Traktor Pro & Oxygen 8V2
Hey peeps,
I’m new so i wondered if you can help me out. I tried loading Ean’s tks file into pro then realized that pro only accepts tsi files. So does anyone know if Ean made a new one or if there are ones around i can use.
Thanks!
in the blogpost from july 7th it says that in a few weeks there will be an oxygen tsi, so just wait a little longer 
I don’t want to blow my own trumpet.. but have a sneaky peek at my youtube videos on exactly this.
I’ll send you my TSI if you like it (I think ean’s wont be as general purpose - if you get me)
my channel is www.youtube.com/user/belchable
Let me know what you think 
Shy-Guy I am in the exact same position, with a new Oxygen 8v2 and excitedly waiting for the new mapping, I think he said somewhere DJTT will be producing an overlay for it too. I was thinking about the VCI-100 but, for less money, I liked the idea of the keyboard setup.
Hope it will be something that we can use for ‘everyday’ mixing.
Thanks for your reply guy’s well basically im a house dj so im not after the whole beat juggling stuff i just want simple mixing the problem im having really is just what to set up on the keyboard for instance what key should do what and what knob should do what…
I’m going to be using the internal mixer so i of course need 2 knob’s on the oxygen 8 to control deck a & deck b…
Just wondered if you guy’s could help me out?
Not sure the oxygen 8 would perform so well with internal mixing, but its all down to personal preference as far as what knob does what! How many knobs do you have in total on that thing ?
Hmmm im sure it’s possible though?
There’s 8 knobs altogether so i guess i could make the top 4 for deck a and the bottom 4 for deck b?
yup just took a look myself - oh yes its deff possible, i’m not saying it isnt, its just not laid out the best way to use for internal mixing.
Like you say you could use the 2 rows of 4 knobs as top deck a bottom deck b low mid high and filter maybe
Does the oxygen 8 have scenes ie can press a button and you get 8 more knobs to use? if so you could then map the same 8 knobs to effects control. If you dont have scenes you could still achieve this by creating a modifier button on the keyboard that changes them within the software.
What do you want control over , thats your first question?
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Yeah thats a cool idea. Im not sure if it has different scenes could anyone who has experience with an oxygen 8 v2 clarify this please?
These are the things i want to do:
Tracks sync automatically
Be able to load tracks easily
Cue points - to be honest i only really need 1 cue point and thats from the first kick of the song
Looping - i would like to be able to do on the fly looping
Effects - i would like to be able to control the effects. One thing i should add as well is that i have a Korg Nano Pad so i could do effects via that?
That’s about it really…
Ok shy-guy - if you wanna be internally mixing 4 decks - I’d suggest…
-Black Keys in groups of 3 for FX on (left hand side slot 1, RH slot 2..)
-other black keys (Csharp and Dsharp) for Transport controls - ie. play/pause for ABC&D
-those dedicated transport control clicky buttons below the knobs, for sync buttons, perhaps the circle for switching filters on and off? and another for focus shift maybe.
Unfortunately, its rubbish for looking thru your library, you’re gna have to do that with the laptop - but that really isnt too much bother.. get used to the traktor hotkeys.
I reeeally wouldn’t reccoment using different scenes. That’s only my opinion. I’m normally good with techy things like that, and I just cant get my head around it - and def can’t afford to have that trouble in the middle of a gig (devastation ensues.. 
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Ah korg nanopad.. perhaps they should be your looping controls or cue points?
The knobs.. I use them for FX, but then I have an external mixer. As long as you have one for a filter, and maybe use some spare keys as EQ kills, then you probably wont need EQ knobs. But its up to you. I really like having the FX as I’ve described - ofr me, works perfectly
Tbh, with syncing, I hardly use the x-fader (embarrassingly..) I use EQ and filters and FX to bring songs in.. and when using 4 decks, the x fader gets quite tricky.
