NEW: Traktor 4 - Flexible Beatgrid, Stem/Remix Deck support and dynamic Vinyl Break!
(S4MK3: qml coding projects) S3-variant found below.
I thought the S4Mk3 could use some coding love, adjusting only a few bits and pieces to work out some kinks and adding small extras. The mods listed here are supposed to be small and easy to implement qml-mods to address a few needs of those who are not satisfied with the basic version.
Any ideas, small enough to easily implement, are welcome; feedback is appreciated.
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY:
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Before applying any of the ideas and files i am hoping to collect in this thread, make sure to make a safety copy of the complete qml-folder of the Traktor software, so you have the original files as a fallback in case of, you know, failure.
After that, all the files contained in the archive replace the original files. Drop the modded qml-folder on top of the original qml-folder in the 'Traktor Pro 4/Resources64' folder of the program.
"If you enjoy any of these mods as much as i do, please consider supporting me." 🦋🎧
S4MK3: Community Performance Mod TP4.2.0 - Version 89 / TP3.11.1 - Version 13:
Deck Transport Features:
- Play [Hold >0.2sec]: Activate Vinyl Break, the length of which is proportional to the time holding down the PLAY button, shortened by the jog wheel's haptic tension. Vinyl Break will automatically deactivate Sync to work correctly.
- Jogwheel: Motor (and LED turning) stops temporarily when the jogwheel is used for loop or Tension adjustment. Turning LED now also active when cuing.
- Sync Button: Sync Tap: Sync Toggle (On/Off). Sync Hold (>0.2sec): Deactivate Sync (Off). Tempo is reset to +/- 0%.
- Sync Button: (Alternate Function) Sync Tap: BPM is set to Master BPM aka TempoSync. Sync is not activated. If Sync is already active it will be turned off. Sync Hold (>0.2sec): Sync Toggle. If Sync status is released, Tempo is reset to +/- 0%.
- Sync LED Feedback: BRIGHT when Sync is activated. - CYAN (Tempo & Phase in sync, both with tiny error margins for beat juggling), - YELLOW (Tempo in sync but out of phase), RED (not in sync & out of phase)
- Master [Tap]: Deck TempoMaster toggle (ON/OFF).
- Master [Hold >0.2sec]: Master Clock AUTO toggle. Also sets internal clock to be master clock.
- Master LED Feedback: BRIGHT CYAN (deck is TempoMaster), - YELLOW (Master Clock AUTO is not active, deck is not TempoMaster), RED (Master Clock AUTO is active, deck is not TempoMaster)
- On-Cue Feedback: Cue Button LED and PLAY Button LED can be set to CDJ CueBlinker-Style (see below).
- Track End Warning Feedback: LED ring of jogwheel will blink red. Can be toggled using SHIFT+MixerFX button 3. MixerFX button 4 alone will now cycle screen popup length
Deck Transport Features (Traktor 3.11.1 only):
- Shift[Hold] + Play: Activate Vinyl Break, the length of which is calculated using the inverse of the jog wheel haptic tension. Vinyl Break will automatically deactivate Sync to work correctly.
Deck GUI/Colours:
- Hold DECK (A, B, C or D) + Move Enc Turn (Push): Cycle through all 17 deck colours. Also cycles through the NI-designed waveform colours at the same time, from Red at the low end to White at the high end. The adjustment hard-stops at the left end (Red) and the right end (White). Push Encoder to reset.
- Hold DECK (A, B, C or D) + Loop Enc Turn (Push): Cycle through waveform colours (only). From white at the high end, the S4 uses my custom designs (and adapted designs), beginning with X-Ray (for White), over Infrared, Ultraviolet, Denon SC5000/SC6000 Prime (Blue/Green), Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus 2 (Red/Blue) to Pioneer CDJ-3000 (Blue/Yellow).
- Hold DECK (A, B, C or D) + Browse Enc Turn (Push): Adjust Traktor GUI waveform zoom factor. Push Encoder to reset to -0.75
Stem Deck Features (Traktor Pro 4+ version only):
- Pads 1-4 LEDs (Mute Toggles): LEDs will now blink when MUTE is activated so you don't have to rely on the LED brightness to know if MUTE is active or not.
- Shift [Hold] + Pads 1-4: Reset Filter and Volume/Mute (WHITE)
- Shift [Hold] + Pads 5-8: Toggle FX Send (ORANGE)
- Stems Button [Toggle]: Switch between FX and Stem overlay controls (Traktor Pro 4.+ version only). STEMS button will blink when active, even in PadsMode.hotcues. FX Knobs control Stem channel Volume/Filter as Superknobs: Turn left to control Volume, turn right to control High-Pass Filter. FX Buttons control Stem channel FX Send. Soft takeover both for FX parameters and Stem parameters. FX button LED's will blink dimly if you have to turn the knob down to reach the software parameter. It will blink brightly if you have to turn the knob up.
