deck to the active FX Unit. 2. Press the Performance Mode buttons until the FX SEND page is selected in the Performance Mode pane. 3. Press the ON buttons to apply the FX of the active FX Unit to the Stem Parts.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 4. Rotate the Performance knobs clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to decrease the FX SEND amount. Additional Information about Performing with Stem Decks Besides the aforementioned actions for performing on Stem Decks you can also make use of setting Hotcues, applying Loops, using FREEZE mode, using FLUX mode, and using the Touch Strip as you learned in previous tutorials. It is not possible to capture Samples from Stem Files. 3.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks To load a Stem File into the right Deck B: 1. Press the BROWSE encoder to open the Browser. 2. Turn the BROWSE encoder to navigate to TRACK COLLECTION > All Stems >. 3. Select a Stem File.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Mixing Stem Files using Stem Decks 4. Press the BROWSE encoder to load the Stem File. The Deck Flavor automatically switches to Stem Deck and is set to SYNC. 5. Press the PLAY button to start playback. → The Stem File is playing back on Deck B and in sync with the Stem File on Deck A. After all Slot Volume Faders are set to minimum position, you should not hear any audio from the Stem File of Deck B. 3.11.4.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids 2. Lower and raise the Slot Volume Faders of both Stem Decks to combine the sounds of both Stem Files. 3. On the left Deck move the Slot Volume Faders to the minimum position. You now hear the sounds of Stem File on Deck B only. 3.12 Working with Beatgrids TRAKTOR recognizes a track's BPM precisely and sets the Beatgrid. Some tracks, however, need manual correction e.g.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids 2. Press Display Button 3 to zoom into the waveform and get a more precise view. 3. Check the Beatmarker at the beginning of the track. → In this example, you can see the Beatmarker isn't aligned with the very beginning of the waveform. As a result, the track will not sync with others. In the following section you will learn how to fix a misaligned Beatgrid manually.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids 3.12.2 Correcting a Beatgrid Manually If it a track is not correctly aligned to the beat, use Beatgrid mode to fix it. The following section will explain the required steps. Enabling the Beatgrid Mode To enable the Beatgrid mode: 1. Press the EDIT button. The Beatgrid mode opens in the display. A four beat loop at the current playback position is displayed. 2. Press the Deck's PLAY button to trigger playback of the track.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids Beatgrid Interactions While the track is playing with Beatgrid Mode enabled: ► Rotate Performance knob 1 (OFFSET) to shift the entire waveform underneath the Beatgrid. Align the first Beatmarker with the first peak in the loop's waveform. ► Rotate Performance knob 2 (BPM) to correct the detected BPM value in coarse steps.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids ► Rotate Performance knob 3 (FINE) to fine-adjust the BPM value. ► Rotate Performance knob 4 (SCAN) to scroll through the track. Check if the Beatgrid stays aligned over the course of the track. Beatgrid Interactions While the track is playing with Beatgrid Mode enabled: ► Press the Performance Mode buttons to select the desired parameter OFFSET, BPM, FINE, or SCAN in the Footer.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids ► When BPM is selected rotate the LOOP encoder to correct the detected BPM value in coarse steps. Try to align the second, third and fourth beat (in most cases indicated by the biggest peaks in the waveform) with the second, third and fourth Beatmarker. ► When FINE is selected rotate the LOOP encoder to correct the detected BPM value in fine increments (.01 BPM). ► When SCAN is selected rotate the LOOP encoder to scroll through the track.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids Position-aware Beatgrid Tempo Adjustment Performance knobs 3 and 4 (BPM) are scaled based on the viewing position of Beatgrid mode so that adjustments made far away from the Beatmarker don’t result in abrupt changes to the waveform position. For example, if you are near the Beatmarker at the start of a track and change the tempo of the Beatgrid, you will see the waveform move under the Beatgrid by a particular amount.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids ► Press Display Button 3 (TAP) four times in sync with the playback. → The tempo is calculated and the Beatgrid adapts to the tempo. Tick (Audible Beatgrid) The Tick works like a metronome, giving you an audible pulse for every beat. Align the Tick and the beats in your track for perfect sync. You can only hear the Tick on the CUE (headphones), not the MAIN (audience).
