Hi,
I am using Traktor now for a while now and just upgraded to Traktor 4 Pro. One reason I upgraded was that i was hoping hitting Cue points with quant on would behave different, but unfortunately it does'nt.
I play Techno and use Cue points a lot, mostly to rearrange a tune or skip parts of it. This works fine, but it bothers me that even though the sync is awesome, I have to have precise timing when hitting a cue point in order to make it sound smooth.
Last year I played on a wedding and they only had Pioneer Hardware, so I took a day to learn how to use it. I would prefer Traktor over it any day but it did one thing better: when I hit a cue point, it would 'wait' until the next beat and then jump there automatically, making butter smooth transitions to a Cue point.
With Traktor I have to hit it at the right time, which I am fairly ok with, since I play the drums and have a good feeling for the beat, but in the heat of the moment it happens that I am slightly off and sometimes this results in awkward little pauses or a drop that happens a little too late.
I searched the settings multiple times, but the only setting that comes close to it is the CUP setting, but that does not affect jumping to a Cue Point. I asked the community in the Traktor subreddit about this, but no one had a fix or an explanation.
Since I just joined, I am not allowed to post a link, but if you google 'reddit traktor_quantize_vs_pioneer_quantize' you will find it as one of the top search results.
It seems to me that quant does nothing in this case and it is only the sync that keeps the tracks in phase. Is this a known issue, or is this intentional? Are there any plans to change this so we can have these 'automatic' transitions?
It is literally the only thing that bothers me, apart from that I am very happy with Hard- and Software.
I would be happy for any input or clarification on the matter.