Using Pioneer DDJ-T1 with Traktor Pro 2

Making a controller work with any software isn’t jsut abour drivers, it’s also about mapping : mapping is creating links between hardware and software, so as you press play the hardware says “hey software I pressed play” and the hardware reply “ok hardware I press paly”.

The DDJ T1 Is a fully mappable controller, which means you can assign every button or knob to any fonction in the software, So it will work with traktor pro, you can map it yourself (very not easy), or simply download a file which contains all the assignements for traktor pro 2, this is a “.TSI” file. You can download it directly from the pioneer website, then you just have to follow the instructions. Don’t be afraid that”s very simple !

But make sure you have traktor pro 2 on your computer.

No it won’t : when you press a button on your controller it send a midi note for example CC01, the tsi file read it and says to the software “press sync” for example. If your friend as a different tsi file on his computer this same button will still send the same note, but i will do something else in the software.

You can also use the same computer with the same software with 2 different tsi files : the tsi file contains your mapping and all your preferences !