Cue track C and D?
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I’m new to Traktor, but have looked through tutorials/ videos but can’t find the answer.
I have Pro 3 with a Kontrol Z1. The controller has cue A and B. But in Pro I have 4 decks set out. But I can’t figure out how to cue up decks C and D on the controller?
Also, the Mode button on the controller doesn’t seem to do anything? I’ve read it’s able to switch Fx, but this doesn’t seem to be the case with how I have it set up. It pretty much does nothing. Except if I press Mode and say Cue A, it will stop the track completely.
thanks 🙏
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All should be correct like this, unfortunately.
Z1 can control only 2 decks (A & B)
Mode button when used with Traktor Pro on a computer just switches between 2 filter modes (standard and ladder). The “FX” on the knob is just for Traktor DJ on an iPad: there the Mode button will switch from controlling the filter or the fx.
Mode plus CUE A or CUE B is correctly triggering Play/Pause for decks A & B on Traktor Pro desktop.
This is how it behaves
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Thanks for the info 🙏. Seems silly that you’re not able to cue C and D with the Z1.
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Is there any way around it if I have the F1 also?
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It is a matter of activating Cue Monitor feature on those decks. Can you hear C and D in headphones when you enable the cue monitor in GUI?
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Doesn’t this depend on if you chose internal or external mixing?
@Stephen S having F1 lets you control those decks, but should not have any influences on cueing on headphones
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I’m not sure what you mean by cue monitor. But let’s say I have a track in decks A and B. Then a remix deck in C. There’s no way to hear what is playing in C
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It's not weird, the Z1 is a 2 channel controller, made to control 2 decks.
If you add a F1 you could control a remix deck on C or D (Or A or B for that matter)
But you could not control FX, CUE, EQ or total deck volume for deck C and D unless you add custom mapping.
You could remap the Z1 so you have CUE C on Shift + A?
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I mean what happens if you press Monitor Cue (headphone cue) buttons for Decls C and D in the screen.
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At the Moment this button isn’t visible for me. It’s not there for C and D - is there a way to change that?
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remapp would make sense, but I just don’t know how to do it.
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Gotcha, it sounds like we cannot do anything. My Z2 also gray out my Monitor Cue buttons.
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Have you swiched to a view where the mixer part of deck C and D is visible?
Well, gotta learn it someday :) Plenty of mapping tutorials on the world wide web available.
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Thanks guys, I’ll go check out some videos. Sure there’s a solution!
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If C and D headphone buttons are grayed out then there is no overmapping involved.
Same as Z2.
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Yep I didn't realize it wasn't possible when I bought the Z1 either. After thinking about it, I realized that if it did switch to the other decks the knobs would jump position since the controls don't match when switching back and forth. So cues on C and D are useless anyway.
There is a function that can be mapped called soft-takeover, to catchup to the positions when layering controls. But in my opinion it gets way to confusing and very tedious.
I also realized that the crossfader would need disabled via mapping in order to use along side another deck controller. Because the slightest touches between separate controller positions would also cause jumps.
And the Z1 has a soundcard, so adding any other controller wouldn't really work unless it was midi only. But still only audio on A and B so pretty useless to try and integrate.
I only use the Z1 when testing tracks for mixing while in my living room.
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