Track/Stem Deck Features:
- Rec: Loop-In
- Mute: Loop-Out
- Jogwheel Turn: (while in active Loop) hold Rec or Mute (or both) to adjust Loop-In or Loop-Out (or both) with the Jog Wheel. Turn slow for precision adjustment, fast for accelerated adjustment. Jogwheel LED turns GREEN while in an active loop.
- Loop/Move Encoder Turn: (while in active Loop) hold Rec or Mute (or both) to adjust Loop-In or Loop-Out (or both) by exactly 1 beat.
- SHIFT+Move Encoder Push: Triggers Re-Loop. It's mechanically Cue Play (CUP) with an added Loop Active trigger if the targeted active cue is a loop cue. Behaviour depends on your CUP settings. Set in 'Preferences➔Transport➔Cue Play (CUP Mode)'.
Track/Stem Deck Beatgrid Features:
- Grid: Also doubles as Beat-Tap to adjust the beatgrid on the fly (RED colouring, OFF if GridLock is active)
- Shift[Hold] + Grid: Toggles GridLock (WHITE colouring).
Track/Stem Deck Beatgrid Features (Traktor Pro 4+ version only):
- Grid [Hold] + Master: BPM /2
- Grid [Hold] + Sync: BPM x2
- Grid [Hold] + Move [Push]: Delete current gridmarker
- Grid [Hold] + Loop [Push]: Set gridmarker at current position
- Grid [Hold] + Move [Turn]: Nothing (Go to previous/next gridmarker, via mapping file [see below])
- Grid [Hold] + Loop [Turn]: Adjustment of current gridmarker's BPM (very fine)
- Grid [Hold] + Jogwheel [Touch Platter] + Jogwheel [Turn]: Adjust postition of current gridmarker
- Grid [Hold] + Jogwheel [Turn]: Adjustment of current gridmarker's BPM (coarse)
Track/Stem Deck Hotcue Features (Traktor Pro 4+ version only):
- PadMode.Hotcue [Hold] + Pads 3+4: Jump to previous/next Hotcue
- PadMode.Hotcue [Hold] + Pads 5-8: Remap Hotcue type (Load, Fade-In/Out, Hotcue
- Shift[Hold] + PadMode.Hotcue [Tap] + Hotcue: Remap Hotcue to new number
Remix Deck Features:
- Rec: Activates Step Sequencer (Red LED), toggles recording function (Red Blinking LED).
- Shift + Rec: Deactivates Step Sequencer and recording function.
- Shift + Loop Enc Toggle: Deactivates Step Sequencer and recording function as well as toggling Quantize function (which btw. doesn't work when the Step Sequencer is active).
- Mute [Hold] + Pads 5-8: FX Send toggle (Traktor Pro 4.+ version only).
- Samples Button [Toggle]: Switch between FX and Remix overlay controls (Traktor Pro 4.+ version only). SAMPLES button will blink when active. FX Knobs control Slot Volume/Filter as Superknobs: Turn left to control Volume, turn right to control High-Pass Filter. FX Buttons control Stem channel FX Send. Soft takeover both for FX parameters and Slot parameters. FX button LED's will blink dimly if you have to turn the knob down to reach the software parameter. It will blink brightly if you have to turn the knob up (Traktor Pro 4+ version only).
- Samples Button [Hold] + PAD 1-4: Capture sample into selected sample cell. If you use PAD 5-8 + BROWSE ENCODER to select a new sample cell beforehand, that cell will be the capture target. Cell coloured LED feedback (Traktor Pro 4+ version only).
- Samples Button [Hold] + Loop Encoder [Turn]: Select Capture Source. Capture Source Info displayed on screen (Traktor Pro 4+ version only).
Mixer Channel Features:
- Ext Button: Cycles through all deck types, as long as the corresponding deck is not playing (Track Deck ➔ Remix Deck ➔ Stem Deck ➔ Live Deck ➔ Track Deck).
- Cue Monitor Isolation: When engaging Cue Monitor using the channel 🎧CUE button, all other channel's Cue Monitor will be disengaged. Multiple channels can still be selected by holding down SHIFT (Traktor Pro 4+ version only).
