Jul 02, 2019 Chris Liebing gives you his take on TRAKTOR PRO 3.2, as well as the lowdown on his approach to harmonic mixing. TRAKTOR 3.2 introduces a series of features designed to help DJs mix in key. Jun 26, 2014 How to Best Use Harmonic Mixing in Traktor. There are only 2 things really to keep in mind when using Traktor’s harmonic mixing tools: a minor track (m) can be mixed with a major track (d) so long as the numerical value is the same – This will change the mood, from melancholy to happy, or vice versa if you go the other way.
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Harmonic mixing, or mixing in key, is a crucial skill for DJing nowadays, ushered in on the back of digital music technologies (especially pitch preservation at varying tempo, and the ability for software to pretty accurately guess the key of any piece of music).
Originally the preserve of Mixed In Key, which can analyse your tracks and add the key data to them, it is now available “in house” in all major DJ software, including Traktor.
So assuming you’re a Traktor user, should you use Mixed in Key, or Traktor’s built-in key detection? While Mixed In Key offers the most features for power users, it’s quite possible that what’s built in will work perfectly well for you. This video will help you decide.
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(On a side note, this is the first Traktor tutorial we’ve seen from Native Instruments for quite a while, as we’re hoping it bodes well for some increased love for the platform in the coming weeks and months.)
Harmonic Mixing Traktor Pro 2 For Free
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- Want to learn more about mixing harmonically? Take a look at our How To Master Keymixing course.
Do you use Traktor’s built-in key detection for your keymixing? Any tips you’d like to share, or questions for us? Feel free to use the comment box below…