Native Instruments TRAKTOR PRO 2 User manual

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Table of Contents
1 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR! ............................................................................
18
1.1 What’s new in TRAKTOR 2.10.1 ................................................................................................... 19
1.2 TRAKTOR Documentation Overview ............................................................................................. 20
1.2.1 In This Manual ........................................................................................................... 21
1.2.2 Other Documentation ................................................................................................. 21
1.2.3 Recommended Reading Order ................................................................................... 22
1.3 System Requirements and Compatibility .................................................................................... 22
2 Upgrading (from TRAKTOR PRO, TRAKTOR LE, and TRAKTOR ME) ..................................
23
2.1 Backup ....................................................................................................................................... 23
2.2 Installation ................................................................................................................................. 23
2.3 Importing Your Data ................................................................................................................... 24
3 TRAKTOR's Setup Wizard ...........................................................................................
25
4 The User Interface (Overview) ....................................................................................
33
4.1 The Big Picture ........................................................................................................................... 34
4.2 Interface Elements ..................................................................................................................... 35
4.2.1 Application Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 35
4.2.2 Header ....................................................................................................................... 36
4.2.3 Global Section ........................................................................................................... 38
4.2.4 Decks ......................................................................................................................... 42
4.2.5 Mixer .......................................................................................................................... 46
4.2.6 Browser ..................................................................................................................... 47
5 The Browser ..............................................................................................................
50
5.1 The Track Collection ................................................................................................................... 50
5.2 Importing Music Folders ............................................................................................................. 51
5.3 Tracks Managed by iTunes ......................................................................................................... 53
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5.3.1 Playing Tracks Managed by iTunes ............................................................................ 54
5.3.2 Importing a Selection of Tracks from iTunes .............................................................. 54
5.3.3 Importing iTunes Playlists ......................................................................................... 54
5.4 Track Search ............................................................................................................................... 55
5.4.1 Filtering Playlists ....................................................................................................... 55
5.4.2 Refining a Search ...................................................................................................... 56
5.4.3 Searching for Similar Tracks ..................................................................................... 56
5.4.4 Search in Playlists ..................................................................................................... 56
5.5 Working with the Track Collection and Playlists ......................................................................... 57
5.5.1 Creating a Playlist ..................................................................................................... 57
5.5.2 Adding Tracks to Playlists ......................................................................................... 57
5.5.3 Showing Tracks in Collection ..................................................................................... 58
5.5.4 Deleting Tracks .......................................................................................................... 58
5.5.5 Sorting Playlists ........................................................................................................ 59
5.5.6 Organizing Playlists in Folders .................................................................................. 60
5.5.7 Track Collection Subfolders ....................................................................................... 60
5.5.8 Favorites .................................................................................................................... 60
5.5.9 Preparation Playlists ................................................................................................. 61
5.5.10 Exporting Playlists ..................................................................................................... 62
5.5.11 Importing Playlists .................................................................................................... 62
5.5.12 Printing Playlists ....................................................................................................... 63
5.5.13 More Playlist Functions .............................................................................................. 63
5.5.14 History Playlist ........................................................................................................... 64
5.6 Editing Track Meta Data ............................................................................................................. 65
5.6.1 Editing Track Properties via Inline Editing ................................................................. 65
5.6.2 Editing Track Properties via the Edit Dialog .............................................................. 65
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5.7 Track Icons ................................................................................................................................. 66
5.8 The Preview Player ...................................................................................................................... 67
5.9 Cover Art ..................................................................................................................................... 68
5.9.1 Show Cover Art .......................................................................................................... 68
5.9.2 Editing Cover Art ....................................................................................................... 68
5.10 Collection Maintenance .............................................................................................................. 69
5.10.1 Consistency Check ..................................................................................................... 69
5.10.2 Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 71
5.10.3 Analyze (Async) .......................................................................................................... 73
5.10.4 Data Directories ......................................................................................................... 74
5.10.5 Other Maintenance Functions .................................................................................... 75
5.11 Working with Audio CDs .............................................................................................................. 75
5.11.1 CD Text ...................................................................................................................... 75
5.11.2 Audio CDs and Favorites ............................................................................................ 76
5.11.3 Eject CD ..................................................................................................................... 76
5.12 Working with Digital Audio Players ............................................................................................. 76
6 The Decks .................................................................................................................
