Traktor Z1

Sounds good mate. Its super convenient to be able to sit in front of the TV and work on your sets. I do it with my midifighter. its win/win - I get to play with my gear and the Mrs didnt have to watch Home and Away on her own!!
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I get to play with my gear and the Mrs didnt have to watch Home and Away on her own!!

Also, sometimes its nice to have less buttons and just focus on smooth EQ tweaks. Good for learning your tunes and getting a feel for the different EQ ranges in each track.

I've just spent an hour mixing in my headphones (on the sofa) with a Z1 and an F1 rather than the S4 or tons of other stuff.
It's cool striping it back and playing with just what you have in front of you.
Spent some time with just the Z1 and all you have is a filter and a Play/Pause button. It's fun and it's good to play about with the tracks and pay more attention to subtle EQing rather than whacking umpteen FX all over the place.

I have remapped it a little so that the Filter buttons are Low Kills. Makes sense to have them there with the EQ section and I have no need to change Filter type so they are better used and the Fliter knob has a centre indent anyway.

I'm with you man, some people don't understand what the concept of "headroom". It can only be achieved with an external analog mixer with proper gain staging inside. You can only push software so far.

you are out of your mind. You clearly haven't played in louder environments.

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You need to have Traktor 2.6.2 installed for Z1 support.



Actually there is transport. Press MODE and CUE and that acts as a play/pause button (works In TPRO). I believe this feature will be implemented in the next app update.
Built for kids? Well its basically the mixer section of an S4 or Z2 so add and X1 or 2 and you something very capable.
Dont get why it takes skill away from a DJ. Its just a mixer. It does little else. The skill is still down to the DJ isnt it?




I've used one to 400 people with an F1 where I usually use an S4 and no-one was complaining. Its what you do with it that and what tunes you play that matters eh?

Sure its not the most intricate piece of kit. It is was it is.

Can anyone tell me the power specifications on the wall adapter?

I'm looking at the z1 / ipad combination as a way throw dj sets while camping, which usually means no power sockets... so I'm looking for portable battery packs / AC adapters as a way to power the z1/ipad as it needs to be plugged in.

Can someone tell me the power draw of the adapter? Size, etc? I'm believeing something like this would work if the z1 power socket will fit and is within power specs. Can't find them on NI's site.

Thanks!

Anyone here who got the Z1 running on Snow Leopard?

No 1/4" input? That's ridiculous. It really is built for kids. No transport or way to manually beat match either, right?

I still might get one for ease of use, but it really is taking whatever skill was necassarily to dj IMO.

I get it. This thing isn't geared towards us though. It's designed for kids to rock a party on the cheap. There's nothing wrong with that. I never said there was.

I still might get one for ease of use, but it really is taking whatever skill was necassarily to dj IMO.

Well unfortunately, it didn't happen.
I was told that I'd be getting a LOT of requests so I had to ditch the iPad and take the MBP.
After an hour of trying to fix up a stand for the Z1 & X1 (the booth is high so I need them on an angle) I gave up and took the S4.

I'm having a little stand made on wednesday so next week will definitely be Z1 & X1 or F1.

Honestly I see this being perfect with an ipad mini