However, I used to use the mod wheel in traktor 3 for the fader, so you could try that
Hope that lot helps. If my oxygen hadnt died on me.. i’d quite easily make you up a TSI for internal mixing, but it’s gna be a week until i get the parts to fix it 
What you think?
So really it’s all just personal preference what i want done etc?
I just loaded up eans we will rock you for the korg nano which has given me an insight in what the korg nano should do.
With the Oxygen can i go to different octaves and it will give me a new scene?
Or how else would i do this?
Also the songs arent going to be on my macbook they are going to be on an external hd is that ok if so will the wd passport ones be ok?
It’s all about personal preference!
The only thing with diff octaves, is that because there is no constant display telling you what octave you’re in, you’d be liable to accidently triggering something that you dont want to do. It’s a nice idea, but fairly impractical on that controller. Also, the octave function only works on the keys - not the knobs. Theyr a whole different ballgame!
Also, if you use different scenes then it gets difficult to mark things.
What I’d do, is search up modifiers and play around with them (djtt does a good article in the blog) and then you can use buttons with a ‘shift’ function - and not have to worry about the dedicated scene buttons.
The oxygen 8 has a fairly good layout, and triggers midi - that’s about it. As far as the dedicated functionality goes, its pretty naff (but then again its about £200 cheaper than most midi keyboards, so you can only expect that..)
Have a look at modifiers! 
dont piss about with the scene changing buttons IMHO!
as far as where your songs are.. just be careful about how many USB ports you use. since a macbook only has two.. i always use one for my soundcard and one for my oxygen. unfortunately, if you use any of these conponents with a multi-usb bus - it slows the hell out of everything, and latency increases… and latency is one thing you have to worry lots about in this game.
A mate has a macbook air, and altho its really high spec, its useless for DJing, cos its only got one USB port, and so the latency gets mental if you use a multi-port bus.
Have a play..
Right, I have a new question about using the Oxygen 8!
One thing that didn’t occur to me before I got it - how to adjust the tempo slider in traktor? I plan to mix externally when I have the mixer (well, obviously) but I forgot how useful I found the tempo sliders on my Numark Omnicontrol. E.g. for making gradual tempo adjustments during a song. How do you guys make tempo adjustments - via the laptop keyboard?
do you mean the pitch faders or the pitch bend function? (i’m not trying to correct your terminology, I’m just clarifying! )
What I do is sync all 4 decks to the master clock (top left hand corner) and use the mod wheel to control that (between about 100-160 bpm, with 128-30 vaguely in the centre) This allows me to gradually build the tempo up if i want to go into DnB or dubstep etc. That should be in the map I sent you..
As far as pitch bending.. i use the laptop keyboard (H&J for deck a, N&M for deck B)
Hope that’s vaguely useful?
Sorry, I knew I was using the wrong word but couldn’t remember the right one… I meant the pitch faders
I think the problem is the way my Traktor is set up - how do I sync all 4 decks to the master clock? At the moment everything just syncs to whatever is the master deck at the time, so I don’t think the mod control is doing anything.
Everything else works!
Hmm think I may have found the answer actually, in the ‘Traktor Sync - Revealed’ tutorial…
Just 5 hours 'til I can go home and try it out!
It’s been funny learning to use new gear, makes me realise how I was actually pretty proficient with my old controller, even though I knew I still had a lot to learn.
yeh, it took me a while to discover this! On mine, the midi clock in the top left hand corner (click the metronome tab under FX1), if you select ‘Int’ and type in the BPM you want, when you SYNC any decks and none of them are selected as the master, they’ll automatically sync to that tempo on the midi clock.
My firmware’s slightly old, and I think I remember the layout being slightly different on the upgraded version on my PC, but it should be pretty similar!
also, check if the mod control is changing the BPM on the clock - if its not, then you’ll just need to reassign it (like you did with the knobs i guess)
Do you find it fiddly at all?
no not atall
once it’s set up, its a piece of piss! I used to just do it manually, then i tried using the mod wheel and it seemed to work pretty well.
Its not for everyone!