New to Remix Decks... Problem with Clock / Master bc of Remix Deck

djcoryminto · 2024-06-13T15:41:31+00:00

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Long-time, happy Traktor user here… I recently created my first remix set for me to hold scratch samples in one column, sirens in another, etc. The remix set is comprised of 1-shot samples. I notice when I play any one of the samples in the remix deck, the deck altogether "plays" (green play button illuminates) and when the 1 shot sample ends, the deck remains "playing" even tho none of the samples are looping or playing in any way. This messes me up, since I am using decks A and B for regular DJing (track decks) and normally, the song playing becomes the master, and the one I'm cueing up can be synced to it, but I find that that remix deck still shows as "playing" and Traktor somehow thinks that this remix deck is to be the master (i guess since it's been "playing" for longer than the songs in decks A and B). In short, how can i get the remix deck to not "play" when not actually triggering samples live, OR tell Traktor to NEVER have the remix deck become the master?

Is part of the problem how I designate the 1-shot samples? They are technically gridded even tho they don't have any perceivable rhythm or tempo. Should I zero out the BPM of these samples? Can I zero out the BPM of the remix deck altogether? I believe there is a sample or two in my remix deck that does actually have rhythm and I suppose i would occasionally sync that to the master, but i am happy to forego those samples/grids, and omit them, if that gets this to play nice if i have to. Thx much!

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Jo.

Hello,

Did you try :

Preferences > Transport > Sync Mode / Auto Master Mode : Uncheck "Remix decks can be tempo master"

I hope it helps

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Jo.

Hello,

Did you try :

Preferences > Transport > Sync Mode / Auto Master Mode : Uncheck "Remix decks can be tempo master"

I hope it helps

djcoryminto

Thank you Jo. That fixed it. The remix decks can no longer be the master!

One follow-up question… this one appears to be a glitch… I'm curious if anyone else experiences it:

Some of the samples in my remix set play at drastically different pitches, and do so intermittently. They're all 1-shot samples (a handful of the samples are gridded, ie those that have a tempo, and the rest are just quick tempo-less vocal samples that I manually zeroed out the BPM & enabled analysis lock). I'll trigger, say sample A, and it plays at the proper pitch, and then i play samples B and C, whatever, and go back to sample A, and this is now playing like 12% slow or 13% fast (whatever the exact pitch is, IDK). This happens intermittently without doing ANYTHING else but triggering the samples. What seems to fix it (for just a moment) is hitting the sample's "SYNC" button at the footer of the remix deck, which quickly corrects the pitch. But sure enough, after playing a few more samples, sometimes 1 or 2, maybe it takes as many as 15 or 20, eventually one of them plays at an erroneous pitch. And all of the samples in question have a zeroed out BPM grid (since they are tempo-less vocal samples, like a vocal drop saying "DJ Cory Minto").

Also, if i zeroed out the remix set's BPM, why does it show a tempo in the deck header when i load it? Additionally, every time I zero out the BPM of the remix set, it reappears. It's 146.99 BPM, which is strange. There's only 3 or 4 samples in the remix set that have grids, and none of them are even close to that (if that would matter anyhow).

Sûlherokhh

Don't zero out the remix decks BPM. Instead, set it to a value that is close to the BPM that you usually play.

Then, if the remix deck is synced, your samples will be playing fine.

I have a remix set with samples i play in many different settings and had the same problems as you have when playing different genre's. So i made a copy of my remix set that is exactly the same except this: my first remix set has 125bpm, the second remix set has 145bpm. I use one or the other, depending on the average BPM of the tracks that i am playing at the time.

djcoryminto

Sûlherokhh: thx… However your advice would be applicable only IF i synced, am i correct? Meaning, if i don't sync (and since they're 1-shot samples, i won't sync), then the 1-shots would play all at original pitches, no? Or are you saying that you also got sporadic pitching of 1-shot samples within a remix deck?

Sûlherokhh

I am not sure. All i know is that somehow the bpm of both synced and unsynced remix decks and samples can influence the pitch of the samples.

Now that you know, experiment. Tell us your findings. Mine are as old as the introduction of the remix deck and may be out of date.

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