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Choose In Ch C left/right for

Input Deck A

and In Ch D left/right for

Input Deck B

Choose In Ch A left/right for

Input Deck C

and In Ch B left/right for

Input Deck D

On the main Track Decks, click on the Deck letters and make sure you have chosen

Scratch Control.

19.6 Adding a Microphone

If you want to use a microphone with TRAKTOR, connect it to the microphone input on your
audio interface and follow the instructions in the subsequent sections.

19.6.1 Using Your Microphone with the Loop Recorder

In case you are using the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10, the input is the MIC-labeled input in the
MAIN area on the front panel. This input is routed to TRAKTOR's

Input FX Send (Ext)

channel by default, which again outputs signal through the MAIN OUT on TRAKTOR AU-
DIO 10's front panel by default. You can then use your microphone input with TRAKTOR's
Loop Recorder straight away.

In case you do not use the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10 as your audio interface:
1.

Click the cog wheel symbol to open the

Preferences

dialog, and select the Input Routing

page.

Assign the channel to which you connected the microphone to the

Input FX Send (Ext)

channel in TRAKTOR. Use the drop-down menu next to the corresponding label to assign
the channel.

Adjust the input gain of your microphone input channel if your audio interface provides a
gain control (TRAKTOR AUDIO 10 does). Monitor the gain setting with the level meters
right to the drop-down selection menus.

→ You should now be able to use your microphone with the TRAKTOR’s Loop Recorder.

19.6.2 Using Your Microphone as a Live Input and with TRAKTOR FX

In case you want to add FX from the TRAKTOR Decks to your microphone signal, you can as-
sign your microphone input to an empty Deck (A to D, whichever you currently don't use for
mixing):

Appendix—Common Setups

Adding a Microphone

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Click the cog wheel symbol to open the

Preferences

dialog, and select the Input Routing

page.

Assign the channel to which you connected the microphone to an empty Deck (A to D) in

TRAKTOR with the drop-down menu next to the corresponding label.

Adjust the input gain of your microphone input channel if your audio interface provides a

gain control (the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10 does).

Monitor the gain setting with the level meters right to the drop-down selection menus.

→ The effected signal is then output at whatever channel the relevant Deck is assigned to in

the

Output Routing

page of the

Preferences

dialog (in Internal mixing mode, however, the

output is always the master out).

►

When you close the

Preferences

dialog, press the relevant Deck letter and select

Live In-

put

→ You can now use your microphone as a live input and add your voice to your mix!

19.7 Recording Setup

The Audio Recorder Panel.

TRAKTOR provides a recording feature that allows you to record from internal and external
sources. The way this function works depends on your setup and also on the available input
and output channels of your audio interface. In the following examples, we will use a TRAK-
TOR AUDIO 10 soundcard for exemplification.
Note that TRAKTOR records audio in *.wav format and the recorded files can get large pretty
quickly.

The Audio Recorder is not available in LE 2.

Appendix—Common Setups

Recording Setup

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19.7.1 Recording from the Internal Source

Recording from the internal source only works in

Internal

mixing mode.

In this setup we use TRAKTOR’s Internal Mixer and the Internal recording method. This means

TRAKTOR records from the Master Output of its own mixer. You don’t have to do any cabling

with this method. In TRAKTOR, do the following:
1.

Open Preferences > Output Routing.

Choose

Internal

Mixing Mode.

Open Preferences > Mix Recorder.

Choose

Internal

as Source.

Choose where the recordings should be saved or leave the default settings My Documents/
My Music/Traktor (Windows) and User:Music:Traktor (Mac OS X).

Choose a

Prefix

, e.g. live_jan15th_—this prefix will be added as part of the filename

which also contains a timestamp. Defining a prefix makes it easier to sort and find your
recordings afterwards.

Choose a file size at which your recording file will be split. If you want to burn your re-
cordings to CD later, a file size of 650 MB is recommended.

Click on the cassette icon in the upper right corner of the global section to open the Audio
Recorder panel.

Load a track in a Deck and press Play.

10. You should see the level meters move now.
11. Adjust the recording level with the

GAIN

knob. It should not clip!

12. Press the Record button to start the recording!

After you finished your recording, you can directly load the file from TRAKTOR’s Browser >
Audio Recordings onto a Deck.

19.7.2 Recording from an External Source

Recording from an external source works in

Internal

and

External

mixing mode and is also suit-

ed for TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO users.

