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(3) Mixer: The mixer receives the audio signals coming from the Decks. As any DJ mixer, the
Mixer’s purpose basically is to adjust the relative level of each channel, to control the chan-
nels’ frequency content, possibly feeding them into the FX Units before sending the overall re-
sult to the Main section and in the end, to generate the mix that is sent to your audience. For
more information on the mixer and on it’s elements, refer to section ↑4.4, The Mixer.
4.2 The Deck
This section provides a detailed description of how the knobs, buttons, faders and the Touch
Strip on S8's Decks relate to the TRAKTOR workflow.
S8 features two identically equipped Deck sections at the far left and right sides of the unit.
These give 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, Remix
Deck or Live Input.
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.
If you connect an external device to S8, you can also bypass the Deck completely by
switching the corresponding Mixer channel from TRAKTOR mode to Thru mode. This
will automatically de-activate the Deck.
For more details about the Deck modes, please refer to the TRAKTOR Manual.
The left-hand hardware 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 S8 are con-
sistent 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).
The following image and table give a detailed overview of the Deck's elements and provide
links referring to sections with further information.
Hardware Reference
The Deck
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