Just released to the public KONTROL S2

[zimfella]

US$ 599 = UK£367.77

bargain I reackon considering tpro2 included(normally £169 itself)

[fullenglishpint]

according to skratchworx it's gna be £499 in the UK.

[BennyJ]

that's just retarded especially at $600- worth $400 tops. Looks like NI is crossing too far into the low end toy market. Way too stripped down. If they wanted to make a 2 channel counterpart, fine, but at least have filters and 8 cue points then it might be viable. They cut features out just so it wouldn't compete too much with the S4 making it a poor choice for anyone serious who just needs two channels.

Ok well then what do u suggest for a 600 all in one controller with the quality of NI and a soundcard?

i dont see why all the hate.

[loop]

at first, I was WHAAAATTTT, this is is MAJOR FAIL. I was expecting something radical by NI. Then I've checked the interface explorer carefully and I think it's a fine controller.

This S2 - nothing more than a fine controller with a (very) smart mapping. A TWITCH - I think I WANT, an S2 - not sure, not sufficiently smaller/portable than S4, I'm afraid.

Love to see that NI are delivering the promised user mapping enhancement and am eager to get them for using with the S4. That's the most exciting part of this announcement.

Looking forward to see what the X1 successor would offer. Definitely hope for something more radical and innovative!

[mattinthebox]

The S4 is worth the extra $300 if you are a turntable dj

So I am extremely tempted to make the S4 my new mixer in my DVS setup (already have audio 8). Would I be wise to go for the S2 since I already have the two turntable decks? Could I even use the S2 as a controller for decks C+D in addition to the Audio 8 with the turntables on A+B? I'm thinking that the S2 would really just further complicate things and that the S4, which hopefully will see a price drop, would be a much simpler toy for my setup.

[loop]

BTW, no one mentions the new Traktor 2.1 update: http://www.native-instruments.com/fo...ad.php?t=72703

New / improved features:

• Individual Keylock, FX Enable and Headphone Cueing for sample deck slots
• Multi-core processor support
• Automatic jogwheel calibration for Kontrol S2 and S4
• New option for additional mixer headroom
• ID3 v2.3 Tag compatibility
• Option to disable Sample Auto-Save
• Jump size display when hovering over stripe
• Improved Setup Wizard

Fixes

• GUI tempo fader decoupled from Scratch and Tempo Bend
• Pitch Bend behavior on stopped deck fixed
• Cueing accuracy of CD timecode fixed
• Core Audio sample rate matching fixed

they don't list the user mapping enhancements, though. Still, the smaple slot improvement is GREAT, IMO

[photojojo]

BTW, no one mentions the new Traktor 2.1 update: http://www.native-instruments.com/fo...ad.php?t=72703



they don't list the user mapping enhancements, though. Still, the smaple slot improvement is GREAT, IMO

There's a thread Loop

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35789

[loop]

So I am extremely tempted to make the S4 my new mixer in my DVS setup (already have audio 8). Would I be wise to go for the S2 since I already have the two turntable decks? Could I even use the S2 as a controller for decks C+D in addition to the Audio 8 with the turntables on A+B? I'm thinking that the S2 would really just further complicate things and that the S4, which hopefully will see a price drop, would be a much simpler toy for my setup.

to be honest, I suggest against using any of the two for DVS setup. They both have jogs and that makes the TTs redundant, IMO. The jogs of the S4 are very good and I just don't reach to the TTs - they usually sit off. I love the feel of the TT, but with the S4, I see zero point of using them.

my gut feeling says that a TWITCH would make more sense to complement a DVS + controller setup, but I'm not really sure if that's true. For DVS, a good mixer is just the best there is.

to each, their own, of course ...

[MuzicFreq]

Lol all the people saying overpriced.

TP2 = $200
A2DJ = $100
so that fancy controller now is $300

Sure Twitch came out for $400
But I can soooo see myself using this S2 before some touch strip flashy light doohicky anyday.

[MiL0]

disappointing.

would much rather have seen a 4 channel mixer with no jog wheels.