One of the reasons I chose Traktor is 4-deck capability.
You can switch to external mixer and still have full access to the bass, midrange and, treble controls on each deck.
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One of the reasons I chose Traktor is 4-deck capability.
You can switch to external mixer and still have full access to the bass, midrange and, treble controls on each deck.
3-4 decks if Im doing live mashups in my recordings
2 if Im prerecording a mashup to use later
and 2 for general mixing.
I'm constantly running 4 decks. A & B for mixing the actual "tracks" and then C & D for loops/FX/ect.
If you want to have access to knobs for the EQs I would say invest in something small and cheap like a NaoKontrol (should get the job done for what you need).
I use 4 decks al the time personally. I love it. I usually have deck a and b as regular decks and c and d as sample decks, i like to work different rhythms and grooves in under other tracks etc.
A lot of time i'll have the same track going for about 20 minutes, just working it in and out, especially if it's got a great groove or its a real nice percussive part of a track that lifts other tracks.
This. I like to pick one generic kind of percussive sample and weave it in and out during a 2 hour set.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomflynn
I honestly prefer mixing on exactly 3 decks. 2 leaves me bored a lot of the time, 4 leaves me buried in too many options. Unfortunately, Traktor isn't well-suited to that, as it bugs me to just not use one of the decks that's sitting there. And I still don't really like the sample decks compared to just spinning with Ableton. And wanting something simpler than Ableton is the entire reason I tried Traktor in the first place.
I'm experimenting with going back to 4 decks with manual pitch control almost solely to limit myself a bit and try to keep from overdoing it. But, I also have a crap ton of controls sitting around and kinda just want to goof off with it.
If you have the controls you want, I say stick to 2. If you have an artistic reason to want 4 decks…buy more controllers.
I use two decks and sample decks sparingly. Any transition that would require more than 2 decks or using the loop recorder I'll typically do in ableton, especially because my transition times can be so short utilizing lots of acapellas and instrumentals, and top40's/dutch house and electro don't lend themselves to 4 deck mixing.
3 decks and a sample deck for me
same here. sry for the previous confusing answerQuote:
Originally Posted by Deejaesnafu
i played 4 decks for a long time in traktor.
for a few months i used 2 + 2 sample decks
but now im back to 4 decks.