Bit of a controller rant
Why is it that all the best controllers don’t seem to be compatible with Traktor, it looks like if you want a controller that has waveform displays then your only choice is the S8,
I’m seriously thinking of switching to serato due to the limitation as I would love to use something like the denon Mcx8000.
Maybe someone has managed to get it to work, it would be great if they had.
Wont happen. NI dont work with anyone anymore. They are building a fully walled garden for their products unfortunately.
The D5 would be the single best selling piece of DJ hardware if the screens were open for use outside of Traktor.
Native Instruments has made so many mistakes it’s sad.
I was fooling around on a my friends new Kontrol S8 at a party last week and we couldn’t figure out how to loop in and out manually.
That’s why I bought a used Pioneer DDJ-TT1
To be fair, the S8 isnt really for manual anything, its really made to be used with sync and gridded tracks.
What’s wrong with setting a loop size and activating the loop?
You can beatmatch on the S8. You can either use the tempo knob for adjusting the master clock of master deck, or adjust each deck manually using the loop knob when BPM is active on the display. You can also use the touch strips to tempo bend for matching up.
I realise this, but its really not the device to use if you intend to beatmatch every track manually.
If you learned on a Denon CD player or a CDJ 1000 you can feel the loop as its coming in.
Its just a personal preference.
I always feel awkward hitting auto loop. It’s just how you learn the technique.
Sometimes I hit the in button to start a 4 beat loop and realize it’s better as an 8 beat and I wait and catch it.
With auto loop you are stuck.
I have had no issues with the D2’s and i don’t use sync and beat match manually, I’m really glad i went with these over cdjs. They are very intuitive to use although there are several minor features that need implementing - more visibility on track info is a must
If you want more info on the screen, there are some new interfaces for the S8/S5/D2 over on the NI forum.
That’s pretty cool.
Awesome! thanks for the link Erik, i can’t thank you enough and will be checking this out tonight. I have had a tinker with some of the code tweeks that you can do, i have colour waveforms working fine but i couldn’t get things like the beats to cue working - I’m turn into a retard when it comes to code, the only reason i got the colour waveforms working was because someone posted the entire code up, i couldn’t find where to paste the beats to cue code and gave up after some frustration, i resigned to waiting for NI to put out an update for the D2/S8 (don’t laugh) but now there is no need, thanks again buddy! 