Native Instruments Traktor Pro 3 - How To Beat Grid
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2018
- In this video I will show you how to beat grid different songs in Traktor Pro 3 by Native Instruments.
There are different approaches to this concept, so I will be taking you through just some of the ways that do it.
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Jesus, figured it'd be easy to adjust the beat grid and tried 5 of the top Google hits and none of their instructions worked for me. This was the first tutorial that said to change the dropdown from Cue to Grid. Thank you.
yeah the 1st man who speaks about gridding jazz , funk and motown songs and not only about quantized 4 to the floor, thumb up
Thanks man, very clear, i was just looking for this, great video.
You are a natural teacher, my friend. I am self-teaching Traktor 3 for a DJ genre switch in my career and you are the most succinct and articulate teacher out there. I hope Traktor are paying you a good wedge pal. Thanx for your immense help
Thanks Steve that’s very lovely of you to say and means a lot. If you ever need any help just shout. Dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com 😊
thanks for putting this video together! .. I coming back to Traktor after 10 years of not DJing. It's come a long way in that time and looks far more intuitive these days. Can't wait to get back into it!
Thank Robert and welcome back 😊 if you need any help just shout.
Been going through a few of your videos. The way you explain stuff works so well for me. Cheers for all the content!
Thanks Tom and really glad to hear I’ve helped.
Best beat gridding explanation I have seen on RUclips thank you very much
Thank you Lee. Glad you like it.
Appreciate the last tip alot, didn't think it that way possible ty
Definitley the best beat grid vid. Thanks so much.
Thanks Jem you are a gem 🤓
Simple and straightforward, thanks a million!
Really Great Video getting into the details with Traktor, it's helped me massively!
Great tutorial for fantastic DJ software.
👍
Thank you Dave! Much appreciated!
Well Explained, Excellent Video
Very helpful video. Big thanks from Northern Ireland
Lovely! Thanks for that. Really clearly explained.
Thanks for taking the time sir
Great tutorial!!! Thank you!
The vocal gridding tip is great, thanks Dave!
Thanks Mick
Top notch, full of fantastic information ... thanks ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks Edward 😊
Totally awesome explanation the best ever in the whole world wide web. Especially the part @7:14 how to beat grid with drifting beats. I Dj Latin and Caribbean songs and these genres have live instruments and here beats drift a lot. I haven't come across such a good tutorial before. I think it could work for me. Thanks Dave yeah your an Expert :)
Ah thanks Hans very kind of you to say and hope it helps. Shout if you need any further help. ☺️
duuuuude, thank you sooo much...the software failed completely on Tsunami and it was horrible to work with when i was beatmatching...finally it works
You’re more than welcome. Really pleased it helped 😊
Thank you Dave. Another Geek Level video much appreciated.
Lol thanks a Gareth. Geek level initiated lol
Thanks for the explanation.
Amazing Video once agan, thank you!
thanks for sharing,!!!! just a quick one -> instead of setting a cue point + chnging it for a beat grid marker, you can click on "beat grid" section (move/cue/grid) and set a beat grid wherever you want by pressing BG button - no needs to change "snap" setting etc.
Dude... this helped me so much, tkx.
Great tip on the vocals!
Thanks Diogo
Patiently waiting for Dave's awesome Jam map coming out soon...!!!
Hahaha thanks I’m just waiting for NI to get back to me on some ‘unassignable’ buttons I need to crack.
Brandon just an update. Been on with NI so it’s getting there lol.
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert awesome .. thanks for the info
great video
I’ve just bought Traktor scratch.
I used to do 20 years ago. Still got my 1210’s
Also got an s4 a few years ago.
Only now have I got time to get into it.
With your videos and some hands on time, you better tell Carl Cox to watch his back 😂😂
Hahaha thanks
This is very good
That was very good indeed thank you
Thanks Bex 😊
Fantastic bruv!
Thanks Dave glad you like it and great name too 😁
Very well explained , thanks !
Glad it was helpful!
Very much appreciated. =)
thank you!
Brilliant video!! Been trying to find a decent video that explains gridding for the noobs 😂😂😂
Thanks Bill and hope it helps. 😊
Thank you, was driving me mad trying to adjust the beat grid for an A capella.
