The Wedding of Traktor and Maschine

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The Wedding of Traktor and Maschine

I teamed up with Jens (on the NI forum known as GalleryONE) to develop a workshop that shows, how to use some advanced routing techniques to get a better integration of Traktor and Maschine. Both applications will be running on the same OS X system. Jack OS X is used to route the audio between Traktor and Maschine and from Maschine an audio interface.

Three of the five parts are online now:
Part 1 shows how to get this setup up and running in external mixer mode of Traktor. Here Traktor Audio 10 and the Allen&Heath mixer Xone:92 is used.
Part 3 shows how to MIDI sync Traktor and Maschine.
Part 5 lists some free plugins that could make sense in a DJ setup to process the Traktor audio in Maschine.

Coming up:
Part 2 will give an example when using Traktor Kontrol S4 and internal mixer mode of Traktor. Part 4 will show how to apply Send effects on the Traktor audio routed in Maschine.

Feedback is - as always - welcome.

Read the workshop here: www.traktorbible.com

Rainer

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Big ups! I’m gonna ply through this when I get home tonight and try to get it working in a Windows environment.

EDIT:
And before anyone asks. Virtual Audio Cable is a program for Windows users as Jack Audio I believe in Mac only.

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Great stuff as always Rainer!

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something like that for windows users? :stuck_out_tongue:

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I have been using Jack for OS X for some other purposes already, and it works fine.
I have no experience with the Jack version for Windows yet.

And: the MIDI clock sync between Traktor and Maschine works way better than on Windows.

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as far as i know… jack is only for OS X
the midi clock… yes, it’s not perfect on win (u’ll see BPM floating a bit on the slave, +/- 0,02), but still ok for any use.

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Jack is available for Windows.

And the Traktor > Maschine MIDI sync fluctuation on my Windows is a lot higher than ± 0.02, it is probably 20 times that.

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20 times? :eyes: means +/- 0,4 bpm… is really TOO high, even for a windows system :eek:

anyway… anyone here tried jack for win?
I tried virtual cable, but is really not suitable for djing, it introduces a HUGE latency :disappointed:

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trying Jack now. config is a lot different…wrapping my head around just getting the server the start

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Awesome - as always - Rainer!!!

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Kind of makes me regret posting my Maschine for sale now. Must…stay…focused!

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Dit natuurlijk!

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Great job. Traktor bible is becoming quite the place to find mappings and learn new tricks!

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Cheers, I’m happy you like it

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The MIDI sync of Traktor and Maschine guide doesn’t quite work for me. There is no option for Traktor virtual output. Is this something Mac specific?

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Yes, the Traktor Virtual Output is only available on Mac, not on Windows.
On Windows try LoopBe1 - A Free Virtual MIDI Driver, a free tool that provides a virtual MIDI connection

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I’ve seen the Traktor Bible and have been interested in one for a while. I’d love an eBook version (purchasable in the US please? :slight_smile:). That being said, this same information can be found on YouTube - I believe Dubspot has a tutorial up there on how to do this. I assume you’re charging for said workshop?

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No.

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hey man was wondering if i can still do all the routing with Jack even thoo i have an Audio 8…is that possible?

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Thanks for reviving my Maschine craving :slight_smile: