The Fast Step-by-Step Way to Learn How to DJ With Traktor Pro
This systematic Traktor tutorial will take you from installing the Traktor Software to playing professional gigs with confidence. You will learn what really matters when playing live. How to set up your gear and organize your tracks, how to mix and mix in key. All content is battle-tested in over 200 gigs.
Part 1: Getting Started
- What is Traktor?
- What's in my DJ bag
- Organizing tracks on your computer
- Software overview and preferences
- Importing and loading a track
- Setting hot cues
- Organizing tracks
- Track sourcing
Part 2: Mixing Techniques
- FX and decks
- Mixer
- Find matching tracks
- Beat matching intro
- Beat matching exercise
- Find the right mix point
- Using EQ
- Mixing example
- Playlist arrangement with dummy tracks
Part 3: Mixing In Key
- Why mix in key
- How to detect the track key
- Which keys match?
- Circle of fifths
- Why key shifting 5 custom key map
- Example
A video-version of the course is available on the traktordjcourse website!
About The Author
Dano Farino (DJ DanoEF) has been in the music production and reproduction business for more than 15 years. Following his passion for music he studied Jazz in Munich, further adding sound engineering and music production to his skills.
DJing is and always was a major part of Dano's musical career. His first professional
engagement was a resident position at the Tilt Club in 1998. Gigs at Enemy Mine, the Munich Airport Rave, and various events and venues followed.
In 2012, attracted by the endless summer and career opportunities in Southeast Asia, Dano shifted his home base to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where his unique style quickly gained popularity through DJ sets and his own events in which he cooperates with local and international DJs and musicians.
Dano’s constantly evolving style, reflecting his own uniqueness and the development of the musical world around us, can best be described as ‘HighTechSoul‘ - a mix of Electronica, House, NuDisco and Breaks. Deep, infectious dance grooves with a taste of elegant syncopated blackness, linked to the legacy of Funk, Soul and Disco. Music
for people who prefer to be inspired and surprised over hearing what they know from the Charts.
On his own educational website and on other platforms Dano is sharing his experience in
numerous posts and articles. His Traktor DJ Course complete and systematic guide to DJing with Traktor Pro and mixing in key
This systematic Traktor tutorial will take you from installing the Traktor Software to playing professional gigs with confidence. You will learn what really matters when playing live. How to set up your gear and organize your tracks, how to mix and mix in key. All content is battle-tested in over 200 gigs.
Part 1: Getting Started
- What is Traktor?
- What's in my DJ bag
- Organizing tracks on your computer
- Software overview and preferences
- Importing and loading a track
- Setting hot cues
- Organizing tracks
- Track sourcing
Part 2: Mixing Techniques
- FX and decks
- Mixer
- Find matching tracks
- Beat matching intro
- Beat matching exercise
- Find the right mix point
- Using EQ
- Mixing example
- Playlist arrangement with dummy tracks
Part 3: Mixing In Key
- Why mix in key
- How to detect the track key
- Which keys match?
- Circle of fifths
- Why key shifting 5 custom key map
- Example
A video-version of the course is available on the traktordjcourse website!
About The Author
Dano Farino (DJ DanoEF) has been in the music production and reproduction business for more than 15 years. Following his passion for music he studied Jazz in Munich, further adding sound engineering and music production to his skills.
DJing is and always was a major part of Dano's musical career. His first professional
engagement was a resident position at the Tilt Club in 1998. Gigs at Enemy Mine, the Munich Airport Rave, and various events and venues followed.
In 2012, attracted by the endless summer and career opportunities in Southeast Asia, Dano shifted his home base to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where his unique style quickly gained popularity through DJ sets and his own events in which he cooperates with local and international DJs and musicians.
Dano’s constantly evolving style, reflecting his own uniqueness and the development of the musical world around us, can best be described as ‘HighTechSoul‘ - a mix of Electronica, House, NuDisco and Breaks. Deep, infectious dance grooves with a taste of elegant syncopated blackness, linked to the legacy of Funk, Soul and Disco. Music
for people who prefer to be inspired and surprised over hearing what they know from the Charts.
On his own educational website and on other platforms Dano is sharing his experience in
numerous posts and articles. His Traktor DJ Course complete and systematic guide to DJing with Traktor Pro and mixing in key
