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Getting Started with Traktor

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  • threehills
    I heart Lollergirl
    • Jun 2005
    • 3644
    #1

    DJing Getting Started with Traktor

    So, I (my wife) decided I waste too much of life playing video games, and I after some serious though I agree with myself (her). Point being, I've sold my xbox and now have about 2 extra hours per day in my life to fill with a new interest. Or perhaps an old interest.

    So, I have had a copy of Traktor for some time and have never used it, because A) I have no idea what I am doing B) Have never mixed anything other than pancake batter C) Doing it with a mouse and no monitor doesn't seem quite the same

    I have no ambitions other than playing a few .mp3s and messing about the house, so I was wondering if anyone had imput on some basic stuff to get started, but specifically getting started with traktor. From what I have read, I can get by essentially with a MIDI controller and a dual out put sound card? Does this sound about right? Would I need a mixer? Or can I do everything a mixer would with a MIDI controller? Are there certain MIDI's made for traktor? (I know I have seen mixers that are "traktor ready" I am really at sqaure one in terms of knowing what I am doing and knowing the terminology.

    EDIT: Trying to learn more on my own about this. Would something like this work?
    The VcI-100
    http://www.amazon.com/Vestax-VCI-100.../dp/B000OI1M3C



    Any help would be appreciated.
    It's never too late to become the person you always thought you would be.
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    • panoulix
      MCast Resident DJ
      • Feb 2009
      • 741
      #2
      Re: Getting Started with Traktor

      Hi, please take a look to these threads:

      Computer Dj-ing - [ms]
      http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?75955-Computer-Dj-ing
      Many, many years ago i had a decent set up (2x Technics 1210's, Gemini 626) and 1500 odd records. I had a passion for music! i was always listening to sets, trainspotting, searching, buying. I could usually name title, artist, sydoname, remixer, label and year. Times and places change. The dawn of the cd mixer menat things


      and

      Its all gone digital - Vestax VCI 100 and Traktor - [ms]
      http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?85259-Its-all-gone-digital-Vestax-VCI-100-and-Traktor
      So i finally took the plunge and decided to go digital. After having to leave my decks and records in the uk a few years ago, I have succumbe to the digital world. After a lot of faffing and some apprehensions about the set up and the annoying problem of getting the damn controller and traktor talking. On first impressions


      Best of luck.

      Panoulix.
      http://www.panoulix.gr
      http://www.myspace.com/panoulix
      http://www.facebook.com/panoulix

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        • threehills
          I heart Lollergirl
          • Jun 2005
          • 3644
          #3
          Re: Getting Started with Traktor

          Thanks!
          It's never too late to become the person you always thought you would be.

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            • lilsensa
              DUDERZ get a life!!!
              • Jun 2004
              • 6682
              #4
              Re: Getting Started with Traktor

              Have fun with it!
              RIP ~ Steve James







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                • jeffrey collins
                  Not cool enough
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 7429
                  #5
                  Re: Getting Started with Traktor

                  i'd like to try all these new controllers that NI has released for it. But at the same time i'd like to show up to a gig with a laptop and two ipads.
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                    • panoulix
                      MCast Resident DJ
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 741
                      #6
                      Re: Getting Started with Traktor

                      iPads????? Yeah, give me one to play football with (they aren't suitable for anything else except glamour and playing football with them) :P
                      http://www.panoulix.gr
                      http://www.myspace.com/panoulix
                      http://www.facebook.com/panoulix

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                        • Shpira
                          Angry Boy Child
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 4970
                          #7
                          Re: Getting Started with Traktor

                          Originally posted by panoulix
                          iPads????? Yeah, give me one to play football with (they aren't suitable for anything else except glamour and playing football with them) :P
                          hear, hear!
                          The Idiots ARE Winning.


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