Traktor Pro S4 und Maschine synchronisieren

Dieses Tutorial erklärt, wie du Traktor Pro S4 und Maschine synchronisieren kannst. Traktor fungiert hierbei als Tempomaster und Maschine als Temposlave.

Schritt 1: Maschine als Temposlave vorbereiten
Schritt 2: Audio von Maschine in den S4-Controller/in Traktor routen
Schritt 3: Traktor als Tempomaster vorbereiten
Schritt 4: Synchronisation starten und finetunen der MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten

Die Voraussetzungen:

Beide Programme laufen auf dem gleichen Mac.
Die MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten werden über die virtuellen Ports transportiert, die Traktor auf dem Mac bereitstellt.
Traktor verwendet die vier Audio-Outputs des S4-Controllers.
Maschine verwendet ein eigenes Audiogerät (entweder eine externe Soundkarte, die du normalerweise mit Maschine verwendest, oder die Onboard-Soundkarte des MacBooks).
Das Audio von Maschine wird als Live Input in den Channel C von Traktor geroutet. Dies erlaubt es, den Equalizer, Filter und die Effekte von Traktor auf das Maschine-Audio anzuwenden.

Am Ende dieses Tutorials findest du noch ein paar Hinweise zur Synchronisation per MIDI unter Windows.

Starte beide Programme, um das Setup zu konfigurieren.

Maschine als Temposlave vorbereiten

Der erste Abschnitt erläutert, wie du Maschine als Temposlave einrichtest.

Wähle den Befehl File/Audio and Midi Settings.
Öffne die Registerkarte Audio.
Wähle das Audio-Device aus, das du für Maschine verwenden willst. Für dieses Tutorial verwende ich eine Audio 4 DJ-Soundkarte.
Wechsle zur Registerkarte Routing und wähle die beiden Audio-Output-Ports, die du verwenden willst.
Wechsle zur Registerkarte MIDI und öffne den Abschnitt Inputs.
Suche nach dem Eintrag Traktor Virtual Output, klicke in der Spalte Status auf Off, um das Popupmenü zu öffnen, und setze den Status auf On.
Schließe das Dialogfenster Audio and MIDI Settings.
Öffne in Maschine das Menü File und klicke auf Sync to External MIDI Clock.

Audio von Maschine in den S4-Controller/in Traktor routen

Der zweite Abschnitt zeigt, wie du das Audio von Maschine nach Traktor routest.

Verbinde den Ausgang des in Maschine konfigurierten Audiogeräts mit den Eingängen von Channel C an der Rückseite des S4-Controllers. Wenn du die interne Soundkarte des MacBooks verwendest, verbinde den Kopfhörerausgang am MacBook mit den Eingängen am S4-Controller.
Achte darauf, dass der Eingangswahlschalter von Channel C an der Rückseite des S4-Controllers auf Line steht.
Öffne das Traktor-Dialogfenster Preferences/Input Routing.
Wähle für Input Channel C die beiden Eingänge für Channel C des S4-Controllers aus: Wähle für Left die Option 1:In: Ch C left und für Right die Option 2:In: Ch C right.
Wechsle im Traktor-Dialogfenster Preferences zur Kategorie Decks.
Setze die Option Deck Flavor für Deck C auf Live Input.

Traktor als Tempomaster vorbereiten

In diesem Abschnitt informierst du Traktor, auf welchem Port die MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten gesendet werden sollen. Anschließend startest du das Senden der MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten.

Öffne das Dialogfenster Preferences und wechsle zur Kategorie Controller Manager.
Klicke auf Add und dann auf Generic MIDI Device. Traktor fügt ein neues MIDI-Device in die Liste Device ein.
Klicke auf Edit und dann auf Edit Comment. Gib in das Textfeld "MIDI Clock" ein und klicke auf OK. Das neue MIDI-Device besitzt nun einen aussagekräftigen Namen.
Achte darauf, dass in der Liste Device das MIDI-Clock-Device ausgewählt ist. Öffne die Liste In-Port und wähle die Option None.
Öffne die Liste Out-Port und wähle die Option Traktor Virtual Output. Das Dialogfenster Preferences/Controller Manager sollte nun ungefähr so aussehen:
Öffne im Dialogfenster Preferences die Kategorie MIDI Clock.
Schalte das Kontrollkästchen Send MIDI Clock ein.

