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 ........................................................................................................................

359

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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.

Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR!

What’s new in TRAKTOR 2.10.1

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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.

Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR!

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