hotcues thread

[jackied]

U mix psy brotha?

[sarasin]

U mix psy brotha?

Not sure if that was aimed at me....but yes I do....and other genres.

But yes, Psy is what I know best. Been playing it for 15 years now!

[NathanWard]

My first hotcue is generally at the start, or where I will mix in from. 2nd is normally the break before the first build. 3rd is 4 beats before the drop, 4th is the actual drop. 5th is the start of the breakdown, 6th is 4 beats before 2nd drop, and 7th is the 2nd drop. And lastly, 8 is the start of the outro.

[Jester]

Generally around 6 per track, including the grid marker. have an x1 going on hotcue mode so i can drop some obvious ones along the way

[Zaniac]

there's actually up to (i believe) 24 storable cues.

can anyone confirm this and if so claify? Thanks

my understandisng is there is only 8. Is it possible DJ_db that you are referring to grid markers for the extra 16?

[Jester]

sort of. you can drop extra cues but they wont be stored as hotcues as such.

[Zaniac]

sort of. you can drop extra cues but they wont be stored as hotcues as such.

So to summarise.

8 hotcues (general beatjuggling/jumping, cueing & looping)
&
16 beatgrid markers (syncing and visual aid)

By visual aid I am thinking you could incororate by setting extra markers 32,16 etc.. beats before a break down or drop (you get the idea) to help with phase matching.

Only downside is they can not be deleted at random. where as the hotcues can.

[racoon]

Expected someone to just point me to the thread but i got so many wonderful replies instead.Appreciate it guys ;-)

Boom

this is something i also love on this forum every time
in other forums you just get an usegoogle-fuckyoucomment.

nice guys! ;P

[sarasin]

My first hotcue is generally at the start, or where I will mix in from. 2nd is normally the break before the first build. 3rd is 4 beats before the drop, 4th is the actual drop. 5th is the start of the breakdown, 6th is 4 beats before 2nd drop, and 7th is the 2nd drop. And lastly, 8 is the start of the outro.

Pretty much the same as me.

Its a general road map to all tracks.

I know I can jump around to any proper part of it...and GO!

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[DJ_dB]

As a few people have reiterated, there are only 8 HOTCUES. These are the 8 that are shown in the advanced view of the deck, and have mappable options for hardware. With Traktor Pro 2, I have not found a limit for how many non-hotcues you can set though, whether they are grids, regular cues, loops, fade-in/out, or loads...And when I say that I haven't found a limit, I mean that I just kept hitting store until I got well over 50 cues on a track, then gave up, since I will NEVER need that many. Haha.