77
6.1 Deck Flavor Descriptions ............................................................................................................ 77
6.1.1 Track Deck ................................................................................................................. 80
6.1.2 Remix Deck ................................................................................................................ 82
6.1.3 Stem Deck ................................................................................................................. 88
6.1.3.1 DAW Stem View ..........................................................................................90
6.1.4 Live Input .................................................................................................................. 91
6.2 Loading Tracks, Stem Files, and Remix Sets ............................................................................... 91
6.3 The Deck Heading ....................................................................................................................... 92
6.3.1 Deck Focus ................................................................................................................ 92
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6.3.2 Deck Flavor ................................................................................................................ 92
6.3.3 Playback Mode ........................................................................................................... 92
6.3.4 Flux Mode .................................................................................................................. 93
6.3.5 Deck Layout ............................................................................................................... 94
6.3.6 TRAKTOR Informer: Deck Header Warning Messages ................................................. 94
6.3.7 Deck Audio Drag and Drop ......................................................................................... 95
6.4 The Waveform Display and the Stripe View ................................................................................. 96
6.5 The Transport Controls ............................................................................................................... 97
6.6 Loop Controls .............................................................................................................................. 99
6.7 Tempo Controls ........................................................................................................................... 100
6.7.1 Manual Tempo Controls ............................................................................................. 101
6.7.2 Phase Meter ............................................................................................................... 102
6.7.3 Beat Syncing ............................................................................................................. 102
6.8 The Advanced Panel ................................................................................................................... 104
6.8.1 BeatJump and Loop Move (MOVE Panel) .................................................................... 105
6.8.2 Cue Point and Loop Management Panel (CUE Panel) ................................................. 111
6.8.3 Cue Point Types ......................................................................................................... 113
6.8.4 Deleting a Stored Cue Point or Loop ........................................................................... 115
6.8.5 Hotcue Mapping ........................................................................................................ 116
6.8.6 Beatgrid Panel (GRID) ............................................................................................... 117
6.9 Freeze Mode and Slicer Mode ...................................................................................................... 123
7 The Internal Mixer & the Crossfader ...........................................................................
126
7.1 Channel Faders .......................................................................................................................... 126
7.2 Crossfader .................................................................................................................................. 126
7.3 Equalizer .................................................................................................................................... 127
7.4 FILTER, KEY and Effect Insert ..................................................................................................... 130
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7.5 Headphone Controls ................................................................................................................... 132
7.6 The Internal Mixer in External Mixer Mode ................................................................................... 133
8 Using TRAKTOR with an External Mixer .......................................................................
134
8.1 Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 134
8.1.1 The Mixer ................................................................................................................... 134
8.1.2 Audio Device .............................................................................................................. 134
8.2 Hardware Setup .......................................................................................................................... 135
8.3 Software Setup ........................................................................................................................... 135
9 Using the Header and Global Sections ........................................................................
137
9.1 Header ........................................................................................................................................ 137
9.1.1 TRAKTOR Logo ........................................................................................................... 137
9.1.2 Status Indicators ....................................................................................................... 137
9.1.3 Layout Selector .......................................................................................................... 138
9.1.4 Utility Buttons ........................................................................................................... 139
9.2 The Global Section ...................................................................................................................... 140
9.2.1 Master Panel ............................................................................................................. 141
9.2.2 The Loop Recorder ..................................................................................................... 142
9.2.3 Master Clock Panel .................................................................................................... 143
9.2.4 MIDI Clock Send ......................................................................................................... 144
9.3 Effect Panels .............................................................................................................................. 145
9.3.1 Group Mode ............................................................................................................... 146
9.3.2 Single Mode ............................................................................................................... 147
9.3.3 Audio Recorder Panel ................................................................................................. 149
9.3.4 Broadcasting ............................................................................................................. 150
10 Mouse Control for Faders and Knobs ..........................................................................
151
10.1 Basic Controls ............................................................................................................................ 151
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10.2 Advanced Control ....................................................................................................................... 152
11 Control via Keyboard & MIDI Hotkeys .........................................................................
153
11.1 Keyboard Hotkeys ........................................................................................................................ 153
11.2 MIDI Hotkeys ............................................................................................................................... 154
