Traktor S8 review

[mostapha]

Lol

[Tarekith]

No worries, I've got a new modular system on the way myself

[tekki]

I'm actually considering porting my Ableton live pa over to remix deck format..

This is something that I have been breaking my head over for sometime as well... Still not made up my mind...

[Tarekith]

I was JUST in the middle of getting new stems together for a new live set when I got the S8, so hopefully it won't take me too long to get a few songs ported and give it a run through.

Just started packing for a big move though, so free time is in short supply unfortunately.

[tekki]

Well... I'm more than interested in your experiences with this. (Don't worry, I am patient. )

[Tarekith]

No problem, I am doctor.

[mostapha]

I love this thread.

[manoob]

The mixer crashes with traktor and is useless to use for backup plan. And the hype about screens?
At this moment it's just hype and maybe in future with better functions added it could be a reality.
I got one....

[MartinK]

Enjoyed the review thanks. I had one here briefly and it oozed quality.

Something I didn't investigate is the mic channel.
Does anyone know if it's independent of Trakor i.e. Speech isn't routed through the software?

[Tarekith]

It can be set up either way, this is from the manual:

"Press the channel's TRAKTOR button to toggle between sending the MIC signal into TRAKTOR (Live Input) and mixing it directly inside S8's mixer (Direct Thru).

In Live Input mode, you can process your microphone signal with TRAKTOR's FX Units, allowing you to add performance effects.

In Direct Thru mode, the microphone signal is not sent to the computer. Instead, it is mixed directly in S8's mixer, solving any latency issues you might have at the expense of not being able to add FX."