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Traktor Kontrol S4 : the dream controller ? answer of other competitors ?
Posted on: 19.08.2010 by Irvin Cee
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Scarlett Saupp
25.08.2010
Originally Posted by Lundmark
Makes absolutely no sense that they would be included since the whole point of the Kontrol S4 is to get rid of the oldschool stuff.
I must have missed that press release.
I personally believe one of the S4's strongest and most exciting features is its support for timecode.

I just imagined me and the S4 in a very romantic situation just believeing about it.
Birdie Vogeli
25.08.2010
Originally Posted by JesC
why do they have the scratch vinyl/cd timecodes?

Probably because Traktor Pro S4 will get updated with support for timecoded vinyls/CDs.
Makes absolutely no sense that they would be included since the whole point of the Kontrol S4 is to get rid of the oldschool stuff.
Birdie Vogeli
25.08.2010		Mods! Can you please clean up all the OT crap from this thread? I am really interested in the S4, but there's now 7 pages of crap hiding all the meat!
Cristian Carmona
24.08.2010
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
Where is that from dude???

Can you give me a link... That is wrong on many levels
Karlos its from the PSSL.com site, i had to dig thru the "view source" to find the link.

http://pssl.com/images/ProdImage01/1000/KONTROL-S4.jpg

Could that picture be part of the press release on the NI site? http://www.native-instruments.com/en...ny/press-area/
Sherryl Nonato
24.08.2010		this really makes me wanna get into controllers and then get the scratch option and turntables when its out
nayit ruiz jaramillo
24.08.2010		EDIT: That wasnt on the website before.

Yeah timecode wont come with the package i dont believe.

Would be great if it did. Wonder if retailers are meant to be using that pic.

Something changes every day !!! LOL
Ninfa Larranaga
24.08.2010		http://www.native-instruments.com/en...or-kontrol-s4/
nayit ruiz jaramillo
24.08.2010		Found it.
nayit ruiz jaramillo
24.08.2010		Where is that from dude???

Can you give me a link... That is wrong on many levels
Cristian Carmona
24.08.2010		why do they have the scratch vinyl/cd timecodes?

nayit ruiz jaramillo
24.08.2010		Yeah i do all my prep on one machine. Not sure it matters though.
Are you on the latest version cus previous ones had issues with constant updating.
Johnsie Kingrea
24.08.2010		Okay so it's irrelevant which laptop i'm preparing my tracks on since Traktor will read that information. Another thing that confuses me is Traktor always seems to be analyzing my files again and again and sometimes my grids are off. Would you say it's smarter to just work with analyzing tracks on one machine then transferring them around?
nayit ruiz jaramillo
24.08.2010		In Supported File Types Traktor Stores the info in proprietary Tags in the actual file so, yeah its possible to prepare your music on one laptop and just transfer the files to have the same Grids and Cues on another.

I keep identical iTunes libraries on various machines and copy tracks over so that i can import them to Traktor on another machine. After i have imported them to the next machine Traktor reads the tags and i have all the prepared Grid etc.

If you copy over the Collection.nml you will also copy the Playlists/Favourites and Collection structure.
If the paths to the tracks are different you just need to 'relocate' the tracks.

I use iTunes because its easy to share Playlists from one laptop to another and then import them to Traktor.

Hope that helps.
Johnsie Kingrea
24.08.2010		Hey Karlos this is sort of off topic from the community , but where does Traktor store all the file information (loops, grids, cues). I'm trying to get all my files properly prepared for this software and I work between 2 laptops. So I'm wondering if it's as simple as transferring my Traktor collection between my 2 laptops or is everything stored in the mp3 files or both?
nayit ruiz jaramillo
24.08.2010
Originally Posted by dubgiant
Available from PSSL for the MAP price $899!! im preordering now
Wow that is super-cheap.

Stuff in America is so damn cheap.
Eldora Longchamp
24.08.2010		Available from PSSL for the MAP price $899!! im preordering now

24.08.2010
Originally Posted by Lunchbox4u_6
apparently ctrl-d also may kill people.
"may"?
Jacqulyn Shoemo
24.08.2010
Originally Posted by ctrld
look, it works
I was eating a pop tart when i read this and actually almost died when the pop tart became stuck in my throat due to a sudden laugh.

So, apparently ctrl-d also may kill people.
Julissa Serrone
24.08.2010		^ Looking at the pics and having an X1, they look of similar mold. I'm gonna say its plastic "metal" probably why its so light -- but honestly my X1 is pretty damn solid and has never felt cheap or weak, even sitting next to a Xone 42.
Birdie Vogeli
24.08.2010		I'll probably regret replying to this thread seeing that you guys haven't really discussed anything useful so far, but I'll take my chances.