12 Setting Up TRAKTOR SCRATCH ...................................................................................
156
12.1 The Turntable Setup ................................................................................................................... 156
12.1.1 Making Connections for Turntables ........................................................................... 156
12.1.2 Test Drive TRAKTOR SCRATCH with Turntables .......................................................... 156
12.1.3 The Control Zones on Vinyl ......................................................................................... 157
12.2 CD Player Setup .......................................................................................................................... 158
12.2.1 Making connections ................................................................................................... 158
12.2.2 Test Drive TRAKTOR SCRATCH with CD Players .......................................................... 158
12.2.3 The Control Zones on CD ............................................................................................ 159
12.3 Mixed Setup ................................................................................................................................ 159
12.4 Enabling the Decks ..................................................................................................................... 160
12.5 Calibration ................................................................................................................................. 160
12.6 Tracking Modes .......................................................................................................................... 161
12.6.1 Absolute Tracking Mode ............................................................................................. 161
12.6.2 Relative Tracking Mode ............................................................................................. 162
12.6.3 Internal Playback Mode ............................................................................................. 162
12.7 Timecode Preferences ................................................................................................................. 163
12.8 TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 Troubleshooting ................................................................................ 164
12.8.1 Calibration Troubleshooting ...................................................................................... 164
12.8.2 Audio Troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 178
13 Preferences ..............................................................................................................
179
13.1 The Preferences Window ............................................................................................................. 179
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13.2 Audio Setup ................................................................................................................................ 181
13.2.1 Audio Device .............................................................................................................. 181
13.2.2 Phono / Line ............................................................................................................... 181
13.2.3 Routing ...................................................................................................................... 182
13.2.4 Built-in Soundcard (only Windows) ............................................................................ 182
13.2.5 Multi-Core ................................................................................................................. 182
13.3 Output Routing ........................................................................................................................... 182
13.4 Input Routing ............................................................................................................................. 183
13.5 MIDI Clock .................................................................................................................................. 184
13.6 Timecode Setup .......................................................................................................................... 184
13.7 Loading ...................................................................................................................................... 185
13.8 Transport .................................................................................................................................... 187
13.9 Decks Layout .............................................................................................................................. 191
13.10 Track Decks ................................................................................................................................ 192
13.11 Remix Decks ............................................................................................................................... 193
13.12 Mixer ........................................................................................................................................... 195
13.13 Global Settings ........................................................................................................................... 196
13.14 Effects ........................................................................................................................................ 198
13.15 Mix Recorder ............................................................................................................................... 199
13.16 Loop Recorder ............................................................................................................................. 200
13.17 Broadcasting .............................................................................................................................. 200
13.18 Browser Details .......................................................................................................................... 202
13.19 Layout Manager .......................................................................................................................... 203
13.20 File Management ........................................................................................................................ 203
13.21 Analyze Options .......................................................................................................................... 205
13.22 Controller Manager ..................................................................................................................... 207
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13.22.1 Overview .................................................................................................................... 207
13.22.2 Device Setup .............................................................................................................. 207
13.22.3 Assignment Table ...................................................................................................... 209
13.22.4 Device Mapping ......................................................................................................... 211
13.22.5 Mapping Details ........................................................................................................ 212
13.22.6 Available Controller Types ......................................................................................... 213
14 Advanced Operation of TRAKTOR ................................................................................
216
14.1 TRAKTOR Profiles ........................................................................................................................ 216
14.1.1 The TRAKTOR Root folder ........................................................................................... 216
14.1.2 The Recordings folder ................................................................................................ 217
14.1.3 Complete Backup ...................................................................................................... 217
14.1.4 Restoring TRAKTOR from a Backup ............................................................................ 218
14.1.5 Creating a portable version of TRAKTOR .................................................................... 218
14.1.6 Automatic Collection Backup (Security Backup) ........................................................ 219
14.1.7 Repairing a Corrupted Collection ............................................................................... 220
14.2 Syncing via MIDI Clock ............................................................................................................... 220
14.2.1 TRAKTOR as Tempo Source (MIDI Clock send) ............................................................ 220
14.2.2 Syncing TRAKTOR to an external MIDI Clock Signal (External Sync) ........................... 221
14.2.3 Syncing two versions of TRAKTOR .............................................................................. 221
14.3 Broadcasting .............................................................................................................................. 222
14.3.1 Streaming Protocol .................................................................................................... 222
