How to Sync Traktor & Maschine - Only 1 Computer: Dubspot Tutorial

[notsoaverage101]

seriously every tutorial i ve seen they act like maschine mikro doesnt even exist...so discriminating...CTRL+SHIFT...­.i dont have ctrl ...dam i am sure there is a shortcut ..but dam..

[AcidRMC]

@notsoaverage101 check the new manual for Maschine 1.7 -shortcuts- from NI, you can find it in youre service center (update)

[MRSTYLES1825]

Does any 1 know the song playing in the background, it starts at about 00:15 and ends at 2:28? I have the track on a mixtape i just don't know what it's called. If any 1 can help out it would be much appreciated.

[DeeJayEndo]

@MRSTYLES1825 Carlo Lio - Stuck In A Dream - Endo

[Djmagnuzzo]

Hello,

I hope you can answer my question (NI didnt answer me and on the NI forum they don't know it). In every tutorial or website they use and external soundcard (in your video audio 8) but I don't have an external soundcard. I use windows and I use the soundcard of my S4. Is it possible to use Maschine on deck c or d and sync them correctly (+ use fx, EQ's and faders) without using an external soundcard? (if not, why the hell is there an soundcard in the S4, it's useless :p)Thanks in advance!

[darienaybar]

@Djmagnuzzo i have been wondering that too!!

[bentosan]

@Djmagnuzzo You need to use the virtual midi port traktor provides, or use a third party virtual midi port like midi yoke or bomes midi translator

[AcidRMC]

@Djmagnuzzo lol that souncard is not persee for Maschine, its also for youre input turntables, and output youre sound, if there was no soundcard in the S4 you had to buy a external soundcard to get sound out of it so its deffently not useless ;) if you would own a Mac it would be easy btw :P

[Djmagnuzzo]

@AcidRMC Didn't know that. Learned something today :p And the mac will be for in a few years..

[jmcginn825]

Hey Endo! Thanks so much for the video. Quick question for you. I use the Pioneer DJM-800 as my external mixer and the send/return inputs outputs on it for recording loops. I am using the 5th set of inputs/outputs (main in/out). I would assume I select Jack Router 8/9 for this instead of the previewer?

Also, this may sound dumb, but how did you get your mouse to have those concentric circles when you click it?

Thanks as always for the amazing knowledge vids!

[DeeJayEndo]

@jmcginn825 Just curious - why use Jack Router when you can combine outputs of Maschine and Traktor? The Circles on my mouse clicks are from a screen capture program called iShowUHD - Endo

[djeddienet]

Hi Endo, Is it possible for you to make an video on how to synch Traktor 2 and the new Maschine Mikro, Like having the Maschine using the sample decks, alot of people asking for this online and why not ask you guys I enjoy every video u guys provide thx alot.

[DeeJayEndo]

@djeddienet Honestly I've wanted to but I have so many other things that are higher priority right now. Tons of video tutorials coming soon. But maybe in the future! Its on the list :)

[AcidRMC]

btw pannekoek, noem me geen knucklehead meer jah verrekte koekwous :) lol

[AcidRMC]

This video is not complete and not suitable for everybody, bad job DJ Endo i hope you make a full version of this short one, sow more people can use it, The audio 8 isnt even for sale anymore.... Just make a basis one for Maschine and S4 on Windows and with a live input.... You should help a lot people in the future with it i guess

[DeeJayEndo]

@AcidRMC Hey Knucklehead, first of all you should take an english class because your spelling and grammer sucks. Second of all this video is how to sync Maschine and Traktor using the Audio 8. It works the same using an Audio 10. When we made this video the audio 10 was in its pre production stages and wasn't working properly so we used the Audio 8. The S4 w/ Maschine tutorial is completely different and I believe Traktor Bible did a tutorial on this.

[AcidRMC]

@DeeJayEndo Yo the Traktor 10 was in store 4 months ago

Anyway nobody has a good video for syncing Maschine and Traktor S4 on a PC ,Traktor Bible also NOT, the JACK thing they talk about sucks. However i always loved youre videos, to bad you cant take critic. Its not like everybody has a Mac or a Traktor 10 - Audio 8 whatever so it would be very nice if there would be a video how to do that dude! I wil take English lessons, if you learn how to proper explain something LOL ;)

[AcidRMC]

S4, Maschine and windows7 offcourse :)

[mauromilano1]

if i use maschine mikro and traktor scratch pro 2 is possible this ? Please help me! :)

[mcsg27]

@mauromilano1 yes. the software in Maschine Mikro is the same exact software that comes with Maschine. The differences are in the controller only.

[mauromilano1]

@mcsg27 THANKS!!!!!

