Here at Traktor Tips we receive many questions from readers, although we would love to answer them all it is not always possible. This week I thought I’d address the issue many people have with relocating music files.
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Yanni Guabi writes:
If you turn off the snap and quantize buttons (in the middle of an S4, or directly below the main gain knob in the program), it'll allow you to drop cue points in between grid lines. You can also move the grid with the buttons that look like a golf tee, and a left or right arrow in the grid. Mar 02, 2009 Lots of great questions came up in the comments, so lets address them here. Why do you need to beatgrid? In Traktor Pro, Locking SYNC, or locking on tracks grid to another will not work without a grid. Beatgrids allow for quantized beatjumps, loops and cue jumps even in. Jul 29, 2011 Traktor pro 2 - layouts not saving correctly? Discussion in. Deck in D - always a track deck. I check the decks in the settings, and correct it for the view that is selected, and move on to the next view. Will press this button twice to get to layout 3 but on the way the live input source will cut out as it switches thru layout 2 first. Jun 19, 2013 Traktor offers a flexible effects section, with up to six potential effects active at the same time. Each deck is assigned to an FX section using the 1 and 2 buttons below the filter knob in Traktor’s mixer. Hover over the orange ‘1’ in the FX section above to get a drop-down menu with important options. Jan 20, 2012 In part 1 of the series, Endo walks us through Traktor audio setup and timecode configuration, revealing all the nuts and bolts and showing you how to make Traktor work the way you want it. The following summary is a exert taken from Endo’s previous mega-post Traktor Pro Preferences Guide – Troubleshooting + Setup Tips by Dubspot’s DJ Endo.
[quote] “When we grid and lock a track . When we copy the track to another folder on the mac and try to upload it again to traktor, its unlocked and we have to grid it again . Why is that ?”[/quote]
To answer this question, I have produced the following text and video.
Relocating Music Files
What happens when I move tracks?
Traktor analyses your file structure and writes tags and information to each track using that structure, as soon as you move tracks around,Traktor gets a little confused and is unable to locate the track. The same is true of iTunes. Think of iTunes and Traktor as a window into your file system. Moving the files within Traktor or within iTunes is fine, but as soon as you start moving them in the filing system of either, thats when things start to get messy. This is when one needs to start relocating music files.
The video below will show you what happens when you move tracks in the computers filing system and how you can relocate them.
Things to remember when moving tracks
My advice to you would be to pick your preferred method of file management in the early days of using Traktor. Yes, it is possible to change the way you sort tracks later, but if you have your preferred way set up from the beginning, then you wont get confused with your music management methods later on. Traktor Tips cover’s this in depth in the Basics Course. Whether you are using files and folder on your computer, or the iTunes filing system (iTunes can be set to organize your files and folders or just reference them) the following points apply when moving tracks:
- Be sure you want to move the tracks
- If you move a track in the iTunes filing system, be sure to relocate via the iTunes relocate.
- If you manually organize your music in folders (without the aid of iTunes) and you move tracks, be sure to relocate using Traktor.
Keep it organized
The organization of music files within traktor is a broad subject and a great one for discussion. It is always down to the user as to which method they personally prefer. There is no right or wrong way, so long as you are aware of the organization methods you are using and you keep it tidy. Tidier than your bedroom if you can!
If you have burning questions that you would like answering you can hit reply to any Traktor Tips newsletter you receive – we cant promise to get to everyone personally, but will do our best to answer the most popular issues.
Our online basics course provides some in depth information on managing your music file system
Happy Organizing!
If you are a Traktor DJ with an iPad then look no further than TouchOSC to compliment your DJing set up. Not only does it come with an excellent pre-made template for Traktor, it also allows you to customize your own layout using the TouchOSC editor. In this tutorial we will be looking at how to create and map a simple layout in the TouchOSC editor that controls Traktor’s FX Units 1 and 2 in ‘Single’ mode. However, feel free to construct a template that suits your personal requirements.
Setup
To make sure everything is in sync and working properly there is a little bit of preparation that needs to be done. Firstly, make sure the TouchOSC app is downloaded and installed on your iPad. Next of all ensure your iPad is connected to the same network as your computer. For more reliability, it is a good idea to create an ad hoc network instead of using the normal Wi-Fi connection. Using an ad hoc network also saves you from running around a venue, begging people for the WiFi code.
Considering we need to map our parameters in TouchOSC to Traktor, we must set up a CoreMIDI network session so Traktor can receive these MIDI messages. On TouchOSC make sure Core/MIDI is enabled. On your Mac, go to Applications > Utilities and open ‘Audio MIDI Setup’. Open the MIDI window by clicking Window > Show Midi Window and double-click the Network icon. Your iPad should now be displayed in the ‘Directory’ pane. To create a new session hit the + below the ‘My Sessions’ window, tick ‘Session 1’ and click ‘Connect’.
Step One
Now the fun can really begin as we open up the TouchOSC editor with a blank canvas. Firstly, we need to choose the layout size and orientation. As we are using an iPad in this tutorial, choose ‘iPad’ and ‘horizontal’ on the layout pane. At the top of the screen, tick the ‘Grid’ box which will aid us in lining up all the controls correctly.
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Since we chose a horizontal layout, all the vertical controls we create will appear horizontal and vice versa.
