Locking The Key Of Tracks - Native Instruments TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 User Manual

7.8. Locking the Key of Tracks

When you sync tracks, you change their tempos and, consequently, their pitches (or keys). Slow-
ing down a track's tempo will cause the track's pitch to drop while speeding up a track's tempo will
cause the track's pitch to rise. This is not problematic for small tempo adjustments. But when the
tempo is changed more drastically, the resulting pitch shift might sound unnatural, especially for
vocals.
To avoid this, you can use the KEYLOCK function on the S2 Deck to lock the track's current key
value. When you then move the TEMPO fader up or down, you change the track tempo but the
track's key remains at the locked value:.
Enabling Keylock for the Track
To lock the key for a track:
1. Load a track into a Deck.
2. Set the TEMPO fader to the center position.
3. Press and hold SHIFT to access the secondary Deck functions.
4. While holding SHIFT, press the LOOP encoder on that Deck to enable Keylock for the track.
The enabled Keylock is indicated by the blue dot next to the key value.
5. Move the TEMPO fader up or down to change the track tempo.
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