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DJ Sarah H
Louboutin's Bitch
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: London UK Baby
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quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Nice setup Sarah!
Did they fix that issue or was it always a possibility?
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they fixed it in the latest version of Traktor and a firmware update to the S8
Mixing with the touch strips is also remarkably easy to get used to plus beat gridding is easier to achieve through the S8 hardware instead of trying to do it in the software.
I find I am still looking at the laptop though, for browsing tracks, but everything else can all be done on the S8 without needing to look at the laptop at all, setting up cue points, setting up loops etc and the other thing I like about it is, once you have set up a loop you can save it and assign to one of the buttons, so you can set up to 8 cue points per track and 8 loops per track, the loops can be a 1/4 beat up to 32 beats.
The remix decks and the Stems decks are amazing, still have a lot to learn with the remix and Stems decks but what I have dabbled with so far has impressed me!
It also integrates with my CDJ 2000s as well, can still use the CDJs to control decks C & D in traktor with full pitch / jog wheel control or use them stand alone through the mixer, same as the technics, in theory I can mix with 8 decks, 4 in traktor, 2 cdj and 2 vinyl.
The FX it takes from the software but can be applied to CD and Vinyl as well, overall a very good piece of kit.
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Nov-20-2015 15:49
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DJ Sarah H
Louboutin's Bitch
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: London UK Baby
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quote: | Originally posted by Zak McKracken
so its actually a good solution then? is it necesarry to prepare anything or can you just insert any random harddrive with WAVs into your computer and fire the music in traktor with the S8 on the fly? I like a instant solution, currently nothing has yet replaced vinyl for me. also i dont want to touch the laptop at all, however to have the screen doenst bother me. Will the S8 help in that? are there serato options? |
The more I use it, the more I like it, the more functional I find it, I do think that its a very good solution.
There is no need to prepare your music in advance, Traktor will analyse tracks as they are loaded into it so yes, you can plug a random harddrive into a computer and play them instantly.
I will say, I still find browsing for tracks is easier on the laptop, when using the S8 to browse, you select a folder, load a track then go back to the directory to choose your next track, the S8 always goes back to first folder in alphabetical order, so then you have to scroll through the whole music directory from A to Z where as on the laptop, you don't.
that really needs sorting out by Native Instruments and then you could truly use the S8 without ever having to look at the laptop.
The S8 is purely designed for Traktor, so there is no serato option however Pioneer are doing various controllers based on serato and now of course their own DJ software, RekordBox DJ...
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A small alteration in my set up...
Just until I get some brackets for the CDJ 2000s
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Nov-30-2015 13:47
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KiNeTiC ENeRgY
t3cHn0_43ad
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Boca Raton
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quote: | Originally posted by DJ Sarah H
The more I use it, the more I like it, the more functional I find it, I do think that its a very good solution.
There is no need to prepare your music in advance, Traktor will analyse tracks as they are loaded into it so yes, you can plug a random harddrive into a computer and play them instantly.
I will say, I still find browsing for tracks is easier on the laptop, when using the S8 to browse, you select a folder, load a track then go back to the directory to choose your next track, the S8 always goes back to first folder in alphabetical order, so then you have to scroll through the whole music directory from A to Z where as on the laptop, you don't.
that really needs sorting out by Native Instruments and then you could truly use the S8 without ever having to look at the laptop.
The S8 is purely designed for Traktor, so there is no serato option however Pioneer are doing various controllers based on serato and now of course their own DJ software, RekordBox DJ...
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A small alteration in my set up...
Just until I get some brackets for the CDJ 2000s |
I've seen that table before...is that IKEA? I need me one of those to replace a stand (more permanent house install)
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Dec-18-2015 16:37
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Mattsanity
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2003
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Dec-18-2015 22:35
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