SICK VIDEO MY BRO!! thank u so much
I'd like to add : you can apply a grid marker straight away by clicking the icon to the left of the trash can . you"ll be able to grid without waisting a que point .
your videos on the F1s are fuckin AWESOME by the way
Thank you for the great compliments and the additional tips 😊
Thank You! Much better to permanently fix a song than to offset/beat match everytime against the sync
Awesome video I’d like to also include the if the line for beat one is off make a new cue point on beat one (let’s say cue5) an change cue one from grid to cue an change the cue where you placed on beat one (cue 5) change it to grid then the song should be aligned up proper (since you can remove cue one for timing)
Great video, best I’ve seen since the outdated DJ Tech Tools. Could you do a part 2 covering hip hop and live drums that you touch on. This is usually where Traktor gets a bad rap (no pun intended) over Serato
Thanks Andrew and nice no pun intended pun 😁
Kool let’s dice more into remix and stem deck creativity!!😁👍🏽
On my list lol will be there soon Thanks for watching 😊
DAVE Digital and Vinyl Expert thanks it’s all about playing drums live while DJing! That’s the new thing in music now. You can do that in Serato Roland controller because it has live sequencing or just simply use Ableton with traktor for live remixing! DJing is evolving!!
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert lets do it!!
Great video. You’re my new best friend. :).
LOL thanks Jenko :-)))
I still think traktor pro 3 has the best UI BPM algorithms and beatgrids.
I have incorporated conversion software alongside MIK to get my Keys and cue points into my traktor pro 3 collection with very pleasing results.
MIK seems pretty onto things with their cue points!
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Thanks for this. Nice tips. For the life of me, I can't get this song to line up consistently with a "grid". (LNR Work it to the Bone). Not sure what I"m missing but it just seems like all my imported tracks end up drifting.
Interesting. Wanna send me a video to Digitalandvinylexpert@hotmail.com and I’ll take a look for you?
Finally can fix them grids
Very helpful for a noob like me👍🙂
This is the 3.0 version. The update(3.02) removed the in/out markers(to the left of 'active' loop function) which also was a good way to beat grid on the spot as well. Erased my 3.0 dmg by mistake,lol. I got hooked to the filter fader efx so it's sort of a bummer to go back to 2.11.3 so doing the beat grid on spot (I have thousands of songs with live drums) with the update will take more patience
Mix I just reread your comment and in/out is still in the new update. If you have a 13" screen you will need to change the screen view to extended or essential (can't remember which). Hope that helps
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert I was going to update what I wrote friday night after a set I did playing around in the preferences. What I had to do on my mid 2010 15" MBPro was uncheck the eq & crossfader, That allowed me to see it & the eq features still are the same with access to the eq on Vci 400. Thanks much for checking it out for me though.
ah cool. Shame they got rid of the in/out buttons on the hardware still though :/
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert great vid thx!! um how do i downgrade from 3.1 to 3? thx in advance
i dont get the metronome sound :(
anyone got any tips on beat gridding breakbeats?
Hi thanks for the video. Just a one question.
In Traktor yo can analyze a song that has different bpm to make transitions from one genere to another, for example: Rekordbox has an option calles dynamic analysis and Denon Engine has an option called flexible beat grid
I appreciate the help
Regards
It can be done auto or you use cue when you hear it is the time to switch on.
Awesome, cheers dave!! Total traktor n00b here and somehow I've changed all my tracks to the uneven grids. One thing I'm struggling with though is the metronome..can't hear one, or find a setting for it anywheres 🤔😊
Hi Nik,
Make sure you have your headphone cue on, on the mixer and then if you have a mk3 then hold grid and press play and you will hear it. If you don’t then press the headphone icon as in the video.
Let me know if you need anything else.
I'll give that a go cheers 👍👍
I've been running a Maschine mk2 from the line out on my pc (built in soundcard) to the mic in on the S2 mk3 to use as a live input, then out of the S2 to my AV amp. I bought an Audio 6 hoping for a cleaner routing solution, but it doesn't seem to offer any..in fact if i run everything through the A6 I end up with a delay when monitoring through the headphones..am I being thick or is it a case of sticking with the simple way, that works. To note, as I said I am a complete n00b..can barely barely compose a beat, just enjoying the gear 😁
Hi Nik
We could try and simplify things. Send me a message at dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com and I’ll give you a hand.
This seems fine for dance music...but what about rock? Old disco? Tracks that don’t use a drum machine or sequencer?
I’m having trouble trying to grid a track by Joshua Ryan “Pistol Whip”
The beats become way off 3/4 into the track.
Don’t think traktor analysed it incorrectly it just seems to be one of those tunes I think that I am going to have to put another marker in towards the end or adjust the BPM?
