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Set cue points in Traktor.

Traktor cue points let you jump to the exact moment a track does something. To set one, open the deck's advanced panel, switch to the CUE page, play to the spot you want, and click an empty hotcue button. Here is how that works in Traktor Pro 3 and Pro 4, and how to get structural cues without placing every one by hand.

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Vibes waveform analysis with intro, drop, and breakdown markers on a track

Mark the intro, the drop, and the outro on every track.

Setting hotcues in Traktor.

Traktor gives you eight hotcue slots per track on the CUE page, set manually while listening. The slots are shared between cue points and loops, so a saved loop occupies one of the same eight buttons.

01

Open the CUE page

On the deck's advanced panel, open the CUE page to see the hotcue buttons for the loaded track. The advanced panel also has MOVE and GRID pages; CUE is the one for managing cue points.

02

Set a hotcue

Play or scroll to the spot you want, then click an empty hotcue button to store the cue point at that position. The button lights up once a cue is stored. Hardware controller pads trigger and store hotcues the same way.

03

Set the cue type

On the CUE page, use the Cue Type drop-down to assign a type to each hotcue, for example a Load Marker at the intro or a standard Cue at the drop. Colors are assigned automatically by type (blue for a regular cue, yellow for a load marker, green for a loop) and cannot be set independently.

04

Save to the track

Hotcues are stored per track in Traktor's NML library, so they are there next time you load the track.

The catch

Traktor has no automatic structural cueing, so every cue is placed by hand, one track at a time, across the whole collection.

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mids
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verse
buildup
drop
breakdown
outro

The faster way

Auto-detect the structure.

Vibes analyzes each track and marks the intro, buildup, drop, breakdown, and outro automatically, then exports those cue points into Traktor so the structure is ready before you play.

See how it works
Automatic cue points for intro, buildup, drop, breakdown, and outro
See the structure on a multi-band waveform
No more placing every cue by hand across the library
Export the cue points back into Traktor

Organize in Vibes, export to Traktor.

Your playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points travel back to the gear you play on, so nothing you do in Vibes is locked away.

Track 001 by Artist A

Track 001

Artist A

128
3A
Track 002 by Artist B

Track 002

Artist B

124
5B
Track 003 by Artist C

Track 003

Artist C

132
8A
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Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

No. Traktor hotcues are set manually on the CUE page, one track at a time. There is no native intro, drop, or breakdown detection, so structural cues are placed by hand while you listen. Traktor analyzes tempo and key for you, but nothing in that analysis marks where a track's sections begin or end, which is why cue prep stays a manual job across a large library.
The workflow is the same in Traktor Pro 3 and Traktor Pro 4. Open the deck's advanced panel and switch to the CUE page. Play or scroll to the moment you want, then click an empty hotcue button to store it. Use the Cue Type drop-down to change it to Cue, Fade-In, Fade-Out, Load, or Loop. Hotcues are stored with the track in your collection, so they load with it next time.
Yes. Vibes auto-detects structural points, the intro, buildup, drop, breakdown, and outro, and exports them into Traktor as cue points, so the prep is done before you load a track. The same analysis draws the structure on a multi-band waveform, so you can see where each section starts instead of placing every cue by hand across the library.
You can. Vibes handles the structural prep automatically, and you remain free to add or adjust custom hotcues in Traktor. They land as ordinary cue points in your collection, so you can change a cue type or delete one on the CUE page exactly like a hotcue you set yourself. Keep the eight slot limit in mind, since anything you add sits in the same set of buttons.
Eight, and the slots are shared between cue points and stored loops, so a track with two saved loops has six buttons left for cues. Additional cue points beyond eight can live in the track's cue list, but they cannot sit on a hotcue button at the same time. Budget the slots for the moments that earn instant access.

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