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Mar 30, 2015  SOLVED Traktor pro 2 headphone problem with ddj t1. OUTPUT (internal) MONITOR: 3, 4 headphones. OUTPUT MASTER: 1, 2. KNOBS: i tryed to put theme in every position but nothing. There is a strange thing about that: if i turned to the right the knob of the volume (max) of the headphones, I can hear a strange noize that souds slowly. May 15, 2019  DIGITAL JOCKEY PRO TRAKTOR CONTROLLER DRIVER DOWNLOAD - Tutorial 02 - Traktor Installation Deutsch. Toller, intuitiv zu bedienender Controller. With the Digital Jockey’s Interface Edition 2 it is possible to directly monitor the virtual mixing channel thanks to the headphones input; this way the sound system can also be directly connected. DJConsole RMX2; Traktor® hi there, have been getting used to the new rmx 2 with traktor pro 2. All was going well. I had been running on 1 & 2 outputs but then wanted to use outputs 3&4 for monitors. Once plugged in the volume level of 3&4 was controlled by the headphone cue/mix nob and listening to each individual deck through the headphones became a mess as the headphone tap buttons. Apr 11, 2014  im using traktor LE with mixtrack and am using my dj io soundcard. For some reason when i try to cue my song the music comes out from both my speakers and headphones. Can someone please help me. I have my audio set up as OUTPUT MONITOR: L 3 R 4 OUTPUT MASTER: L 1: OUT 1 R 2: OUT 2 output monitor does not showup i just chose 3 and 4. How do I play sound through my laptop using Traktor Pro and the S4 Kontrol? Output as well as monitor out. Through both speakers and headphones is to connect.

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  • I would like to ask if anyone had the same problem. I recently returned from a complaint my controller s2, so I installed the traktor again. And now I have no CUE signal in my headphones. Everything is connected properly and in settings I think I have everything right, too.

    Audio Setup –> Audio Device –> Traktor Kontrol S2
    Output Routing –> Mixing Mode –> Internal
    –> Output Monitor –> L: Headphone Left, R: Headphone Right
    –> Output Master –> L: Main Left, R: Main Right

    Also Cue Volume and Cue Mix are in right position.
    I googled, but to no avail. I hope there will not be any big fail between chair and table : )
    Thank you for your tips and advices.

    Looks right to me … you ARE pushing the relevant cue button right? 😀

    My stuff is a bit out of date, but my monitor is set to
    L: Monitor Left
    R: Monitor Right
    Are those options available to you?

    Good one Weaver, headphone L+R might refer to PC/Computer headhphone output. What was I thinking lol.

    lol I had to dust off my S2 (literally, it’s pretty dusty in here!) and plug it in to check.
    Good thing I’ve just been way to lazy to put it up for sale!

    And I DID sell my MC6000 including the free LE that came with it. This means my paid (quite a bit of money when I did) upgrade to full Pro has become unusable … (asked Traktor if I could just pay a little extra to make up for the LE version missing, but no, have to buy completely new Traktor Pro version, which I won’t do since I switched to Mixvibes Cross now).

    So, can’t check myself anymore 😀

    Greetinx.

    Is anything coming out of your main out?

    I’ll update traktor when I get home and see if I can replicate the headphone left and right thing on the latest version.
    And you’re sure the cue volume is up? Also, not sure if you know this, but on that controller you can press the cue and mix volume knobs in and they’ll pop out for easier rotation.

    Do you have acces to another laptop or computer to try it on?

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When I’ve taught friends to DJ, one of the things I try to get across early is the importance of matching the levels of the two tracks being mixed. A sudden big drop in the volume is a surefire way to lose energy on the dance floor – or even clear it if you’re really unlucky! The way Traktor handles metering and the labels on its volume controls can lure you into making a real mess of your levels.

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When I first realised this on switching from CDJs and an analogue mixer to using Traktor and a sound card, it prompted me to take a deeper look into the best way to get the level right. Today I’m going to explain why turning the master volume down in Traktor is essential if you mix “in the box”, ie in internal mode – which if you use a DJ controller, is exactly what you do.

