Traktor question

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Traktor question

Hey guys,

I’m new to Traktor and have noticed something weird that occurs when I click on an action button in the track window or effect window (play, cue, cup, delay, etc.). As soon as I click the button, the requested action is processed along with a keyboard note sound that is activated, like if I were playing on a piano.

I’ve replicated this behavior on both Traktor LE and Pro, using MAC and PC and using built-in audio and an Audio 2 DJ. So I really think its a setting in the software.

Does anyone know how to disable this?

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you have system sounds disabled mate?

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I just disabled all the system sounds in my Windows PC. I still hear the notes in Traktor :disappointed:

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So weird. The only thing i can think of in the program itself that would make a sound is the ticker.

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I think this has to deal with the use of MIDInotes.

Are you using any other soundapps next to Traktor?

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What are midinotes? I’m only using Traktor. No other sound apps installed.

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MIDInotes are MIDI note messages that are sent by your MIDIcontroller.

I usually tend to use MIDI CC messages.

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Set your midi input and output ports in the controller manager. A midi signal is being routed to your soundcard’s midi audio atm causing the piano sounds.

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I’d go with Hippie’s solution!

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Great. I’ll try that this evening. Thanks for the help.

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Excellent!

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THAT WAS IT!!! Thanks guys. Now I wanna make sure I have this set up right.

In Preferences/Controller Manager under Generic Midi Device I have both In-Port and Out-Port set to my Vestax PCI-100. If I set the Out-Port setting to “All ports” or my soundcard, I hear the piano notes.

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Hi guys. I got the exact same problem and I can resolve it by switching the ports froms “all” to the selected Midi devices (VCI-100 and LPD8 in my case).
But, I just modified the Ean’s mapping to “convert” the sampler button into a modifier which acts on the LPD8. So I needed to add a global midi device and configured it to send midi messages to “all ports”.
Everything’s fine and works great till I begin to adjust the LED behaviour, so I can clearly see which cue mode is running on my LPD8 pads. I successfully made the led work in/out (thanks to the Ean’s mapping which is a great tutorial !) but I, of course, got the midi piano sound back since I’m using the “all ports” configuration.
So, is there a way to eliminate this annoying sound and keep my global midi “all ports” device ?

Thank you very much.
oncletom

Traktor Pro 1.2, Win XP SP2, VCI-100 1.2, Akai LPD8

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You need to mute the window’s SW Synth.
To do this simply double click on the speaker in windows(down by the clock). Then Mute the SW Synth channel, if there is no SW Synth channel you need to click preferences then check the SW Synth, now you’ll see the channel on the mixer and be able to mute it.

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Yeah, easy as hello. I had a little issue as I just got the audio 2 dj “installed” in usb, but windows needed a pci card installation to run the panel configuration. So I wasn’t able to disable the sw synth volume. But I it’s fine !
Thank you very much.