- Shift [Hold] + Mixer Knob [Turn] + Shift [Release]: Delayed snap to equalizer parameters when adjusted while shift is held down. This will work exactly like the Z2 equalizers, but without GUI feedback (Traktor Pro 4+ version only).
Browser Features:
- Preview Button: Can be used both in HOLD as well as TOGGLE modes. As long as the Preview Player is loaded, the Browse Encoder seeks through the track. Loading a track into a deck will now also unload the Preview Player.
- View Button: HOLD button to use as SHIFT for Browse Encoder only, as well as TOGGLE browser view.
- Jogwheel (+LED Ring): Option to scroll through playlist while in browser view and not using TT-Mode can be activated (see below). Jogwheel LED turns white. Special LED animation when track is loaded into deck.
- Browse Encoder [Tap < 1 second, on release]: Load primary mode [Track or Stem] (Traktor Pro 4+ version only)
- Browse Encoder [Hold > 1 sec, on release]: Load secondary (previously double click) mode [Track or Stem] (Traktor Pro 4+ version only)
FX Features:
- SHIFT+FX Buttons: Cycle through modes (Single➔ Group➔ Pattern Player➔ Single), Cycle through effects and kits. This works exactly like the SHIFT overlay of the X1MK3.
Screen Features:
- Top Rows: Display of all elements is bigger and brighter. Loop blink is less jarring.
- Bigger BPM display. Also changed places with Time display (not shown on picture).
- Artist name and original track bpm display visible while holding down SHIFT.
- Phase-Meter Pop-Up: Appears on unsynced slave decks when the tempo phase is changed in any way.
- Jog Wheel haptic tension Pop-Up: Appears when the value is changed.
- Loop Size Pop-Up: Appears when Loop-In and Loop-Out markers are manually adjusted.
- Stripe: Alternate waveforms available (see above).
Customize Alternate Functions:
- SHIFT+MixerFX Button 1: Toggles CDJ-style Cue & Play button LED blinkers. CDJ-style Cue button LED blinker is in Yellow (for the CDJ colour coding).
- SHIFT+MixerFX Button 2: Toggle alternate Sync Button functions.
- SHIFT+MixerFX Button 3: Manually adjust Pop-up Duration (for all pop-ups) from 1 to 4 seconds (Inc, wrap around).
- SHIFT+MixerFX Button 4: Toggle TrackEndWarning jogwheel LED ring blink (red)
- SHIFT+MixerFX Filter: Toggle Jogwheel-Browsing (when browser is set to full screen)
- SHIFT+Upper Deck (A or B) Button: Toggle Screen Output Override. This will stop all screen output coming in and increase frame rates of the Traktor GUI and the frame rates of any other connected controller with a screen like for example a pair of D2's. Now it shows the Traktor Logo.
- SHIFT+Lower Deck (C or D) Button: Toggle alternate Loop Active Display on screen.
Settings will be saved between sessions.
Credits:
- @Stevan For his awesome idea for the original SuperKnob and generally being a prolific mapper . Please check out his awesome custom mappings at TraktorMaps and DJTechTools. @pixel for more than i can list . Thanks to @Aleix Jiménez and Joe Easton for their pioneering qml mods. Thank you for all mod-users and forum crew for their feedback, ideas and support.
Links:
Load the following modified default S4MK3 mapping file (and delete the old one) to make use of the command 'Jump to next/pervious gridmarker'. It also includes a modifier skeleton for you own mapping use that recognizes SHIFT and DECK layers in the following manner:
- Modifer#1 = 0: Deck A
- Modifer#1 = 1: Deck A (shift layer)
- Modifer#1 = 4: Deck C
- Modifer#1 = 5: Deck C (shift layer)
- Modifer#2 = 0: DeckB
- Modifer#2 = 1: Deck B (shift layer)
- Modifer#2 = 4: Deck D
- Modifer#2 = 5: Deck D (shift layer)
The X1MK3 Community Performance Mod is fully compatible with this mod.
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For all users of the Traktor Kontrol S3, here is a variant of the Performance Mod below, stalwartly adapted by @pixel .
Check it out:
S3 Performance Mod 3.7 (by @pixel):
S3Mod Features
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The feature list was too encompassingly long for a single post; for the full description and download links, please go HERE.
Also this:
Note from @Karlos Santos
Moderator note:
FYI: Modifying the software is a breach of the EULA Terms & Conditions that you agreed to when you installed Traktor. You do it at your own peril.
"3.5 Licensee is not authorized to modify the software, unless it is to preserve or restore the agreed functions of the software purchased."
Don't shoot the messenger, it's my duty to inform you.
Replying to this message is pointless because I do not write the EULA.
Karlos.
