I’m used to Traktor and imho it is more advanced than Engine at the moment. Is there anyone who managed to use the Prime 4 as Controller for Traktor?
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You seem confused. Traktor is DJ software. Engine Prime is librarian software, not DJ software. It’s for preparing your tracks.
The Prime 4 is a standalone “DJ System”. It’s designed to be used without a computer, or DJ software.
Why would you buy a Prime 4 then just use it to control DJ software? That’s like buying a car then walking everywhere! There are plenty of controllers already on the market, if that’s what you need.
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Start a feature request for Traktor support.
I’m sure he is aware.
Where is the source of this information?
He prefers flying. 
EP 
, Traktor/Serato/Rekordbox 
Facts.
Why dont you continue preparing your tracks in Traktor, then sync it across using Engine Prime?
He seems of sound mind to me.
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This … Plenty of options to make that work flawlessly.
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Hi @Yvomans, thanks for posting. As of now, PRIME 4 is only a standalone console, to be used with an external library, preferably prepped via Engine PRIME. It will be open to Serato DJ Pro in a future firmware update. Secondly, I agree with @mufasa. A Feature Request for Traktor support is a good idea, and you can start one here: https://community.enginedj.com/c/feature-requests
Even though the Prime 4 is not supported by Traktor, will it be possible to midi map the unit for DVS purposes? As Traktor 3 can run DVS through any soundcard, I’m assuming the on board soundcard in the Prime 4 should be able to work with no issues so you could technically hook up 2 turntables/cd players with timecode with the Prime 4 and midi map basic controls like hot cues etc?
Thanks all for your suggestions. I do understand the Prim4 for is a standalone system. That’s exactly why I bought it 
Main point is in the workflow I’m struggling with related to Mixed in Key (MiK) and previous Traktor I was used to work with.
- I add new tracks to MiK
- I have them imported in Traktor
- Cue points are synced to Traktor from MiK
- Traktor is used o rate and organize tracks in my library
Extra hurdle is that Engine has difficulties in syncing files from a network drive (all tracks are stored on a cloud synced drive).
Reason to keep Traktor in place is flawless MiK integration. It would then be easy and preferable to have the Prime 4 deck also connected to Traktor to do rating and Library management. Although syncing the Traktor collection to Engine can’t be done incremental, so when adding a bunch of new tracks it takes long to sync the full Traktor Collection (I can live with that for the moment).
Dont forget to like this feature request
https://community.enginedj.com/t/faster-library-refresh/13739?u=mufasa
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Mac or Windows? If the former, check ATGR conversion tools. They might have something that allows you to keep your old workflow AND use P4 standalone. I believe the guy that writes those tools is an original Traktor user.
Windows. ATGR does not run unfortunately…
It’s what I said … “If the former”, being Mac.
I don’t see that someone created the feature request and I agree so I did it. Please Like this request “https://community.enginedj.com/t/ability-to-work-with-traktor-as-a-midi-controller/16999”
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