How to Sync Traktor & Maschine - Dubspot Native Instruments Tutorial w/ DJ Endo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Dubspot Instructor and DJ product specialist for Native Instruments Mike Henderson aka DJ Endo explains and demonstrates how to synchronize NI's Traktor and Maschine in this new video tutorial, and the detailed accompanying article which you can read in its entire below. Artist currently using Endo's Traktor & Maschine setup/mapping includes Carl Cox, Nic Fancuilli, and David Morales. While other major artists and performers such as Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, and Chris Liebing also incorporate Maschine and Traktor in their live setup as a plugin. Endo shows you an easily setup Maschine and Traktor and have both programs run in perfect sync on one computer using one audio interface!
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Glad you were able to figure out how to route the audio. Your going to need to follow EVERY STEP closely in this video and in the exact order. You need to have the play button on in Traktor's Master clock on to send MIDI to Maschine. Then you need to hit SYNC to start the step sequencer on the 1. Also turn on Sync to External clock in Maschine and follow every other step in order from the video.
This is a brilliant video on a difficult topic mate. I would never in a month of Sundays worked out the the offset thing. Got Maschine 2 and Traktor synced perfectly now.
Also, big up on your music man. Love it.
Glad this was helpful for you patrick!
Thank you for your setup guide, you save my S8 and maschine studio🔥
Would love a 2020 update on this guide and maybe add a Kontrol S4 MK3 part as well as that is the setup Im really curious about. This was a really good and clear instruction.
Thank you. Because this is very important. In my experience it syncs perfectly well however it is not assigned its own deck instead it just played from the master so you have absolutely no control over it which is very difficult
Virtual MIDI out only exists on Mac. To record the sound from Maschine inside of Traktor you would have to route it to a channel on your DJ Mixer and record the sound from the mixer, or if your mixing internally in Traktor, you would have to route the sound of Maschine into a deck in Traktor using a deck as a direct thru (by clicking the black arrow under the deck header) and configuring the inputs in preferences - input routing. You might need to use a separate soundcard for Maschine.
@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.
Endo, this video has been A+. I hope I will full fill the whole set into my traktor + maschine studio. I will check more about. Maybe I have to translate the same video for spanish population, jajaja.
Because you have to configure your audio correctly. With the S2 you can either set the output of Maschine to the MASTER (output 1&2 I believe) or the MONITOR (output 3&4 I believe). You can set the routing for Maschine in File - Audio / MIDI settings. Set the soundcard to Traktor S2 and in the routing section set the output channel 1 (l) and Output Channel 2(r) to the S2's outputs.
Can you update this video for maschine 2.0?
Yeah turn the master volume up in Maschine. Its the slider in the upper right hand side of the Maschine software, or you can turn the volume knob up on the Maschine hardware. It might also be you have a group or sound in maschine turned down so check that volume as well.
You would use a separate soundcard for Maschine and plug the soundcard from Maschine into your audio interface for Traktor. In preferences - input routing, you would set the input for one of the decks to be the input you plugged Maschine into. Then change one of the decks to "Direct Thru" by clicking on the black arrow in the deck header and change the deck to Direct Thru.
Nice work, Endo! Thank you!
Yes you can but you'll need to set Traktor to external mode OR set the monitor output of Traktor to your computer speakers to hear the metronome. Once you have the metronomes of both programs in Sync you can put Traktor in Internal Mixing mode to use Traktor's internal mixer.
You don't NEED an audio interface but if you want to separate each deck and maschine to its own external channel you'll want one. Otherwise you can use your computers built in soundcard to play tracks and you'll be able to hear Maschine and Traktor. I recommend using an external soundcard though, or a controller like the Traktor S4 which can have volume control over all the decks.
@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).
You would need to go to the Maschine software and configure the Audio MIDI settings by clicking File - Audio / MIDI settings. Set the soundcard to the S2 then in the routing tab set Maschine Out 1 (l) and Maschine Out 1 (r) to whatever Audio Interface you want to use (you can use the S2 or a different one).
