Simple S4 Question to all
What is your Master and Headroom setting at? Taking Survey and seeing what the average setting based on replies. And do you have limiter checked.
Not at my laptop right now but im sure my master is set to -9db and my headroom is -6db. Althought I’m pretty sure the headroom was set automatically and wasn’t a conscious choice by me because if I’m totally honest I dont fully understand its use.
I here you on that Kooper. That’s why I curious about the answers.
master -5.0
headroom -3
need to do some reading on this topic to see if other preferences are better..
Just for clarification: All headroom does is to substract from your master.
So setting headroom to -3 and main to -6 is equivalent to setting headroom to “none” and main to -9. Setting headroom to -6 and main to 0 is equivalent to setting headroom to “none” and main to -6. etc.
On another issue, there is no setting that is right for everyone. Ceteris paribus, somebody who regularly has 3 or 4 decks on air should set the master lower than somebody who has no more than 2 decks on air. Certain effects can boost volume as well. So somebody who uses these effects needs to set the master lower (again, everything else being equal). If you play “hotter” songs, you need to have your master lower than someone playing less hot songs. Etc.
headroom at -6db
software master at 0db
harware master at 12 o’clock
I rarely hit the red internally, so the limiter is kinda irrelevant
also, there is no “simple” right answer to your question. if there was, why would traktor allow you to tweak the (software) main? it depends on your workflow, among other things, as i tried to explain above.
any reply such as
or
[quote]headroom at -6db
software master at 0db
harware master at 12 o’clock[/quote]
is pretty pointless without further context.
master -5.0, headroom 0 its an alright setting…i prefer -0 main and channel gain -12 but eh thats me 
What is Headroom??? :0 i think i’ve never seen it…
anyway my Hardware master is 12’oclock and my software master is -4db…
It was added with the 2.1 update.
Any more replies? I know we have a lot of good technical DJ’s in here
My headroom is set to -3db. My master varies but try to keep around 12oclock when possible.
SIDE NOTE: I did notice a huge drop in my headphone volume when using -3 or lower. When I updated it changed automatically and I thought my over priced cans were shot. Solved that though.
headroom -9
master - 2
I don’t Know why she swallowed the fly?
Zaniac, your headphone volume must be low. Do you compensate with the volume on your speakers by turning the volume on them way up?
i dont have any of that enabled, its totally unnecessary and just reduces audio quality.
Limiter off.
Auto Gain on.
24-bit output.
headroom at 0dB.
master at -14dB.
I’m not really sure why I settled on that.
And, no, the output is not too quiet.
Mostapha, out of curiosity do you equalise all of your track levels outside of Traktor with something like mp3Gain?
When in doubt, refer to the manual.
scamo
ove thing ive often wondered since i got my s4 is why doesnt the master volume knob on the s4 control the master on the software?
Because the master volume controls the physical (analog) outputs of the sound card.
scamo