Wrote this as a personal reminder, thought it would be useful for newbies!
What You'll Get Out of This
- Front panel headphones to monitor upcoming track/cues
- Back panel RCA jacks for main output
1. Install Latest M-Audio Drivers
Visit M-Audio website's section 'Drivers/Updates' and download the latest drivers for the Fast Track Pro (USB Audio Series).
If you do not intend to use the sound card's inputs, you can deactivate them in the preference panel, freeing some CPU load. (this article does not cover recording input in Traktor Pro, sorry)
2. Configure Traktor Pro
Go to Traktor Pro's Preferences and select 'Audio Setup' in the left column.
Make sure the 'Audio Device' is the 'M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB'.
Then go to the 'Output Routing' panel and assign the proper outputs to the different channels.
3. Plugging to the Speakers
Both the TRS outputs, S/PDIF OUT and the front panel's headphone jack mirror the RCA outputs 1 & 2.
Therefore, we use outputs 3 & 4 as main output, this way the public doesn't hear the monitor output.
4. Headphone Monitoring
The A/B button on the front panel selects which output source is sent to the headphones.
Since we configured Traktor Pro to send our monitor to Outputs 1 & 2, we'll have to select A (pushed out).
The knob labeled 'Level' can be used to control the headphones' volume, it is independent of the main output.
5. Rock the house!
When you want to monitor a deck, click the headphones icon, it will make the selected deck unaffected by the crossfader. Afterwards, move the cross-fader to the opposite side of the deck you want to monitor to remove the monitor output from the main output.