14.3.2 Configuring TRAKTOR ................................................................................................ 223
14.3.3 Starting the Broadcast .............................................................................................. 223
14.3.4 How to setup a microphone for your Broadcast .......................................................... 224
14.4 The Effects in Detail ................................................................................................................... 224
14.4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 224
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14.4.2 FX Panel Modes ......................................................................................................... 225
14.4.3 Common Parameters ................................................................................................. 227
14.4.4 Delay ......................................................................................................................... 228
14.4.5 Reverb ....................................................................................................................... 229
14.4.6 Flanger ...................................................................................................................... 229
14.4.7 Flanger Pulse ............................................................................................................. 230
14.4.8 Flanger Flux ............................................................................................................... 231
14.4.9 Gater ......................................................................................................................... 232
14.4.10 Beatmasher 2 ............................................................................................................ 233
14.4.11 Delay T3 ..................................................................................................................... 233
14.4.12 Filter LFO ................................................................................................................... 235
14.4.13 Filter Pulse ................................................................................................................ 236
14.4.14 Filter .......................................................................................................................... 236
14.4.15 Filter:92 LFO .............................................................................................................. 237
14.4.16 Filter:92 Pulse ........................................................................................................... 238
14.4.17 Filter:92 ..................................................................................................................... 239
14.4.18 Phaser ....................................................................................................................... 240
14.4.19 Phaser Pulse .............................................................................................................. 241
14.4.20 Phaser Flux ................................................................................................................ 242
14.4.21 Reverse Grain ............................................................................................................ 242
14.4.22 Turntable FX .............................................................................................................. 243
14.4.23 Iceverb ....................................................................................................................... 244
14.4.24 Reverb T3 .................................................................................................................. 244
14.4.25 Ring Modulator .......................................................................................................... 245
14.4.26 Digital LoFi ................................................................................................................ 245
14.4.27 Mulholland Drive ....................................................................................................... 246
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14.4.28 Transpose Stretch ...................................................................................................... 247
14.4.29 BeatSlicer Buffer ....................................................................................................... 248
14.4.30 Formant Filter ............................................................................................................ 249
14.4.31 Peak Filter ................................................................................................................. 249
14.4.32 Tape Delay ................................................................................................................. 250
14.4.33 Ramp Delay ............................................................................................................... 250
14.4.34 Auto Bouncer ............................................................................................................. 252
14.4.35 Bouncer ..................................................................................................................... 252
15 Tutorials ...................................................................................................................
254
15.1 Prerequisites .............................................................................................................................. 254
15.2 Goals of the Following Chapters ................................................................................................. 255
15.3 Playing Your First Track .............................................................................................................. 256
15.3.1 Quick Loading a Track ............................................................................................... 256
15.3.2 Playing the Track ....................................................................................................... 258
15.3.3 If You Don’t Hear the Track ........................................................................................ 259
15.4 Mixing In a Second Track ............................................................................................................ 261
15.4.1 Pre-listening a Second Track in the Preview Player ................................................... 261
15.4.2 Loading and Playing the Second Track ...................................................................... 263
15.4.3 Using Headphones to Prepare the Mix ....................................................................... 263
15.4.4 Synchronizing the Second Track ................................................................................ 264
15.4.5 Setting a Cue Point as Starting Point ........................................................................ 265
15.4.6 Snapping to the Beats ............................................................................................... 268
15.4.7 Sticking to the Beats ................................................................................................. 268
15.4.8 Interlude: In Case the Left Track Is Over… ............................................................... 269
15.4.9 Mixing In the Track by Using the Channel EQ and Filter ............................................ 269
15.4.10 Manual Beat-matching ............................................................................................. 271
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15.5 Adjusting Levels ......................................................................................................................... 273
15.5.1 The Theory… ............................................................................................................. 273
15.5.2 …and the Practice .................................................................................................... 274
15.6 Looping and Cueing .................................................................................................................... 276
15.6.1 Playing with Loops ..................................................................................................... 276
15.6.2 Using Hotcues ........................................................................................................... 280
15.7 Adding FX ................................................................................................................................... 282
15.7.1 Assigning a Deck to an FX Unit .................................................................................. 283
15.7.2 Group Mode ............................................................................................................... 284
15.7.3 Getting the FX Unit Ready .......................................................................................... 284
15.7.4 Controlling the FX Unit .............................................................................................. 285
15.7.5 Single Mode ............................................................................................................... 286
15.7.6 Storing a Snapshot .................................................................................................... 286
15.8 Using the Remix Decks in Your Mix ............................................................................................. 287
