Native Instruments TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, User Manual

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Pad section.
( 1 ) HOTCUES button : Enables HOTCUES mode. In this mode, you can store and trigger Cue
Points and Loops within tracks using the Pads. On Decks A and B the HOTCUES button lights up
blue whereas on Decks C and D the HOTCUES button lights up orange. The HOTCUES mode is
the default mode for Track Decks and STEM Decks. For more information, refer to Playing with
Cue Points and Playing with Loops .
HOTCUE mode is not available for Remix Decks. When a Remix Deck is focused,
the HOTCUE button is disabled.
( 2 ) Record button : Enables the Pattern Recorder on the Remix Deck. With the Pattern Recorder
you can record sequences to be played by the Samples. For more information, refer to Using Pat-
tern Recorder .
( 3 ) SAMPLES button : Enables SAMPLES mode. The SAMPLES mode can only be enabled when
the underlying Deck is configured as Remix Deck. Otherwise the SAMPLES button remains un-
lit. For more information, refer to Playing with Remix Decks .
( 4 ) Mute button : Mutes or un-mutes Samples on a Remix Deck or STEM Parts on a STEM
Deck. For more information, refer to Playing with Remix Decks and Playing with STEM Decks .
( 5 ) STEMS button : Enables STEMS mode on a STEM Deck. Using the Pads, you can adjust the
volumes and mute the individual STEM Parts of the STEM File. The STEMS mode is only availa-
ble on STEM Decks. For more information, refer to Playing with STEM Decks .
( 6 ) Pads : Depending on the current Pad mode, the eight Pads have individual functions:
• When in HOTCUES mode the Pads store and trigger Cue Points and Loops for Track Decks
and STEM Decks.
• When in SAMPLES mode the Pads control the first four SAMPLE Slots of Remix Decks.
• When in STEMS mode the Pads control the volumes of the individual STEM Parts and also
mute them.
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