Appendix—Common Setups

Recording Setup

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Recording in External Mixing Mode from an External Source

In this mode, you can record from any external source you like. Since we’re in External mixing

mode here, we will use your external hardware mixer as source. This setup requires a second

output on the mixer, often labeled REC OUT or OUT 2. Connect this output pair to an available

input pair of your audio interface, e.g., Inputs 9|10 (= Channel D) of the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10.

In TRAKTOR, do the following:
1.

Click the cog wheel symbol to open the

Preferences

dialog, and open the Output Routing

page.

If not done already, choose

External

mixing mode.

Open the

Input Routing

page in the Preferences dialog.

Assign the channel to which you connected the mixer to the appropriate channel in TRAK-
TOR. In case of the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10, it should be auto-configured to Channel D.

Open the Mix Recorder page in the Preferences dialog.

Choose

Extern

as Source.

For

External Input

, select the corresponding input channel of your audio interface. In our

example with the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10, this would be Channel D.

Choose where the recordings should be saved or leave the default settings: My Docu-
ments/My Music/Traktor (Windows), or User:Music:Traktor (Mac OS X).

Choose a

Prefix

, e.g., live_jan15th_—this prefix will be added as part of the filename

which also contains a timestamp. Defining a prefix makes it easier to sort and find your
recordings afterwards.

10. Choose a file size at which your recording file will be split. If you want to burn your re-

cordings to CD later, a file size of 650 MB is recommended.

This would be the typical setup for a TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 user to record a live set.
However, other setups are possible. Instead of the mixer, you could connect a microphone with
your audio interface and record your voice. If you want to know how to add a microphone to
your setup, please read chapter

↑

19.6, Adding a Microphone

Recording in Internal Mixing Mode from an External Source

The external source in this setup can be a turntable, a CD player, a microphone, etc. All you
have to do, is to connect the device of choice to an available input of your audio interface. In
this example we use a microphone on Channel MAIN of the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10 soundcard.
In TRAKTOR, do the following:

Appendix—Common Setups

Recording Setup

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Click the cog wheel symbol to open the

Preferences

dialog, and open the Output Routing

page.

Choose

Internal

mixing mode.

Open the Input Routing page in the Preferences dialog.

Assign the channel to which you connected the microphone to the corresponding channel

in TRAKTOR. In case of the TRAKTOR AUDIO 10, it should be auto-configured to

Input

FX Send (Ext)

Open the

Mix Recorder

page in the Preferences dialog.

Choose

Extern

as Source.

For

External Input

, select the relevant input channel of your audio interface. In our exam-

ple (TRAKTOR AUDIO 10 soundcard), this would be

Input FX Send (Ext)

Choose where the recordings should be saved or leave the default settings My Documents/
My Music/Traktor (Windows), or User:Music:Traktor (Mac OS X).

Choose a

Prefix

, e.g. live_jan15th_—this prefix will be added as part of the filename

which also contains a timestamp. Defining a prefix makes it easier to sort and find your
recordings afterwards.

10. Choose a file size at which your recording file will be split. If you want to burn your re-

cordings to CD later, a file size of 650 MB is recommended.

You cannot record a turntable via a line level channel. If you want to do this, use a phono-to-
line level converter, which is available at your local music retailer.

Appendix—Common Setups

Recording Setup

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Default Keyboard Mappings

TRAKTOR is installed with a variety of default keyboard mappings. The default mappings are

documented in the following chapters.

►

Click on Help > Start Setup Wizard from the Application Menu Bar to restore the default
keyboard mappings.

►

Click on Help > Downloads from the Application Menu Bar to open the TRAKTOR Down-
loads sub-site of the Native Instruments website. There you will find more keyboard map-
pings and a variety of MIDI mappings.

►

Open Preferences > Controller Manager to edit Keyboard Mappings

►

Assign a key on your keyboard to a function in TRAKTOR Controller Manager. For an ex-
planation see chapter

↑

14.21, Analyze Options

Keyboard Mapping is not available in LE 2.

Using F-keys on Macs

If you are using an Apple keyboard or an Apple notebook some of the F-keys by default are
used for special commands. These keys in TRAKTOR by default are used for the Favorite Play-
lists in the Browser.

►

To use the F-keys with their standard function hold the FN key on your keyboard.

