Worth $70?
According to Native Instruments site, the upgrade to Traktor 2 will cost you $80 for the software upgrade or $450 for the upgrade with the audio 10 included. Is it worth it?
That’s regular right? Not for the S4?
s4 users will get the update for free
This is what the page says about the S4:
S4 owners get Traktor pro 2 for free. If you want scratch and you own traktor scratch and an S4 you will receive a free scratch upgrade. Otherwise it is $140 for the scratch upgrade.
The upgrade pricing for current Traktor Scratch Pro owners is crazy and still no video plug??? Serato is looking better now.
$79 is crazy?
$450 for the upgrade with the audio 10 included? $450?!??
Scratch Duo or Pro 2 once i can afford it.
Unless i find a cheap TSP1 Audio 4/8 package and upgrade, which may be cheaper - but i’d like to wait and see what people say about the new sound cards, whether they are significantly better or not.
this.
for three months that is a killer killer deal.
the fact that there is midi out on the 10 is enough of a reason to sell me. plus having direct through is super as well…
What are you really getting for the $450 upgrade price? Additional outputs and no video mixing?
In my view the price is more than fair. I got Traktor scratch duo for $300 and then paid $80 to upgrade to scratch pro. Even if I bought the hardware upgrade I would have spent less than if I got an S4 ($830 vs $900).
However the issue always comes down to if you can really afford it. For that much I could just buy ableton. To make it even more complicated the hardware deal is a special first 3 months only price. So if I did do it I’d have to do so now. I’ll have to do some hard thinking about what I really want.
Hopefully no video mixing.
All of the other major DVS out there can handle video now. Whether you want to admit it or not video is the direction the industry is heading. Even now audio only djs have some kind of “visuals” playing at clubs.
I disagree. I think video mixing is niche. Personally and subjectively, I’ve never seen a DJ VDJ with plugins built into DJ software.
I think most DJs just want to be DJs. I’m all for a video plugin for Traktor but I’d like it to be a paid plugin for the low percentage of VDJs who want it and will use it.
Pioneer have had video mixing for ages. Never really taken off.
99% of my music has no visuals to go with it, ie no music video made, basic or otherwise.
I think this is super niche rather that the direction the industry is heading.
People go to clubs to dance, not to watch shit.
I say this as a man well into video as a profession.
Snap 
This. and if you’re ‘threatening’ to move to serato since NI made you so mad, please just fuck off and do it. Go and annoy the people on the serato forum instead.
You guys better inform all of these clubs (new and old) that are investing in flat screens and projectors. I guess they didn’t get the memo.
I’ll send it out again then.