Traktor Pro Streaming

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Feb 2016: This guide is now outdated, please see my updated guide @ https://vandragt.com/2016/02/traktor-streaming-setup and is just offered for historical reasons.



Introduction

Many people do not use Traktor because by default it does not broadcast to shoutcast streams. Shoutcast is by far the most popular stream format used by internet radio. Traktor can only broadcast to icecast streams. Therefore we need to setup an private icecast server and a program to convert the icecast stream into a shoutcast stream.
This document is a work in progress.

Contents

  1. 3 Configuration
  2. 4 Testing

Requirements

You will need to install the following software:
Product Version Info Software
Native Instruments Traktor homepagedemo
Icecast2 homepage download
Stream Transcoder V3officialhomepage
VIP Edition
forum topic
download mirror

Important note: I recommend using the rare VIP edition because it fixes low frequency distortion problems that are present in version 3.1.11
You can install these on seperate computers or on the same computer. For the purposes of this tutorial I will assume you have installed the various software on one machine.

Configuration

  1. First we will setup the Icecast server.
  2. Then we will setup Stream Transcoder to receive audio from the Icecast server and connect to another shoutcast server, for example the internet radio station.
  3. Then we will setup Traktor to broadcast to the Icecast server.
I might be able to simplify these configuration files but atm it's based on my actual configuration that I don't want to mess up. After setting up a testing system I will revise these to the most minimal configuration.

Icecast

Edit configuration - first thing you do is change the password obviously:

Icecast configuration

<!-- This config file contains a minimal set of configurable parameters,
and mostly just contains the things you need to change. We created
this for those who got scared away from the rather large and heavily
commented icecast.xml.dist file. -->
<icecast>
<limits>
<sources>2</sources>
</limits>
<authentication>
<source-password>hackme</source-password>
<relay-password>hackme</relay-password>
<admin-user>admin</admin-user>
<admin-password>hackme</admin-password>
</authentication>
<hostname>localhost</hostname>
<listen-socket>
<port>8000</port>
</listen-socket>
<fileserve>1</fileserve>
<paths>
<logdir>./logs</logdir>
<webroot>./web</webroot>
<adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
<alias source='/' dest='/status.xsl'/>
</paths>
<logging>
<accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
<errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
<loglevel>3</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1 Error -->
</logging>
</icecast>

Stream Transcoder


Edit Ready to connect:

Ready to connect configuration

AutomaticReconnectSecs=10
AutoConnect=0
# Log Level 1 = LOG_ERROR, 2 = LOG_ERROR+LOG_INFO, 3 = LOG_ERROR+LOG_INFO+LOG_DEBUG
LogLevel=1
# Log File
LogFile=streamTranscoder
# The source URL for the broadcast. It must be in the form http://server:port/mountpoint. For those servers without a mountpoint (Shoutcast) use http://server:port.
SourceURL=http://localhost:8000/traktor.ogg
# Number of encoders to use
NumEncoders=1

Edit first destination:

