Some common use questions about the S4

Should have said covers most of your questions. The in and out buttons should act as you stated on a sample deck as long as the controller is focused on it. Why yours won't work is a mystery. Are you using the power adapter? Have you gotten the latest driver? Have you tried shutting down Traktor, turn S4 off the back on, then restart Traktor?

When you copy a loop from a running track to a sample deck, it should be in time. Have you beat gridded the song correctly? Is the track the Master for tempo or sync'd to the master?

The Traktor Bible is also a great resource, I highly recommend purchasing it.

Hey,
This community has helped me finally get it up and running (what looks like) properly....

But using the gear i have some questions, probably more on the wierder things i couldn't work out or find an answer to....

1) I can't seem to get the mic to work when i plug it in the back, is there something i have to change (from the standard settings 2xDex/2xSamples)

I've never used the mic, maybe assign one deck to live input?

2) On the sample deck if i have a loop/sample loaded on to one of the sample buttons, i can hi LOOP-out and it will double the length of it, that works, but only on one of the decks (C) can i also press LOOP-in to make is shorter. Any thoughts on why this might be?

3) Is it possible to save cue points and such for songs, everytime i load they seem to be gone. Also would be good if i didn't have to analyse each song every time i open Traktor.

It sounds like you may need to check your settings. I have mine set up to only analyze tracks that I import to traktor. This also includes listening to the track when I'm browsing. Anything you listen to when you browse gets added into your track collection. Everything in your track collection should have cue points stored, etc. If you're pulling the song from itunes or from a folder on your computer each time, it might not store that information.

4) Whats the biggest amount of tracks that traktor likes to have loaded? I'm playing a NYE gig but i don't plan my sets out so i would like to load up a crap load of songs and pre-analyse them (see #1 & #3)

Once the song is loaded into your track collection you shouldn't have to reanalyze it. I have close to 1000 tracks in my track collection...again, make sure traktor isn't auto analyzing when you open traktor and that it doesn't auto import from itunes or anything.

5) Whats the trick to assigning a loop to a sample deck but keeping it in 'time' with the song i sampled from. I don't mix with Sync, Quart or Snap. Should i use snap?

Thanks in advance you guys have been great already. Loving this S4

Hey,
This community has helped me finally get it up and running (what looks like) properly....

But using the gear i have some questions, probably more on the wierder things i couldn't work out or find an answer to....

1) I can't seem to get the mic to work when i plug it in the back, is there something i have to change (from the standard settings 2xDex/2xSamples)

Thanks in advance you guys have been great already. Loving this S4