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids ► Press Display Button 2 to enable Tick. → The beat tick will then be audible in your headphones when cued. Reset your edits If your edits do not produce the desired result, you can undo your edits: ► Press Display Button 4 (RST). → This will reset your edits to the auto-detected values.
Using Your D2—Getting Advanced Working with Beatgrids Lock the Beatgrid Once the Beatgrid is correctly aligned with the beat throughout the whole track: ► Press Display Button 1 (LOCK). → All buttons in the Beatgrid panel are deactivated. The stored tempo (BPM) is locked and cannot be changed until you unlock it by clicking LOCK again. All tracks with a locked Beatgrid will show a small Lock Icon within the Browser.
Hardware Reference Overview of the Controller 4 Hardware Reference This chapter details the interface elements on your D2 and explains how they interact with the TRAKTOR software. This includes an overview of the main areas of the user interface, as well as a full reference for every button, knob, fader, and the color display. 4.1 Overview of the Controller This section provides you with an overview of the different areas of the controller's user interface.
Hardware Reference Overview of the Controller Sections on D2's Top side The top panel of the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 is divided into two main areas: (1) Deck: The Decks are the place where tracks, Stem Files, and Samples are played back. For more information on the Decks and it’s elements refer to section ↑4.2, The Deck. (2) FX Unit: Adding effects to playing audio can tremendously expand the sonic possibilities of your mix. For that purpose, TRAKTOR provides you with a great selection of high-quality FX.
Hardware Reference The Deck 4.2 The Deck D2 features a Deck section that gives you hardware control over the software Decks in the TRAKTOR software. Active TRAKTOR Decks always work in one of the Deck modes, as Track Deck, Stem Deck, or Remix Deck. Since the left and right Decks work identically, we'll just talk about the left one. Implicitly, though, the descriptions also apply to the right Deck. The left-hand Deck controls TRAKTOR's Decks A and C.
Hardware Reference The Deck The Deck unit's interface elements (1) DECK button: The DECK Button allows you to switch the focus (and controls) between the primary and secondary Deck. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.1, DECK Button. (2) FLUX button: The FLUX button enables Flux Mode for the focused Deck. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.2, FLUX Button. (3) Mode Select Buttons: The Deck can operate in several modes which can be easily enabled by the Mode Select Buttons.
Hardware Reference The Deck (4) Loop encoder: Primarily, the Loop encoder is dedicated to looping functions but it also for determining values in other preferences. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.4, Loop Encoder. (5) EDIT button: The EDIT button enters Beat Grid mode for re-aligning Beat Grids of tracks. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.5, EDIT Button.
Hardware Reference The Deck DECK Button The DECK button lights blue when a primary Deck (A or B) is focused and white when the secondary Deck (C or D) is focused. 4.2.2 FLUX Button The D2's FLUX button enables Flux Mode for the focused Deck. FLUX Button Flux Mode In Flux mode, for every Deck, a second playhead continues playing the track, even if you loop a section, temporarily jump back to a cue point, skip forward or backward, etc. That way, the track keeps progressing, no matter what you do. 4.2.
Hardware Reference The Deck Mode Select Buttons On any Deck, next to the eight pads, D2 features the four Mode Select buttons HOTCUE, FREEZE, and REMIX. Depending on which of the three modes is active the pads’ functionality varies as explained in this section. 4.2.3.1 HOTCUE Button The HOTCUE button activates HOTCUE mode. While in HOTCUE mode, the pads store and trigger HOTCUE markers in a track. On Decks A and B the button lits blue whereas on Decks C and D it lits white.
Hardware Reference The Deck LOOP Button While in LOOP mode, the first row of pads turns green, and the second row turns orange. Pads in Loop Mode Looping ▪ The first row of pads (green) allow you to loop a part of a track. By default the pads are assigned common loop sizes1/8 of a beat, 1/4 of a beat, 1/2 of a beat, 1 beat. You can change the loop sizes in TRAKTOR's D2 Preferences: Preferences> Traktor Kontrol D2>Loop Mode Sizes > Loop For more information, see the TRAKTOR manual.