See if you have any luck trying to grid it as I want at least 16 bar intro/outro of this track as part of my set.
I will email you screenshots of this tracks waveform at start of track and when the beatmarkers start becoming all unaligned.
Great video! Thanks for making this! How do you enable the master clock @6:53 to sync your decks to? I use parallel view and don’t see that. You basically use that as the “master” instead of making a track the master track, and can sync all decks to it throughout the set?
Thanks. I use the master as the sync for all my decks and i can then change the master tempo at any time, knowing all 4 decks arw the same and i have a visual always in one place. Hope that helps.
can you import your beat grided library to denon engine ?
wonderful for techno djs but what about the gridding of a live band drum set?
Mate... I'm a techno DJ.... Most songs I analyse (properly) at 125 bpm.... Still drifts.... Like... Why??!!!?!!?
Dave! I desperately need your help. Some how all my beat grids keep gradually going out of time. This never used to happen and now happens with every track and it’s impossible for me to mix even with sync on. Can you help me at all? I don’t know how to direct message but I’m about to give up because I just can’t find any help! Can I pay for your time over zoom to help me make sure I’m not missing something?
Thanks, Danielle x
I have exported my MIK data,Cue points etc to traktor pro 3 and wish to keep them so do I just need to adjust/and or set the 1st MIK cue as a beatgrid/downbeat marker(white triangle) and then check the rest of the 7 MIK cues/beatgrid then lock it?
Yeah that’ll work. Just make sure you’ve ticket the option to export all data and you’re set.
Better than that, if you are using the music directly from a usb stick it will automatically save to it.
Is there any updated fix 2023 bpm adjustment to correct bpm order?
Hi Dave, I've been trying to set up my F1 to do some sequencing but I set it up like on your past tutorial but it will not come up, is it because of the new traktor 3 pro?
Hi Lawson
That’s odd. Feel free to send me a video to dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com and I’ll try and help
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert I sorry I didn't get to you sooner but I did get it to work I just had to press play on the software on the computer.
Hey! thank you for the turorial. one thing i cant seem to find online is that even after pressing the little headphone symbol under the song to get the tick i still cannot hear it. Is there something im doing wrong?
Thanks Wavy. Do you have your headphone cue turned on on the relevant deck on the mixer?
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert yes i do. Im using the s2 mk3. the little cue button is lit up.
If you want you could send me a screen shot to dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com and I’ll see if I can help.
@@rybakarol You my friend are a lifesaver! This has been driving me mad for days
subscribed, there's even an easier way to mix in grid with a playing music that shifts grid like new wave music, the grid is ok at start and start to shift in the center or the end, and you have a perfectly grid next song, i usually map the tap feature of the players, and tap the playing music where the grid is not aligned on the playing music you;; be surprised the grid will instantly move so you can proceed mixing in the next song on the other players, so easy. it only need 4 to 8 taps to move the grid hehehe, specially when the playing music is not really metronomed or not EDM, TAP feature is very powerful like me i have no controller, use only keyboard remapped, i could use bend button but the TAP is better, TAP on the player where the music looses grid while playing hahaha
Funny that, I always end up back at West African, can't seem to stop using it lol...
Always the way.
Is this something you can only do in tracktor pro 3 and not other software? Im new to all of this and this is SOMETHING i want to do
Hi. You can do it with TP2 and some other Dj softwares. If you need extra help then feel free to send me an email to dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com
is there a way to turn off the auto que point 1 when I load a track? this is driving me crazy .. i don't want my first que point to be where they put it... Thanks
Yes you can do two things. 1 turn off the option to make it an auto cue and just have it as a cue or don’t analyse the track at all when putting it in the deck.
yes that did it Thanks!!
Would loved to have seen you beat grid something motown
Hi Nicholas. It’s not possible to beatgrid a whole song that moves in and out of time in the traditional sense. The way I would grid it would be using the cue points at particular parts in order to ‘reset the tempo’ and only grid a small part that I might want to loop.
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert Would love to see you do an example of that :)
so i have a question, what if you want to have the beat grid line up on an entire song that has an inconsistent tempo? (old funk songs that were played live without a click) rather than just looping one portion of it. can you shift the beat grid lines independently or do they always all move together?
Great question. You can kind of do this by making multiple best grid markers but it’s a pain because if you change one earlier in the song after doing it you will have to start all over again. Plus it makes the song push and pull and can sound odd. Rekordbox is better at doing this then traktor.