The problem:

You may have already run into this problem. You’ve just dropped a dancefloor-filling track, but when you try to smoothly bring in the next tune, it’s too quiet. Faders and the main volume control are already all the way up, and there’s nowhere left to go. If you’ve got the master limiter disabled, turning the channel’s gain further just results in nasty distortion. If you do have Traktor’s master limiter switched on, you can crank the volume further, but at the expense of sound quality again.

The limiter is basically a compressor, which quietens down the loudest parts of the track, “filling out” the sound to give the impression of more volume. (You know you are hitting the limiter when the red lights on Traktor’s output meters come on.)

As most dance tracks released these days are already heavily compressed, adding further compression is not a good idea if you want your set to sound good (see the Loudness Wars video for more info on the effects of over-compression).

The solution:

I’ll explain the whys and wherefores in a moment, but here’s the simple solution to the problem:

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  1. Turn Traktor’s master output control down – somewhere around -10dB works well (assuming you have a decent sound card)
  2. Turn the gain on the amp or analogue mixer you’re plugged in to up to compensate if necessary – this will give you plenty of headroom, so when you drop that track that hasn’t been mastered quite so loud, you can crank up the channel gains in Traktor without worrying about distortion
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Tip: If you can, sound check before your set with a track that you know is quiet – make sure it sounds loud enough and that you aren’t clipping (driving into the red) the in-house equipment that you are hooked up to.

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Why it works…

The key to understanding what’s going on here is to understand what the “0dB” setting means in Traktor. dB (short for “decibel”) is a relative measure of volume – it tells you the difference between two levels.

Many analogue mixers have “0dB” marked on the VU meter – this usually corresponds to 0dBV, which means it is measuring the difference between the current level and an output voltage of 1 volt. You can push the level above this and still get a nice clean output from most mixers – on the best ones, up to +20dB on the mixer’s output meter.

But in Traktor, 0dB means “maximum output”. If you are using a good DJ sound card (or controller with a decent one built-in), this could mean you are putting out up to a walloping +20dBV. Leaving the master gain set to 0dB in Traktor is like turning every control on your mixer right up to maximum at the start of your set. Not a good idea. So why would Native Instruments choose to mark the gain control like this? Well, it’s actually fairly common for digital equipment to designate 0dB as the maximum output. If you had auto gain turned off and were using Traktor in external mixer mode, sending each tune out to your sound card at maximum volume wouldn’t be such a bad thing, as most DJ mixers can handle a pretty hot signal coming in.

Why use -10dB?
Earlier I suggested -10dB as a good setting for your master. There are a couple of reasons why.

The first is simply experience; I’ve found this gives enough headroom to level match tracks without slamming into the limiter. If you play lots of older tracks you might find you need to use an even lower setting.

The second reason is related to the actual output voltage you are sending to the next thing in the audio chain. If you’ve every played on a big system with a sound engineer, you’ve probably been asked to “keep it out of the red” – ie to stick to a maximum of 0dB on the mixer. A clean 0dBV signal allows the guy running the system to crank it up to full volume without worrying about it being destroyed.

I use a Motu UltraLite sound card which has a maximum output around 17dBV, so in theory I should set my master output in Traktor to -17dB or lower in order to give a real output of 0dBV. If I was hooking my sound card up directly to a pro amplifier or a big sound system, that’s what I would do. In most cases though, digital DJs hook up their kit to one of the mixer inputs. DJ mixers are usually optimised these days for the relatively hot output level from a Pioneer CDJ (around 6dBV). Bringing the master level up in Traktor to -10dB with my set up gives a similar level on my mixer as I get with a CDJ.

Remember…

The key thing to take away here is that 0dB in Traktor really means maximum output. Using a master setting of -10dB (or even much lower) will give you a fighting chance of keeping the levels kicking on the dancefloor without distorting. New auto tune pro crack mac.

• This was a guest post by Colin Brown, who is a DJ with over 10 years’ experience, and who is also system tech for the Babble Collective Soundsystem.

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Do you have level problems when using Traktor to DJ out and about with? Have you battled with a sound engineer about how the settings should be? Let us know in the comments.

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