New Upcoming Controllers from NI (Kontrol S8 thread)

[MyUsername]

^Yes but doesn't apple have tight restrictions about compatible hardware. It came up in a thread a while back about Traktor DJ. NI & Apple would need to make a deal of some sorts to make it happen, or so I 've read.

[deevey]

[QUOTE=Karlos Santos;693152]Yeah there would need to be a new soundcard (A6/10) that powered the iOS device in the way that the latest Audio 2 does.
I'd say that was very feasible, as long as the new soundcard was a 'Made For iOS' device.

I just hope 2015 is the year that some of the bigger companies push "full featured" software out to IOS. The time has come where the processors on mobile devices are as fast, and faster than those a few measly years back (core2duo) yet we are stuck with ridiculously cut down versions of the software on mobile - for the most part.

Sure I'd be willing to sacrifice a few things, but at least bring the software as useable as what it was back then e.g. Ableton, Traktor, Serato. I can live without colored waveforms and fancy key lock algorithms, but how about the effects, cue points, controller support and midi mapping.

Surely at least the number of features in Traktor 3.3 for example could be added at this point in time, which I might add worked great on as little as a puny intel atom.

[Karlos Santos]

^Yes but doesn't apple have tight restrictions about compatible hardware. It came up in a thread a while back about Traktor DJ. NI & Apple would need to make a deal of some sorts to make it happen, or so I 've read.

Yep there are some major restrictions set by Apple on 'Made For iOS' devices and apps that NI or anyone else in the 'MFi' program have to adhere to. There wouldn't be a deal made. NI would simply have to make the device/app compliant with the restrictions. These restrictions would not affect the use of the soundcard for DVS.

[Stormcaller]

They are also releasing an external effects controller that bolts on to the S series controllers. They will call it the Traktor Trailer...

[Karlos Santos]

They are also releasing an external effects controller that bolts on to the S series controllers. They will call it the Traktor Trailer...

Excellent. I love it.

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[antifmradio]

Excellent. I love it.

HOLY FUCCKING NO WAY!!!

[deevey]

The laptop is still the better brain to run an audio setup

I disagree, just for DVS you don't need a big brain - hell 500mhz processors were doing DVS reasonably fine back in '99, and the DJplayer App runs DVS with an Audio 6 pretty darn well according to reports and thats just a very small outfit.

Seems that its not hardware limitations anymore, its down to the bigger software companies holding back. I'm sure NI and Serato really don't want to make DVS available for $20 to the masses by making their soundcards fully MFi compliant. And I cant imagine app hardware locks like the desktop version being even allowed by Apple in the first place to ensure people shell out $ for their (expensive) soundcards

All I want to see is track names and information. That's it. I want an app that lets me browse through my library by cover art, and flick it to a deck, or just browse using the x1.

I don't need waveforms or grids or to see cues. I just want an app that allows me to be a traditional analogue dj, who just happens to be using digital files as source. Apart from selecting a track.

I can already do this using splashtop, but it's an annoying workaround.

+1 Apparently proper ipad remote browsing/loading is something that will be integrated in the next incarnation of Serato Remote according to their forums, perhaps NI will do something similar soon enough.

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[SlayForMoney]

All I want to see is track names and information. That's it. I want an app that lets me browse through my library by cover art, and flick it to a deck, or just browse using the x1.

I don't need waveforms or grids or to see cues. I just want an app that allows me to be a traditional analogue dj, who just happens to be using digital files as source. Apart from selecting a track, I don't want to be looking at a screen whatsoever. I suppose this runs counter to NIs "more is more" philosophy.

I can already do this using splashtop, but it's an annoying workaround.

I do know that this is possible with denon gear and engine software on ipad so you might wanna check that out