Lasse das Dialogfenster Preferences geöffnet, um das Timing der MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten zu justieren. Dies wird im nächsten Abschnitt erläutert.

Synchronisation starten und finetunen der MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten

Öffne das Master Clock Panel in der Global Section von Traktor, indem du das Metronom an der linken Seite des Traktorfensters anklickst (neben der FX-Unit 1).
Wenn die Global Section (und damit auch das Metronom) nicht sichtbar sein sollte, schalte im Dialogfeld Preferences/Global Settings das Kontrollkästchen Show Global Section ein.
Wenn der Auto-Button im Master Clock Panel eingeschaltet ist, klicke ihn an, um den Auto-Modus zu deaktivieren.
Achte darauf, dass der Master-Button im Master Clock Panel eingeschaltet ist.
Klicke die Schaltfläche Master Clock Start an.
Klicke den Sync-Button im Master Clock Panel an.
Maschine erhält nun die MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten von Traktor. Die BPM-Anzeige in Maschine passt sich nun an das aktuelle Tempo der Masterclock von Traktor an.
Klicke auf die Schaltfläche Tick im Master Clock Panel von Traktor. Den Tick hörst du in deinen Kopfhörern.
Aktiviere das Metronom in Maschine und öffne den Channelfader von Deck C, damit du gleichzeitig den Traktor-Tick und das Metronom von Maschine hören kannst.
Wechsle in Traktor zum Dialogfenster Preferences/MIDI Clock.
Verschiebe den Slider Sending Offset so, dass der Traktor-Tick und das Metronom von Maschine zueinander synchron sind.

Synchronisation unter Windows

Traktor und Maschine können nicht nur auf dem Mac, sondern auch auf einem Windows-PC synchronisiert werden. Da unter Windows Traktor jedoch nicht die virtuellen MIDI-Ports bereitstellt, kannst du

entweder ein DIN5-Kabel verwenden, dies an den MIDI-OUT-Port des S4-Controllers und den MIDI-IN-Port des Maschine-Controllers anschließen und dann die entsprechenden Ports in Traktor bzw. Maschine auswählen
oder einen virtuellen MIDI-Port-Treiber wie den kostenlosen LoopBe1-Treiber verwenden (Download: LoopBe 1, Virtual MIDI driver) und dann in Traktor bzw. Maschine die installierten LoopBe-Ports auswählen.

Es ist hierbei zu beachten, dass der Transport der MIDI-Clock-Nachrichten unter OSX besser funktioniert als unter Windows. Vergleicht man die BPM-Anzeige von Traktor und Maschine unter beiden Betriebssystemen, kann man feststellen, dass die Clock unter Windows mehr schwankt als unter OSX, auch wenn in Traktor Pro S4 1.0.1 auch unter Mac OSX die virtuellen Traktor-MIDI-Ports anscheinend etwas "buggy" sind.

Hinweise

Wenn du zwei Anwendungen per MIDI-Clock synchronisierst, empfiehlt es sich, im Tempomaster ein stabiles Tempo zu verwenden. Das beste Verfahren, um Traktor in einen stabilen Tempozustand zu bringen, ist, den Auto-Modus zu deaktivieren und die Traktor-Clock zum Tempomaster zu machen. In diesem Clockmodus verwendest du die BPM-Anzeige und die Buttons im Master Clock Panel, um das Tempo zu ändern.

Wenn du zur Synchronisation die MIDI-Clock verwendest und nur der S4-Controller angeschlossen ist, musst du - wie im Abschnitt Traktor als Tempomaster vorbereiten beschrieben - immer ein logisches MIDI-Device erstellen. Je nachdem, ob Traktor als Tempomaster oder als Temposlave fungieren soll, musst du entweder den In-Port oder den Out-Port dieses Devices auf den Port einstellen, der verwendet werden soll.

Leider ist in der aktuellen Traktor Pro S4-Version auch auf dem Mac die Synchronisation per MIDI-Clock auch unter Verwendung der Traktor-eigenen virtuellen MIDI-Ports nicht so stabil, wie es bei der "normalen" Traktor-Variante der Fall ist. Ich vermute, dass es sich hierbei um einen Bug handelt, der hoffentlich in einem zukünftigen Update behoben wird.

