Big changes in the update include:

Coloured Waveforms
Loop Recorder
Sample decks
2 New effects
Other smaller features and settings

The update looks superb but I do wonder how it’ll be possible to control Effects,  hot cues and the sample decks with one Kontrol X1, hopefully there’ll be a workaround, I imagine it’s using the Shift key to alternate between effects and sample decks. Check out the video below:

DJ, Youve Got My Love is more funkier whereas the other track on the EP ‘One Step’ has a deeper, repetitive bassline.

62mins//192kbps//13 tracks

Tracklist:

David Herrero – Spanish Lick (Original Mix)
Peter Gelderblom, Randy Santino & Angie Brown – Exceptional (Original Vocal Mix)
Kid Culture & Thomas Robson – Yes I Need You (Original Mix)
Brent Vassar – Old School Slow Jams (Banana Groovz & Jackie Remix)
Lys – Few Things (Original Mix)
Miguel Picasso, Rebeka Brown – Show Me Your Love (Jean Philips & Mike Kelly Mix)
DJ Slider & Anton Liss feat. Soozy Q – Mr Devil (Original Mix)
Firebeatz – It’s Like That 2011 (Original Mix)
Lookback – Suonasse (Original Mix)
Modaal – Just Killin’ It (Original Mix)
Mac Zimms – Strings and Synths (Original Mix)
Bruk – On You (Original Mix)
Starjackers – Something’s Happening (Calvertron Remix)

House Mix – Jan 2011 by djkevine

I searched for days on Google about possible ways to solve the problem, such as re-installing drivers, disabling wireless etc but none of them worked until I came across this…

The issue was with the MIDI mapping settings, and here’s the process I have to do each time I load Traktor Pro to get good sound quality.

At the start you can just about hear the stuttered playback, and then I make the settings changes I need to make every time I load the software to get good sound quality.

Usually I wouldn’t look twice at Behringer as they’re not famous for high-quality gear but I’ve read some great reviews about the 4-channel mixer that’s packed with loads of features (2 effects processors, sampler, eq kill buttons, MIDI, optical faders).

My current mixer, the Pioneer DJM400 cost £100 more at £350 and it doesn’t have nowhere near as many features, only 2 channels – not 4, no MIDI, fewer effects, and no cue mix for headphones. The price really is unbelievable at £250.

I can’t wait to get it and replace my Pioneer mixer that has broken master outputs (only the left output works)

Before, all the midi mappings for the decks were assigned by one setting in traktor, but after separating the mappings to each individual deck it seems like I have better quality and have no terrible distortion at 15ms.

So for anyone with similar distortion issues with Traktor, try adjusting your mappings and changing them so you have 2, each for your different deck (duplicate each and assign them to each cd deck!)

Traktor Pro worked like a dream on the Mac, shame I can’t say the same for Windows 7 though – stuttered playback (tracks keep on stop/starting) and distortion. It’s not as if the laptop is bad spec either, it’s an Intel i5 processor with 4GB RAM, more than enough to run Traktor Pro.

I’ve tried everything I’ve read on forums, changing the power plan, upgrading drivers, disabling others, anti-virus, wireless etc but I can’t get better than 20ms latency – which is far from good! Looks like for now I’ll have to live with bad latency.

Still no mixes since August so I really to get some done in the New Year!!!

I wish I had done it months earlier, the capabilities and extra things you can do is superb, looping, effects and editing/remixing the music live is great, as before it became rather boring just mixing intros into outros of tracks.

Finally it’s all set up and working with the software via MIDI/USB, so stay tuned for some new mix videos to be uploaded soon.