Traktor Pro Live Streaming

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Today's live stream we will take a deep dive into NATIVE INSTRUMENTS TRAKTOR pro 3 - looking at beat gridding, cue points and the loop recorder. Part 3: Broadcasting in MP3 format with Traktor Kontrol S4. Part 3 explains how to stream your mix in MP3 format from Traktor Kontrol S4. We will use the streaming service Listen2MyRadio to broadcast the mix. You can adapt this tutorial to other controller/audio interface setup if you are using the internal mixing mode of Traktor.

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Besides its streaming capabilities, the app has the same sync function found in Traktor Pro, letting you automatically beat-match your tracks. Having this tool frees you up to focus on effects, loops and assigning Hotcues, but you can also turn it off to develop your beat-matching facilities, as NI claims. Watch live streaming video on 6abc.com and stay up-to-date with the latest WPVI news broadcasts as well as live breaking news whenever it happens.

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Feb 2016: This guide is now outdated, please see my updated guide @ https://vandragt.com/2016/02/traktor-streaming-setup and is just offered for historical reasons.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

This tutorial describes how to setup broadcasting in Native Instruments' Traktor (Scratch) Pro. Sign up for a FREE account first to create your own broadcast slot. Then follow the instructions below to connect Traktor and start live streaming you DJ set.
Use our Setup Wizard to connect Traktor
To make your life as easy as possible we have created a setup wizard that helps you to connect Traktor to Livesets. You only need to complete the wizard once because your settings are persistent. Here we go:

  • Log in on Livesets using your new DJ account.
  • Click on 'Broadcasting' in the top menu to start our 'Broadcast Setup Wizard'.
  • Hit the 'Configure Traktor' button and follow the instructions.
  • Next; click on the 'Connection test' button and again follow the instructions.
  • When done, disconnect Traktor and you have completed the wizard.

That's it, you are now ready to broadcast your DJ set live from Traktor!
We suggest you add a few test sessions first to get familiar with Livesets.

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Please note:

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  • We broadcast all Traktor live streams in mp3 and ogg Vorbis format.
  • Broadcasting is only available in Traktor Pro and Traktor Scratch Pro.
  • When Traktor fails to connect, the broadcast button in Traktor will blink.
  • If you experience any difficulties, read the additional help below, or our Traktor Tech FAQ.