Autor: Rainer G. Haselier
Letzte Aktualisierung: 5. Dezember 2010

40 Comments

Chris Walker wrote on November 7, 2010 at 1:48 AM When you say connect the inputs from Maschines audio device, in my case its the mac, does that require a phono cable going into 2 RCA plugs from my macs headphone port to the back of the s4's deck c line input, i would of thought it would be virtual with no need for cables.
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: Hi Chris, yes, the option I explained was to have the headphone port connected to the Channel C line input. Alternatively you could create an aggregated device consisting of the S4 and the Mac integrated output. Then you would route in Traktor the four S4 ports as usual (Master Out/Headphne Out) and route the two internal outputs into Channel C of Traktor. Rainer

Scaper7 wrote on November 7, 2010 at 8:26 AM Like Chris, I'm surprised that you can't simply choose S4 ASIO drivers in Maschine's preferences, then output through an S4 audio channel somehow. That would be too easy wouldn't it?
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: With S4 this couldn't work as it provides four channels only and they are used by Traktor for the Main and Cue output. And my tutorial is based on running Traktor and Maschine on the same system. If the onboard or second audio device runs well soundwise and with low latency that should work. The bigger problem is the way that MIDI clock messages are transported on the operating system level. And here OSX is simply better.

Chris Walker wrote on November 7, 2010 at 10:21 PM Thank you Rainer for you quick reply and detailed tutorial, ill confirm back when i find or replace my phono to RCA lead.
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: Cool, keep us informed about your experience.

StrangeMatterDJ wrote on November 8, 2010 at 6:50 PM Will this work roughly the same with Kore 2 so I can use that to host Maschine and some of Komplete 7 as VSTs? Haven't bought them yet but I've identified them as part of my ideal setup (assuming they play nicely together). Cheers!
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: You can actually use any kind of software that can be a MIDI clock slave. And you can route any kind of audio as Live Input into one of the rear connectors and feed it into the internal Traktor mixer.

Scaper7 wrote on November 8, 2010 at 8:11 PM Thanks for the reply, however I think you may have misunderstood my question. Is it possible to select S4 as the audio device for for Maschine? (Obviously this would then bus Maschine's audio out through S4's main output) .... and thanks for your very helpful information :-)

Paul Young wrote on November 9, 2010 at 10:09 PM since our routing the maschine into channel C does that mean you are not gonna be able to play a track on deck C on the S4 if you have the maschine running with the S4? Thank you
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: Yes, that's true because the Maschine audio is routed as Live Input into the internal Traktor mixer.

Andrew wrote on November 13, 2010 at 11:19 AM I read on another forum that another way to connect S4 and Maschine via midi is to use 2 separate laptops. I was hoping you could further elaborate on this. Cheers Andrew

Ryan Taylor wrote on November 26, 2010 at 1:44 AM I can confirm that it is possible to just select Traktor S4 as your soundcard in Maschine. Sound will come out but the problem is that you can't EQ it, I planned to just use it for drums but for those of you looking to add in more full tracks you won't have that control over the EQ's.

paul wrote on December 14, 2010 at 5:45 AM what kind of cable will you need to hook up the maschine into deck c of the s4 do they make midi to rca cables? or do i need something different? thanks paul

nathan wrote on January 5, 2011 at 2:11 AM Will this setup work so maschine will play cue points with the software??

TJ Boitox wrote on January 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM Congratulations on creating and maintaining such a productive website. When i stumbled upon it i thought my dreams were answered but not exactly. I recently purchased the Trigger Finger by M Audio. I am extremely eager to use my new hardware along side the s4 mainly as a midi controller for cue points. I would ideally like to set up the 16 pads to trigger cues 1-8 for deck A and 1-8 for deck B with effects being assigned to some knobs potentially. Please let me know what i can do!

DJ Girish wrote on January 19, 2011 at 6:47 PM I like this approach. With this method, I will by able to eq my beats made on maschine. Will using Presonus Firebox (excellent audio interfact)for maschine' audio out help with sound quality, latency, midi clock, offset, sync matters over using mac's built in audio out? I am curious?

