This guide offers Numark 4TRAK users a detailed walkthrough of the Traktor software setup and frequently asked questions. Once you've gone through the setup instructions in this guide, you'll be completely up and running with your new 4TRAK.
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Setting Up the Numark 4TRAK with the included Traktor 4TRAK Edition 2 Software
| Windows XP | Windows 7, Vista, and Macintosh |
| Set the In-Port to USB Audio Device | Set the In-Port to 4Trak-FX (Port 1) |
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| Windows XP | Windows 7, Vista, and Macintosh |
| Set the In-Port to Numark 4Trak MIDI | Set the In-Port to 4Trak (MIDI) |
| Windows XP | Windows 7, Vista, and Macintosh |
| Set the Out-Port to Numark 4Trak MIDI | Set the Out-Port to 4Trak (MIDI) |
| Windows XP | Windows 7, Vista, and Macintosh |
| Set the Out-Port to USB Audio Device | Set the Out-Port to 4Trak-FX (Port 1) |
To set an Auto Loop (method 1):
To Set an Auto Loop (method 2):
To Set a Manual Loop:
To change your current loop position in a song, click on either of the LOOP SHIFT buttons. You can Shift the current loop in play by pressing the button. Press the AUTO button again to turn off the loop.
You can browse for tracks by rotating the BROWSE knob in your library. To select a track, simply push in the BROWSE knob to advance to through your folders.
To select or scroll through your song collection, simply press the SONGS button and use the BROWSE knob to scroll through your songs.
Click on the FAVORITES button to scroll through your favorite playlists which you can use the BROWSE knob to scroll through the lists.
To load the selected track, simply press the LOAD button. Press < LOAD to load onto C A. Press the LOAD > to load onto D B. You must click on the desired deck to load your current song on the specific deck that you want.
When the SCRATCH button is pressed and activated on each deck, you can scratch the selected deck. When the PITCH button is pressed and activated, you can simply rotate the platter to scroll through the selected song. This button is ideal for getting to a specific spot on a song to mix in or cue.
You can adjust the pitch of a particular song by moving the pitch slider up or down on the selected track. To change the range of the pitch, simply press the RANGE button. The ranges are from 2% to 100%. Simply press the RANGE button to toggle through your ranges. Also, you can adjust the pitch by pressing the PITCH BEND+ - button below the pitch slider.
There are 5 HOT CUE buttons that you can use to set up to 5 cue positions. To set a designated HOT CUE, simply press the designated HOT CUE button that you wish to set. To erase the HOT CUE button that you just created, simply press the same HOT CUE button that you just designated.
You can use the switch on each channel to toggle between analog mixing, LINE MIC or pc mode, PC. The LINE MIC can be used when hooking up an additional analog turntable or CD Player to the 4TRAK on that designated channel. Toggle the switch to PC mode when your hooked up to your computer using the 4TRAK and the TRAKTOR 4TRAK Edition software. The toggle between each change actually reflects in the TRAKTOR software.
You can adjust the CF SLOPE of your cross fader by simply turning the knob to the left or right. If turned all the way to the right, you have a nice, quick, clean but which ideal for Turntablists or Scratch DJ’s. If turned all the way to the left, you have a nice, slow, linear curve which is ideal for blending tracks together. Also, on the right and left of the cross fader knob, there are FADER START switches which is ideal for quickly playing a track on each deck from it’s beginning. When on, simply just move the cross fader from left to right to active the deck.
When pressing and holding down the KEY button (Key lock), this button is ideal for blending in song together. When you change the pitch of the song by using the pitch slider, your BPM won’t change but the sounding of the actual song that your trying to blend will to get that ultimate match. This allows both track’s to stay in the same key. You also can turn the KEY knob next to the KEY button to adjust your key. This KEY knob can be used to add cool special effects with buildups in songs and samples.
You also can assign FX’s to each deck by clicking on the FX button and either selecting A or B on each channel. Move the ASSIGN slider to adjust the intensity of the desired effect of which you want to use.
To assign an effect to a track, hold down the FX MIX button and turn the FX MIX, 1, 2, or 3 knob. These will correspond to FX’s FX MIX, 1, 2, or 3 in the software. To turn that effect on, press the FX MIX , 1, 2, or 3 button on the FX BAR.
To use the STRIP SEARCH, hold down the SHIFT button and then touch the STRIP SEARCH. This sequence will stop you from inadvertently stopping playback during performance.