Hardware Reference The Deck Beatjumping The second row of pads (orange) allow you to jump backward and forward in a track in predefined steps, in sync with the track's tempo. By default, the step sizes are: ▪ Jump back 1 loop size (set per Deck). ▪ Jump back 1 beat. ▪ Jump forward 1 beat. ▪ Jump forward 1 loop size (set per Deck). Beatjump sizes can be changed in TRAKTOR's software preferences: Preferences>TRAKTOR KONTROL D2>Loop Mode Sizes>Beatjump.
Hardware Reference The Deck Freeze Mode Overlay ► Adjust the size of the Freeze Slices by pressing and holding the FREEZE button and then turning the Loop encoder. The waveform in the display adjusts its zoom level accordingly. You can vary Freeze Slice sizes between 1/4 of a beat and 4 beats.
Hardware Reference The Deck Slicer Mode The Slicer mode extends the Freeze mode's functionality. A press on the LOOP button while in Freeze mode the playback behavior of the pads changes: Instead of playing from the slice start to the end of the entire track, pressing and holding a pad in Slicer mode will play back just the corresponding slice in a loop. A further press on the Loop encoder exits Freeze Slicer and playback continuous as normal.
Hardware Reference The Deck 4.2.4 Loop Encoder The Loop encoder is dedicated to looping functions on Track Decks, Stem Decks or Remix Decks. It has a press function to engage a loop, a rotate function to adjust the loop size, as well as a segmented LED ring indicating that a loop is engaged. When focus is on Deck A or B the LED ring color is blue. When focus is on Deck C or D the LED ring color is white. Loop Encoder You cannot permanently engage a loop when Flux mode is active.
Hardware Reference The Deck In most cases (through its Analyze function), TRAKTOR recognizes a track's BPM precisely and sets the Beat Grid. Some tracks, however, need manual correction (e.g. a track with a complex rhythm or with uneven timing, coming from a tape machine or warped LP), and the D2 provides you with the controls to do this. For more information on using Beat Grid mode refer to section ↑3.12, Working with Beatgrids. Beat Grid editing only applies to Track Decks and Stem Decks.
Hardware Reference The Deck Display Area and Controls (1) BACK Button: The BACK button lets you navigate back up a level in the Browser. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.7.1, BACK Button. (2) BROWSE Encoder: The BROWSE encoder opens the Browser on a Deck’s display and let you scroll through lists and load tracks. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.7.2, BROWSE Encoder.
Hardware Reference The Deck (6) View Button: This button toggles between Single View and Split view, which gives you a very basic overview of the corresponding secondary Deck. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.7.6, View Button. (7) Performance Mode Buttons: These two buttons are used to select the Performance Mode (i.e. FILTER, PITCH, FX SEND, and MIDI) for the Performance Controls (i.e. the four Performance knobs and ON buttons underneath the displays).
Hardware Reference The Deck Besides browsing, the BROWSE encoder can be used for adjusting parameters and selecting options in other menus and pop-ups. You can configure the Browse encoder to open the Browser on touch. To do so, activate the Auto Open Browser on Touch option in TRAKTOR's TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 Preferences. 4.2.7.3 Settings Button The Settings button opens D2's device settings screen.
Hardware Reference The Deck Display Buttons This is an overview of what these buttons do depending on what you see on the display. Track Deck View (1) Display Button 1: Opens the BPM pop-up. (2) Display Button 2: Opens the KEY window. (3) Display Button 3: Zooms into the waveform. (4) Display Button 4: Zooms out of the waveform. Stem Deck View (1) Display Button 1: Opens the BPM pop-up. (2) Display Button 2: Opens the KEY window. (3) Display Button 3: Zooms into the waveform.
Hardware Reference The Deck (2) Display Button 2: Opens the QUANTIZE pop-up. (3) Display Button 3: Scrolls up in the Sample Grid in steps of two. (4) Display Button 4: Scrolls down in the Sample Grid in steps of two. Please note that you can leave any pop-up by pressing the same button again or, alternatively, the View button. 4.2.7.5 Display TRAKTOR's default layout is 2 Track + 2 Remix Decks (Scratch).
