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squidot
from what i've read traktor will save the gridding, cues, and loops in the id3 tags of the track so they can be used on other machines. i believe you may have to lock the track's grid in order for this to occur. anyone know for sure on this?
if you are going to be spining a lot of rock, funk, old disco where people are actually playing the music, the traktor grid isn't going to hold up very well since it's static. it's not like warping in ableton, so if a track drifts there isn't too much you can do about it outside of beatmatching. if you are going to be spinning mostly that kind of stuff i would recommend going old school on it, or warping in ableton if needed.
personally i was happy when software started doing the beatmatching for me (though i do get on my turntables every now and then to rock out a vinyl set). sync gives me more time to audition songs and my loops are always on point without fail, but yes i do have to spend time (homework as you call it) setting these things up. in the long run it benefits me and i feel it's worth it, but to each their own and if you enjoy beatmatching or not having to do much prep work, then i completely understand that.
most controllers have knobs you can map to fine tune the tempo by .01 so it won't really matter there if you don't mind using a knob for beatmatching. couldn't speak for the jogs for nudging since i don't use them in that manner and i guess it depends on the controller.
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