Control Stems with an S3

@pixel : This is your area of expertise. :)

It's not quite clear what your trouble is and what you want to achieve. SamplesMode/TrackMode: are you talking about the controller pad mode (Hotcues, Remix Samples, Stems) or are you talking about the deck type (Track, Remix, Stem, Live Input)?

Please upload some screenshots and/or videos of what you are doing. Then please explain what you want Traktor and your controller to do.

So, when you say 'track' mode, what you mean is the ability to use hotcues, correct? If so, this is what is called 'Hotcue Padmode', as it allows the performance pads to be used as hotcues.

When you say 'sample' mode, what you mean is the ability to adjust volume and filter settings of the 4 stems of a stem file, correct? If so, this is what is called 'Stems Padmode".

You should be able to switch between the two Padmodes by pressing the button HOTCUE or the button SAMPLES.

I need to be in a Remix Deck to load a stem which will give me Stems Padmode, but when in this mode I can not switch back to Hotcue Padmode.

You can load a stem file into a deck if the deck type is either Track Deck, Remix Deck or Stem Deck. After loading the stem file the deck type automatically becomes a Stem Deck.

The SAMPLES button lets you activate the Padmode.Stems if, and only if, the deck type is Stem Deck (see code below, the line starting with 'enabled:').

from '…\Native Instruments\Traktor Pro 4\Resources64\qml\CSI\S3\S3Side.qml'

Wire {
  enabled: PadsMode.isPadsModeSupported(PadsMode.stems, focusedDeck().deckType);
  from: "%surface%.samples";
  to: SetPropertyAdapter  { path: propertiesPath + ".pads_mode"; value: PadsMode.stem; color: Helpers.colorForDeck(focusedDeckIdx) }
}

• The first line lets this code only work if the deck is a Stem Deck.
• The second line takes input from the SAMPLES button.
• The third line triggers 'PadsMode.stems' when receiving input (from the SAMPLES button).

Are you using any custom mappings or qml mods that may have changed this piece of code?

It's best if you record a video showing, step by step, what you are doing to get stem controls starting with loading the track, showing the controller surface and how you press buttons etc. This is to find out where the problem lies.