[purefm1]

Can I sync Maschine to S4 using and get it to play through one of it's channels? I can't find info on this. Thanks man.

[TheWanderer303]

now that i have sync'd the two i want to record my machine beats on top of my set, but i cant, how do you do this using the internal mixer? i would like to use machine as deck C

[AcidRMC]

@TheWanderer303 I love to know that to, it's called LIVE INPUT, but when i make a deck (C or D) live input, i cant see a signal from Maschine???? Could somebody tell how thats possible, and whats the solution?

I use windows 7 and S4, no external soundcard.

[djkrypto1103]

endo, what do you recomend my eq's to be set at?

[MrRidisc]

and if im using a pc and dont have a soundcard with midi! can i plug a cable in & out from to the maschine controller???

[catchpsk]

I've been trying to set this up but I have a problem where the settings in your video are different to mine. I'm useing audio 10 and traktor pro 2. There isn't a virtual midi port in the options also the outputs are all different. Any help you could give me with this would be great as I've had maschine for over 6 months and not one sound out of it yet.

[DeeJayEndo]

@catchpsk Virtual MIDI isn't available when using PC. You'd need to use a MIDI cable with your audio 10. Just plug the MIDI out port into the MIDI in port using a MIDI cable and follow the steps in the video

[genpatsusensei38]

Who the hell would use CPU intensive vsti during the live? lol

[DeeJayEndo]

@genpatsusensei38 Dubfire, Richie Hawtin, Chris Liebing, Me, Sasha, Speedy J, Drumcell... I could go on and on. It works like a charm. I have a 4 year old macbook pro and never have any issues when I use Maschine and Traktor together.

[FYICREW]

@deejayendo Sorry. Komplete 8

[FYICREW]

@DeeJayEndo with Kom8 about to drop with total integration w/ Maschine, will using ableton w/Traktor as well be redundant?

[DeeJayEndo]

@FYICREW What is Kom8?

[FYICREW]

@DeeJayEndo thank you sir! You are a gentleman and a scholar! I'm close to taking two courses at dubspot, I just wish dubspot had rudimentary living quarters included in the price. Not food, just a bunk in a corner somewhere I could read and sleep. The online option is missing some of the most valuable hours of the schooling (instructor led) and is only a few hundred less. Meh. Still with tips that you give I'm thinking online might not be so bad. Thx.

[1ino1eum]

where can I find this maschine + tracktor template that carl cox and other use ? I can't find it...

[DeeJayEndo]

@1ino1eum djendo dot com slash traktor

[1ino1eum]

@DeeJayEndo awesome thanks !

[FYICREW]

@deejayendo thanks a lot btw.

[FYICREW]

@deejayendo ok if I'm understanding you correctly, to dj/perform using Traktor, and use Maschine inside of ableton with Traktors 4 decks running into ableton, I sync Maschines Metronome offset? Is this in addition to the ableton metronome set up? I thought maschine inside of ableton defaulted to the hosts tempo, and not syncing abletons metronome won't that cause ableton based midi and audio to go off time? What tells ableton to listen to maschine?

[DeeJayEndo]

@FYICREW In theory yes, Maschine will sync to Ableton's Master Tempo. And it DOES work that way. But I found it to be tighter if I actually sync to Maschine's Metronome inside of ableton (using Ableton's MIDI sync offset bar, but turning on Maschine's Metronome instead of Ableton's). Or you can just sync Ableton to Traktor following my steps in my "Syncing Ableton to Traktor" video. I just think using Maschine's metronome is tighter for some reason when using it as a plug in inside of ableton.

[FYICREW]

Also this method is similar to matching up with Ableton. Do I run Maschine as a plug in or match ableton and maschines metronome as shown here?

[DeeJayEndo]

@FYICREW You can do it either way. You can sync Maschine as a Stand Alone (shown in the video) or you can sync Ableton to Traktor. The trick to doing it that way is to actually turn the MASCHINE metronome on in Ableton and sync the Maschine Metronome rather than the Ableton Metronome

[FYICREW]

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS come on! It's obvious this is a huge part of Maschines client base. Please add native support for midi control of Maschine in Traktor. This matching the clicks way of doing things is sloppy, especially since serato added "The Bridge"

[DeeJayEndo]

I'm sure they have something brewing in the NI labs ;-)

[wezzelby]

I still have one question how can i send my midi clock of traktor to the DB4? I checked the box send midi clock also the midi clock is the master and on the DB4 i selected recieve midi clock. But it doesn't recieve it?

