User's Manual
Table Of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- 1. Disclaimer
- 2. Welcome to TRAKTOR KONTROL S3
- 3. Setting up TRAKTOR KONTROL S3
- 4. TRAKTOR KONTROL S3 Overview
- 5. Tutorials
- 5.1. Mixing Your First Tracks using Sync
- 5.2. Browsing and Loading Tracks
- 5.3. Controlling Track Playback
- 5.4. Previewing Tracks using the Cue Channel
- 5.5. Adjusting Volume Levels
- 5.6. Using the Equalizer to Tweak Your Sound
- 5.7. Adjusting Track Tempo
- 5.8. Locking the Key of Tracks
- 5.9. Playing with Mixer Effects
- 5.10. Playing with Cue Points
- 5.11. Playing with Loops
- 5.12. Mixing Tracks Using Jog Wheels
- 5.13. Using Flux and Reverse Modes
- 5.14. Working with the Preparation List
- 5.15. Correcting Beatgrids of Tracks
4.1. Decks
TRAKTOR KONTROL S3 provides you with two physical Decks to control the TRAKTOR Decks.
Each Deck provides you with the following control elements:
(1) Browse controls: Allow you to scroll through the Track Collection to find and load tracks, as
well as previewing tracks and preparing playlists.
(2) Jog Wheel: The Jog Wheel provides advanced control over track transport. As with a conven-
tional CD player or turntable, you can manually hold playback, nudge and bend, and start scratch-
ing by touching and turning the Jog Wheel and the outer rim. Furthermore, you can manually cor-
rect the tracks' Beatgrids.
(3) KEYLOCK button: Lock the track's current key value. When you then move the TEMPO fader
up or down, you change the track tempo but the track's key remains at the locked value.
(4) SYNC (Lock): Syncs the Deck to the Tempo Master. Using SHIFT and SYNC (Lock) locks the
TEMPO fader for the Deck.
(5) TEMPO fader: Lets you manually adjust the track tempo on that Deck. The TEMPO fader can
be operated in Absolute mode and in Relative mode. If the Deck is synced to the Tempo Master,
the TEMPO fader has no effect. When the Deck is playing at the original track tempo, the LED
lights up blue independently from the current TEMPO fader position. When the Deck tempo is fast-
er or slower than the original tempo, the LED is unlit. When the tempo is locked for the Deck, the
LED lights up red.
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