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old school versions of traktor (around 2.0) has a higher resolution. everything after that is .1, period. the old version i had went in .03 increments if i remember correctly (this was 3+ years ago i think). i.e. 120.10, 120.13, 120.16, 120.19, etc. i think.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue old school versions of traktor (around 2.0) has a higher resolution. everything after that is .1, period. the old version i had went in .03 increments if i remember correctly (this was 3+ years ago i think). i.e. 120.10, 120.13, 120.16, 120.19, etc. i think.

How are all of these huge international DJs (ie. Hawtin) using traktor when it only has .1 pitch resolution. Obviously you can still mix with .1 but you have to do a lot of pitch bending as well. Especially when you have like 4 decks going, .1 just wont cut it!

Wouldn't it be easy for tracktor to increase the pitch resolution? Its software for christ's sake...

Hawtin slaves his decks to a master tempo, therefore no beatmatching is required.



People using Traktor as DVS software (e.g. Traktor Scratch Pro), are using their turntables or CDJs to beatmatch via the timecode CDs/vinyl.

Well in Traktor 3.4 the decks SHOWED pitch in .1 increments... but it was clearly just a display thing. Using timecode, it was DEFINITELY at least as accurate as the .02% increments of my CDJ-1000's.

Now when running with MIDI, you actually have crappy pitch resolution unless you use 14-bit MIDI. The latest Traktor Pro update (1.1.1) adds 14-bit MIDI support, so if you have a controller with high-resolution output you should have nice pitch resolution.

If not, you need to drop the range in the preferences way down to make things workable.

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Well in Traktor 3.4 the decks SHOWED pitch in .1 increments... but it was clearly just a display thing. Using timecode, it was DEFINITELY at least as accurate as the .02% increments of my CDJ-1000's. Now when running with MIDI, you actually have crappy pitch resolution unless you use 14-bit MIDI. The latest Traktor Pro update (1.1.1) adds 14-bit MIDI support, so if you have a controller with high-resolution output you should have nice pitch resolution. If not, you need to drop the range in the preferences way down to make things workable.

i've yet to find a decent midi controller for traktor

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Originally posted by winston i've yet to find a decent midi controller for traktor

It's far from perfect, but the VCI-100 accomplishes practically everything you need, as long as you set up your TSI file for the buttons and knobs you want. Very basic, but useful. I've had trouble with getting Effects to work properly tho.

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Originally posted by ziptnf It's far from perfect, but the VCI-100 accomplishes practically everything you need, as long as you set up your TSI file for the buttons and knobs you want. Very basic, but useful. I've had trouble with getting Effects to work properly tho.

can i swim with it?

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 The latest Traktor Pro update (1.1.1) adds 14-bit MIDI support, so if you have a controller with high-resolution output you should have nice pitch resolution.

so are you saying the pitch reolution is based on the midi controller and not just part of the traktor software?

BTW I am midi-retarded.... what does 14-bit mean?

It's both.

Standard midi (created in 1983) allows values up to 7 bits to be sent. For a knob or slider, that means you can only transmit values from 0-127, which is why the precision is hard to work with.

14-bit midi is an extension that allows you to use much more granular values, but both the controller and the software have to support it.

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Originally posted by teufel-man so are you saying the pitch reolution is based on the midi controller and not just part of the traktor software? BTW I am midi-retarded.... what does 14-bit mean?