TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.6

TRAKTOR DJ Studio is a powerful DJ mixer with integrated file browser, waveform display and editing, versatile tempo detection, auto sync, realtime time stretching, up to 10 cue points and 10 tempo-precise loops per track, and a track database with ultrafast search function.
The TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.6 update delivers an array of powerful upgraded and added features to allow DJs to mix more versatile and unique sets.

New Features In 2.6:

Compatibility to FinalScratch 2
TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.6 is now fully compatible with Stanton's FinalScratch 2 hardware, offering DJs mixing with this setup a whole new realm of possibilities.

WMA and AAC compatibility
DRM-free WMA and AAC file formats are now supported, as well as Ogg Vorbis and FLAC (lossless audio compression).

Internet broadcasting
By using Icecast servers (an open source version of the Shoutcast protocol), the mix can be streamed live over the internet. A prerequisite is, however, that the relevant servers are available and that the protocol is supported by the ISP.

Input recording
Connect a microphone or line signal directly to TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.6 and record the signal on-the-fly. The resulting audio file can then be loaded into the virtual deck and mixed back into the set. Alternatively, you can stream the live signal directly to your mix - making it possible to add your commentary or a live act to your DJ mix and internet braodcasting.

Record the mix
As well as the popular mix automation feature, it is now possible to record your live mix directly to the hard drive in WAV or AIFF formats.

Enhanced browser and playlist features
A History function is incorporated into the playlist feature, which automatically records details about the date and time tracks were played. Create exact playlists of your mix-sets quickly and easily”print them out or export them. The browser also has special bookmarks for fast access to 12 of your favorite folders.

Minute Markers
One-minute markers are included in the small waveform window, which displays the entire track. These helpful guides also correspond to the markers on the time-code embedded records, when using TRAKTOR with a Stanton FinalScratch 2 system.

New possibilities in digital DJ mixing
TRAKTOR DJ Studio offers outstanding tools to make DJ mixing easier and more powerful than ever:

Multi-band waveform displays
Tracks can be loaded from the playlist into the decks per drag & drop. The course of the music immediately appears in the waveform display. TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2 shows the running track's waveform as 2 separate frequency bands in real-time, thus enabling the user to perceive beats, breaks and instrumentation ahead of time, regardless of whether an MP3 file, WAV file or Audio CD* is being played. Saved loops and cue-points, as well as beat-grids, are graphically displayed. The waveform can be scratched, moved around and stopped to set cue points by dragging with the mouse, just like a record. An additional display for each deck shows the entire track as a mini waveform, allowing users to find any song passage fast.

Pitching, tempo detection and beat alignment
As soon as a track is loaded, TRAKTOR's automatic BPM detection calculates the tempo. In addition to manual pitching the tracks tempo and pitch can be altered independently of one another for truly creative results.

The manual tempo adjustment allows to slow down or speed up the track up to +/-100%. The Sync Meter continuously displays any rhythmic offset between the decks, giving the DJ visual feedback on the speed and amount of beat drift for the 2 tracks. For complex beats, the tempo dialog offers convenient options to verify the correctness of a detected tempo and adjust it. Tempo information is stored with each track for all future sessions.
The time stretching engine lets a track's tempo and pitch be altered independently of one another. The quality of the algorithm goes way beyond the previous standards in the DJ world”tempo changes of up to +/- 30% and pitch changes of six semitones without audible artifacts are now possible, opening new possibilities for style-crossing and creative mixes.

Tempo-precise looping
Up to 10 tempo-precise loops can be set on the fly if you need more time for your mix: Stretch intros or breaks as long as you want them to be, resize or move loops in tempo accurate steps - even backward and during playback - to create astonishing tempo-synchronous effects.

You can choose among 13 pre-defined loop lengths - from 1/8 to 32 beats. Define a number of repetitions for each stored loop or directly cue from loop to loop within a track.

Quantized cue-points

Up to 10 cue-points can be defined and saved on each track. Cue-points are advanced markers used to define starting points and to jump to any point in the track. Cue-points can be beat-quantized and subsequently triggered by events from the opposite deck without losing the groove.

In addition you can jump 1/4 to 32 beats backwards or forwards, in perfect sync, from any song position.

The loop and cue sections offer powerful features that let you enter completely new territory while mixing.

Well-equipped DJ mixer
The DJ mixer provides a classic 3-band DJ equalizer (-24dB/+12dB) with kill switches (to -80dB), punch-in and mute buttons, +/-12dB input gain and auto-gain, a crossfader and a cue mix section with separate headphone mix. The characteristics of the crossfader can be continuously adjusted from soft to hard.