15.8.1 Loading a Sample from the Collection ....................................................................... 288
15.8.2 Triggering the Sample ............................................................................................... 289
15.8.3 Capturing a Sample from a Track .............................................................................. 290
15.8.4 More Sample Controls ................................................................................................ 292
15.8.5 Saving A Remix Set .................................................................................................... 294
15.9 Using the STEM Decks in Your Mix .............................................................................................. 294
15.9.1 Loading a Stem File from the Collection .................................................................... 296
15.9.2 Playing back the Stem File ........................................................................................ 296
15.9.3 Adjusting or Cutting Volumes of Stem Parts .............................................................. 297
15.9.4 Applying FILTER to Stem Parts ................................................................................... 297
15.9.5 Applying FX SEND to Stem Parts ................................................................................ 298
15.10 Using the Loop Recorder ............................................................................................................. 298
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15.10.1 Choosing a Source ..................................................................................................... 299
15.10.2 Recording a Loop ....................................................................................................... 300
15.10.3 Overdubbing .............................................................................................................. 301
15.10.4 Further Uses of the Recorded Loop ............................................................................ 302
15.11 Synchronization .......................................................................................................................... 302
15.11.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 302
15.11.2 The Tempo Master ..................................................................................................... 303
15.11.3 The Beatgrid .............................................................................................................. 308
15.11.4 Other Useful Tools for Synching ................................................................................. 309
15.12 Harmonic Mixing ........................................................................................................................ 311
16 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................
315
16.1 TRAKTOR Won’t Start .................................................................................................................. 315
16.2 Latency Issues ............................................................................................................................ 315
16.3 TRAKTOR Crashes ....................................................................................................................... 316
16.4 Updates ...................................................................................................................................... 316
17 Getting Help ..............................................................................................................
317
17.1 Knowledge Base ......................................................................................................................... 317
17.2 Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... 317
17.3 Registration Support .................................................................................................................. 318
17.4 User Forum ................................................................................................................................. 318
18 Appendix—Common Setups .......................................................................................
319
18.1 TRAKTOR with an On-board Sound Card and Fallback ................................................................ 319
18.2 TRAKTOR with an External Audio Interface ................................................................................. 320
18.3 TRAKTOR with an External Mixer ................................................................................................. 321
18.4 TRAKTOR with a Controller .......................................................................................................... 322
18.4.1 Controllers with Mixer Controls (and optionally a Built-In Audio Interface) ............... 324
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18.4.2 Controllers without Mixer Controls ............................................................................. 326
18.5 TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 with TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 ............................................................... 326
18.6 Adding a Microphone .................................................................................................................. 327
18.6.1 Using Your Microphone with the Loop Recorder ......................................................... 327
18.6.2 Using Your Microphone as a Live Input and with TRAKTOR FX ................................... 328
18.7 Recording Setup ......................................................................................................................... 328
18.7.1 Recording from the Internal Source ........................................................................... 329
18.7.2 Recording from an External Source ............................................................................ 330
19 Default Keyboard Mappings .......................................................................................
332
19.1 Transport .................................................................................................................................... 333
19.2 Remix Decks ............................................................................................................................... 333
19.3 Cue & Loop ................................................................................................................................. 334
19.4 Favorites & Navigation ............................................................................................................... 335
19.5 Loop Recorder ............................................................................................................................. 335
19.6 Zoom & Layout ............................................................................................................................ 336
19.7 Scratch Modes ............................................................................................................................ 336
20 Assignable MIDI Controls ...........................................................................................
337
20.1 Deck Common ............................................................................................................................. 338
20.2 Track Deck .................................................................................................................................. 341
20.3 Remix Deck ................................................................................................................................. 344
20.4 Mixer ........................................................................................................................................... 347
20.5 FX Unit ........................................................................................................................................ 350
20.6 Browser ...................................................................................................................................... 351
20.7 Preview Player ............................................................................................................................ 354
20.8 Loop Recorder ............................................................................................................................. 354
20.9 Audio Recorder ........................................................................................................................... 355
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20.10 Master Clock ............................................................................................................................... 355
20.11 Global ......................................................................................................................................... 356
20.12 Layout ......................................................................................................................................... 357
20.13 Modifier ...................................................................................................................................... 357
Index ........................................................................................................................
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1 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR!
