DJ/VJing w Traktor/Resolume

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Prry
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DJ/VJing w Traktor/Resolume

Post by Prry »

I hope I'm not asking a question already answered here. I did search but could not find a complete answer.
I'm fairly new to Traktor. I was hoping to use Serato DJ+Video but the software is unstable and not ready for a live performance (IMHO). VirtualDJ is great for this purpose, but the sound isn't up to club quality (Anybody else feels that VDJ audio sounds like it's compressed?)
I would like to use Traktor on a computer and Resolume on a separate machine. Both using Windows (please lets not debate this choice). I need to control tempo, loops, hot cues, etc. hence I need more than MBC, I need SMPTE/MTC.
I was thinking of using the upper decks (1, 2) for music tracks and the lower decks for SMPTE tracks to do sort of the reverse of scratching, i.e. I would like to control the SMPTE tracks in regards to tempo and position from the music decks. This is akin to what many do with CDJs (see Armin's setup on YouTube), but much less costly than sacrificing 2 CDJs for this purpose.
Anybody knows how to "slave" a deck to another one - by slaving I don't mean to slave tempo/beats but tempo and position so cues, loops, etc would be performed exactly the same on the SMPTE tracks as on the music tracks?
Other suggestions to arrive at the same result?


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Re: DJ/VJing w Traktor/Resolume

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Prry wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 22:01 Anybody knows how to "slave" a deck to another one - by slaving I don't mean to slave tempo/beats but tempo and position so cues, loops, etc would be performed exactly the same on the SMPTE tracks as on the music tracks?
Sounds like a question for Traktor support ;)

If it doesn't work out, you could have the music on the Left channel of the audio file, and the SMPTE track on the Right channel. This would limit you to mono output, and also you couldn't use master tempo (keylock), because that would mess up the waveform of the SMPTE TC.

As to the SMPTE setup part in Resolume, check out this support page: https://resolume.com/support/en/smpte
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