First destination configuration

ServerType=Shoutcast
Server=[ServerIp]
Port=[Port]
ServerPassword=[Password]
ServerMountpoint=
# YP (Stream Directory) Settings
ServerPublic=0
ServerIRC=
ServerAIM=
ServerICQ=
ServerStreamURL=http://[ServerIP]:[Port]
ServerName=[Some Name]
ServerDescription=[Some Description]
ServerGenre=[Some Genre]
AutomaticReconnectSecs=1
AutoConnect=0
# Output codec selection (Valid selections : MP3, OggVorbis, Ogg FLAC, AAC, AAC Plus)
Encode=MP3
# General settings (non-codec related). Note : NumberChannels = 1 for MONO, 2 for STEREO
BitrateNominal=128
BitrateMin=128
BitrateMax=128
NumberChannels=2
Samplerate=44100
# Ogg Vorbis specific settings. Note: Valid settings for BitrateQuality flag are (Quality, Bitrate Management)
OggQuality=0
OggBitrateQualityFlag=Quality
# LAME specific settings. Note: Setting the low/highpass freq to 0 will disable them.
LameCBRFlag=1
LameQuality=1
LameCopywrite=0
LameOriginal=0
LameStrictISO=0
LameDisableReservior=0
LameVBRMode=vbr_abr
LameLowpassfreq=0
LameHighpassfreq=0
LAMEPreset=-1
# AAC (FAAC) specific settings.
AACQuality=100
AACCutoff=
# Save directory for archive streams
SaveDirectory=
# Flag which indicates if we are saving archives
SaveDirectoryFlag=0
# Log Level 1 = LOG_ERROR, 2 = LOG_ERROR+LOG_INFO, 3 = LOG_ERROR+LOG_INFO+LOG_DEBUG
LogLevel=2
# Log File
LogFile=streamTranscoder_1
# Save Archives in WAV format
SaveAsWAV=0
# LAME Joint Stereo Flag
LAMEJointStereo=1
Server=localhost

Traktor


Edit Broadcast preferences

Broadcasting Preferences

Server Settings:
Address localhost
Port 8000
Moint point
traktor.ogg
Password hackme
Format Ogg Vorbis, 44100 hz, 192 kBit/s


Testing

Now we need to make sure that our settings are working.

Traktor and icecast


  1. Start Icecast and click Start Server
  2. Start Traktor and press the broadcast button
  3. Back in Icecast select the Source Level Stats tab. Verify there is a source called traktor.ogg

Icecast and stream transcoder

  1. Make sure you have a link between traktor and icecast first
  2. Start Stream Transcoder
  3. Click connect
  4. Verify that the Ready to connect line will change to read Connected to source
  5. The first encoder line will change its status from Disconnected to Connected
  6. Listen to the stream to verify that you are on air.

Troubleshooting

Questions and answers will appear here.

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Native Instruments has announced a new cross-platform DJ app, Traktor DJ 2, with SoundCloud streaming built in. Traktor DJ 2 follows on from the company’s niche but well-regarded Traktor DJ app for iPad and iPhone, and will be available this spring for iOS, Mac and Windows, priced $9.99 (iOS) and $49 (Windows/Mac).

At launch it will work with the Traktor Kontrol S2 Mk3 (so that’s what the iOS socket on the back was for…), but is also designed to be used without hardware, favouring a simple, stripped down features set and big, clear waveforms and controls. Djay pro keyboard shortcuts windows. More hardware support is coming.

Unlike the original Traktor DJ app, this one optionally adds traditional DJ controls (thinks decks and mixer) in a parallel waveform layout that looks similar to pretty much any DJ software you can think of.

Traktor Pro 2 Mac

Possibly confusingly for some, it also has a view that looks similar to Traktor Pro 3, with the waveforms/decks in separate boxes.

At launch there is no integration of local music libraries or app-created streaming service meta-data via a cloud service across the app on different platforms.

What’s the point of Traktor DJ 2?

So on the face of it, a bit of a confusing move from Native Instruments – but there is method behind this.

Traktor Pro 3 – the current flagship program – is big, bulky and unwieldy, and not only on the surface. It is in need of a full rewrite from the ground up to be able to work with all the new streaming services, to be able to handle video, to work cross platform easily, and to be able to do many other things modern DJ software is expected to do.
It is clear that for Native Instruments, what we’re seeing here is the start of that rewrite.

Simple, beginner-friendly, intuitive, clean software, built to modern standards and fit for the future.

It’s what happens in the next year or two that’ll be interesting, as Native Instruments develops the platform and adds modern features. Expect more streaming and an Android version, for example, and that’s just the start. One day, this will be the successor to Traktor Pro 3.

Traktor Pro 2 Download

• Traktor DJ 2 will be available in the spring.

What are your thoughts on this update to Traktor DJ? Liking the new look? Let us know in the comments.Keygen izotope rx 7.

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