20.1 Transport

Command

Deck A

Deck B

Cue

Deck Play

BeatJump

Back E / Forward R

Back D / Forward F

Default Keyboard Mappings

Transport

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Command

Deck A

Deck B

Tempo Bend

Back T / Forward Y (Z)

Back G / Forward H

Beat SYNC

Beat MASTER

Shift + U

Shift + J

Beat TAP

KEY ON/OFF

Shift + Y (Z)

Shift + H

20.2 Remix Decks

Command

Deck A

Deck B

Slot 1 Sample Capture/Trigger/
Mute

Z (Y)

Slot 2 Sample Capture/Trigger/
Mute

Slot 3 Sample Capture/Trigger/
Mute

Slot 4 Sample Capture/Trigger/
Mute

Slot 1 Retrigger

Shift + Z (Y)

Shift + B

Slot 2 Retrigger

Shift + X

Shift + N

Slot 3 Retrigger

Shift + C

Shift + M

Slot 4 Retrigger

Shift + V

Shift + ,

Slot 1 Stop/Delete/Load

[Ctrl] + Z (Y)

[Ctrl] + B

Slot 2 Stop/Delete/Load

[Ctrl] + X

[Ctrl] + N

Slot 3 Stop/Delete/Load

[Ctrl] + C

[Ctrl] + M

Slot 4 Stop/Delete/Load

[Ctrl] + V

[Ctrl] + ,

Default Keyboard Mappings

Remix Decks

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20.3 Cue & Loop

Command

Deck A

Deck B

Set/Select + Store Cue (1-5)

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 0

Delete Cue (1-5)

[Ctrl] + 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

[Ctrl] + 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 0

Jump to Track Start

Shift T

Shift G

Set ¼, ½, 1, 2, 4 Bar Loop

Shift + 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

Shift + 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 0

Set 4 Beat Loop

[ (Ü)

’ (Ä)

Loop IN/Set Cue

Loop OUT/Set Cue

; (Ö)

/2 (Half) Loop Size

Shift + O

Shift + L

X2 (Double) Loop Size

Shift + P

Shift + ; (Ö)

Active

Shift + [

Shift + ‘

Adjust GRID

Shift + I

Shift + K

20.4 Favorites & Navigation

Command

Global

Toggle Maximize Browser

Spacebar

Select Favorites 1—12

F1—F12

Add Selection to Favorites 1– 12

Shift + F1—F12

Scroll Browser Tree

Arrow Left / Right

Scroll Track List

Arrow Up / Arrow Down

Load to Deck A

Shift + Arrow Left

Load to Deck B

Shift + Arrow Right

Default Keyboard Mappings

Cue & Loop

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Command

Global

Duplicate Deck A to Deck B

[Ctrl] + Arrow Right

Duplicate Deck B to Deck A

[Ctrl] + Arrow Left

20.5 Loop Recorder

Command

Global

Record

Enter

Undo

Delete

Toggle Play / Stop

Shift + Delete

Clear

[Ctrl] + Delete

Size (Record Loop Size)

Shift + Enter

Dry / Wet

[Ctrl] + Enter

20.6 Zoom & Layout

Command

Global

Zoom Out

Zoom In

/ (-)

Reset Zoom

Shift + >

Reset Zoom

Shift + / (-)

Layout -

[Ctrl] + >

Layout +

[Ctrl] + / (-)

Default Keyboard Mappings

Loop Recorder

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20.7 Scratch Modes

Command

Deck A

Deck B

Play / Internal mode

Relative mode

Shift + Q

Shift + A

Absolute mode

Shift + W

Shift + S

Default Keyboard Mappings

Scratch Modes

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Assignable MIDI Controls

In this chapter, you will find a list of all MIDI controls available for assignment to external

MIDI controllers (via the Controller Manager section of TRAKTOR's Preferences). See

↑

14.21,

Analyze Options

for further information on assigning MIDI controls and building controller

mappings; however, before building individual mappings for your controller, you should check

whether a mapping file is already available via the Setup Wizard, or as a download from NI's
website:

►

To start the Setup Wizard, go to Help > Start Setup Wizard in TRAKTOR's Application
Menu Bar.

►

Click on Help > Downloads from the Application Menu Bar to open the TRAKTOR Down-
loads sub-site of the Native Instruments website. After logging in to your NI user account,
you will find more keyboard mappings and a variety of MIDI mappings.

About Input and Output Controls

There are two types of assignable controls:

• Input controls: these controls can receive MIDI signals from an external MIDI controller

such as a slider or a knob. E.g., the Play/Pause control can be assigned to a button on a
MIDI controller and triggered by it. Every Input control also has an Output control coun-
terpart, which can send LED states to a controller for visual feedback. Input controls are
available via the

Add In...

button of the Assignment Table.

