Many control elements on the Decks can have their function customized in order to fit your
specific needs and habits! For more info on this, please refer to chapter
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8, Customizing
TRAKTOR KONTROL S2
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Two Types of Audio Material – Two Deck Flavors
To start off with, there are four virtual Decks in the TRAKTOR software, and each of them
can be operated in several modes: Track Deck mode, Remix Deck mode, and Live Input
mode, so you have a very flexible system on your hands. However, in combination with the
TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 controller, the software's upper Decks A and B should always be
Track Decks, whereas the software's lower Decks C and D should always be Remix Decks.
Setting up your S2 controller and the TRAKTOR software with the Setup Guide, this is how
your software will be configured.
Your Decks can handle two different types of audio material, each of them leading to a specific
Deck flavor:
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Tracks: A track is a song stored in digital format stored on your hard disk. For instance,
the traditional way-of-DJing consists in playing back a particular sequence of tracks — a
so-called Playlist. Decks handling tracks are called Track Decks. Working with the S2,
TRAKTOR's Decks A and B will always be operated in Track Deck mode.
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Samples: A Sample is a small piece of audio material. If its physical content does not
really differ from a track’s content (it’s all about audio stored in digital format on your
hard disk), the difference between them is both in their size and purpose: in general, a
Sample is much shorter than a track, and it is aimed to be added to (or blended into) your
main mix. Notably, Samples are perfect material for live remixing! Decks handling Sam-
ples are called Remix Decks. Each Remix Deck provides you with four Sample Slots, each
of which can hold up to sixteen Samples, with a full set of Sample-related features. Work-
ing with the S2, TRAKTOR's Decks C and D will always be operated in Remix Deck mode.
6.1.2
Mixer
The Mixer is sitting in the middle of your TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 controller and of TRAKTOR
PRO 2’s window.
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