traktor too big for 4 decks on 13" mac - HELP!

[paulstone]

hey guys,

so im trying to fit 4 decks and use my macbook 13" but im really struggling to see everything.. i have made two of the decks not full size which helps, but i was wondering if there is a way to 'scroll/zoom out' in traktor or to fit in a bigger resolution on the screen than the native one.

I use a tool on my netbook with XP to effectively 'zoom out' and fit in a higher resolution - its a bit blurry but ok.

i used a tool called 'scaleresolution' which 'zooms out' of programs (made for dellhackbooks) but it makes all of the buttons hard to click in traktor.. so im still looking..

cheers

Paul

[Nephew]

I run four decks on my 13 inch Mac all the time and never have issues with seeing everything. What is it that you're having issues seeing exactly?

[Psimyn]

One way i've found around this is just set keyboard shortcuts to change layout, then have different layouts depending on what you're doing. For example you could have: "4 decks, no file browser", "4 mini decks, file browser", and "no decks, full screen file browser"

I assume that's what you mean by "struggling to see everything" - as in having effects, decks and browser all on screen at same time.

[the shmobletons]

what i did was add macro midi assignments to the hotkeys/midi buttons that i use to scroll through my collection/playlists and load tracks into decks. for example, i use my arrow keys to navigate my collection, so whenever i hit any of my arrow keys, traktor automatically switches my layout to 4 mini decks, giving my ample space to find a track. then i have 4 hotkeys mapped to load decks a through d. as soon as i hit any one of those hotkeys, traktor switches my layout back into 4 full decks + effects.

its a very simple solution and hasnt failed me yet

[paulstone]

hey shmobleton thanks for the tip - that sounds like a great idea!..


Is there any way you could export just those parts to a tsi file that i could import, or perhaps its just easier for me to re-create it myself

[the shmobletons]

well its easy. first set up your layouts. i have 2 - one has 4 full decks + fx and one has 4 mini decks and all browser controls. rename them to make it easier. then for whatever controls you have assigned to browse, also assign layout select - toggle - direct - "browser" layout and for whatever controls you have assigned to load decks also assign layout select - toggle - direct - "4 full decks" layout. it will take a second to get used to it always switching between layouts but you will soon love it

[monkey magic]

never had any problems here with 4 decks on my 13" mac i just mapped a button to toggle between 4 deck mode and full browser mode

[Jester]

i have trouble seeing 4 decks on my 19" lol, but then again i am old so..

[sarasin]

Was fiddling with this 2 nights ago.

If you have the normal 13" MacBook....your resolution can;t go small enough to allow you to see the FX banks....4 decks....and X-fader.

What I do is create 4 full decks...C and D don;t have advanced view.
Remove the XFader (don;t use it)

Now I can see all 4 decks fully but C and D you can;t see the Cue Points.
You can see the 2 x FX banks for A and B.

The cratescroll works well in Ean's TSI.....and it is used here too.

[LanceBlaise]

Is there a way to remove the browser from the bottom of the 4 deck view? I always search for my tracks by flipping to the full browser window anyways, so getting it off of the 4 deck screen would be good for me. I use my 13" MBP with no issues at all. Love it. Would like to get rid of the browser in the deck view though just to veal up that space.