Lets start with my issues with the s8. i upgraded to an s8 from my s4 about 3 months ago. Thought i could live the jogwheel less life. I was terribly wrong. The controller is amazing don't get me wrong. But trying to mix anything but anything but edm is turning into a nightmare. A. The tempo knob is a huge issue. Quick tempo changes mid mix don't exist. have to press 2 buttons to get a simple bpm change. B. not having platters to touch let alone beat match with is turning into a huge hassle. Yes, the touch strip is amazing. AS LONG!! as your beat grids are perfect. If your beat grids are off or its a transition song you life turns to hell. So i feel that getting a set of platters on the side would be fix my issues. I cant have turntables because the clubs i dj at have to much bass so the needle jumps. and race car life. won't be able to fit them in my car to get them anywhere.
So my question is what are good alternatives for platters besides turntables. Im mainly looking at getting some xdj 1000's but i cant really justify spending 2000$ just to get platters. So what other solid options are there. i want the platters to at least be big enough to scratch on. no s4 sized platters. and has to work perfectly with traktor.
Second question is on beatgridding transition songs. Im finding that using transition songs in traktor is a hit or miss lately. If I'm using a song that goes from 128-64 it will automatically beat grid it to 64. even though i need to start out at 128 to get the phase meter working. yes i know i should use my ears. But, its a lot quicker to use the phase meter to get the mix right when my transitions are only 16 bars long.
Is there a way to set up the grid in a custom way. So that at the beginning i can put it at 128 then when it slows down it automatically jumps down to 64? And this doesnt have to only apply to transitions songs. I use plenty of songs were it goes from 128-100-128. I would like to be able to set the grid up so it jumps to those said bpm's at certain parts of the song.
If you guys could help me out in either of those questions i would be super grateful.
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