Hardware Reference The Deck Track Deck and Stem Deck Track Deck or Stem Deck View The Track Deck or the Stem Deck view on D2 provides information about: (1) Artwork, Song title and Artist name. (2) Loop size: From 1/32 - 32 beats. (3) Playhead position: time played and time remaining. (4) Deck tempo in BPM. (5) Deck Focus: Deck A - D. (6) Sync state: If a Deck is assigned Tempo Master, MASTER is displayed underneath the BPM value. SYNC indicates that the Deck is synchronized to a Tempo Master.
Hardware Reference The Deck Remix Deck Remix Deck View The Remix Deck view on D2 provides information about: (1) Artwork graphic, Set title and Artist name. (2) Loop size: from 1/32 - 32 beats. (3) Quantize Value. (4) Deck tempo in BPM. (5) Deck Focus: Deck A - D. (6) Sync state: If a Deck is assigned Tempo Master, MASTER is displayed underneath the BPM value. SYNC indicates that the Deck is synchronized to a Tempo Master.
Hardware Reference The Deck (7) The absolute position on TRAKTOR's timeline measured in Bars.Beats.Phrases. 4.2.7.6 View Button The View button switches between view types in the display. View Button It switches between view types: ▪ Single View: Only the focused Deck is displayed. ▪ Split View: Both Decks are displayed; the focused Deck is visualized by a big waveform and detailed information, while the unfocused Deck is reduced to a small waveform, showing markers and a playhead.
Hardware Reference The Deck Performance Controls Performance Mode FILTER The default Performance Mode for a Remix Deck is FILTER. The Performance ON buttons are used to engage/disengage a Remix Slot's FILTER. The FILTER cutoff is controlled by the corresponding Performance knob. Adjustments to FILTER cutoff are shown via the Performance pop-up at the lower end of the displays. The Performance Controls work even if the Remix Deck isn't focused.
Hardware Reference The Deck 4.2.9 Slot Volume Faders D2 offers a separate volume fader per Remix Slot or Stem Part. This allows you to mix signals from up to four Remix Slots within a single Remix Deck, or to mix signals from up to four Stem Parts within a single Stem Deck before it runs through the channel fader and the Crossfader.
Hardware Reference The Deck Pads Here's an overview of what the pads do in each mode: HOTCUE mode During playback, pressing in an inactive pad sets a cue point. The pad lights up and the cue point is automatically assigned to this pad. Pressing that pad again let jump back the playhead to the cue point just defined. LOOP mode In Loop mode, pressing a pad instantly loops playback for the number of bars set as Loop Mode Size in Preferences > Traktor Kontrol D2 > Loop Mode Sizes > Loop.
Hardware Reference The Deck FREEZE and Slicer Mode In Freeze mode, TRAKTOR takes the playhead position, adds the number of bars set as loop size and splits this section of a track into eight equally sized slices. These are then mapped to the pads. Press a pad to start playback from that slice. While in Freeze mode, you can access Slicer mode. This is how Slicer mode is different from Freeze mode: ▪ In Slicer mode, holding a pad will infinitely loop the corresponding slice.
Hardware Reference The Deck Phase Meter For Track Decks, Stem Decks and Remix Decks, the LEDs work as a Beat Phase Meter, showing the focused Deck's beat phase offset from the MASTER Deck. This is the same meter as displayed in TRAKTOR's Deck. Direction of Scratching If you didn't learn scratching with LPs and turntables, you may find inversing the Touch Strip's direction more intuitive. If you select this option, swiping to the right on the Touch Strip will move forward in the track's waveform.
Hardware Reference The Deck Sensitivity D2 comes with a Sensitivity setting which should accommodate most users in most situations. You might, however, find that the Touch Strip doesn't react immediate enough to your input or just the opposite, it may recognize input where there was none intended. You can adjust the Touchstrip's Bend Sensitivity and Scratch Sensitivity separately in: Preferences> Traktor Kontrol D2>Touchstrip. 4.2.
