Keep pitch/key in sync with offset?

Question

Hello,

Complete Traktor Pro 4 beginner here, so sorry in advance if I use wrong terms/nomenclature.

I have a specific problem that I can't find the solution to, and I don't even know if this feature exists as I describe it.

Let's say that on track A, I have a song playing in E minor, and on track B, another song that's in D major. Therefore, I pitch track B up by 5 semitones (to G), so that the keys match up and it sounds good.

However, now I want to change the tempo. I don't want the key to stay locked as the tempo changes. Instead, I want it to change with the tempo, but retaining that 5-semitone-offset that I had set. When I key-lock track B, it stays at G as track A changes its pitch, and the result becomes out-of-key.

I've tried every combination of key-locking, and wanted to ask if what I'm describing is even possible. The end goal is to do a transition where track A is playing, I fade in track B in track A's key, and then I want to be able to smoothly pitch both down to track B's native key, in addition to tempo changes if necessary.

Thanks in advance, if there's any questions I can answer just let me know.

Owner · Answer

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/50936/keep-pitch-key-in-sync-with-offset

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your plan, but if you approached it a little differently, it might be possible, at least in a different way. You'd simply need a MIDI controller and map it accordingly so you could create some kind of a tone play. This would require more manual interaction and wouldn't automatically follow your tempo variation in (key)sync. I do something similar, albeit in a less elaborate way than all this battle djs with they're tone play, occasionally during transitions when I want to play sample routines that have different pitches in the respective tracks.

lord-carlos · Answer

I don't think that is possible. At least I have never seen / heard about it.