Tbh if I was doing it I’d put it into ableton and warp it properly then export.
Hope that helps.
Awesome vid! But sometimes when I hold the grid button and turn the wheel it doesn't move the grid and I am not sure why? Would you have any idea what I am missing?
Thanks Saul. That’s weird! Not sure why that would happen. Does it happen on both decks? Thinking of a button issue maybe?
It’s cool I always try and help.
Hi, at 10.36 those samples west african where did you get it , thank you
Hi Joao, they all come from the link in the description. FYI that is my favourite and most used remix set.
I mean in this video description ruclips.net/video/0cfka83haFE/видео.html
sorry
thank you
n00b question... your method at 5.40 what if the track continues to drift as you go along. how many times can the cue/grid bit be done for a whole 8min track?
I'm finding this with a track where I know the BPM is correct (checked with a few sites) yet the beat markers just aren't matching.
the technique 5min40sec in helped the most though
If you are sure you have the correct bpm in the grid and it’s still drifting you can technically set another best grid from that drift but traktor isn’t really made to have multiple best grid markers to adjust the bpm in sync.
I personally would get the beginning and ending as best you can for best matching and then manually use the jog wheel where necessary.
It’s never a perfect science so using your ears are the best option.
I don’t hear a clip when I press play with grid activated and the headphone icon lit
Left TP years ago... Went to Serato.... Got bored with mixing a few tracks together, so built an entire NI setup.... Why does Serato analyse tracks so perfectly, and Traktor fucks it up royally?!?!... On the simplest 4x4 beat?!? .... I'm going back to cassettes.
I hear you Jeff. I was on SL3 before moving over to TP for the same reason but still use both for different types of gigs.
Can I come along for a vinyl cassette mix lol.
Hey Dave 👋 have you ever come across or know someone who's gain knob on channel b or any channel bugging out fluctuating a couple dB issue..like it needs a recalibration...?
Hi Dan,
Unfortunately yes. I have had my key shift semitones and my filter going mad. If you have the new mk3's you have no recalibration so we have to wait for an update. Double check you have the latest firmware etc. :-(
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert Hey, thanks for the quick reply..I was wondering if that was the case, not much info on the RUclips about it.. I found some of your content when I was checking out how to record using OBS, that was really helpful. Much respect from AZ...USA
Thanks Dan and big up Arizona :-) Shout if you ever need any help.
Is there any way to set grid to first beat in bulk rather then single tracks
You can select all your tracks and right click and analyse. It will do a good job but won't guarantee 100% correct depending on the size of your transients.
Hi Dave, I was able to correctly beat grid and adjust a loop by moving the grid like in the video and pitting it in the remix deck.. The Problem is that it permanently changed the BPM of the original song, 1, I don't recall what the original BPM was.. Is there a way to revert to the original? 2, The loop plays fine but is no longer within the same BPM of the original song.
So sometimes it freaks out when you move it. If you refits the song by removing the grid cue and reloading it, it should reset the bpm and then you can manually type the bpm in the sample in the remix deck.
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert Thanks Mate
I heard traktor has a 99% accurate BPM’s algorithm and considering I only have EDM(trance,rave techno,prog) music files then once I correct and lock any necessary beatgrids then I shouldn’t have any issues then with “non flexible” beatgrids?
Traktor is very good and yes 9 times out of 10 with those styles of music you should be fine. Always good to know how to fix them just in case as no software is perfect at it. 😊
Hey Dave, my Traktor s2 is not marking the start of the first beat of each 'measure'. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Feel free to email at digitalandvinylexpert@hotmail.com and I'll try and help.
when i try and set number 1 it places it a bar ahead, how do i get around this?
Make sure you turn off sync.
The GRID function in Traktor 4 is not available anymore. Any clues ?
Hey. The grid function is still there as normal there are just some extra buttons. I’ll cover this in my video coming out this week.
I have the problem that the tracks are partly later from the grid, how do I fix that?
Hey Phil.
Feel free to send me a video or screenshot to digitalandvinylexpert@hotmail.com and ill try and help.
What if a song you set the bit grid from start everything is OK but you notice the grid changes moving 2 or 3 minutes forward the song what's going on ? How you fix that having an issue with a track !! HELP notice the track was perfect with the first Cue Point the one in white but then when I try to do my mix with the other songs the beats dont match at all.