Tyson wrote on January 31, 2011 at 3:32 AM Hi thanks for such a detailed explanation, however i was wondering if the midi sync can be achived between traktor and the maschine software runnng on 2 seperate macs? Thanks

C wrote on February 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM Hey ! I try to sync S4 & Maschine... but I've no "Traktor Virtual Output" ? Does anyone know how to find it ?! Thx

Alex wrote on February 12, 2011 at 5:59 PM what kind of cable will you need to hook up the maschine into deck c of the s4 do they make midi to rca cables? or do i need something different? You say "Connect the two plugs from the Maschine audio device into the Channel C sockets on the rear of the S4 controller." connect the two plugs is slightly vague, is it midi to rca? or both midi in and out to rca or am i well off? Thanks really appreciate the tutorial, just frustrated with the cable?

Adrian wrote on February 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM if you can answer alex question about what cables to use it will be greatly appreciated! thank you.

Fredrik wrote on February 16, 2011 at 3:33 PM Actually you dont connect the Maschine to the S4. You connect The S4 to your external soundcard (in my case Audio 8). You then make sure that Maschine uses the external soundcard. There is only one connection from Maschine and that is the USB to the computer. The rest of the connection is software configuration. Follow the steps abow an voila you are playing Maschine through channel C on the S4. I have trouble with getting perfect sync myself but the set up is fairly easy.

edwardj wrote on February 21, 2011 at 2:45 PM I misunderstood what i need for get in a touch the traktor maschine with s4, i need to audio dj4? or i need just to my pc, s4 and maschine??

Fredrik wrote on February 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM U need an external soundcard yes. Audio DJ4 ie.

DeyBwah wrote on February 27, 2011 at 10:23 PM Hey everyone, I'm having trouble syncing my Maschine on my PC laptop with my friend's Traktor S4 on his MacBook. When I set to external midi clock, my Maschine won't play or make sound. We're connecting MIDI out of Traktor to MIDI in of Maschine via MIDI cable. Traktor S4 has send MIDI clock checked. Also created a Traktor virtual output under the out port. And the in port is none. We've tried to set Maschine as master as well with little luck.

eisenhans wrote on March 18, 2011 at 7:37 PM Hey DeyBwah do u use a PC? Do u use Maschine as MIDI controller for Traktor? If yes, try to deactivate it Controller settings and try sync via MIDI cable again. My PC also does not start Maschine via cable if its cofigured as TSP MIDI controller same time.

cole wrote on April 6, 2011 at 6:33 AM hey um this mite sound dumb but I'm just getting started with DJing. I just bought the traktor kontrol s4 and I don't just want to mix songs I want to create and produce melodies and make music specifically house genre, will these two peices of equipment work well for that? If not could you help me out with what mite?

Mark wrote on April 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM Hello everyone can someone tell me how to connect between them the traktor s4 and Mac which cables use and how to connect them? Thank you

Mark wrote on April 12, 2011 at 10:27 AM Traktor s4,maschine and Mac :-)

joxi wrote on April 19, 2011 at 12:25 AM Hi this discription is very clear thanx for that. it is possible to run traktor pro2 and maschine wow that great. But when it runs on one mac is it stable enough for using at a live set? and 2. is it possible to run this setup with an differnt controller as the S4 byexample reloop´s digital jockey 2 ME lot of thanx for reply joxi

Bernd wrote on May 25, 2011 at 10:37 PM Verbinde den Ausgang des in Maschine konfigurierten Audiogeräts mit den Eingängen von Channel C an der Rückseite des S4-Controllers?? Hallo derzeit kommt der Sound von der Maschine aus den Lautsprechern meines MacB. Wie kommt nun der Sound der Maschine in die S4 (C)? Muss da eine Kabelerbindung angesteckt werden? Gruß Bernd

Chris wrote on June 5, 2011 at 9:55 PM Hi guys, Thanks for the walk through on syncing this up its great, One question though. I am using the S4 as the audio card. Is there a way I can route the Maschine's audio in to track and have it on a spare channel? At the moment its just playing over the top of traktor and i am having to use the Maschine's volume knob to control the level. thanks

K Jovan wrote on June 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM I have Maschine, Traktor S4, Traktor Pro 2, and HP Envy 14 Beats Edition. My intention is to use S4's internal soundcard / audio interface as the device in Maschine. How do I set that up?

