Pioneer DJM 700 and X1 or new S4 controller - Dilemma.

[Abyrne7]

I don't see how its designed for turntable style mixing? Im sure many different style dj's could benefit from what the x1 offers. To me tho if I wanted turntable style mixing I probally wouldn't buy the S4.

[haze324]

the S4 as it's clearly designed towards turntablist style miksing and more creative ways of mixing samples and loops. You could ofcourse incorporate that into a house/techno set, but I doubt most ppl do and usually makes their mashups/edits in advance.

Its completley meant for EDM DJ's. Its the competion to "playing" a live set with Ableton and using loops and samples to layer tracks and beats which geared more towards trance music than hip-hop. I think what NI has done is tried to incorporate functions so that it appealse to more than one audience but it clearly was not designed towards a turntablis style of DJ. It was designed for guys like Dubfire.

This maybe an old thread, but with your DJM-700 your conna need an Audio 8 to get 4 decks out of Traktor. Audio 8+Mixer+X1 = more than an S4 and less functions.