User Manual

Table of Contents
1 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL S8! ........................................................
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1.1 What's new for TRAKTOR KONTROL S8 Users? ............................................................................ 11
1.2 Where to Start ............................................................................................................................. 12
1.3 Manual Conventions ................................................................................................................... 14
2 Using Your S8—Getting Started .................................................................................
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2.1 Quick Overview of TRAKTOR KONTROL S8 ................................................................................... 19
2.2 Enabling Decks ........................................................................................................................... 20
2.3 Using the Browser ...................................................................................................................... 22
2.3.1 Opening the Browser ................................................................................................. 23
2.3.2 Scrolling through Music Folders ................................................................................ 24
2.3.3 Browsing using Touch Interactions ............................................................................ 26
2.3.4 Preview Tracks ........................................................................................................... 26
2.3.5 Sorting Tracks ........................................................................................................... 27
2.4 Playing Your First Track .............................................................................................................. 29
2.4.1 Loading a Track ......................................................................................................... 30
2.4.2 Playing a Track .......................................................................................................... 32
2.4.3 If You Don’t Hear the Track ........................................................................................ 35
2.5 Mixing In a Second Track ............................................................................................................ 38
2.5.1 Loading a Second Track ............................................................................................. 39
2.5.2 Playing the Second Track ........................................................................................... 41
2.5.3 Using Headphones to Prepare the Mix ....................................................................... 43
2.5.4 Synchronizing the Second Track ................................................................................ 44
2.5.5 Interlude: In case the Left Track has finished ............................................................ 46
2.5.6 Mixing In the Track by Using the Channel EQ and Filter ............................................ 46
2.6 Adjusting Levels ......................................................................................................................... 51
2.6.1 The Theory ................................................................................................................. 51
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