What’s The Best All-In-One Traktor Controller? Each of the all-in-one Traktor Kontrol units (to scale)Įan’s recurring point in the video is that each controller that Native Instruments has released for Traktor has unique purposes. * DJTT members (free) can receive significant discounts to these prices Traktor Kontrol S5 – released 2015 – Discontinued.Traktor Kontrol S4 MK2 – released 2013 – $599*.Traktor Kontrol S2 MK2 – released 2013 – $399*.If after watching this video you want to buy a Kontrol unit, please visit our store using the links below to support our community 🙂 No, we didn’t get paid by Native Instruments to make this video. To find out what controller he likes the most – watch the video to the very end! (Yes, you could MIDI map almost any controller to work with Traktor if you’re up for the challenge.) If you’re a Serato or Rekordbox user, there are tons of options out there.Įan has spent countless hours DJing with the Traktor software – so it made sense to shoot a complete round-up review sharing his experiences with each controller. Why compare all the Traktor Kontrol units against each other? The truth is, there aren’t a lot of all-in-one Traktor controllers being made specifically to use with Traktor. See Ean’s review of the Kontrol S4 MK3 here.

So are you busy experimenting with Stems on your Kontrol S4, or even just having fun playing with them using your mouse? Maybe you’re taking the plunge and mapping some of your gear to control them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.This article compares the MK2 versions of the Kontrol S2 and S4 – but doesn’t take into account the new MK3 versions released Fall 2018.

Get 65 free Stems tracks to get your library going over at the Native Instruments website.

Getting Started With Stems & Traktor, Part 3: Kontrol D2 & DVS.

Getting Started With Stems & Traktor, Part 2: Using Vocals.

Getting Started With Stems & Traktor, Part 1: Choosing Stems.

Keep an eye out for further videos… Tutorial videoĬheck out the other videos in this Stems series: And in the first tutorial, we considered the topic of finding great Stems files to play with. In the second tutorial, we looking at isolating vocals in Stems tracks for creative mixing. In the last tutorial, we looked at using Stems in a DVS set-up.

Take a look at the video below where I talk you through how it all works. And of course, you can dabble just with your mouse, too. Not only that, but as it’s now possible to see what’s going on with Stems without the need for an onboard screen (as on the Kontrol D2, Kontrol S5 and Kontrol S8), anyone can map anything they like to Stems and enjoy all the feature of the format. Traktor 2.10.1 now comes with Stem View, which lets you see all four Stem tracks within Traktor even though you aren’t using a Stems-enabled controller like the Kontrol S8, D2, and S5. This is a big deal, because alongside this much-needed addition to Traktor itself, Native Instruments has wisely made Stems plug-and-play with the Traktor Kontrol S4, of which there must be hundreds of thousands of units out there. This is rather a special instalment of our series on using the bright new Stems file format from Native Instruments in your DJing, because it concerns a feature that has only just been launched, at the time of writing, at least (February 2016): Onscreen stem waveform display in Traktor. In this tutorial we’ll take a look at how the Traktor Kontrol S4 works natively with Stems in the latest Traktor update.

Traktor kontrol s4 tutorial