Short answer:
The internal EQ pots are not full kills in any of the modes in 3.4* (not even in xone:92 mode). Seems to be the same thing Traktor Pro.
The simplest solution for you is to map kill switches on your keyboard.
Long answer :
Now, if you're really motivated and really, really want to use pots only and are not afraid to get technical, you can sort of work around this with a double mapping *and* some extra hacking outside of traktor.
That would imply mapping the knob to EQ level *and* to the EQ KILL button functionality.
However ! You can't invert a button toggle in traktor 3 and pro - which means as you turn right, the kill is engaged... the opposite of what we want in a kill switch
With a manual edit in the .tks / .tsi file in a text editor, you can FORCE the kill button to behave like a direct knob, which you can then invert.
For example, taken from a test traktor 3 tks (channels and ids will vary!):
This is a deck focus, low EQ knob, then a deck focus, low eq kill button.
Code:
<ACCESSOR CHANNEL="-1" ID="301" RESOLUTION="0" TYPE="4">
<MIDI ACCELERATION="0" CHANNEL="0" CONTROLLER="26" INVERT="0" MODE="1" SENSITIVITY="50" TAKEOVER="0"/>
</ACCESSOR>
<ACCESSOR CHANNEL="-1" ID="304" TYPE="2">
<MIDI CHANNEL="0" CONTROLLER="26" INVERT="1" MODE="0"/>
</ACCESSOR>
In the second accessor, I had to change the type to 4, which makes it DIRECT. Direct controls can be inverted and so we'll be good to go.
Code:
<ACCESSOR CHANNEL="-1" ID="301" RESOLUTION="0" TYPE="4">
<MIDI ACCELERATION="0" CHANNEL="0" CONTROLLER="26" INVERT="0" MODE="1" SENSITIVITY="50" TAKEOVER="0"/>
</ACCESSOR>
<ACCESSOR CHANNEL="-1" ID="304" TYPE="4">
<MIDI CHANNEL="0" CONTROLLER="26" INVERT="1" MODE="0"/>
</ACCESSOR>
You might not be able to reproduce the same kind of hack in the newest traktor pro as the tsi files have a different syntax...
If all else fails you will need to hack up the midi signals coming into traktor so they're inverted on the EQ knobs (for example, going through bome's midi translator or something to that effect, which can probably accomplish such things).
Once this is accomplished:
- You would get an eq knob that works the other way around : turn left to increase, turn right to decrease.
- You should also get an eq KILL toggle that engages all the way to the left, and turns off as you turn right - and stays there. Good!
- At this point, just tick "invert" on the eq level itself. Traktor will happily invert the interpreted output of a line fader or knob and reverse it back into the normal direction inside traktor.
Meanwhile, the KILL will remain "naturally" inverted and working fine and dandy.
If you try to set your eq kill mapping from a button to a knob you will get mixed results (i.e it'll engage in the middle, not at the left etc).
Ok I'm done editing this now, need some sleep
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