The final step is to make sure you have “Initially load to cue marker” checked in the preferences. (You do use cue points as a rule, don’t you? If not you ought to look into it – they’re a great basic tool in Traktor). This forces you to conduct an extra step of jumping forward in the track to find where you want to start playing from, wasting time. There’s a simple way around this: You can simply add a cue point to the first beat (or where you would like the track to load to) and change that cue marker to what’s called a “load marker”. Sometimes when you load up a track into a deck, the playhead is way before the first beat or indeed any sound at all. Get your tracks ready to play, fast! Add cue markers and tick this box, and you’ll know your tunes will always load ready for you to hit ‘play’ at your exact preferred point. You are also able to drag and drop the columns into any order you wish.Ĥ. To sort by a column, left-click the title of the column you wish to sort, clicking again to reverse the order. If you go ahead and right-click on this title bar, you have the ability to customise this toolbar to display whatever you like from a whole range of options. For instance, I find displaying “import date” really useful as it helps me organise my tracks by the newest when I am out playing. In the track browser section below the turntables, each column has a header, such as, “Title”, “Artist”, “Genre” etc. Show extra information in your library Adding extra fields according to your needs can revolutionise the way you sort and find your tunes when DJing – check out the options and work out what may work for you. Done! If only turntables had that function back in the day…ģ. In the “Loading” section of the preferences, just make sure you’ve checked the box “Loading only into Stopped deck”. But by using the “Loading only into Stopped Deck function”, it’s possible to avoid this by locking the deck thats playing.
It’s an easy mistake to make, similar to lifting the needle of the record thats playing instead of the one you just mixed out of.
You’ve had a beer or two so you’re nice and loose, enjoying the moment… That beer could be a problem though, because your concentration wanes and you load a track into the wrong deck – yes, the deck that’s playing out! The music suddenly stops and you’ve also lost the track that was playing and it’s impossible to locate it quick enough to get it back on. Imagine the scenario: You’re in a club, things are going great, the music is pumping and everyone is on the dancefloor. Prevent yourself stopping the tune that’s playing Save yourself the embarrassment of accidentally turning the playing tune off with this useful option selection. I know, it’s a small thing, but it’s the small things that make all the difference!Ģ.
A TRAKTOR FULL
Inside the Global Setting you will find a small check box where you can ask that Traktor always launches into Full Screen Mode. Switching to full screen is a simple function which is often overlooked, but can be such a pleasure to have set up once you know it’s there. Cut the clutter It’s a small thing, but if you want to save manually putting Traktor into full-screen ‘performance’ mode every time you open the program, this is how.
A TRAKTOR HOW TO
With Traktor being the complex program that it is, with so many cool features, I found it hard to keep this list down to just ten tips! But I’ve included ten of the really essential functions that I find myself using all the time and that people often for some reason seem to struggle to find, or aren’t sure how to use. So Traktor users, let’s learn something new… Too many people fail to learn the intricacies of their DJ software, and thus they miss the chance to use it fully and ultimately DJ better.
A TRAKTOR SOFTWARE
Just by getting to know the ins and outs of the software you DJ with, you can improve your performances immeasurably. Learn how to DJ with Traktor using our How To Digital DJ Fast online video training. The author of this article, Alan C, is the founder of, an online resource and community for Traktor users.
You should strive to do the same with your DJ software. DMC champ DJ Unkut has a mastery of Traktor that lets him perform at the top of his game.
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