NI S4 Already obsolete?

[DjWindzOne]

Then there are the Forum posts for the S4 controlling Serato with some adjustments in the via midi. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG5GRCnqnwY


This looks very promising. . .

[DjWindzOne]

I'm a lil Suprised the Numark NS6 didn't get a mention

Think of the NS7. . .and just drop Mixtrack jogs instead of the motorized ones . . .and a few other things that do make that controller very good. . .

[Erick]

The S4 looks like the best of the current batch of Traktor-oriented 4-deck controllers.

The Denon offering has some advantages, but for me the lack of HDMIDI is more important than the analog mixer (and the additional S4/Traktor features are pretty cool). I also really like the feedback between the S4 and Traktor.

The new Pioneer controller looks only OK by comparison. The needle strip is very nice, and the layout is a bit more open and spacious, but the actual set of controls is smaller and the integration won't be as tight. Also, Pioneer build quality is in my experience rather worse than Native Instruments.

If the Pioneer job was the same price I'd argue that they're equivalent with different pros/coms.

exactly what I said, I haven't read all the thread, but apparently it got a bit controversial, as are a lot of threads these days, :P but its ok I only stated my observations, and yet I also think there is a cup of tea for everyone regarding what they use. Whatever, I don't look for any approval but somewhat saying what I think at the moment about this or that product was relevant to me then. Maybe someone gets something out of it maybe not, creates a bit of analysis, just thought I would throw in those thoughts.

[Erick]

I'm a lil Suprised the Numark NS6 didn't get a mention as compared to the s4 / Pioneer / Denon debate.

personally it think it looks a whole heap better than the Pioneer with the flexibilty of a separate mixer like the denon, just with freaking huge jogs.

The Denon or S4 IMHO would be perfect with bigger jogs though (damn you all!!!)

I know I know, technically its an Itch controller, but it does use standard midi so I guess mappings will come.

Well to be fair the info on the ns6 and the thread are both kinda new... but yes I was tempted to mention that one too, but personally I didn't like the looks from the photo, l upon closer inspection of all these units, my point of view will probably change. NS6 looks tough, but personally I just don't like numark design(but I wont go into that). The included analogue mixer is a really huge bonus/advantage I would like, this would of made s4 my gear for years to come. I want to say that if I could make a combo of all the cool features of these then I would change to that, until then I will beat the crap out of my s4. Yes you don't need so much options to keep the party going, but I have fun making really crazy crap at home and these nice "toys" are making it all possible