[DeeJayEndo]

@wezzelby Its done in a very similar way. You would add a new device in the controller manager - select "Generic MIDI" - name it "MIDI Clock" by clicking on the edit button, and set the out port to the DB4. Then in the DB4 preferences you select MIDI clock to receive the MIDI from Traktor

[wezzelby]

@DeeJayEndo Alright got it thanx! But the bpm on the db4's display isn't stable as i see it in the master clock i use traktor pro 2 and i don't use timecode control

[imricjjames]

2 s4's!?

[entyce66]

ay thx endo for your reply....do you teach at dubspot in nyc....me and my partner wanna take the up and coming weekend workshop...if so do you teach the traktor course....thx

[DeeJayEndo]

@entyce66 Yup! I do Traktor weekend workshops at Dubspot, and also do Private Lessons (one on one) and teach our Digital DJing with Traktor course. For private lessons and to sign up for classes e-mail admissions at dubspot dot com

[56kstunner]

u guys should do a bit on syncing traktor and ableton.

[DeeJayEndo]

@56kstunner I actually did two videos on the Dubspot youtube on how to sync Traktor and Ableton, and also how to route the audio from each deck in Traktor to its own audio channel in Ableton. You can either search through Dubspots videos, or just do a search for "How to sync Traktor and Ableton" and those two videos should show up at the top of your search results.

[fearfactory81]

Does this work with Traktor Pro 1 or does it have to be Traktor Pro 2????

[fearfactory81]

@fearfactory81: Nevermind that Question i figured it out!! Thanks for the Video!

[DeeJayEndo]

@fearfactory81 Yes this works with Traktor Pro 1 as well, however the MIDI clock send is more stable in Traktor Pro 2. However I used to do this with Traktor Pro 1 all the time and it works just fine. You just have to resync the MIDI clock sometimes by clicking the Sync button in Traktor's Master clock panel to re sync the two programs.

[fearfactory81]

@DeeJayEndo Thank you!!! I was trying to press the sync in traktor or the play/pause button but it's not highlighted it's showing it but you cant press on it or anything! 

[DeeJayEndo]

@fearfactory81 Thats because you need to turn on "Send MIDI Clock" in Preferences - MIDI Clock

[entyce66]

hey endo thx for ur tutorials is it possible to assign maschine to a channel in the s4....thx

[DeeJayEndo]

@entyce66 Yes it is definitely possible. The way I do it is use a seperate soundcard for Maschine, and plug the output of that soundcard into an input on the S4. Then I make one deck in Traktor a "Live input" by clicking on the arrow inside of the decks, and set the input of that deck in the Traktor preferences. Then you can route the Audio in Maschine through a deck in Traktor and use Traktor's effects over Maschine.

[djDivineJustice]

Hey Endo, have you checked out my sample deck mappings for Maschine and the Apc20? Might give ya some ideas:)

[djface172]

Can I use the audio 10 sound card instead of my s4 sound with time code cd with this set up, and if I can what benifits does it have using the audio 10 sound card oppose to the s4 soundcard with your set up with mashine?

[DeeJayEndo]

@djface172 Yes, you can use the Audio 10. The advantage is the Audio 10 has 5 outputs so you could run 4 decks out of Traktor and still have one extra channel for Maschine. This is handy if your using a mixer that has an extra 5th channel like the Xone DB4 Mixer.

[rache19637]

HI Endo, Great video, Im currently doing your traktor course i with dubspot, i was wondering where can i downlod the maschine mapping you made for traktor?

[DeeJayEndo]

@rache19637 You can download the Maschine mapping at DJ Endo dot com slash traktor . I will have an updated mapping with the sample decks soon!

[wezzelby]

Cool! :) thanks man that has made me wiser

[wezzelby]

Oké i understand, as I mentioned in the NI forum i just wonder how it really works, how richie, dubfire and others use it in there sets

[DeeJayEndo]

@wezzelby Well I can tell you all about how Dubfire uses it because I set him up! Dubfire Sync's Ableton to Traktor, and Maschine is being used as a VST plugin inside of Ableton. Each Group in Maschine is routed to its own audio channel inside of Ableton. In each group is a drum bank (Kicks, Snares, Rimshots etc), and he uses his iPad w/ Touch OSC to control the volume of each audio channel (Drum Bank) and to trigger FX over Maschine.

[wezzelby]

What is the value of maschine, now that traktor have sample decks?