• Output controls: these controls can send LED states to external hardware for visual feed-

back. E.g., you can assign the "Track End Warning" control from the Track Deck controls
to a controller LED so that the LED lights up when a Track in a Track Deck is nearby
reaching its end. Output controls are available via the

Add Out...

button of the Assign-

ment Table.

In the screenshot below, you see a TRAKTOR control mapped to a controller both as an input,
receiving signal, and as an output, sending signal. In this example, TRAKTOR's Deck Play/
Pause control receives a MIDI signal from a button on the controller, and it also sends an on-
state to the button's LED when Play/Pause is initiated.

Assignable MIDI Controls

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The Play/Pause control added to the mapping both as an input and as an output control.

21.1 Deck Common

Controls that are common to Track Decks and Remix Decks.

Name

Description

Input/Output

Load Next

Loads the next track of a list into the Deck

In/Out

Load Previous

Loads the previous track of a list into the Deck

In/Out

Load Selected

Loads the selected track into the Deck

In/Out

Unload

Unload the track from the Deck

In/Out

Play/Pause

Play/pause Deck playback

In/Out

Cue

Cue to the current Floating Cue Point

In/Out

CUP (Cue Play)

Cue to the current Floating Cue Point and start playing
immediately

In/Out

Seek Position

Seek back/forth in the track

In/Out

Jog Touch On

Map jogwheel's top plate. When track is playing, this will
stop the track and start Scratch mode (in cooperation
with Jog Turn)

In/Out

Jog Turn

Map jogwheel to pitch bend track. In cooperation with
Jog Touch On this starts scratching when the track is
playing

In/Out

Assignable MIDI Controls

Deck Common

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Name

Description

Input/Output

Set as Tempo Master

Sets a Deck as the tempo master

In/Out

Sync On

Activates sync for a Deck

In/Out

Phase Sync

Syncs a Deck's phase

In/Out

Tempo Sync

Syncs a Deck's tempo

In/Out

Tempo Bend

Increases/decreases playback speed temporarily in steps

In/Out

Tempo Bend (stepless)

Increases/decreases playback speed temporarily

In/Out

Tempo Adjust

Adjusts the tempo of a Deck

In/Out

Tempo Range Selector

Sets the tempo range for a Deck

In/Out

Keylock On

Activates/deactivates keylock for a Deck

In/Out

Keylock On (Preserve Pitch)

Activates/deactivates keylock for a Deck with preserving
the current pitch

In/Out

Key Adjust

Adjusts the key for a Deck

In/Out

Analyze Loaded Track

Initiates the Analysis for the track loaded in a Deck

In/Out

Deck Flavor Selector

Sets the Deck Flavor to Track Deck, Remix Deck or Live
Input for a Deck

In/Out

Deck Size Selector

Sets the Deck Size to Micro, Small, Essential, Full or Ad-
vanced for two corresponding Decks

In/Out

Advanced Panel Toggle

Shows/hides the Advanced panel for two corresponding
Decks

In/Out

Advanced Panel Tab Selector

Selects the Move, Cue or Grid tab in the advanced panel
of a Track Deck

In/Out

Timecode > Scratch Control On

Activates/deactivates scratch control for a Deck (only
available in TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO)

In/Out

Timecode > Playback Mode Int/
Rel/Abs

Sets the playback mode for a scratch controlled Deck to
Internal, Relative or Absolute (only available in TRAKTOR
SCRATCH PRO)

In/Out

Timecode > Platter/Scope View
Selector

Sets the Platter/Scope view to Off, Minimized, Platter or
Scope (only available in TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO)

In/Out

Timecode > Calibrate

Initiates the calibration for the timecode signal of a Deck
(only available in TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO)

In/Out

Assignable MIDI Controls

Deck Common

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Name

Description

Input/Output

Timecode > Reset Tempo Offset Resets the tempo offset for a Deck in scratch control

mode (only available in TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO)

In/Out

Move > Size Selector

Sets the move size

In/Out

Move > Mode Selector

Sets the move mode to beatjump, loop, loop in or loop

out

In/Out

Move > Move

Initiates a forward or backward move

In/Out

Move > Beatjump

Sets the beatjump length and intitiates the beatjump di-
rectly

In/Out

Loop > Loop In/Set Cue

Sets the loop In/floating cue point

In/Out

Loop > Loop Out

Sets the loop out point and activates the loop

In/Out

Loop > Loop Size Selector

Sets the auto loop size

In/Out

Loop > Loop Set

Sets an auto loop with the current loop size at the play-
back position and activates it

