Thanksmissed your earlier post.
@djjuniorpops From the pic @Dubbylabby posted I see an iOS connector, but does that mean a new version or does it just mean you can plugin an iOS device with the old iOS Traktor version. Any thoughts about this?
It is possible that an IOS device can be plugged in for music collections and streaming from Spotify and so on, IOS port doesn't need to mean it is usable with IOS Traktor, some car stereos have an IOS port for that very thing.
Native Instruments have notoriously needed custom drivers for most of their hardware, Apple are notorious for not allowing 3rd party drivers in IOS.
Hope so. If they want to be competitive on iOS the should offer a version with more options, like 4 decks. I have the impression that Djay Pro gets more and more marketshare on iOS. btw wonder why Serato or VDJ didn't enter the iOS market these are besides NI the biggest Players in DJ software.
I've used mp3tag to update my id3 tags, and the updated tags show up if I look at the track through explorer in Traktor Pro. However, if I look at the same track through Track Collection in Traktor, it still shows the old version of the tag. Can anyone please tell me how to update the tag info in Traktor's Track Collection?
Perhaps a look into the manual tells you whether this program uses its own database (i think it does) and how you can update the database (Import folders into the Track collection).
Please tell me, if this worked.
The bigger problem here is that before loading the track into the deck and pressing play, you need to decide which version of the track to use with or without stems, and that there is no way to preanalyze several tracks at a time
Native Instruments has finally given a series of updates to the outdated behemoth that users have been requesting for far too long. The best update (and arguably rollback as it was available in Traktor 3) is the availability of using Learn for your Outputs. Thank god, is all I can say. No more needing to scroll through the awful trees of notes and CC and Note messages to have them mysteriously disappear because I hovered too close to some unrelated window.
They added a bunch of new modifier values added to be used with any command. These include the Hotcue states, what the Remix Deck play state or mode is, what the FX mode is, and whether Scratch has been activated. These are great additions to the selection that was available before, but there are still only two slots for any translator, which can feel limiting once you want to do more complicated mappings.
The Controller Manager has also been heavily reorganized. Controls are easier to find, and Legacy controls are labeled as such to hint that they have been replaced with better options (more on this later). My favorite change was that the FX control has been consolidated to just one set of commands that encompass both Advanced and Chained options.
However, with these submenus, the Cue menu does not line up correctly. Hovering over the wrong part of the menu will close what you were looking at. This is frustrating, especially when neck-deep in a mapping dedicated to making your sample decks work like they did before.
The first thing you want to do is go to the Remix Deck section of the preferences and check Auto Enable Deck Play on Sample Trigger. This will force your Remix Deck to play when you hit retrigger. If this is not selected and you turn on a Remix Cell it will not play until the associated Deck is activated.
Slot Play has been removed and the only option is now Slot Retrigger. Retrigger is linked to the cell type (Gate and Latched) of the sample you are working in and has two different interactions, as per usual, hold and toggle. Be careful because these interact completely differently depending on whether your deck is in Latch or Gate mode.
If your sample is set to Latched mode and you set Retrigger to Hold, the sample will continue playing forever. Not only that but when you hit the button again it will just trigger over and over. When it is set to Toggle it has identical interaction.
In Gated mode, with Retrigger set to Hold the sample will only play as long as you hold the button and will disengage on release. This is tied to the Quantize value, so if your quantize is set to 1 beat it will stop after 1 whole beat has passed.
Also, when loading cells from decks or the loop recorder, the old interaction was great: it would load the cell, mute the cell, and play the loop just like a deck copy. This allowed for some seamless transitions between samples and newer songs when it was necessary. Now this functionality does not exist. There are very complicated ways to do this involving modifiers and layered commands, but it just bothers me, as that functionality worked so well.
You can now loop a Remix Deck and all of the included cells. This can be a lot of fun once you get your samples doing exactly what you want them to do. When samples are set to One Shot, though, they will stop one beat before the loop ends, wait a beat, and then begin playing again. Just something to keep your eye on.
