Pertinent points:
TRAKTOR PRO 2.5 with Remix Decks™ is set to arrive on May 30th 2012 – the same day TRAKTOR KONTROL F1, the ultimate DJ Remix controller, hits stores worldwide.
If you currently use TRAKTOR PRO 2 or DUO 2, you’ll automatically receive a free update. Even if you have an older generation of TRAKTOR, you can still step up to the latest version at a very special price for a limited time.
Starting today, TRAKTOR PRO 2 software is available at a brand-new price point of only $89 / 79 € / 7,800 ¥. Or you can get it for free, since it’s now included with all DJ hardware – from the diminutive TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 to the flagship TRAKTOR KONTROL S4.
On top, you can get professional TRAKTOR SCRATCH systems at all-new prices: Only $559 / 499 € for TRAKTOR SCRATCH A10 and $339 / 299 € for TRAKTOR SCRATCH A6. And check out TRAKTOR KONTROL S2, now priced permanently at $559 / 499 € / 52,800 ¥.
Please note that if you purchased and activated a full version of TRAKTOR PRO 2 between January 1st and April 2nd, 2012, you’re eligible for a $60 / 50 € e-voucher for the NI Online Shop. You’ll receive your e-voucher in a separate email. This doesn’t apply if the software was bundled with a hardware product.
@ yeah i agree on the point about the A2,even if you had a sound card it would be alot cheaper to buy the audio 2 with the software then sell the audio 2.
Feel sorry for all them people trying to get rid of there TP2 serials
Yeah this just absolutely torpedoed their for sale threads. Pretty cool though that they’re slashing prices, it seems like everyone is doing that these days, including Pioneer.
So have the prices for the audio interfaces increased overall- are we paying a hidden cost for the software? Is it no longer possible to buy an interface without the software at all?
Not a great change for those of us interested in using NI cards but not Traktor itself.
So do Traktor LE 2 users get upgraded to Traktor Pro 2? That’s very nice.
Maybe that helps clear it up a bit. You won’t be able to buy the interfaces by themselves any longer. It will come bundled with the needed hardware/software for a full blown scratch setup.
As far as an upgrade from LE, it will cost you 89 bucks. The exception is new hardware/registrations post April 1. From the website:
DISCLAIMER: * Product boxes may physically contain TRAKTOR LE 2, but any TRAKTOR LE 2 registration resulting from a new purchase of a TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 or TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 box will result in an email sendout of a TRAKTOR PRO 2 serial number to the NI user account email address. Please allow up to 48 hours for this delivery. The free TRAKTOR PRO 2.5 update can be obtained via NI Service Center on release day. ** Only if purchase date and registration of the included software occurs after April 1st, 2012.
The Audio 6 and Audio 10 will no longer be sold as stand alone sound cards.
The Audio 6 and Audio 10 will only be sold as packages – complete Traktor Scratch systems with DVS
Well this is total fail… It makes sense when serato does it because it is a hardware dongle, but now you have to pay the overpriced amount for the soundcards whether you already own software or not- and some people want the soundcards to use with regular traktor pro. Looks like I may need to grab a cheap audio 6 while they are still stocked.
I think NI has made the right moves, as long as they don’t go to a dongle approach (like Serato) i’ll be happy. The dongle approach is the worst idea ever. I can’t tell you how many times i’ve been hanging out at school or in a coffee shop with nothing but Traktor and my keyboard and i’ve come up with great stuff, If I had to plug in the soundcard everytime I wanted to try out something i’d be pissed.
I have tsp2 that i upgraded on my audio 8, got scratch duo two that came with a6, got traktor 2 that came with xi, wanted to buy 2 f1s. thats means i have 5 copies of traktor pro this is rediculous. I think there should be a discount for tsp and tp owners on additional hardware
The dongle approach just hurts the consumer. A better approach to piracy is reasonably priced software and good frequent updates which seems like they are doing and have been doing and by bundling it with hardware. Not many people pirate traktor already because of this and certainly no one who seriously DJs or not even interested entry level bedroom DJs- there is no reason to slap a dongle on and screw everything up.
The only people who pirate traktor now are people who maybe want to try it out and are not at all serious about DJing who wouldn’t buy the software anyway.
Yeah, you’re probably right. It would certainly be nice to have the freedom of implementing hardware of my choosing for Itch setups without having to use a third party hack, or having the option of using the software without lugging hardware around. The offline player is available, but there have certainly been times when I was predominantly using Traktor where I have been at work during a quiet moment and fired it up to try some things, or see how some unorthodox tracks would mix, an option I do not have with Itch.
I’m sure it’s a marketing gimmick to flood the community with extra copies. Soon enough people are going to just be giving the copies away, which of course NI wants. With their growing popularity and controller line, it makes sense. Imagine that 1,000 TP2 owners buy a F1- free advertising, NI makes money, and the end user gets shafted. That’s usually how it works out right? We’ll complain, their market will have grown, then they may offer a way to buy it without the package.
I am just hoping with NI cleaning up shop, that they are just making room for some new hardware products. With their recent track record you think they might have something up their sleeve… Just my .02
