I am so close to dropping £550 on a new laptop, and £479 on TSP2 - it hurts. I’ve been doing some research - and it seems like TSP2 WOULD do pretty much what I want it to be able to…
I’d have a 4-deck set-up. 2 decks controlled by timecode vinyl, 1 sample deck, and one deck to use for instant doubles.
Instant doubles is something I need info on:
I want to be able to instant double from one timecode deck to the other, and the same in reverse. Normal instant double behaviour, right? I ALSO want to be able to instant double from either of my timecode decks, to the spare deck, to free up a timecode deck for scratching.
The duplicate deck command and some fun with modifiers. The S4 has this mapped out if you hold down the browse button. CUE lights blink, you select the source deck, then pick the destination, bingo.
Sounds promising! I’ll be (hopefully) using a couple of controllers with TSP2 (Launchpad, UC-33e, Dicers) - so if it can be done with an S4 I’m guessing it can be done with other controllers…
Theres an option in preferences to duplicate deck if loading the same track, which means if you load a track that is already loaded in another deck it produces an instant double. This means if your loading the same track; whatever button on your controller or keyboard you use to load a track into a specific deck can basically be your instant double button. This is how I do instant doubles, no mapping involved. If you don’t mind mapping, there are other ways to do instant doubles that maybe you would prefer over the way I do it.
I’m trying to get my head around Traktors master tempo… Do effects for each deck stay sync’d to each indvidual (timecode controlled) deck? I imagine that each deck could be at a different tempo to the master tempo - in this case, which tempo do the effects (stuff like LFOs/beatmashers/gaters, etc…) follow?
(Is it similar in any way to Abletons master tempo?)
Okay - I understand that the master clock is taken from the deck that has been playing the longest, right? How does that effect any external software (and I’m thinking Ableton here) following that clock? I’ve heard that Ableton kinda sucks at following an external source.
Ableton can follow the clock fine though once in a while you have to re-sync it, at least in my limited experience. The master clock can be set a number of ways - automatically (where yeah the longest playing deck wins), you can set it ahead of time (master clock mode), you can switch master decks by hitting a button, or you can have traktor follow some other clock source.