New Upcoming Controllers from NI (Kontrol S8 thread)

[hoothoot81]

Luciano Squillace Carl Craig were there bigging it up and calling it game changer but in reality none of them will use the S8 as there everyday workhorse, when someone updates the Xone92 then that's a game changer, great software but still think an exsternal mixer will still rule.

[Sambo]

Well, ok then.

All I have to as is, was I the only one hoping for a sequencer?

There probably wouldn't be much to give away that feature on the controller, it'd be very heavily software side. Traktor Pro 3 may still have it, who knows.

[DubluW]

Well, chuck all the screens on it you want. If there's a laptop there, it'll still be looked at.

All i can see when looking at something like this is ''The next feature that's already available in some guise that we can build into it''
If you've bought anything other from NI i the hardware world (Maschine/F1/X1 etc) in the past few years then you'll be able to do everything this does and more anyway.

Im predicting the most backing we'll see from any DJ (and i use the term lightly) will be Paris F*****g hilton making a mess with it at Amnesia, and maybe someone doing a routine with it to sell it.

[safefire]

Im predicting the most backing we'll see from any DJ (and i use the term lightly) will be Paris F*****g hilton making a mess with it at Amnesia, and maybe someone doing a routine with it to sell it.

But on the other hand, there aren't really a lot of really BIG DJ's using all-in-one controllers as it is anyway.
They're on CDJ's, X1's+mixer or some other weird setup.

Come on NI, launch this, then launch some more modular stuff next spring.

[ekwipt]

I agree with everything above, I've yet to see any of my favorite techno house DJs who use Traktor use any of the all in one solutions. Cut either side of the s8 off and get rid of the mixer section and I'd think about getting it.

NI will release this and update the X1 to mk3 with screens in 6months time or if that.

Defo waiting for new single/dual deck controller, I'll never get rid of my Xone92

[safefire]

How about an updated Xone 92, though. That would be a treat.

[astromech]

How about an updated Xone 92, though. That would be a treat.

What exactly is there to update, other than the odd tweak?

[JDFS]

I for one would love an Xone 93 with an at least 12-channel soundcard. Looks of the DB4 but without FX and with the added return channels.

[frankle]

Lol ... I've written almost the same thing in another thread!

DB92 is what I think it should be called, exact layout of a 92 but with a 12 channel in/12 channel out sound card so that you can run 4 Traktor/CDJ/TT decks and the Mic/Return channels also have their own computer input for FX/Ableton/Maschine channels. Both AUX outs also send to the computer ...

There are very few mixers that I would gladly retire my 92 for ... but this would be one of them

[safefire]

Yep, soundcard.

Perhaps a tweak to the EQ knob spacing and more midi control.