Hardware Reference The Deck ▪ If a Deck plays while CUE is hold, pressing PLAY let keep playing after releasing the buttons. ▪ Press SHIFT + CUE to skip back to the beginning of the track and playback continuous immediately. SYNC Button The SYNC button activates/deactivates the synchronization to the Master Deck. SYNC Button when in Sync While playing, pressing SHIFT + SYNC sets the Deck as the Tempo Master. The Deck's tempo becomes the tempo reference for all other synced Decks and FX.
Hardware Reference The FX Unit You will find examples of using the SHIFT button to access secondary functions throughout this document. 4.3 The FX Unit Above the Deck, the D2 features an FX Unit which can be assigned to any of the Decks. Four knobs and buttons allow you to control effects parameters in real time. The FX Unit of the D2 This is an overview of the naming and function of the FX Unit's key control elements. The knobs in this section are sensitive to touch.
Hardware Reference The FX Unit Name Function in Single Mode FX Button 3 Depends on the selected effect. Activate/deactivate FX slot 2. FX Button 4 Depends on the selected effect. Activate/deactivate FX slot 3. FX Knob 1 Adjust the ratio between the unprocessed (dry) signal and processed (wet) signal for the entire FX Unit. Adjust the ratio between the unprocessed (dry) signal and processed (wet) signal for the entire FX Unit. FX Knob 2 Controls FX parameter 1.
Hardware Reference The FX Unit FX Settings of FX Unit 1 The options in these FX Settings determine how you will use the FX Unit. 4.3.2 FX Unit Assignment In order to route a Deck's signal to an FX Unit, press the corresponding FX Assign button in the mixer channel. ► 4.4 In TRAKTOR's default setup with 2 FX Units, press the left FX button to assign the mixer channel to FX Unit 1. Press the right FX button to assign the channel to FX Unit 2. The FX assign buttons light up bright orange when assigned.
Hardware Reference The Rear Panel Connections on D2's Rear Panel (1) USB Hub: The USB Hub connects USB-devices such as other TRAKTOR controllers. For more information, refer to section ↑4.4.4, USB Hub. (2) USB connector: The USB connector connects your device to your computer. For more information, refer to section ↑4.4.2, USB Connector. (3) POWER section: The POWER section attaches the power supply and switches the D2 on and off. For more information, refer to section ↑4.4.3, POWER Section.
Hardware Reference The Rear Panel 4.4.2 USB Connector USB Connector Connect D2 to your computer here, using the included USB cable. The connection is USB 2, but is compatible to USB 3-equipped computers. Due to the large amounts of data transmitted to the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2, it may not work properly when connected to a USB hub. Make sure to connect D2 directly to a USB port on your computer if possible. 4.4.
Hardware Reference The Rear Panel Do not use the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 with a power supply other than the one included in delivery. In case of loss or damage, make sure to purchase a replacement power supply approved by Native Instruments for use with the D2. Before you use the power supply and connect to the D2, please refer to the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS leaflet (included in the box). This leaflet explains how to attach the specific adaptor plug for your region.
Hardware Reference The Deck The left-hand Deck controls TRAKTOR's Decks A and C. The entire section can be focused on either the primary (A) or secondary (C) Deck. The positions of Decks on D2 are consistent with the Deck layout in TRAKTOR: ▪ The left-hand Deck controls TRAKTOR Decks A (on top) and C (below). ▪ The right-hand Deck controls TRAKTOR Decks B (on top) and D (below).
Hardware Reference The Deck The Deck unit's interface elements (1) DECK button: The DECK Button allows you to switch the focus (and controls) between the primary and secondary Deck. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.1, DECK Button. (2) FLUX button: The FLUX button enables Flux Mode for the focused Deck. For more information, refer to section ↑4.5.2, FLUX Button. (3) Mode Select Buttons: The Deck can operate in several modes which can be easily enabled by the Mode Select Buttons.
Hardware Reference The Deck (4) Loop encoder: Primarily, the Loop encoder is dedicated to looping functions but it also for determining values in other preferences. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.4, Loop Encoder. (5) EDIT button: The EDIT button enters Beat Grid mode for re-aligning Beat Grids of tracks. For more information, refer to section ↑4.2.5, EDIT Button.
