Can you lock / freeze a layout in Traktor?

Mikey 3000

I find that I get a layout 'just so' in Traktor, then the program either has a fit and resets everything or (more commonly) I hit a button without noticing and lose an element I like and have to fish around in the very complicated settings page to put it right.

Can you think of a way of locking down a setup so that is protected against glitches / muppetry?

lord-carlos

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104752#Comment_104752

Yes, but the premise of is thread is that OP does make chances to the layout (by accident).

And my point was that I'm somewhat sure that those changes get saved to the layout you are using. Loading the layout again would not help. Or what am I missing?

I can only think of creating a few copies of the layout you want to keep, and then load a copy if you change it by accident.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/18153/can-you-lock-freeze-a-layout-in-traktor

"Can you think of a way of locking down a setup so that is protected against glitches / muppetry?"

Go to "Layout Manager" and choose on.

lord-carlos

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104708#Comment_104708

But will any change to the UI not override those?

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104711#Comment_104711

i always use the essential or the extended layout, they include everything so, i never needed a custom layout :-)

lord-carlos

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104712#Comment_104712

Yes, but if you load essential, change something like it seems it happens for OP, then it will save that change to essential, no?

Or can you make changes and always load essential and thus get back to default?

Stevan

This is possible if you output each Layout's controller range into the first layout. In that way, no mather what layout is selected, it will send midi to select the first one.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104713#Comment_104713

Actually i don't even use the layout manager... the only change i need is the arrows to saw the extended layout (so the "essential" layout becomes "extended" layout). Everything else is always there. Mixer, crossfader, limiter etc etc. are always there, preloaded... i see no reason why someone will hide any of those (ok, perhaps if his screen is too small)

You can do any change you like, to FX, EQ, Filter etc. etc. but still it will be the same layout. Of course, next time i open the software, the values are returned to their defaults, but still, the layout remains the same

lord-carlos

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104752#Comment_104752

Yes, but the premise of is thread is that OP does make chances to the layout (by accident).

And my point was that I'm somewhat sure that those changes get saved to the layout you are using. Loading the layout again would not help. Or what am I missing?

I can only think of creating a few copies of the layout you want to keep, and then load a copy if you change it by accident.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/104757#Comment_104757

then, he (the guy who open this thread) should clarify, what he mean by "make chances to the layout"...

there are not many things to do, especially on the essential / extended layouts... all important and major changes are done through Preferences (enable/disable fx, crossfade, etc etc.)