New Upcoming Controllers from NI (Kontrol S8 thread)

**Eliot Han** · 09-10-2014, 02:10 PM

If this is going to be the official S8 leak thread can the mods change the title so people know that it is? That way people wont keep posting the leak in different threads.

**ImNoDJ** · 09-10-2014, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Eliot Han

If this is going to be the official S8 leak thread can the mods change the title so people know that it is? That way people wont keep posting the leak in different threads.

People already dont bother to check if its already been talked about on the forum. It couldnt be easier though:

type this into google:

site:forum.djtechtools.com/ s8

**bc6** · 09-10-2014, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Ash Carr

The Traktor Wish List
• A media player like iTunes/Winamp where you can keep all your tracks and samples (and hopefully visual) separate from the rest of your music collection. This would be handy as iTunes currently doesn't let you let you list the key of a track and this could. It would be great for prepping tracks and samples outside of Traktor.

This has got my boxers in a bunch lately.

**trux** · 09-10-2014, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by kooper1980

I think the looping will be either be done on the touch strip or with the 8 pads being set to a predefined loop size. EG button 1 = 1/32, button 2 = 1/16 etc etc. Great spot with the number 4 in a circle on the screen. I reckon you are right about that.

I would hope that you aren't right about the filter being an encoder. I really don't think that works well. A pot definitely works better for a filter function.

Freeze on Traktor DJ works by setting an 8 bar loop and each of the 8 'notes' becomes triggerable. I can see this working well with the 8 pads. great for chopping up the loop a la serato slicer style.

I wonder how (or even if) they will work the super slicer function in Traktor DJ into this controller.

The filter knobs look like the regular detented ones of the s4.

I would say the white buttons: hotcue/loop/freeze/remix change the behavior of the 8 pads - they are probably shift buttons for certain things too. in traktor, the 'saved' loops are considered hotcues, which makes me think that the 'loop' is like serato's roll with different measures like 1/16, 1/8 etc.

with flux it would become slip roll.

in remix mode, it looks like the capture button is a shift button + pad like on the f1 to pick which pad captures the sound. the encoder below 'capture' is likely a way to scroll down on the remix decks, but maybe capture + encoder will give you set measures to capture - 1 bar, 2 bar, 4 bar etc..

i would imagine that capture + browse will let you select which source to capture from - deck a, b, c, d or master.

the filter button is definitely filter on/off.

the interesting buttons are the 8 ones around the screen. the top right one looks like it changes the display mode. the top left must be some kind of settings window (maybe screen settings like brightness etc). the 4 unmarked ones probably do functions to do with remix deck options: keylock/fx/monitor/punch - or the captured loop settings: oneshot/loop/etc.

curious what they would do on a standard track deck, maybe change the beat grid.

really not sure about the < > buttons at the bottom of the screen - maybe they skip back/forward and are used for beat gridding too.

**ImNoDJ** · 09-11-2014, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by Ash Carr

I'm seriously hoping that there will be a rotary kit available for the S8 and even if one isn't available, I'm sure people will be able to mod there own.

I cant imagine there would be a lot of crossover between those who want an S8 and those who want a rotary mixer.

Rotaries tend to be used by house DJs for long blends and EQ work. Most of them arent going to be looking at using a sync based controller as their mixer.

But I hope you get your rotary panel!

**sheikyerbouti** · 09-11-2014, 04:26 AM

look at the buttoms below the gain knobs. Those are the same as on the Z2 which toggle "TRAKTOR mode / standalone mixer mode" which means we have a 4channel standalone mixer in it.

On the other hand the amazon copy says it comes with Traktor Scratch Pro 2 which would mean it is DVS ready without any kind of paid upgrade / expansion. But might also be a typo of amazon...

**Dubba Dutch** · 09-11-2014, 05:22 AM

Personally finding it very difficult to pick holes at the S8, really looks like they've listened to user gripes. Aesthetically I'm so so pleased to see the god awful glossy surface go.

Looking forward to finding out how they've implemented the the endless encoders below the screens, with capture and edit buttons jus beside them you'd imagine the encoders handle all the remix editing needs, with slot filters being there initial use.

Purely speculation but I recon the encoder beside the rmx deck faders will have the same feature set like the loop encoders on any other NI gear and maybe rmx deck page up/down to. With those lovely screens I'm personally not fussed to see the loop display go, I'm sure those screens will display loop details anyway.

If Maschine integration (in some form) really is coming then it makes sense to drop the loop recorder controls as Maschine will hopefully take Traktor sampling up a few notches.

Hmmmmmm, wonder if the S8 will be at BPM?!

**frankle** · 09-11-2014, 05:39 AM

Just realised it's got proper Gain knobs like on the Z2 instead of those endless crap things they put on the S4mk1 and again on the mk2! Very happy with this, probably needed due to it being a hardware mixer but whatever, I like it.