Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S4 MK2 22400 Data Sheet

3.

When both tracks are running together and you want to bring the bass back in, gradually
decrease the bass amount of channel A while simultaneously increasing that of channel
B.

4.

Complete the transition by gradually moving the crossfader all the way to the right.

→ You just did your first mix with TRAKTOR KONTROL S4!

4.2.8

Doing Everything by Hand

 

You can also do your mix manually instead of using TRAKTOR’s sync and cueing facilities.
Most probably, you won’t do everything by hand in your everyday DJ work. Nevertheless, it is a

good idea to get familiar with the “handcrafted” way:

▪

It can be necessary when synching to a playing vinyl record or to the previous DJ.

▪

You can combine it with TRAKTOR’s advanced features, thus further developing your own

mixing style.

To show this, let’s mix a new track on Deck A with the one we just mixed in on Deck B.
From now on, the track on Deck B is “on air,” i.e. it is heard by your audience. Hence, we will
now exclusively work on the left Deck, which controls Deck A in the software.

1.

First check that the crossfader is at full right.

2.

With the track on Deck B still playing, load the track “House 1” onto Deck A (reminder:
turn  the 

BROWSE

  encoder  to  select  the  track  in  the  list,  then  push 

LOAD

  on  the  left

Deck).

At first, it may help to select a track with a similar BPM.

3.

Press 

PLAY

 on the left Deck to start the playback of the new track.

4.

On the same Deck, make sure the 

SYNC

 button is off.

5.

On  the  Mixer,  deactivate  the 

CUE

  button  above  channel  B’s  fader  and  activate  that  of

channel A to hear the new track in the headphone mix (you might need to adjust the 

CUE

MIX

 knob accordingly).

Mixing In a Second Track

 

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