Hardware Reference The Deck DECK Button The DECK button lights blue when a primary Deck (A or B) is focused and white when the secondary Deck (C or D) is focused. 4.5.2 FLUX Button The D2's FLUX button enables Flux Mode for the focused Deck. FLUX Button Flux Mode In Flux mode, for every Deck, a second playhead continues playing the track, even if you loop a section, temporarily jump back to a cue point, skip forward or backward, etc. That way, the track keeps progressing, no matter what you do. 4.5.
Hardware Reference The Deck The capture size is determined by the source Deck's loop size setting. 4.5.4 Display Area and Controls On the D2's graphic color display, some functionality is dynamically shown or hidden by means of the Display buttons adjacent to the display. The following image gives a detailed overview of the Display area and its controls, as well as a table with links referring to sections with further information.
Hardware Reference The Deck (3) Settings Button: The Settings button opens the device settings, allowing you to adjust RGB calibration (color rendition) and screen brightness, as well as TOUCH sensitivity of the knobs. For more information, refer to section ↑4.5.4.3, Settings Button. (4) Display Buttons: The function of these four buttons depends on context - whether the display is currently showing a Track Deck, Remix Deck or Beat Grid Edit. For more information, refer to section ↑4.5.4.
Hardware Reference The Deck BROWSE Encoder The BROWSE encoder can be pressed and rotated. Primarily it has following functionalities: ▪ Pressing the BROWSE encoder opens the Browser in the display. ▪ Turning the BROWSE encoder lets you scroll through the list items. Pressing it again enters a sub folder and again loads an item. Besides browsing, the BROWSE encoder can be used for adjusting parameters and selecting options in other menus and pop-ups.
Hardware Reference The Deck Display Settings View 4.5.4.4 Display Buttons The Display buttons provide different functionality depending on current view. Display Buttons This is an overview of what these buttons do depending on what you see on the display. Track Deck View (1) Display Button 1: Opens the BPM pop-up. (2) Display Button 2: Opens the KEY window. (3) Display Button 3: Zooms into the waveform.
Hardware Reference The Deck (4) Display Button 4: Zooms out of the waveform. Stem Deck View (1) Display Button 1: Opens the BPM pop-up. (2) Display Button 2: Opens the KEY window. (3) Display Button 3: Zooms into the waveform. Secondary function: When in Stem view and holding SHIFT and pressing Display button 3 will show Full Track view. (4) Display Button 4: Zooms out of the waveform. Secondary function: When in Full Track view and holding SHIFT and pressing Display button 4 will show Stem view.
Hardware Reference The Deck Track Deck and Stem Deck Track Deck or Stem Deck View The Track Deck or the Stem Deck view on D2 provides information about: (1) Artwork, Song title and Artist name. (2) Loop size: From 1/32 - 32 beats. (3) Playhead position: time played and time remaining. (4) Deck tempo in BPM. (5) Deck Focus: Deck A - D. (6) Sync state: If a Deck is assigned Tempo Master, MASTER is displayed underneath the BPM value. SYNC indicates that the Deck is synchronized to a Tempo Master.
Hardware Reference The Deck Remix Deck Remix Deck View The Remix Deck view on D2 provides information about: (1) Artwork graphic, Set title and Artist name. (2) Loop size: from 1/32 - 32 beats. (3) Quantize Value. (4) Deck tempo in BPM. (5) Deck Focus: Deck A - D. (6) Sync state: If a Deck is assigned Tempo Master, MASTER is displayed underneath the BPM value. SYNC indicates that the Deck is synchronized to a Tempo Master.
Hardware Reference The Deck (7) The absolute position on TRAKTOR's timeline measured in Bars.Beats.Phrases. 4.5.4.6 View Button The View button switches between view types in the display. View Button It switches between view types: ▪ Single View: Only the focused Deck is displayed. ▪ Split View: Both Decks are displayed; the focused Deck is visualized by a big waveform and detailed information, while the unfocused Deck is reduced to a small waveform, showing markers and a playhead.
Hardware Reference The Deck Performance Controls Performance Mode FILTER The default Performance Mode for a Remix Deck is FILTER. The Performance ON buttons are used to engage/disengage a Remix Slot's FILTER. The FILTER cutoff is controlled by the corresponding Performance knob. Adjustments to FILTER cutoff are shown via the Performance pop-up at the lower end of the displays. The Performance Controls work even if the Remix Deck isn't focused.
