Can Traktor Scratch Pro software be used on its own?

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Can Traktor Scratch Pro software be used on its own?

Hi guys,

All I have is a macbook and Traktor Scratch Pro software. Am I able to mix songs on my mac in Traktor? I tried doing this, but the audio sound would not turn on. not sure if I need to change the settings, or it’s just impossible.

Any help/answers would be much appreciated.

Thanks

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It’s possible. Can you play a deck with track loaded?

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I haven’t connected any deck to it or any external devices. I just want to use Traktor on it’s own with Mp3s on my mac.

Can it only be done if I connect a deck to it? I guess I was thinking of something similar to virtual Dj.

I can import mp3s into Traktor, they play but with no sound. I was just trying it with the built in speakers on my macbook air.

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Ok so if track plays then the audio device is selected. What you have to check is your Output Routing in the Preferences.

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If it says “not connected” click on both left and right channel of the Master Output and select your Ch.1 and Ch.2 of mac built in audio interface.

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Hi,

I did as you said. Now it’s playing, but there is a crackling, distortion sound as it plays. is there a way to prevent this?

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Cool. So far good.
Next stop click on your “Audio Setup” (upper-left corner) and under the sample rate there should be latency bar. Click and drag it to the right to increase the buffer size until there are no more artifacts. Start at 256 samples.

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It’s working, thank you so much.

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You are welcome. Have fun!

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Hi Stewe,

So I’ve been playing around with TSP. I’ve watched some online videos. A few things i couldn’t do. I found that I still could not successfully sync/mix songs of different tempos, despite clicking on the button and their BPM being the same.

I also had some trouble in displaying the colours in the beat grid for me to study (according to the camelot system).

i thought TSP could sync tracks even if they are from a different genre/tempo.

Do you have any tips?

Thanks

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You need to make sure your beat grids are perfect. In this video

Ean will teach you how to fine tune BPM and Beat Grid on tracks that Traktor doesn’t analyze correctly. (which can relate more to older Traktor versions)