The knobs and sliders labeled ASSIGN are left open for the user to assign themselves. These can be assigned to a control of your choosing by opening Preferences > Controller Manger.
The MODE buttons on the left and right side of the FX bar correspond to functions in Traktor PRO 2, and do not have a function when used with Traktor 4TRAK Edition 2.
First, make sure you have setup your software according to the guide above.
On the 4TRAK, above each channel's volume slider, make sure all the PC/LINE switches are set to PC. Toggle them from their current position, to LINE, and then back to PC to be sure the software has registered their position. These switches should only be set to LINE or MIC if you want to control the volume of an external live audio source to the channel instead of a software track.
While holding down the FX MIX button, turn the 1, 2, or 3 knob to assign an effect to the first, second, or third effects bank.
Update to the latest 4TRAK driver for Mac OS X.
Updated Macintosh OS X Drivers (v.2.1.5) were posted to the 4TRAK page at numark.com on 03/29/2012. These drivers resolve the symptom described above.
If still not recognized ..contact Numark support.
The setup guide above will get you up and running on a properly working Windows or Macintosh computer in just a few clicks. However, life is full of curve-balls, and this goes double for anything involving computers.
If your computer came from a big box retailer, it is likely that it came right out of the box full of performance sapping extras that could mean trouble for your high-performance DJ dreams.
Not to worry, we've got just the fix!
Every computer owner should go through the guide linked below to ensure sure that their machine performs to its fullest potential.
Some Macintosh users experience issues with new MIDI devices, particularly after installing OS updates. The guide linked below may help resolve MIDI connectivity issues for Mac OS X users.
Whether you are a customer or dealer, if you already own an Akai Pro product, or if you just have pre-sales questions, the Akai Pro technical support team is available to help!
Visit the link below to connect with any of the following support options: online community support, phone support, email support.
Well, I decided to write this program after all the frustration and problems that I encountered trying to manage my music collection through Traktor.
I did try using alternative tools, such as iTunes, but the tools I tried either none provided everything I needed or they simply didn’t work. iTunes was the one that came closer to provide everything I needed but (sorry) I just can’t stand it.
So what were the problems I was having?
Importing new music
I have a generic playlist where I store all the music I use for live performances and then I have several sub-playlists where I store tracks based on a particular theme. For example, I have a playlist called “70’s” where I store all the tracks that are modern remixes from 70’s tracks. Of course, some of those tracks could also fit inside other playlists, such as “Electro” which is where I store tracks with the so-common electro sounds. An example would be “Shaft - Mucho Mambo [Michael Fox & Taito Remix]”.
So I needed a way to determine: (a) which tracks had already been classified into the sub-playlists and (b) to which playlists did the track already belonged to.
The latest version of Traktor Pro (1.1.2) has the new option “Search in Playlists” but to access this option you need to right click the track and then you get a modal window with the playlists that contain the track – not very useful.
With APE you just select a track (either in the collection or in a playlist) and it will automatically highlight the playlists that contain that track; just by selecting it. Actually, you can even select multiple tracks at once and APE will highlight the playlists that contain the selected tracks.
Managing the collection
This was probably by biggest issue.
We all know the numerous issues that Traktor has detecting changes in the files’ tags and, to make things worse, NI removed the Read/Write tags options! Well, the ID3 version 2.4 tag editor included in APE will let you:
As expected, APE also supports the standard management features in Traktor, such as:
But APE also provides the following additional options:
Importing a collection
This is probably the coolest feature in APE.
I do my live performances using my laptop but I just don’t want to use my laptop when I’m in my studio, I prefer to use my desktop PC (for obvious reasons). Unfortunately, my laptop uses XP and my desktop uses Vista so I cannot just copy the collection.nml file from my laptop into my desktop and vice-versa because the folders containing my media are completely different so, until now, I’ve been forced to maintain my collection using my laptop.
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But now, with APE, I can import a collection from any source and map the folders in the collection to folders on the local computer. This allows me to perform modifications to my collection in either computer and keep them synchronized. Of course, this feature has many applications which I’m sure I don’t need to explain..
It’s a pain to create manual playlists!
Yep, it is a pain.. and that’s why most modern players use/support smart playlists, and so does APE.
Of course, APE’s Smart Playlists feature has been optimized for Traktor so the available options are specifically targeted to ease the collection organization.