Looking for Traktor S8 Mapping Help!
Please move this Thread if I posted it in the wrong section!
So I got my S8 last week - finally! Massive piece of equipment (literally)!
It’s a lot of fun, very intuitive but I am missing some very important functions from the S4 and F1.
As I am really bad with the whole midi mapping story, maybe someone could give me a hand here in improving the functionality of this great hardware.
PREVIEW PLAYER/PRELISTEN:
This function seems to have vanished on the S8, which I to me was and still is important.
My suggestion for a mapping would be:
Press SHIFT and use the Browse Knob to play and search through the track (pretty much like pressing “Preview” on the S4 and using Browse Button to scroll through the track)
REMIX DECK:
I am missing the function on being able to Cue (Preview) a single sample. This function is available on the F1 for any sample slot. The S8 only lets you Cue the samples that have their volume faders up.
My suggestion for a mapping would be:
Press “ON” button to Cue the sample. But this would mean that the encoders above the “ON” samples would already have to be active. For the moment the encoders are only active if the “ON” Buttons are pressed. to me this is useless. If I want the Filter/Pitch/Key function to work, I am fine with just tweaking the encoder rather than having to press “On” and then tweaking it.
EDIT Mode:
This is a huge improvement! Being able to Beatgrid manually on the fly!
What I don’t find convieniant is the Reset-Button “RST” (right side, bottom of the screen). I much rather have the AUTO (Grid) function being activated when pressing RST button.
Overall the S8 has an extremly smooth workflow but I feel there still need to be some impovements done.
Especially in the Brwosing Mode - I would like to choose myself what sort of Deck/Track Info is displyed (like Beats to Cue etc.).
I hope someone will be able to help me with the mappings here as I really am excited using my S8 in my comings sets. But without these functions I will not dare to…
THX!
Sonica