Traktor Kontrol X1 Announced!
http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/dj/traktor-kontrol-x1/
Have fun.
Interesting!
Will be keen to see some comparisons between this and the A&H 1D…
199 euros… hmmmm 
Yeah and that seems even worse when converted into pounds at the current exchange rate…
I wonder what the UK RRP will be.
I hope NI does well with this new controller.
Trust me it rips the arse out of the A&H 1d.
The 1d doesnt even compare.
Surely you could map the 1D to operate pretty much exactly the same as this if you wanted to?
Or am I missing something?
Possibly but the X1 has been designed to work intuitively with Traktor with multi function buttons its way more powerful than the 1D and a lot easier to use with Traktor. It also has a little trick up its sleeve to make it communicate with traktor .
can you plug 2 together so you only need one usb? having an audio 8 and 2 of these would mean a USB hub…surely NI has thought of that? Fingers crossed.
This trick, is it user configurable like midi mapping? or is the whole thing set in it’s ways when it comes to how it works with Traktor? I have already imagined some good uses for this thing with it’s high def resolution, but is no good unless the thing is mappable.
High-Res using a proprietary protocol.
how?
Can you loop 2 together to keep the usb port free or do you need 3 x usb ports?
That’s pretty key.
I reckon it looks like the nuts to be honest!
wish it had mixer controls. want less gear to plug in, not more!
granted, it’s geared toward time code control folk.
will still keep using the vci-100 se.
But that only works in Traktor (and to me just sounds like a dressed up HID interface)
Admittedly it seems a portion of digital dj’s want a pre-mapped device like this (because they don’t learn how to make custom mappings), but beyond them, I find it has a narrow scope and functionality you could find on a dozen other controllers.
It’s sounding better and better
I think its more of a matter of it being designed to really work with other control methods to address a specific workflow that seems to be missing with those control methods without using things like shift keys, modifiers, or the computer keyboard. Specifically dealing with fx, browsing, and looping which seem to be an afterthought in most other control methods.
To the two people that are asking about linking it … yes you can, so 2 units only need one usb port pn your lappy
yeah this is def aimed more at DVS users than the straight up digital dj, my insatiable gearlust dictates that I want them pretty bad but when I think about how this would integrate into my current setup (2 x vci100) it does not offer many advantages.
Im sure we are going to see some very interesting controllers come out of NI in the next year!
how is this done? can you change to midi channel of each device. Will there be a NI supported editor.