Brian wrote on July 7, 2011 at 10:42 PM Hi Rainer, Great explanation! Thanks for that. My experience with the headphone output on my MacbookPro is that it's really low in volume. Of course I played around with all the gains, but I have to really crank it up to +10db to get at a decent level. What is your experience/solution with this? many thx Brian
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: I am preparing a new workshop article where no headphone output is needed. Will be online in the second half of July

Airyck Sterrett wrote on July 13, 2011 at 8:50 PM Hi, To those asking about the "Traktor Virtual Output" in Maschine. I found that you need to go into the controller manager in Traktor "first". Choose "Generic Midi" for device in Traktor. In the "In-Port" "Out-Port" sections in Traktor choose "Traktor Virtual Output/Input" respectively. Once these have been selected, go back into Maschine and you'll notice that the "Traktor Virtual" ports are now available to select and turn on. Cheers, ~Airyck~

Zack wrote on August 23, 2011 at 7:52 PM I have a question about this 'Aggregated Audio Device' thing in OSX. I just purchased a Maschine and am trying to get it running through a channel on my S4 without having to use my MacBook's headphone out - Rainer, I've seen your mentions of the 'Aggregated Audio Device' but I'm not sure I'm doing it properly. Does this require any other software like SoundFlower, or can it be done natively through OSX? Should I be seeing a new input option in Traktor's Input page? Thanks a bunch for this!!!
	Rainer G. Haselier (admin) says: Have a look at the "Wedding of Traktor and Maschine" workshop. One part shows how to get it up and running on one MacBook. Audio will be routed via Jack from Maschine to one Traktor deck.

john & waffle wrote on September 20, 2011 at 9:21 PM Our set is: 2 Mac 1 traktor audio 10 2 maschine controllers we have traktor software on both computers. we just wanna use both traktor controlled by maschine controllers toghether. How to sync them?

Memic^ wrote on November 30, 2011 at 9:13 PM Hi There. 1)Is it possible to sync machine and traktor kontrol s2? 2)- can i select the s2 as soundcard for the machine, so it playes over ?

Delmar wrote on December 12, 2011 at 9:23 PM I wanted to Sync S4 and Maschine in two computers. I have Traktor pro 2.1.2 in a Mac where is running S4. and Maschine 1.7.1 both computers with Mac OSX 10.6.8, i try different ways but i doesn´t run... Can you help me please? Cheers

Justus wrote on December 24, 2011 at 2:17 AM Supeiror thinking demonstrated above. Thanks!

denTony wrote on December 24, 2011 at 12:39 PM Hi everybody, I red some comments above but not all of them so I will ask my question (sorry if it is asked already). Normally I'll buy a traktor maschine next week or over 2 weeks but I'm waiting for some more info. Now i'm having a HP envy 17 and traktor kontrol s4. I don't have a external audio soundcard like in the tutorial (audio 4 DJ). So my question is: Is it possible to connect the maschine in deck 3 or 4 with a cable? I mean, without an external soundcard or extra program. I

Scout wrote on December 24, 2011 at 3:27 PM That saves me. Thanks for being so ssenible!

Jacey wrote on February 1, 2012 at 7:40 AM I have been so bewldireed in the past but now it all makes sense!

Mark wrote on February 23, 2012 at 5:06 AM I bought the Komplete Audio 6 to use to connect Maschine with the s4. My question is I plan to use the RCA SPDIF in and out. Does it matter what in 1 or 2 on Channel C is connected? I hope that makes sense. For example do I connect the In on the Audio 6 to Input 1 on the S4? And then the Out on the Audio 2 to the Input 2 on the S4?

Ravenbutterfly wrote on March 12, 2012 at 8:40 AM I have My S4 and Maschine both running on the same PC now. I found for me the simplest way to run the audio was making it the input to deck D by simply using a headphone jack to RCA and plugging it in the back. for my Sound device I had to set Maschine to use the laptops Realtek High Definition Audio Speaker/HP It was alot quicker and less cumbersome than using Jackrouter and getting it all set up right everytime I go out to play. I used both loopmidi and an actual midi cable to do the syncing both seemto work equally well as the other. I did at one point have the audio routed using jackrouter but it seemed to be a little more cpu intensive than just using the cable from the headphone jack

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