Next we will start to design our layout by creating rotary knobs that will control the main filters in Traktor’s mixer. Right-click on the black canvas and click ‘Rotary H’ from the pop-up menu. I am leaving the color and size as is, but you can adjust these in the settings panel in the top left of the screen. As we want the rotary parameter to reflect the filter in Traktor we need the dial centered so click the ‘Centered’ box on the left. You can also adjust the size of each control using the resize tool.
Now let’s create a dry/wet control for the FX unit in Traktor. As before, choose ‘Rotary H’ from the pop-up menu. This time, however, we want to leave the dial at the left to reflect the ‘dry’ setting in Traktor, so leave the ‘centered’ box unchecked. Again play around with size and color until you are happy. Next we will create buttons which will be used to turn on/off the FX Units for Deck A and B on the mixer. Right-click again and choose ‘Multi Toggle’. As we only need a row of two buttons, type 1 and 2 into the ‘Toggles’ boxes in the left hand pane. Create another ‘Toggle Button’ to act as the on/off switch within the FX Unit.
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To control the knobs on the FX Units, we are going to create three horizontal faders. Right-click once again and choose ‘Fader V’. Position and size it to your liking and click the ‘Copy’ button at the top of the screen. Now click ‘Paste’ twice and drag the two new instances of the fader to line up nicely with the original. As there is a button below each of these knobs in the FX Unit, let’s create a toggle button next to each fader to replicate this. Finally, to scroll through the effects in the FX unit, we are going to use an endless encoder. When you select ‘Encoder’ from the pop-up menu, use the resize tool to enlarge it enough for easy scrolling with your finger. We have now created enough controls for each parameter in the FX Unit.
Now is time to start labelling these controls. From the pop-up menu choose ‘Label V’ and position it above the filter that we created first. On the left you will see a ‘Text’ box appear. Enter ‘Filter Deck A’ here and tick the ‘Background’ and ‘Outline’ box above it. Continue by labelling the rest of the controls accordingly. As we need controls for the second FX unit as well, copy and paste your entire layout and drag the duplicate to the other half of the screen. You should now have a layout similar to the picture below.
Step Two
When you are satisfied with how everything is layed out and labelled, we need to assign MIDI information to each control. When you have a particular control highlighted, click the MIDI tab on the left. Choose x in the ‘Var’ menu and tick the box beside it. Select ‘Control Change’ from the ‘Type’ menu. If you are using other controllers with Traktor, it may be a good idea to choose a number other than 1 in the ‘Channel’ menu. Here, I have selected 16. For ‘Number’, start with 0 and work your way upwards with each control. Repeat this step until all your controls have the correct MIDI settings. In the case of the two ‘Mutli Toggle’ buttons, program each button separately by selecting x1 for the first and x2 for the second.
Now let’s sync our layout to our iPad. At the top of the interface, click the ‘Sync’ button and follow the instructions in the dialog box. Your layout should now appear in the Layout window in TouchOSC. Tap it and press ‘Done’ to open your template.
Step 3
In order to map our controls to Traktor, open up Traktor’s Preferences > Controller Manager. In ‘Device Setup’ click ‘Add’ and choose ‘Generic MIDI’ from the pop-up menu. Select ‘Session 1’ in both the In and Out Ports. Now let’s choose the parameters in Traktor that we want mapped to TouchOSC. We will start with the filters on the mixer, so click the ‘Add In’ button and scroll to Mixer > Filter Adjust. Now click the ‘Learn’ button and move the relevant control in TouchOSC. The channel and CC number should now appear in the assignment table indicating that the mapping has been successful. In the ‘Mapping Details’ pane, choose Deck A from the ‘Assignment’ menu and leave the type of controller as ‘Fader/Knob’. Repeat this step to assign the Deck B’s filter to Touch except this time choose ‘Deck B’ from the ‘Assignment’ menu.
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The rest of the parameters can also be found in the ‘Add In’ menu and are mapped in the same fashion. Don’t forget to choose the correct type of controller and what FX Unit or deck you want the particular control assigned to. In the case of the toggle buttons, make sure ‘Toggle’ is selected from the ‘Interaction Mode’ menu. When finished, unclick the ‘Learn’ button.
Step Four
At the moment when we move a control in TouchOSC, the corresponding parameter in Traktor also reacts. However, it doesn’t work the other way around yet so we need Traktor to send MIDI messages out for Touch to receive. Go to Preferences > Controller Manager and this time select each parameter from the ‘Add Out’ menu. The ‘Learn’ function is now disabled so beside the ‘Learn’ button you need to select the relevant channel and CC value for each control. For example, for the ‘Filter Deck A’ control I used Channel 16, CC0 which I can see in the assignment table from the previous step.
You can now save these mapping settings as a .tsi file by selecting ‘Export’ from the Edit menu in ‘Device Setup’. As the layout was designed to control the FX Units in single mode go to Preferences > Effects and make sure FX Units 1 and 2 are set to ‘Single’. So there you have it! Even though the layout we created was relatively basic, it should provide you with a foundation on which to build your own complex templates. Once you start creating layouts with multiple pages and use TouchOSC to exploit Traktor’s moderator features, your hardware controller may well end up gathering dust in your attic.