Not because there’s competition between the Twitch and the S8 (there clearly isn’t, totally different market segment) but because this might open up a lot of people’s eyes to the idea of DJing without jog wheels…I vote for Twitch 2!! The “slicer” option lets you do this on an active loop, the “freeze mode” lets you do it on a “freeze area” of a size you adjust.When a track is playing, these touchstrips only nudge (there’s no “scratch” button) so while the S8 manual rather optimistically states that “scratch DJs will feel instantly at home on these” or something along those lines, it ain’t true. Rating: This is probably the area where the screens make the most sense, actually.There is easy control over four individual filters, pitch and FX send for the channels within each Remix Deck, again with the parameters displayed on-screen like with the FX units. Toyota Crown - $53.51. MASCHINE Production & Performance SEE ALL TRAKTOR PRODUCTS. Another one is the when in browse mode the effect on the Same side don’t work….So if I read well it is possible to connect for example a elektron analog four to one of the S8 mixer channels and use traktor effects on that audio source?? The new Kontrol S2 MK3 doesn’t have the motorized jog or haptic features that the S4 MK3 does, but the joghweels are significantly larger than on the old S2, measuring 5.5″ in diameter. If you don’t want it you can return for full refund. Hope you guys can help me to choose what to get. A notable thing here is that Midi in and out have been retained; Native Instruments clearly wants you to think of this unit as part of a wider ecosystem of its products, current and future.For the uninitiated, Native Instruments has a “ServiceCenter” that it forces you to install alongside the Traktor software. The versatile and innovative Traktor Kontrol S8 brings control over more of Traktor than ever and perhaps most importantly makes some bold statements of intent as to where Native Instruments sees Traktor going. There’s a learning curve, especially if you’re getting it and resolving to “crack” the Remix Decks at the same time. You can, of course, use timecode vinyl or CDs if you want to do scratching, old-school beatmixing and so on away from the touchstrips and Remix Decks. A hybrid unit for all types of DJ.” (Oh, and the screens are undeniably cool. We fell in love with it for its potential. Adjusting tempo is harder on the S8 than the S4, though.Hello!
However, you can at least sort by the columns you do have, by turning a knob; so it’s easy enough to quickly cycle through title, artist, BPM, key, rating and import date.Because of course Traktor only has one actual library on show on the main computer, you can’t have a different folder open on each screen on the S8; turn one on and the other automatically turns off; this again is a little annoying.All of these things I think could be fixed in a future release of the software, along with the addition of a rock-solid recommendation engine like in With these screens, you can now see all kinds of useful information about the currently loaded Remix Set and its constituent samples.
To have it baked into the S8 is definitely interesting. It’s exciting, and you feel it – much as you do using the Of course, the Traktor Kontrol S8 is a different beast to the Numark NV.
I like to do lots stuff to make my night special so those would be very nice and i also like that freeze/slicer mode. 2. Look elsewhere, it’s not for you, at least not right now.Finally, the price.
There’s a decent short-throw crossfader with plenty of room around it for scratch DJs to not feel cramped. I have been mixing that way for a while now with X1’s with a couple of the knobs mapped to the tempo adjust. What really interest me with S8 is build in remix decks.
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Correct if you have BPM’d your tracks then they should be good to go, you still have to manually beat mix them but you will be closer by using the bpm. No worries about the number of questions, glad to help.Great Video and review Phil as always, also breathing a sigh of relief as i ordered one without waiting on your review.Wouldn’t using it with dvs take care of your tempo and hands-on control issues?Great and thoughtful review.
I have one s8 and noticed the mixer crashes together with traktor…. Finally, “shift” and the touchstrip is a fast track scrub, with the small blue / orange LEDs above the touchstrips showing you your track position.The mixer is great. Want to use it in the future with other Midi gear as you expand your DJ/producer skills? Buy a Traktor Kontrol S8 and you’ll still be using it in five years’ time in ways you probably haven’t thought of now, I’m sure of that.