[DeeJayEndo]

@wezzelby The Sample Decks don't have anything to do with the value of Maschine. With the Sample Decks you can cut samples out of tracks to use in your sets, or you can load your own loops or one shots into the deck. With Maschine you can make an entire track, and program your own drum patterns, or host VSTs so you can play live in Maschine in Perfect Sync - just another reason why you would want to follow this tutorial :)

[MrRidisc]

2 questions!! 1st, if traktor pro (1) wasnt able to send midi correctly a lot of time, how come speedy j, richie and those guys, play on both equaly, and sounds allways great?? and 2nd, i have an audio 2 now and considering buying maschine and an s4 later on... since the s4 has its own soundcard, with 1 out, can i use the audio 2 for maschine without conflict? i mean, 2 soundcards working simultaniously... or can i do rout it thru the s4 still using 4 decks? without having to use the audio 2...

[DeeJayEndo]

@MrRidisc The old Traktor's MIDI clock would fluctuate a little bit, making it so you had to press the sync button constantly in Traktor's Master Clock Panel. Richie Hawtin was using an Ethernet Hub to sync his MIDI devices which was a lot more stable. I believe Speedy J and Chris Liebing were syncing their computers manually using the Master Clock Pitch Bend and typing the BPM into the Master Clock. That way there is no fluctuating at all with the Master Clocks.

[fearfactory81]

@DeeJayEndo Having troubles makings this work I'm running a PC Windows 7 64 bit with VCI-100 SE along with the Maschine running Midi out of my Audio 8 to Midi IN on my Maschine Controller and it's not working properly!!! :(

[DeeJayEndo]

@fearfactory81 This tutorial is more for Mac users. A lot of PC users have problems with this because sometimes they can't use the same soundcard for both programs. In this case you might want to have a second computer for Maschine and run a MIDI cable from one soundcard to the other. There is a Native Instruments tutorial video that shows you how to do this.

[DeeJayEndo]

@MrRidisc To answer your other question, you can use 2 soundcards at once on Mac (1 for Traktor, 1 for Maschine). You can also use the S4 soundcard for both Traktor & Maschine. What's a lot of fun is to use the Audio 2 for Maschine and Plug the Audio 2 into the S4 input and route the audio of Maschine into a Deck in Traktor by setting a Deck to be a Live Input. Then you can use Traktors effects over Maschine!

[djDivineJustice]

Great video. There is a free program for windows thar lets you send internal MIDI as well.

[DeeJayEndo]

@djDivineJustice Yes, there is a program called LoopBe1 that lets you send Internal MIDI on Windows

[fearfactory81]

@DeeJayEndo When installed LoopBe1 it was messing with the mapping i had for the VCI-100se Fw1.3 the play wouldn't play and all the other buttons were not doing what they were suppose to. Am i doing something wrong!!! ???

[DeeJayEndo]

@fearfactory81 I would check your preferences - controller manager. In the device dropdown menu there is a list of devices. Click on your VCI - 100 device and set the in and out ports for that device (should be VCI 100 or something like that) and then click on your loop BE device and select the in and our ports for that as well. In port should be NONE and out port should be LOOP BE (or whatever they call the port).

[thanoulis024]

I just noticed that audio 8 dj is missing from online shops, as well as NI website,

does anyone got any clue about this? I was going to buy one :P ffs

[DeeJayEndo]

@thanoulis024 The Audio 8 has been discontinued unfortunately. Traktor Pro 2 now comes with the Audio 10. Not sure why. I love the Audio 8!

[thanoulis024]

@DeeJayEndo oh that's too bad. I was planning on getting one, I just needed that card for external mixing, and it had the right price too! Audio 10 is just too expensive.

nvm, thanks for that reply Endo ;)

[DeeJayEndo]

@thanoulis024 I'm sure you could easily find an Audio 8 DJ on ebay or craigslist

[thanoulis024]

@DeeJayEndo that's what I was thinking :P , btw do u remember how match did it cost new?

[pittster57]

ok Endo sounds great, but that means your computer has to high performance to handle the hardware, because with my experience Maschine uses way too much processing power, so when I was making beats the sounds didn't sound right because the computer was working all of its processing speed.

[DeeJayEndo]

@pittster57 I am using an older (3 year old) macbook pro and using Traktor & Maschine together works great with no problems.

[pittster57]

@DeeJayEndo Considering the cost of a mac, it is considered a high performance computer.

[djpipotheoriginal]

i will love to do this but i cant even afford it

[TheSoundOfStrategy]

Where can I find your 4 Deck Traktor 2 Maschine Mapping?

[MrFlyboygully]

@TheSoundOfStrategy i got a mapping fpr tp2 message me for it with the template

[marvie05marv]

actually this video is frm NI how to ... the steps r exactly the same. took me to hours to get this right couple yrs ago but w this video will help alot to he new kids w maschine trying to sync maschine nd traktor... gr8 job !

[MrBeetzz]

great vid!

[Pena1003]

@MrBeetzz thank you for not saying first