Cheers for the reply dude. Decided to buy the full unit it the end and it's al working great. =)
Yes you can also do this with the Audio 6. You would just have to configure your outputs for Traktor and Maschine.
Yes, try plugging a MIDI cable from the S4 MIDI OUT into the S4 MIDI IN and then follow basically all of the steps above, but set the MIDI in and out ports to the S4 instead of Traktor Virtual Output.
The way Dubfire does it is, he has 8 "groups" in Maschine. Each Group has 16 sounds, so group A is kicks, Group B is hats, Group C is rim shots (for example), then he has Maschine routed to its own separate return channel on the Allen & Heath Xone 92. We did a video interview with him not too long ago. Check that out and he explains how he uses the Maschine with Traktor.
Yes you can also do this with the Traktor Kontrol S4. See my previous comment on how to route the audio from Maschine into Traktor as well. Lots of fun!
DJ Endo, Thanks for the detailed info! VERY informative.
The whole point of the Sync and Play buttons in Traktor's master clock is to turn on / off Maschine, and to retrigger Maschine on the 1. Rather than using the play button on Maschine to start Maschine you are now using the play button in Traktors master clock to play Maschine. Then you are using Sync to start Maschines step sequencer at the beginning (on the 1)
@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!
Cool video man, and I'm glad your liking the Maschine Mapping!
The Stanton CMP 800 can be used as a USB controller for Traktor. You would just need to install the mapping for it. Do a search online for the mapping, or maybe the installer CD comes with one. You can also use the Traktor timecode CDs to control Traktor. You would need a SCRATCH version of Traktor to control Traktor with timecode CDs, and you would need the Traktor timecode CDs and a Traktor certified Audio interface such as the Traktor Audio 6 to get it to work with timecode.
Yes, you can do this using any sound card.
@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.
@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
Can you make a video for Maschine Jam? Excellent video, do you have a newer version for Traktor 3.8x with Machine 2.5xx?
Hello and thanks for your awesome tutorial . my question is !?? Does Mac corei5 can support traktor and maschine together or I need to buy Mac corei7 !?! Thanks for your sharing Endo .
@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
@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.
Yes you need to have the PLAY button on in Traktor's Master Clock, THEN you need to hit the SYNC button in Traktor's Master clock to start the step sequencer in Maschine.
Will Maschine's 5 pin MIDI out port still send clock if Maschine is recieving clock?
I really want to use TR8s with Traktor.
My interface (Audio 6 Dj) doesn't have 5 pin Mini In/Out. I was thinking of buying a second hand audio 8 instead, as that way I would have the Midi ports, but If I sync Maschine and use that MIDI port that would be sick.
If this stuff is all nicely in sync, I will have the 4 channels of my 92 going Ch 1&2 - Traktor A & B (using the x1 as normal) Ch 3 - Maschine, Ch 4 - TR8s.
This would be a proper sick little set up if i can get it all running nicely!
Nice video.
Best from Majorca.
@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.
Go to preferences - controller manager - click the device dropdown menu, and for each device go to the "Out Port" and make sure nothing is set to "All Ports". You only want ONE device (the MIDI clock device) set to "Traktor Virtual Output" in the out ports. The reason why your BPM is doubled is because your sending BPM information from more than one device in the controller manager.
Hi Mike, its possible to use my S2 soundcard to sync? do i only need a midi-usb interface to plug to usb in my Mac?
Search for Maschine Traktor on google and it should be one of the first search results. It's on Dubspots youtube channel.
Yes you can but since you have a PC you won't be able to use Traktor Virtual Output. You'll want to use a different Virtual MIDI Cable program like MIDI yoke, or you can use an audio interface like your focusrite that has MIDI Out and MIDI In Ports. You'd plug a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port to the MIDI in port on your focusrite then follow all of the other steps in the video except for the Traktor Virtual Output part. You'd set the out port of the MIDI clock device to Audio 10 (for example)
Forgot to ask: is there an equivalent key command as the Shift+control on the Maschine hardware to switch between Traktor and Maschine software when using Maschine as a slave to Traktor (i.e. when using Maschine as an instrument inside Traktor, rather than using Maschine as a MIDI controller for Traktor)?
