Traktor Pro Beat Grid Problems

13-05-2021
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Traktor Pro Beat Grid Problems

After you warp your song in Abelton name the file with the same name as the song, except I add the word warped to the name of the song . That will save your project as 'song name warped.asd'. Then look at the very top of the screen and click on 'file', a new window opens up, click on 'export audio/video', another window opens up, change 'file type' to wav. then click on 'Save'. That will save your song as a wave file 'song name warped.wav'. Once it is finished saving the song, import your new song into Serato DJ or Itch and analyze the song, this will put the beat grid exactly on every beat of your song correctly, assuming you warped it correctly in Abelton, and assuming the song starts on the down beat. If it is a song that was recorded with a drum machine, like most modern music, this should work with no problems. Check the middle and the end of the song to make sure the beat grid is lined up correctly. Once the song is beat gridded correctly, your loops will work perfectly and so will sync.
If the song is a live drummer track, this can be fixed in Abelton too, but it is a lot more complicated and time consuming. You basically have to warp every single down beat correctly, which is a whole other skill level all together.

This topic contains 4 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by Phil Morse8 years, 2 months ago.

  • This is not a Denon problem it is an Native Instruments Traktor problem!
    And IMO the worst problem with Traktor.
    You need to check and fix your beatgrid that is in 99% wrong in Traktor!
    And for tunes that does not have a constant BPM it does not work to get a 100% correct beatgrid.
    The only way (I know of) to get a correct 100% beatgrid on tracks that does not have a constant BPM
    is to run them through Ableton Live and beatgrid them to a constant BPM in that prog first and then run them in Traktor.

    So check your beatgrid and get it 100% right otherwise you will have to stop using autosync and snap.
    And do your mixing the old way manua

    I started last year in March and I have now run 1200songs in Ableton.
    800 songs still left. But in meanwhile I use my MC6000 the same way I use CD
    with just one cuepoint in the beginning of the track and no snap no autosync.

    I also use the same music librory on 2 USB sticks on my S3700/X1700 set
    so when I am ready in Ableton it will be easier to beatmatch all songs 🙂

    It is very timeconsuming because Ableton sometimes does not get the grid right
    but the difference is that you then can do it manualy beat by beat.
    So some tunes take 1 min some take 15 mins…..

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Traktor Pro Beat Grid Problems 1

If  TRAKTOR  is struggling to read the correct transients to add a grid marker, find a point where the grid correctly hits a beat and add a temporary marker to lay a steady grid. After that, you can create the grid marker you want, then delete the temporary one. As long as the tempo is correctly set, you should have a fresh working beatgrid.