TRAKTOR is the most powerful and versatile DJ software on the market. With TRAKTOR, you
can mix your tracks traditionally as well as combine your tracks and loops in a non-linear way
using it as a powerful live remixing tool. In this manual, you will find everything there is to
know about TRAKTOR. For information on how to use NI TRAKTOR KONTROL controllers
(TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, S2, X1, F1) with TRAKTOR, or for further information on TRAK-
TOR's audio interfaces and their configuration, please consult the relevant documents from
TRAKTOR's documentation depository, which you can access from the Help menu in TRAK-
TOR's application menu bar.
Differences Between Versions
TRAKTOR Light Edition 2 and TRAKTOR Manufacturer Edition 2 are limited in certain fea-
tures compared to the full TRAKTOR (SCRATCH) PRO 2 version. The differences will be docu-
mented at the appropriate places in this manual.
Your TRAKTOR version is a Manufacturer Edition 2 version if you obtained it as part of one of
the following bundled products:
Pioneer DDJ-T1 (Traktor Pioneer DDJ-T1 Edition)
Numark 4TRAK (Traktor Numark 4TRAK Edition)
Velocity MIDI Station (Traktor Velocity MIDI Station Edition)
Pet Names for Software and Hardware
Throughout the documentation, we will refer to the TRAKTOR (SCRATCH) PRO 2 software sim-
ply as “TRAKTOR.”
TRAKTOR Manufacturer Edition 2 will hereinafter be referred to as "TRAKTOR ME 2" or simply
"ME 2." TRAKTOR Light Edition 2 will hereinafter be referred to as "TRAKTOR LE 2" or simply
"LE 2."
This document uses particular formatting to point out special facts and to warn you of poten-
tial issues. The icons introducing the following notes let you see what kind of information can
be expected:
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The speech bubble icon indicates a useful tip that may often help you to solve a task
more efficiently.
The exclamation mark icon highlights important information that is essential for the giv-
en context.
The red cross icon warns you of serious issues and potential risks that require your full
attention.
Furthermore, the following formatting is used:
Text appearing in (drop-down) menus (such as Open…, Save as… etc.) in the software and
paths to locations on your hard disk or other storage devices is printed in italics.
Text appearing elsewhere (labels of buttons, controls, text next to checkboxes etc.) in the
software is printed in blue. Whenever you see this formatting applied, you will find the
same text appearing somewhere on the screen.
Important names and concepts are printed in bold.
References to keys on your computer’s keyboard you’ll find put in square brackets (e.g.,
“Press [Shift] + [Enter]”).
Single instructions are introduced by this play button type arrow.
Results of actions are introduced by this smaller arrow.
1.1 What’s new in TRAKTOR 2.10.1
This section provides a quick overview of some substantial changes of the TRAKTOR 2.10.1
software.
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DAW Stem View in TRAKTOR PRO
TRAKTOR now provides a four-track “DAW View” for the Stem Deck similar to the version
available on the displays of the KONTROL S8, D2, and S5. The pre-defined colors of the Stem
Parts will be seen in all waveform color modes except for “Spectrum” in this mode, the four
Stem Parts will be drawn with the colors derived from the frequency spectrums of the tracks.
For more information on DAW Stem View, refer to section 6.1.3, Stem Deck.
Upgraded Beat & Downbeat detection algorithm
An update has been made to the Beat Detection algorithm that will improve accuracy when an-
alyzing files of varying genres and tempos. The new “Automatic” setting (which replaces the
old “60-200” setting) uses new artificial intelligence techniques to help improve the tempo
and downbeat results (for example, Drum & Bass tracks will have tempos in the 170BPM
range instead of 85BPM).
It is recommended to use this setting if your collection contains a wide variety of genres
which you want to analyze together.
This improvement only affects newly-analyzed tracks. There is no need to reanalyze your col-
lection if your tracks already have correct Beat Grids. For more information on Analyze Options
in the TRAKTOR Preferences, refer to section Analyze Options.
New Anonymous Usage Data Tracking
TRAKTOR now features anonymous usage data tracking which allows NI to learn about the
types of computers and operating systems being used to run TRAKTOR (for improving our com-
patibility and performance testing scenarios) and general information about how the software is
being used (the size of the Collection, number of tracks played, preferred screen layout, etc.)
to help us refine features and workflows. For more information on anonymous usage data track-
ing, refer to section Global Settings.
1.2 TRAKTOR Documentation Overview
TRAKTOR provides you with many information sources. Find an overview of the available docu-
ments and a short description of their content in this chapter.
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Native Instruments TRAKTOR PRO 2 User manual

Category
Audio mixers
Type
User manual

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