Since Im a lot cooler than about 99% of the assholes online, Im going to hook you up with something thats just about impossible to find online: a working, well defined, easy to use Traktor .tks and Novation .syx files so you can truely plug and play with your Novation Remote Zero SL and Native Instruments Traktor DJ Studio 3.3.

The deal is this, I have defined this file to use the most common features. This is by no means complete nor will it work for everybody. This simply lays out the most commonly used features in what I feel is an easy to use and instictive layout. There are 12 empty buttons for you to customize with functions that you use. Below is a picture and description of what each nob, slider and button has been programmed to do.

CC Numbers:

0 – FOCUS DECK A
1 – FOCUS DECK B
2 – LOOP SET IN
3 – LOOP ACTIVE
4 – LOOP TYPE 1
5 – LOOP TYPE 2
6 – LOOP TYPE 3
7 – RELOOP

20 – A-FX 1 NOB
21 – A-FX 2 NOB
22 – A-FX 3 NOB
23 – A-FX 4 NOB
24 – B-FX 1 NOB
25 – B-FX 2 NOB
26 – B-FX 3 NOB
27 – B-FX 4 NOB

30 – A-FX 1 BUTTON
31 – A-FX 2 BUTTON
32 – A-FX 3 BUTTON
33 – A-FX 4 BUTTON
34 – B-FX 1 BUTTON
35 – B-FX 2 BUTTON
36 – B-FX 3 BUTTON
37 – B-FX 4 BUTTON

40 – A – EQ LOW
41 – A – EQ MED
42 – A – EQ HIGH
43 – A – EQ BALANCE
44 – B – EQ BALANCE
45 – B – EQ HIGH
46 – B – EQ MED
47 – B – EQ LOW

50 – A – LOW KILL
51 – A – CUE
52 – PAGE 1
53 – PAGE 2
54 – PAGE 3
55 – PAGE 4
56 – B – CUE
57 – B – LOW KILL

60 – DECK A – GAIN
61 – DECK A – VOLUME
62 – CROSS FADER
63 – DECK B – VOLUME
64 – DECK B – GAIN
65 – CUE MIX
66 – CUE VOLUME
67 – MASTER VOLUME

70 – LOOP MOVE BACKWARDS
71 – LOOP MOVE FORWARDS
72 – LOOP SIZE DECREASE
73 – LOOP SIZE INCREASE

80 – A – SYNC
81 – B – SYNC
86 – MASTER FX SELECT
87 – MASTER FX ON

90 – UNLOAD TRACK
91 – LOAD TRACK
92 – STOP/PLAY
93 – CUE PLAY
95 – AUDIO RECORD

How to use:

Download TKS (Save Link As)

Download SYX (Save Link As)

Download Zero SL Template Editor (Mac Version | Windows Version)

1) On your Novation, under the ‘N’ logo your going to select “Play” mode.

2) Press the Data/Select jog-dial until “Template” is selected. Scroll the jog-dial until you hit whatever template number you want to use for your custom template.

3) Open “TRAK-ZERO.syx” in the Template Editor. Press the “Upload” button located beside the Novation logo in the template editor program. Quickly look at your Novation display to check that the template is being received. You should see the custom names for the buttons in the LED spaces if it worked.

4) The template is now temporarily loaded into the Novation’s RAM. If you scroll away from this template, the upload will not be saved. To save it to memory press the “Write” button from the center column of buttons. Press the “Write” button once again to save the template. The template is now saved in the device in the location that you chose.

5) Now we have to load the controls into Traktor. Open Traktor and select the MIDI setup from the preferences page. Click on the “LOAD” button and then select “TRAK-ZERO.tks” and load it into Traktor. Now you will see that the MIDI buttons in the window now reflect the settings that you see in the Novation template editor.

Thats it, your done. Now if you did everything right, you should be able to twist and slide all the major features in Traktor DJ Studio 3.3. If you have any questions or it didnt work for you, leave a comment and Ill do my best to help.

UPDATE #1 (1/28/09):

Ive made a few adjustments to the files to add a few features I forgot and to make the layout easier to use. The picture of the CC buttons has also been updated to reflect the changes.

UPDATE #2 (2/12/09):

Ive made this picture to help make it easier to understand what does what. I found after using this layout for awhile now that at first I was a bit confused about which deck I was controlling. I the image below, the RED is Deck A and the BLUE is Deck B. So as you can see, if you visualize it like that, it makes it much easier to understand which nobs need to be twisted.