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How to DJ using Native
Instruments Traktor 2 and the
Kontrol S4

By: Jeremy Doss

Содержание Traktor 2

Страница 1: ...How to DJ using Native Instruments Traktor 2 and the Kontrol S4 By Jeremy Doss...

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Страница 3: ...Audio Output 6 Connecting Speakers 6 Customizing the Program View 7 The Essential View 7 The Extended View 8 The Browser View 8 The Mixer View 9 Chapter 2 11 What Is Mixing 13 Finding New Music 13 Fi...

Страница 4: ...he A B Fader 22 Using the Volume Faders 23 Using Filters and Equalizers 23 Using Loops and Using Cues 23 Starting and Stopping Loops 24 Setting and Using Cues 24 Using the Effects Rack 25 Selecting Ef...

Страница 5: ...mprehensive guide to getting started with Traktor 2 and your new Kontrol S4 Traktor 2 is a DAW Digital Audio Workstation that is designed for mixing together audio files live on your computer This DAW...

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Страница 7: ...Chapter 1 Setting Up In this chapter DJs will learn how to set up their Native Instruments software...

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Страница 9: ...on the Microsoft Windows platform Native Instruments Kontrol S4 for Traktor A USB 2 0 3 0 cable A Kontrol S4 power adapter A pair of speakers Two speaker cables or a pair of RCA Cables A pair of over...

Страница 10: ...e Native Instruments website or one of many music stores With the disk and associated key in hand follow these steps for setup 1 Insert disk into your computers disk drive 2 Auto run the installer whe...

Страница 11: ...lect next On the next screen select Native Instruments as your manufacturer and Kontrol S4 as your model These options may be selected as your default already The Kontrol S4 requires only two track de...

Страница 12: ...n Figure 9 Select Output Routing in the preferences menu labeled A in Figure 10 Make sure the mixing mode is set to Internal labeled B in Figure 10 Connecting Speakers Once the audio output is routed...

Страница 13: ...preference Traktor 2 makes this easy by providing a drop down menu with four preset views Essential Extended Mixer and Browser Figure 12 The Essential View The Essential view contains the following T...

Страница 14: ...ects racks labeled as A in Figure 14 Loop controls and main volume control labeled as B in Figure 14 Mixer controls for each deck labeled as C in Figure 14 The Browser View The Browser view contains o...

Страница 15: ...re 14 The deck equalizers and volume faders labeled as A in Figure 16 The deck move cue grid menus labeled as B in Figure 16 The deck A B fader labeled as C in Figure 16 For the sake of this manual an...

Страница 16: ...10 Setting Up...

Страница 17: ...Chapter 2 The Mixing Process This chapter will explain what mixing is where to find songs how to analyze songs and how to utilize common mixing trends...

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Страница 19: ...he internet The internet is extremely large and can be useful in finding the songs very quickly Two examples of websites for finding and purchasing music are www beatport com and www itunes com Beatpo...

Страница 20: ...importance of analyzing new music Analyzing new music allows different mixing techniques including mixing by genre beats per minute and key Building a Library Once some new music is found it is import...

Страница 21: ...analyzed in Traktor 2 along with your track collection and upon loading a song into a deck Beats per minute BPM is very important to mixing songs Songs with the same BPM play back at the same rate as...

Страница 22: ...he popular trends and methods in mixing The provided trends aren t the only way to mix your songs but are very commonly successful ways to do so Mixing By Genre Mixing with songs of the same genre is...

Страница 23: ...part of being a DJ You can sort songs in the browser window of Traktor 2 by clicking the BPM tab Figure 21 Mixing By Key Mixing by key is one of the hardest ways to mix because it requires the use of...

Страница 24: ...18 The Mixing Process...

Страница 25: ...Chapter 3 Using the Features of the Kontrol S4 This chapter explains how to use the Kontrol S4 to control Traktor 2 and mix songs...

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Страница 27: ...nd even combining two songs into one While each method has its advantages and disadvantages all methods will be explored Loading Songs The first step to mixing songs is to load them onto each deck The...

Страница 28: ...ed as A in Figure 24 The BPM and grid can also be manually changed through the options in the grid window for each deck Figure 25 Using the A B Fader The A B fader is the horizontally oriented fader F...

Страница 29: ...r high frequencies or low frequencies in songs Equalizer knobs labeled as A in Figure 28 do exactly the same thing as filters except that they have three knobs each controlling a different band of fre...

Страница 30: ...the right loop knob again or pressing the loop OUT button labeled as C in Figure 29 Loops are useful for extending parts of songs in order to extend the mixing process and can as many uses as you can...

Страница 31: ...t has its own knob and associated button Figure 32 Turning on each effect is as simple as pressing the buttons labeled as B in Figure 32 next to each effects knob causing them to light up in the proce...

Страница 32: ...cording a mix can allow accurate analysis of personal mistakes and song selection This is my favorite method of improving a mix because it allows the revision of the mixing process and may be listened...

Страница 33: ...17 26 driver 4 drivers v effects 8 21 25 26 effects racks 8 25 Equalizer 23 fader 9 17 22 23 fading 22 filter 23 Filtering 23 frequencies 23 Genre 15 16 grid window 22 hardware v 3 4 5 installer 4 iT...

Страница 34: ...28 Index RCA 3 6 Recording 26 Setup 5 6 Setup Wizard 5 software v vii 3 4 17 style 13 15 Traktor 2 iv v 3 4 5 7 13 14 15 16 17 19 21 23 25 26 USB v 3 5 views 7 Windows platform v 3...

Страница 35: ...29 This manual is dedicated to my brother in hopes that he may overcome his recent misfortunes You are in all of our hearts and thoughts forever...

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