User Manual

3.3.2 Beatjumping
With the orange pads, you can jump forward or backward in the track by the amount prede-
fined 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.
To beat-jump within a track by 1 beat:
1. Press the Deck's PLAY button to start playback.
2. Press the Deck's LOOP button to enable LOOP mode.
The LOOP button lights up brightly and the pads also illuminate.
3. Press pad 6 to jump back by 1 beat. If doing so causes the Playhead to cross the bounda-
ries of an active Loop area, it continues to loop again.
4. Press pad 7 to jump forward by 1 beat. If jumped out of a loop, playback continues as
normal.
Beatjump sizes can be changed in TRAKTOR's software preferences: Preferen-
ces>TRAKTOR KONTROL S8>Loop Mode Sizes>Beatjump.
Using the Loop encoder to define Beatjump sizes in real time
By default, pad 5 and pad 8 skip position back and forward by the amount shown in the dis-
play as loop-size value. To change this value:
1. Turn the Loop encoder to define a Beatjump size between 1/32 of a beat and 32 beats.
The Loop size will change in the display.
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.
Using Your S8—Getting Advanced
Playing with Loops in LOOP Mode
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