I really love the idea of the Remix Decks, just like I did the Sample Decks. They are great with the F1 (I mean, hell, it has a Sample Stop button), but the inherent work flow is not the best when you are using any other type of controller. The fact that they removed a tried and true functionality that, at least for me, worked very well and informed my entire work flow (loading sample cells) is frustrating.
A counter argument has been that the Sample Decks were offered only with the S4, and then were rolled out to the general user base with the release of Traktor Pro 2 later. I would have been completely fine with this if they had given advanced access to Remix Decks for F1 users, but left everyone else with the Sample Decks for now until the kinks were worked out for the general user base. That would have made a lot more sense to me.
All users of TRAKTOR PRO 2 and TRAKTOR DUO 2 will receive a free update to the latest PRO 2.5 software as soon as it is available. The updated software version introduces the innovative Remix DecksTM, which allow DJs to creatively remix and rearrange tracks before and during their actual performance. As of today, users of TRAKTOR DUO 2 and TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO 2 will receive a free upgrade to TRAKTOR PRO 2.
From today onwards, every TRAKTOR hardware item will automatically come with the latest full TRAKTOR PRO 2 version free of charge, which can then be comfortably updated to PRO 2.5 on its release. This applies to all TRAKTOR audio interfaces, controllers and scratch systems and is especially attractive to new customers. TRAKTOR PRO 2 previously retailed for $229/199 EUR and is now available with the TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 interface, for instance, for just $119/99 EUR.*
Users still running pre-PRO 2 versions of TRAKTOR software can upgrade to the latest version, thanks to a time-limited offer. Owners of software- only versions (TRAKTOR 1 to 3, TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR DUO), as well as DJs using TRAKTOR SCRATCH, TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO or TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO, can update to the latest version for $44,50/39,50 EUR until April 30th 2012.
Given the free upgrades, super cheap retro upgrade and price slashing, it would appear that NI are gagging for you to have the very latest version of Traktor installed. It makes sense really, given that NI are pinning a lot on the new remix deck method of working. And it makes development and importantly product support a whole lot easier too.
The improvements to the beatgridding and analysis can only be good things. While Traktor, in my experience, already had one of the best analysis engines available, any improvements make it a better tool. Being able to replace the existing Auto Gain levels is also pretty cool, as I can leave my grids as they are, but take full advantage of a better gain structure.
Last week, Native Instruments launched its new Traktor 2 range, which consisted of new versions of all of its Traktor software, plus the Audio 6 and Audio 10 sound interfaces to replace the old Audio 4 and Audio 8 devices.
The set-up wizard is now better, and because of course Native Instruments has plenty of hardware of its own, it is optimised for use with their hardware as far as getting going fast out-of-the-box goes.
The different views
There are extended, essential and browser views, using less screen real estate consecutively. The essential is basically the extended without the effects section, and the browser view shows the bare minimum, giving most of the screen real estate over to the library.
Even more than the coloured waveforms (especially when using with the Kontrol S4, which puts the sample controls literally right under your fingertips), I think the sample decks and loop recorder represents the biggest leap for Traktor software in this version.
I admit by wanting to do this I am not using the software how Native Instruments intends, but I can do it easily in other software. Why not in Traktor? Three-quarters of Digital DJ Tips reader use iTunes as their music management software. How about it, Native Instruments?
However, adding new effects in DJ software that has the ability to allow you to easily chain effects together to create your own sound (as Traktor does) is always to be applauded, however obscure the effects seem on first play.
What we got, in the end, was a mix of genuine innovation, some catching up with the competition, and some things missing that we may or may not ever see in Traktor (proper iTunes integration, elastic beatgrids, parallel waveforms).
Get access to all our free DJ training! Join over 150,000 Digital DJ Tips members to get exclusive free DJ training videos, articles & resources plus our weekly newsletter with the best of our tutorials, reviews and DJ news. It's free, and you can unsubscribe at any time!
3a8082e126