In your opinion, what is the best DJ controller out there?

[Notanon]

What's the problem?

Occasionally crashes Traktor on starting up. Seems to be a driver issue of some kind, but I'd be hesitant to use it out at a gig for the time-being, given the above.

[Stazbumpa]

If I was buying new now I would really struggle to decide between a Numark NS7 III and the new Denon MCX-8000. I love the idea of being able to use 2 different DJ programs on the same controller at the same time.

[astromech]

Occasionally crashes Traktor on starting up. Seems to be a driver issue of some kind, but I'd be hesitant to use it out at a gig for the time-being, given the above.

What laptop? Is it Windows with Intel HD3000 graphics?

[Notanon]

What laptop? Is it Windows with Intel HD3000 graphics?

Windows 10 with an ATI Radeon graphics card.

[astromech]

Oh. There are some GPUs that can cause issues with the D2/S5/S8 screens. Check yours isn't one of them.

[Quenepas]

OG Traktor S4 MKI (although I would like to have the MKII). It has all the control you could ever want; a sensible layout, looper function, can have the +fader modded, tons of literature online and great mappings for crazy effects with the jogwheels. Although it's not the defacto Pioneer stuff you'll find in a club, it has been in my experience the controller you'll find everywhere.

[DJ Spiderhat]

S4 is butter honestly. I used a VCI-100 for many years, and then a VCM-600 for the last couple (among other things, pioneer/denon stuff and such) and it's actually ridiculous how noticeable the difference was - moreso vs. the vcm. It was so much easier to make accurate and smooth adjustments that I feel like mixing became significantly easier for me. Never really experienced such a profound difference with something like that before. Would I pay retail price for something like that? Prob not... but maybe I'm just cheap. Definitely don't regret dropping the 300 on it though. I don't think it's perfect but it gets surprisingly close as a dj controller.

[Laserbeam]

I go for the Xone 4D. Great Mapping opportunities plus the mixer unit. With the Stems view on the Laptop, it is now also possible to easily mix them.

[Synaptic Flow]

If I was buying new now I would really struggle to decide between a Numark NS7 III and the new Denon MCX-8000. I love the idea of being able to use 2 different DJ programs on the same controller at the same time.

2 different programs at the same time? Do tell.