Very top left are volume, tone and on/off controls for the microphone/aux, and very top right are the master and booth volume controls. Notice the proper VUs for cue and master. For now, suffice to say it looks like a two channel mixer, with two upfaders set below big filter knobs, three-band EQ and gains, plus at the very top of each line, a rocker switch for selection line/phono, and a button for switching the channel to Traktor mode (again, more later). It’s described as a “2+2” mixer, which means it has two main channels plus two extras – more on this later. There are also two USB hub sockets, the main computer USB socket, the mains socket and a rocker on/off switch. Round the back are two line-ins and two phono-ins (the latter with earth poles), an aux-in plus a TRS microphone socket, and booth (balanced TRS) & main (balanced XLR & unbalanced RCA) outputs. The front of the unit simply has two headphones sockets (1/8″ and 1/4″), an indented crossfader curve knob and a crossfader reverse switch. Read this next: The Best Traktor Controllers For DJsĪs well as the unit itself, in the box you get two pieces of Traktor control vinyl, two Traktor control CDs, a mains electricity lead (there were actually two in mine, UK and Europe), a USB, some stickers, a safety flyer, and the all-important card with your serial numbers and instructions for where to go online to begin the set-up process. Overall, its appearance is of a thoroughly 21st century two-channel scratch battle mixer. Overall, it fits in well with items like the Traktor Kontrol X1 and F1, both of which you’re possibly going to want to use alongside it. The knobs have that slightly dampened quality that Native prefers for its controls the back of the mixer’s underside has the slight upwards slope that owners of Native’s other DJ gear will instantly recognise and there’s the same mix of high gloss and brushed metal on the faceplate. Having said that, it definitely has the Native Instruments “feel” about it. The Traktor Kontrol Z2 from above, showing a classic battle layout, with a twist in the shape of Traktor Midi controls tucked all around. It has a solid metal chassis, and is clearly constructed to a high standard. Please note that some of these mappings can be incomplete or need a bug fixes or additions to the list of software functions.Ĭreate special “Macro Effects” and “Super Knobs” (aka Instant Gratification effects) this knob can adjust as many effect parameters that you want in any kind of way.Ĭreate automated functions in Traktor.It’s heavy! Unlike all other Native Instruments gear that always seems lighter than you think it will be when you pick it up, this thing is heavier than you might imagine. If you find the kind of mapping you are looking for be sure to support the author! Send that energy back by saying thank you, they have dedicated a lot of their time and probably went trough several prototypes before they finalized the TSI file. It is likely that you will find something useful, especially if you have some more popular DJ controllers. Best places to fing Traktor mappings online is DJ Techtools MIDIMAPS section of the website. This can be anything from a basic single layer tool and all the way to the “Power User Mappings” which are offering a ton of layers of software functions.Įdit any of already existing Mappings in any way. Let me know which functions you need and you will get the perfect layout for your controller.īuild a new Mappings from the scratch. The following is the list of all services in offer.
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