It pains me to ask this but I check in here every day and it never ceases to amaze me how much of a helpful board this is and this is starting to keep me awake at night
I’m a ‘veteran’ who used to be a pro-dj till about 10 years ago when I got married, had kids and realised I had to start earning more corn to get the bigger house, better car, big tv, oh and feed the wife and kids too…
I still have most of my vinyl (c.5000 rekkids) but for the last couple of years have been embracing the digi-dj revolution. More of a hobbyist now with only occasional gigs (which is great), ableton has been my software of choice but around 6 months ago I bought Traktor Pro and a RMX for messing around in my tunes room. The RMX is ok, I’ve mapped Live and Traktor to it but I’m now getting a bit bored and want to take it to the next level.
My problem: I love Ableton, I know it inside out and have a great little setup (use a launchpad too, it’s a lot of fun) but I’m really digging Traktor and think I could potentially have even more fun with it.
I want the best of both worlds and need to buy a controller that will do me for both Live and Traktor but I cannot decide what to buy
I’m torn between waiting on the S4 or going for the XoneDX but am open to suggestions from anyone else. Would really appreciate some help guys, I wouldn’t ask but I wake up every day and change my mind
That’s the latest thing I’ve been experimenting with! Read this post
for details on how to do it (can take a lot of tweaking but works in the end with surprisingly low latency). If you wanted you could even output all 4 decks of traktor into separate channels within ableton and manipulate them independently.
When it comes to picking a controller, that’s a very tough one. My personal opinion is that since the 2 softwares are so radically different, the best approach (especially if running the 2 simultaneously!) is always going to be having independent controllers for each, say a launchpad or APC and a VCI-100 or S4 (you lucky bugger )
@fullenglishpint - Thanks for reminding me about this post, I saw it a while ago but forgot about it
I’ve got the launchpad anyway so I guess then it comes down to the S4 v’s the DX then? Looks like I need a comparison list with the pros & cons of each…
I would say the S4 over the DX. I was very close to getting a DX a while back, there are some good threads on the NI board from folks who got one. One of the biggest issues with it was the way the effets knobs are laid out. They are set up for Itch. The DX also the “tap” issue so make sure you get a newer model. Lastly for me it was the jog wheels not being touch sensitive. If you have the patience Serato announced that Itch will have Bridge/Ableton integration in 2011. But as fars as controllers go, the S4 is tough to beat…it’s also cost less. Mixarchitekt I believe is the A&H/Traktor DJ that came up with a good TP mapping and had some great discussion on the DX and TP.
I’d just like to add that if it’s a case of S4 vs DX, the S4 not only comes with the new version of Traktor which everyone else will be clamouring for for months until its general release, but is also likely to have mappings and support from the DJTT team. As a VCI-100SE owner I can’t stress enough how helpful it is having their help!
Also:
Hit Shift button & “another” and the whole S4 is a Midi controller for Ableton (or anything else).
You can swap between S4 NHL mode and Ableton Midi mode seamlessly during your set.
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