@djDivineJustice Yes, there is a program called LoopBe1 that lets you send Internal MIDI on Windows
Because you probably have two devices that are sending MIDI clock. Here's what to do. 1) Go to Traktor Preferences - Controller Manager. 2) Click on the device dropdown menu to view all of your MIDI devices. 3) For EACH Midi device set the IN/Out Ports (next to the device menu). You need to set the in and out ports for each device to THAT DEVICE (ex. Maschine's outport should be Maschine. F1 should be F1). The ONLY thing sending MIDI OUT to Traktor virtual output is the MIDI Clock Device we made
Traktor virtual output only exists on Mac
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!
So will this just route the audio together and keep it in time? Id like to be able to have maschine assigned to a deck on an S4 so i can control the volume and cue what im doing in maschine. Is there a good tutorial out and about or do i just follow this?
Yes, you would set the output of Maschine to one output on your soundcard in Maschine - File - Audio / MIDI settings - in the routing and Audio Tabs. In the routing Tab set Maschine Out 1 (l) and Maschine Out 1 (r) to whatever output you want to use on your audio interface. Then in Traktor Configure your Audio preferences so each deck is routed to its own channel on your audio interface. Also check my tutorial Traktor Pro Guide - Preferences Pt 1/4: Audio Setup + Timecode Configuration
@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?
@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
Is this possible with rekordbox + maschine 2 without an audio interface? Ideally being able to send maschine audio to deck3/4 in rekordbox's mixer
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.
Hey buddy
I have a question
I have the new traktor pro 3 and I will sync up with my maschine mk3... I have Tha traktor s2 mk3. It doesn't work with this mixer?
I can't do it but I don't know why I tried it 30 times?
Can you help me
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.
Could you please run down on how the likes of Richie/ Dubfire/ & Chirs use Maschine? My dj style is similar to theirs, and I was wanting to pick up a Maschine. Thanks in advance!
@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.
I'm on it. Coming soon!
The best way to do this on a PC is to use an Audio interface like the Audio 8 which has a MIDI In / Out port. Take a MIDI Cable and plug it from the MIDI Out port to the Midi In Port. This will trick your computer into thinking its getting midi from something else. Then follow all of the rest of the steps minus the virtual output part and it should work great!
@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.
Endo, Love the videos. I am trying to sync Maschine to my S4 on my mac as well but my Audio Outputs in Maschine are Master L/R and Monitor L/R. I hear Maschine working even though all the sliders are down. Any advice? I just wanna use it on Deck D!
Hello can NI machine studio be used as a deck on tractor pro 3 with my tractor s4 m3, and can I play stems & use remix on NI maschine studio as well?
Where i can find the Video to control Traktor with Maschine as external MIDI?
You spoke about that at the 10:12 Min.
Need some help on that. BTW. AWESOME. Thnx for the video!
I would recommend checking out my 4 Deck Maschine mapping for Traktor Pro. You can control almost everything in Traktor with the mapping. Just do a search for Maschine Traktor Endo and it should be one of the first videos that pops up.
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?
I have a X1 MK2 a Maschine ,TSP2 and Audio6 but my mixer only have 2 channels.I want to use the maschine has a remix decks in traktor as channel C .Do i need a mixer with more channels?
Yes you can do this same thing using S4 and Maschine Mikro.
There's a problem. In trakotr--> Setting -Controller when you start a new midi configuration I already have a map file to make my DDJ RX works. I'm afraid that if I puta new configuration this will fuck up the correct job of my console...I i select the new profile midi port than i guess the profile where the mapping for my consolle is saved won't work anymore..
@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
I'm having trouble setting this up. I'm on a Mac and controlling Traktor with an S4. I have Maschine routing through a separate sound card and into deck C in Traktor. That's all set up fine. The difficulty is in getting the midi clock to sync. First, when I hit "sync" in Traktor's master clock section, it does not start Maschine. Second, when I adjust the slave clock offset in Maschine, the tempo doesn't change at all. There seems to be an error in their communication, but I can't track it down
I have maschine but not traktor yet. Question. Can I record from traktor controler into maschine so as to add multiple layers of sounds? In a similar fashion to someone like Dj shadow who made complex layered songs using 2 turntables and a sampler. I want to record several layers and scratches and stuff using traktor control into maschine to create full complex songs. Is that possible?