Do you know what material the controller is made of? Is it plastic "metal" or real metal?
Jayne Yellowhair
24.08.2010		Haha will try that when i get home im on mobile phone now so cant try.. LOL

24.08.2010
Originally Posted by ctrld
it's a macro that selects one random line from a huge log file containing all the counterproductive bullshit I've ever said, posts that line in the current thread and submits.
look, it works

24.08.2010
Originally Posted by sj03w4t
yo ctrld what does control-D do? I know ctrl-c is copy and ctrl-v is paste..
it's a macro that selects one random line from a huge log file containing all the counterproductive bullshit I've ever said, posts that line in the current thread and submits.
Leonarda Javorek
23.08.2010		I might end up getting this. Then again, I barely have enough money to buy an APC 40 (next on my purchase list) so this probably won't be getting my hard earned money for a long while
Lorita Leazenby
23.08.2010		If you check the video, you can see shiftee pulling a loop form a song into a sample deck. Youll probably be able to set a loop in and loop out point, and then pull it into the sample deck.

I hope this is what you mean.
Johnsie Kingrea
22.08.2010		In a watt I'm glad this won't be out for a while. Itll give me time to organize prep my tracks.
Leeanna Ayla
22.08.2010
Originally Posted by rdej47
That's what kind of confuses me. If you put something into the sample bank how do you determine where it will start. For example lets say your vocal sample is just a tad off the start point how would you adjust it so you don't get any silence at the beginning of the sample.
Could be that you'll have to do some prep work on the samples like you would a regular track like setting beat grids and cue points. If you have a track with a portion you want to sample you won't put that whole track in the sample area, but use the loop recorder to record the section you want to sample. Then you can save that loop in your track collection. Keep in mind I've never seen this new Traktor other than what's available on the NI site.
Johnsie Kingrea
22.08.2010
Originally Posted by photojojo
You can see the display options in the software gallery on the Traktor site. You can have 2 track decks and 2 sample decks, 2 track decks, 4 track decks, 2 track decks and 2 live inputs. So you don't load a track into a sample spot and the best I can tell the sample decks will max out at 32 counts.
That's what kind of confuses me. If you put something into the sample bank how do you determine where it will start. For example lets say your vocal sample is just a tad off the start point how would you adjust it so you don't get any silence at the beginning of the sample.
nayit ruiz jaramillo
22.08.2010
Leeanna Ayla
22.08.2010
Originally Posted by rdej47
if you load an entire track how can you determine your starting point in the sample bank?
You can see the display options in the software gallery on the Traktor site. You can have 2 track decks and 2 sample decks, 2 track decks, 4 track decks, 2 track decks and 2 live inputs. So you don't load a track into a sample spot and the best I can tell the sample decks will max out at 32 counts.
Johnsie Kingrea
22.08.2010
Originally Posted by stphotog
yes you can use the sample decks as tracks instead of samples
if you load an entire track how can you determine your starting point in the sample bank?
Emilia Colchado
22.08.2010
Originally Posted by Markyo
wait let me get this right about the S4, can i load a complete different track aka 4 decks no samples?
yes you can use the sample decks as tracks instead of samples
nayit ruiz jaramillo
21.08.2010		This might help.



Leeanna Ayla
21.08.2010
Originally Posted by sj03w4t
yo ctrld what does control-D do? I know ctrl-c is copy and ctrl-v is paste..
there's a clue in his sig, but you'll have to look pretty hard.

Dorcas Bassignani
21.08.2010
Originally Posted by sj03w4t
yo ctrld what does control-D do? I know ctrl-c is copy and ctrl-v is paste..
believe it's short for 'controlled demolition'
Jayne Yellowhair
21.08.2010		yo ctrld what does control-D do? I know ctrl-c is copy and ctrl-v is paste..

21.08.2010
Originally Posted by BradCee
believe the sheer amount of the buttons the apc80 (that right?) has pushes the ratio toward you being a button pusher to, your turntables are just big jog wheels
yes, of course I'm a button pusher... but I love my turntables and can't imagine DJing without them
Dorcas Bassignani
21.08.2010
Originally Posted by ctrld
not "an" apc... THE apc. and a pair of turntables.
believe the sheer amount of the buttons the apc80 (that right?) has pushes the ratio toward you being a button pusher to, your turntables are just big jog wheels

21.08.2010
Originally Posted by BradCee
says the guy with an apc
not "an" apc... THE apc. and a pair of turntables.
Wanda Insel
21.08.2010
Originally Posted by BradCee
either a quote from my link, or he's taking the piss out of 'shindigga'
Yeah it was, I was only joking, on that first page where the guy thread-jacked for a evening he was saying was in September when it was October. Made me chuckle.

Karlos Santos Was it a joke..
Surely you know me by now!!

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