Traktor 3 DJ Studio
Tuesday July 3, 2007
As a singer/songwriter/dance artist just getting my feet wet in DJing, it's an interesting time to throw myself in the mix. Just as CDs were the new vinyl, mp3 files are establishing themselves as the new CD. I'll save the debate for another day, but it's safe to say that as a novice DJ, the thought of simply grabbing my laptop and external hard drive instead of cases and cases of CDs was very tempting. Not to mention instant access to my entire musical library and hours gained not having to burn CDs. For some, Native Instruments' new version of Traktor (3.2) may make the temptation to switch to laptop DJing even more enticing
Comments
“If you downloaded a track off iTunes that has DRM protection, you will have to burn this on to a CD and rip it as a mp3 file to be able to use it in Traktor”
Not necessarily. Play your music file, set the record properties in the volume control panel to “stereo mix” (in Windows), open your wave editing software and record the audio straight in!
Hey Ed: Yes.. you can do it that way too! My point is that Traktor advertises you can import your I-Tunes playlists and it will recognize them. This is true–but if it is a DRM-protected file, it still requires another step whether burning the CD or doing it your way. Robbie
Can you use DJ Console MK2 with Traktor 3?