Hardware Reference The Deck 4.5.6 Slot Volume Faders D2 offers a separate volume fader per Remix Slot or Stem Part. This allows you to mix signals from up to four Remix Slots within a single Remix Deck, or to mix signals from up to four Stem Parts within a single Stem Deck before it runs through the channel fader and the Crossfader.
Hardware Reference The Deck Pads Here's an overview of what the pads do in each mode: HOTCUE mode During playback, pressing in an inactive pad sets a cue point. The pad lights up and the cue point is automatically assigned to this pad. Pressing that pad again let jump back the playhead to the cue point just defined. LOOP mode In Loop mode, pressing a pad instantly loops playback for the number of bars set as Loop Mode Size in Preferences > Traktor Kontrol D2 > Loop Mode Sizes > Loop.
Hardware Reference The Deck FREEZE and Slicer Mode In Freeze mode, TRAKTOR takes the playhead position, adds the number of bars set as loop size and splits this section of a track into eight equally sized slices. These are then mapped to the pads. Press a pad to start playback from that slice. While in Freeze mode, you can access Slicer mode. This is how Slicer mode is different from Freeze mode: ▪ In Slicer mode, holding a pad will infinitely loop the corresponding slice.
Hardware Reference The Deck Phase Meter For Track Decks, Stem Decks and Remix Decks, the LEDs work as a Beat Phase Meter, showing the focused Deck's beat phase offset from the MASTER Deck. This is the same meter as displayed in TRAKTOR's Deck. Direction of Scratching If you didn't learn scratching with LPs and turntables, you may find inversing the Touch Strip's direction more intuitive. If you select this option, swiping to the right on the Touch Strip will move forward in the track's waveform.
Hardware Reference The Deck Sensitivity D2 comes with a Sensitivity setting which should accommodate most users in most situations. You might, however, find that the Touch Strip doesn't react immediate enough to your input or just the opposite, it may recognize input where there was none intended. You can adjust the Touchstrip's Bend Sensitivity and Scratch Sensitivity separately in: Preferences> Traktor Kontrol D2>Touchstrip. 4.5.9 Transport Controls The Transport buttons control playback of D2's Deck.
Hardware Reference The Deck ▪ If a Deck plays while CUE is hold, pressing PLAY let keep playing after releasing the buttons. ▪ Press SHIFT + CUE to skip back to the beginning of the track and playback continuous immediately. SYNC Button The SYNC button activates/deactivates the synchronization to the Master Deck. SYNC Button when in Sync While playing, pressing SHIFT + SYNC sets the Deck as the Tempo Master. The Deck's tempo becomes the tempo reference for all other synced Decks and FX.
Hardware Reference The Deck You will find examples of using the SHIFT button to access secondary functions throughout this document.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR 5 Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Once configured via the Setup Wizard, a dedicated pane for D2 is added to TRAKTOR's Preferences window, which lets you configure the behavior of the touch controls, as well as overall LED brightness for the back-lit buttons and the Loop and Beatjump Sizes assigned to each Deck's pads.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Restore Default 5.1 Restore Default This button recalls all factory default settings for the TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 and lets you choose its basic deck configuration via the Setup Wizard. 5.2 Touch Controls A number of controls are sensitive to touch. TRAKTOR lets you activate touch functions, which will save you the dedicated press of a button for a few features.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Calibrate ▪ Bend Invert: by default deactivated; swiping to the left slows playback down momentarily. If activated, swiping to the left nudges playback forward. ▪ Scratch Invert: by default activated; swiping to the left advances playback position in the track. If deactivated, swiping to the left goes back in a track. ▪ Shift + Touch to Scratch: by default deactivated, holding the SHIFT button +swiping within the Touch Strip performs an absolute seek.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Loop Mode Sizes On State Brightness: sets the brightness level for engaged buttons and pads. Dim State Percentage: sets the brightness level for inactive buttons and pads. 5.6 Loop Mode Sizes When a Deck is in Loop Mode, the corresponding pads are split into two rows. The top row represents four Loop sizes, and the bottom row four Beatjump sizes. Here, you can adjust these settings to suit your needs.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Enable MIDI Controls The Enable MIDI Controls option in the Preferences. Assigning MIDI Messages To assign the MIDI message and MIDI channel to the various MIDI controls: 1. Select Controller Manager tab in the Preferences.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Enable MIDI Controls 2. Click the Add... button and select Generic MIDI from the list to create a new Generic MIDI Device. 3. In the upper-right corner, select the MIDI port to use as the output for this Generic MIDI device.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Enable MIDI Controls 4. Click the Add Out... button. 5. Navigate to Global > MIDI Controls >…. Here you can assign the MIDI message and MIDI channel to the various MIDI controls. You will find a list of Knobs, Faders, and Buttons. The first four entries in each category correspond to the left Deck side (assigned to Decks A and C), while the last 4 knobs, faders, and buttons correspond to the right Deck side (assigned to Decks B and D).