You can technically set more than one beat grid cue points to help with the movement but tbh it will never work how you want it. So my advice is to either set the beatgrid at the beginning and then manually beat match at the end or vice versa.
how to select few files at once in tp 3 for analysis
Click one song, hold shift click the last song you want to analyse. Right click, then left click on analyse.
And you are doing this in live playing, or only for production?
I would set these up in advance for djing
So its the same as tp2
Exactly Sylvio
Sorry,you have mac book pro 15 or pro 16?
I had the 15”
I click beat tick button (headphones button) and I can't hear metronome sound :(
So without the controller you cannot set an out point?
You can set cue points using the mouse and keyboard if you want.
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert thanks... I use the Allen Heath K2's... but I didn't know you could manually set out points on loops...Awesome
SantaClaus beats?? :D Joulupukki = Santaclaus in Finnish. :)
Is it? Hahaha brilliant
Followed all your instructions and no. Still massively out after a few seconds... Only happens on Strings of Life (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) and Right Here, Right Now (CamelPhat Remix)... The rest of my set is fine.
Hmm 🤔 I’m intrigued. Happy to help if you want to send them to me at Dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com and see what I can do.
This traktor 3 is blocking my computer . I can't change another control live. And I can't work the out Sistem... I think is realy bat. Traktor 2 is bether.
Traktor 3 bloquea mi computadora. No sé puede cambiar de control (o desconectar por accidente) cuando está en función. También no funcionan los comandos out, para programar efectos visuales. Para mí en mucho mejor traktor 2
Good video but you're going through so many extra steps to get to the same place. If you just go to grid from the start find your first beat and then just press the white anchor it will do the exact same thing without the extra steps. Just my two cents
I agree Chris to a point, but your way only works if the Traktor can work it out correctly the first time. I’m showing you how to do it using the internal metronome and if Traktor cannot beatgrid it correctly.
Yeah but can't the beat grid drift ? I find Dave's advice the best-always!
Sorry no offense but I honestly just can’t fathom how in order for me to take 1 step forward I may run the risk in ending up having to take another 10 steps backwards all because of vague conflicting info on RUclips videos.
I was just watching another RUclipsrs video regarding beatgrids and then I hear this guy say that under analysis settings(special) he leaves the “set beatgrid” checkbox unchecked....after initially being told by another RUclipsrs video(MIK intergration with traktor)to actually ☑️that box?
Look I know everybody is responsible for checking beatgrids but being told 2 different things by these people on their RUclips videos is what I mean about fear of now having to take 10 steps backwards sort of thing.
Anyway.....
I should be able to continue on with just checking/adjusting the beatgrids in traktor regardless of MIK intergration with traktor settings as I am still beat gridding with snap feature switched to off anyway aren’t I so it shouldn’t matter?
I don’t mean to confuse. I’m showing you how to beatgrid something that doesn’t automatically beatgrid properly in Traktor. If you are playing 4 on the floor music (e.g. house) then traktor is extremely good at doing it without any need for intervention. I don’t change my beatgrid unless I have to and I leave snap on most of the time, again unless I’m doing something specific.
Feel free to ask anything else you need at dave@digitalandvinylexpert.com
serato wins all the way fot beat grid adjust.....this is so not intuitive with traktor. and maybe next time instead of using a vocal sampling as an example maybe using a reggae or a real analogue drum beat to show how to make a clean loop with a not 100% tight beat. thank you for the explanation ....I learned a lot here
Beat grid? I grew up djing using 1200’s since I was 14. I use Traktor now but don’t beat grid and still mix my balls off
Wicked. So do I when I choose to but being able to beatgrid opens up more possibilities. No one says you have to beatgrid
Why are you using the cue tab to adjust and set the beat grid? Use the beat grid tab. That’s what it’s for.
Ian Golden did it better. 😜
Ey! Whats the diference between the load marker cue point and the grid one?? thank you in advance
If you have the grid marker further down the song but you want it to load at another point of the song, then you use the load marker. Hope that makes sense
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert So the load marker dont act like a grid one then? I´ve seen many dj´s like Dubfire which cue point number one is the load marker but dont have a grid cue point.... Thank you very much for your response.
Spot on. The only cue marker to effect the beat grid is the grid marker.
@@DAVEDigitalandVinylExpert I wish I could send you a photo of their cue points selections, they will beat match I guess but at least Dubfire and Chris Liebing don't use the grid hot cue but they have sync on 🤣 thank you David I'll follow your advices, been a long subscriber of you