In addition to this, you can now finally scroll through the playlist tree by holding SHIFT while turning the browser encoder. With the feature enabled and you’ve got your fingers on the encoder, the Traktor browser will maximise. One addition that is definitely a Marmite feature is the touch sensitive browser encoder. You can even change how much of the touch strip is used for each deck. This is very handy as you can assign controls to the touch strip such as effects, track scrolling and pitch bend. The touch ribbon also has a strip of lights along the top that give clues to how the ribbon is currently used. Just having the LED display helps you keep track of loop length for each deck, along with other bits of functionality such as what decks it’s assigned to. NI have obviously done some research into what areas of the hardware/software are causing DJs to get Facebook Face staring at a laptop screen, as the visual feedback from the controller is ridiculously granular. The most obvious additions are the touch ribbon, RGB buttons and LED displays. So, even though this is just an iterative product, has Native Instruments done enough to entice people over? Really, that’s all you need to get started. You get the controller and a cable plus the usual paperwork with serials etc., plus some stickers in the bottom of the box. Taking this out of the box, it’s clear that owners of original X1 will be familiar with the layout apart from a few changes as you’ll see a bit later in the review. This version of the X1 took on board feedback from the first one released way back in 2010, adding and taking away things to help workflow. Combined with the Z1 or Z2, you are ready to go without any fiddling. With version 2.6.3 of the software, the device is literally plug n play.
#TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 DJAY PRO PRO#
The 2013 Kontrol X1 (hereby known simply as ‘the X1’) is Native Instruments’ integrated hardware to control (Kontrol?) two decks and two effects units within their Traktor Pro 2 and Traktor Scratch Pro 2 software. So, How does this new version stack up? Here’s how… In a Nutshell
It was also championed by DJs from a wide spectrum of music and DJ-style, from Techno don Richie Hawtin, scratch master DJ Craze and house legend Pete Tong (who famously received a special edition white pair from Dubfire for his 50th), showing off the breadth of its application.
#TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 DJAY PRO SOFTWARE#
The original has been hugely successful, finding a home in many setups whether using Native Instruments’ Traktor software or straight up MIDI elsewhere. It’s an incremental release of the original X1, with a tweaked layout and a few new bits. Let’s get one thing straight from the off… this unit is a MK2.
Link: Traktor Kontrol X1 - Price: $199/€189/£169 Introduction
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