User Manual

Table of Contents
1 Welcome to the World of TRAKTOR KONTROL S8! ........................................................
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1.1 Where to Start ............................................................................................................................. 13
1.2 Manual Conventions ................................................................................................................... 15
2 Using Your S8—Getting Started .................................................................................
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2.1 Quick Overview of TRAKTOR KONTROL S8 ................................................................................... 20
2.2 Enabling Decks ........................................................................................................................... 21
2.3 Using the Browser ...................................................................................................................... 24
2.3.1 Opening the Browser ................................................................................................. 24
2.3.2 Scrolling through Music Folders ................................................................................ 25
2.3.3 Browsing using Touch Interactions ............................................................................ 27
2.3.4 Preview Tracks ........................................................................................................... 27
2.3.5 Sorting Tracks ........................................................................................................... 28
2.4 Playing Your First Track .............................................................................................................. 30
2.4.1 Loading a Track ......................................................................................................... 31
2.4.2 Playing a Track .......................................................................................................... 33
2.4.3 If You Don’t Hear the Track ........................................................................................ 36
2.5 Mixing In a Second Track ............................................................................................................ 39
2.5.1 Loading a Second Track ............................................................................................. 40
2.5.2 Playing the Second Track ........................................................................................... 42
2.5.3 Using Headphones to Prepare the Mix ....................................................................... 44
2.5.4 Synchronizing the Second Track ................................................................................ 45
2.5.5 Interlude: In case the Left Track has finished ............................................................ 47
2.5.6 Mixing In the Track by Using the Channel EQ and Filter ............................................ 48
2.6 Adjusting Levels ......................................................................................................................... 52
2.6.1 The Theory ................................................................................................................. 52
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