You can sync any program or device that receives MIDI clock to Traktor
This video is mainly about syncing the two programs, so yes, you can essentially do this with any controller or sound card.
I have Mashine and Traktor syncing up (BPM), but my Maschine audio comes out of my Mac and the Traktor audio comes out of the Traktor hardware (as it should). How do I get Maschine to play through the Traktor hardware (as Deck C or D - so I can work beats on the fly and utilze the Cue features). I'm using S2 and all the latest software for Mac and NI gear.
Im using a traktor f1,x1,z1 can it be possible to add a maschine mk2?
I use an APC-40 to control traktor and I want to do what is demonstrated here. I have everything synced up like in the video, but when I press a button on my APC-40, it'll play a Maschine sample (usually pitched down) and traktor at the same time. How do I make the APC 40 only control traktor, and the Maschine to control only Maschine?
Hi Endo i work with a windows pc are the instructions the same for windows users are is there another mapping file for to donwloading it ?
I read that i must use midi yoke for the virtual midi.
Thank For your support
greetings from belgium
@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.
How would you connect Ableton Push as the drum maschine? Is it similar to how u connected the maschine? Or has it got more involved???
I connected everything together with xone k2, but the sound from the maschine is only in the headphones((
Now I’m thinking to learn traktor :) been trying to play maschine with USB and cdjs . Need this link it’s great . Wish I didn’t need a computer tho for traktor .
I did this and it work great but only for the first 15min and after about that time Maschine and Traktor Pro 2 start going out of sync? Any help here? :(
Is it possible to do this without the NI soundcard? Can I use Traktor S2s soundcard for instance?
Woah, this way is a little different to Kosmicdj way.. I'm using timecode CDs, (CDJ 1000s), so do I just need to enable 'AUTO' aswell as master? Is that the only difference?
Great! But is that possible with an S4 and Maschine Mikro?
Hello Dubspot, i recently bought a traktor kontrol s4 and a maschie mikro and i would like to know how can i sync them together without any external souncard ?. Thank You
well thnx a lot, maybe i need to find some video to help me :) , I'm probably doing something wrong in the configuration, to be noted that I am using an external mixer, 2 decks (denon dn sc200) + mikro maschine + traktor kontrol f1+ audio dj 8 soundcard
where can I find this maschine + tracktor template that carl cox and other use ? I can't find it...
The Pioneer DDJ-T1 version of Traktor is very limited as far as its options. I would just recommend upgrading to the full version of Traktor Scratch Pro and update to the latest version to unlock all of the features. You won't be able to use timecode without a "Scratch" version of Traktor.
I would love to know how I can sync my Maschine MK2 as a midi controller in Traktor as Dj Endo says at 10:11. I can't find the video !
Sweet one! Works like a charm.... ;0)
Right, each sound card's outputs are named differently. Just select the outputs that you want to use for each program.
The output volume of maschine is way softer than my traktor output, don't really know how this happened, but i can't really hear anything from the maschine when a track is playing in traktor, is there a way to boost the volume of maschine or something?
@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
Hey Dubspot i need your help;) is it possible to sync ableton and traktor via s4 soundcard on windows?
Have a look at the settings in your version, all you need it to be able to send a virtual midi clock, I would be surprised if your version didn't have this capability
@pittster57 I am using an older (3 year old) macbook pro and using Traktor & Maschine together works great with no problems.
I do exactly what you say and do in the vid step by step, but I don't hear my maschine... Can you help me with this problem?
endo, what do you recomend my eq's to be set at?
hit the Sync button in Traktor's master clock section to start the step sequencer
Hi Endo! I wanna sync my Kontrol S4 mk2 with my Maschine Mikro 2. Im using Pc. How can I do that? Thank you.