Your First DJ Mix
6.Your First DJ Mix
6.1A Quick Mix
This section will walk you through doing your first mix. It can be followed step by step, but it might be a good idea to read through it once first so you can get your head around the process.
6.1.1Loading a Song into a Deck
There are many ways to load a song into a specific deck in Traktor LE.
To load a track into a Deck:
1.Select the track in the Browser List with the up/down arrow keys
2.Press Ctrl + Arrow Left/Right to load the selected track into Deck A or Deck B, or
3.Use the mouse to drag & drop a track from the Browser List into the Deck you want, or
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Go ahead and load Decks A and B with songs. If you just installed Traktor LE and have not added any music of your own, you will find that there are a couple or tracks that come with Traktor LE that you can use for practice. Part of what a DJ looks at when selecting songs to mix is their speed, or BPM (Beats Per Minute). It is important at first that you select songs that are close to each other’s BPM. There is a column in Traktor’s music library that lists the BPM of the songs. Once you have loaded your 2 songs, let’s learn how to cue those songs.
6.1.2Setting a Cue Point
The most basic way to set a cue point in Traktor LE is to scrub the play marker to the position you want to set the cue point, and then press the CUE button (either in Traktor LE or on your SCS.3m). You will see a white triangle appear in the song’s waveform to indicate a cue has been set. (Figure 6.1)
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