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Enable MIDI Controls 6. Select an entry to add it to the mapping. 7. Click the Device Mapping drop-down menu to show a list of 16 MIDI Channels. Hover your mouse over the desired MIDI output channel’s entry. A sub-menu holding message types CC, Note, and Pitch Bend will open. You can select Pitch Bend to map the MIDI Pitch Bend message to this control, or you can hover your mouse over one of the other two menus to show a list of specific CC and Note numbers and names.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Enable MIDI Controls 8. Repeat the above two steps for each of the MIDI controls you want to map. 9. Close the Preferences by clicking Close. Switching to MIDI Mode on the D2 Controller To switch the Performance Controls into MIDI Mode on the D2: ► Press the Performance Mode buttons next to the display until the MIDI page appears.
Preferences Pane in TRAKTOR Enable MIDI Controls ► Touch a Performance knob to enlarge the MIDI pane displaying current parameters of the selected MIDI controls. The MIDI page will not appear if the above Enable MIDI controls preference is not turned on. When the MIDI mode is enabled on the D2, the Performance Knobs and Buttons will output the MIDI messages that you assigned in the Controller Manager.
Troubleshooting - Getting Help Troubleshooting 6 Troubleshooting - Getting Help This chapter covers the most common issues. Most of what can go wrong when setting up and using TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 should be listed here along with some tried-and-tested ways to solve these issues. 6.1 Troubleshooting There are a few things you should check in case D2 doesn't work with your system. 6.1.1 TRAKTOR Won’t Start ▪ Check the system requirements for TRAKTOR KONTROL D2.
Troubleshooting - Getting Help Troubleshooting 6.1.2 TRAKTOR Crashes In case of a crash during operation, please contact the Native Instruments technical support team and send them your crash log. You will find the crashlog in the following folders: ▪ Windows: \My Documents\Native Instruments\Traktor 2\Crashlogs\ ▪ Mac OS X: YourUserFolder/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ 6.1.
Troubleshooting - Getting Help Getting Help 6.2.2 Technical Support If no Knowledge Base entry matches your problem, or if the matching entry does not solve the problem, you can use the Online Support Form to contact the Technical Support team of Native Instruments. The Online Support Form will ask you to enter information about your hardware and software setup. This information is essential for our Support team to be able to provide you with quality assistance.
Troubleshooting - Getting Help Getting Help 6.2.4 User Forum In the Native Instruments User Forum, you can discuss product features directly with other users and with experts moderating the forum. Please be aware that the Technical Support team does not participate in the forum. If you’re encountering an issue that can’t be solved by other users, contact Native Instruments’ Technical Support team via the online support form as described above. Find the User Forum at: http://www.native-instruments.
Technical Specification 7 Technical Specification Connectors USB-HUB: Two USB 2.0 Type A connectors K: One Kensington lock slot USB: One USB 2.0 Type B connector POWER: One power supply connector Power Supply ▪ Input: 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz, 1.5A ▪ Output: 15VDC, 2660mA Dimensions and Weight ▪ Depth: 37.8cm ▪ Height: 6.6cm ▪ Width: 19.6cm ▪ Weight: 1.