In/Out

Loop > Loop Size Select + Set

Sets the auto loop size and sets an active auto loop with
the current loop size at the playback position

In/Out

Loop > Backward Loop Size Se-
lect + Set

Sets the auto loop size and sets an active backward auto
loop with the current loop size at the playback position

In/Out

Loop > Loop Active On

Activates/deactivates all loops

In/Out

Phase

Outputs the value of the phase meter as it is visible on a
Deck (output value is 0 when the phase of the decks
match)

Out

Beat Phase

Outputs the Distance to the next gridline (output value is
0 when playback marker hits gridline)

Out

Deck is Loaded

Outputs if a track is loaded in a Deck

Out

Is In Active Loop

Outputs 1 if the track is in a loop and 0 otherwise

Out

Freeze Mode > Freeze Mode On

Enables/Disables Freeze Mode

In/Out

Freeze Mode > Freeze Slice Size
Adjust

Sets the Slice Size

In/Out

Assignable MIDI Controls

Deck Common

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Name

Description

Input/Output

Freeze Mode > Freeze Slice
Count Adjust

Set this to the number of slices you will map to your con-
troller

In/Out

Freeze Mode > Slice Trigger (1 -

16)

List of individual Slice triggers (1 -16) that can potential-

ly be assigned to a controller.

In/Out

21.2 Track Deck

Controls that are specific to Track Decks.

Name

Description

Input/Output

Load into Next Stopped Deck

Load selected track into the first available stopped Deck

In/Out

Load, Loop, and Play

Load the selected track, cue to Load Marker, set Autoloop
with current loop length, and play Deck

In/Out

Duplicate Track Deck A

Duplicate the loaded track from Deck A into a Deck

In/Out

Duplicate Track Deck B

Duplicate the loaded track from Deck B into a Deck

In/Out

Duplicate Track Deck C

Duplicate the loaded track from Deck C into a Deck

In/Out

Duplicate Track Deck D

Duplicate the loaded track from Deck D into a Deck

In/Out

Waveform Zoom Adjust

Adjusts the zoom of the waveform for a Deck

In/Out

Cue > Set Cue and Store as next
Hotcue

Sets a cue point and stores it as the next available hotcue In/Out

Cue > Store Floating Cue/Loop
as next Hotcue

Stores the floating cue/loop as the next available hotcue

In/Out

Cue > Delete current Hotcue

Deletes the current Hotcue

In/Out

Cue > Jump to Next/Prev Cue/
Loop

Jumps to the previous/next cue or loop

In/Out

Cue > Map Hotcue

Maps the floating cue point to a Hotcue

In/Out

Cue > Select/Set+Store Hotcue

Sets and stores a Hotcue at the playback position or
jumps to the Hotcue if it already exists

In/Out

Cue > Delete Hotcue

Deletes a Hotcue

In/Out

Assignable MIDI Controls

Track Deck

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Name

Description

Input/Output

Cue > Cue Type Selector

Sets the cue type (cue, fade-in, fade-out, load, grid or
loop) for a Hotcue

In/Out

Hotcue 1 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 1

Out

Hotcue 2 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 2

Out

Hotcue 3 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 3

Out

Hotcue 4 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 4

Out

Hotcue 5 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 5

Out

Hotcue 6 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 6

Out

Hotcue 7 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 7

Out

Hotcue 8 Type

Outputs the type of hotcue 8

Out

Grid > Autogrid

Initiates the track analysis and sets the BPM and a grid-
marker after analysis

In/Out

Grid > Reset BPM

Initiates the recalculation of the BPM

In/Out

Grid > Copy Phase from Tempo
Master

Copies the phase from the tempo master

In/Out

Grid > Set Grid Marker

Sets a grid marker at the current playback position

In/Out

Grid > Delete Grid Marker

Deletes the last grid marker

In/Out

Grid > Move Grid Marker

Moves a grid marker

In/Out

Grid > BPM Adjust

Adjusts the BPM of the track

In/Out

Grid > BPM Lock On

Prevents changing the BPM of a track when enabled

In/Out

Grid > BPM x2

Doubles the BPM value of the track

In/Out

Grid > BPM /2

Halves the BPM of the track

In/Out

Grid > Beat Tap

Sets the BPM of the track by tapping it in

In/Out

Grid >Tick On

Enables/Disables the tick sound in beat

In/Out

Assignable MIDI Controls

Track Deck

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