![]() The LED brightness can be adjusted to suit your tastes, but I’m always impressed with how vibrant they are. Everything is solid, easy to locate, LEDs are bright, and the screens are as top-notch as ever. Every bit of gear is designed to be rugged, and NI’s choice of buttons and sliders are great. In all the time I’ve used their gear (since the X1 MK1), I’ve only really ever known of a few disappointments: The USB ports on some controllers are a bit flimsy, and, for some reason, the loop knobs on the X1 MK2 in the studio decided to fall off. Native Instruments has been pretty consistent in in the industrial design of its hardware products. You also obviously get your download code for the full version of Traktor Pro 2 (not Scratch, mind). There’s the comically huge quick start guide, which is daft looking but actually quite useful. ![]() Along with the 1.5 metre USB cable, you get the standard AC power supply with snap-on international adapters in case you take a fancy to rocking out in Germany or Taiwan or anywhere. The company has managed to standardise their offerings pretty well, so there’s no real surprises here. In usual NI fashion, there’s been some thought put into the packaging design for the Kontrol S5. The Traktor Kontrol S5 is a four-channel Traktor Pro 2 controller with two colour screens that’s compact and features control for the new Stem file format and Traktor’s remix decks. There might be a lot of crossover, but they definitely have their own identities, and as such, understanding what they both offer will best inform you as to which (if any) would suit you. I was expecting a two-channel S2 analogue, sort of a like a screen-laden Novation Twitch (a good, but slightly flawed, controller).Īs a side note, It might be worth reading Jared’s most non-heinous review of the S8 from late last year to get a good idea of the intricacies of what Native Instruments’ flagship controller is capable of compared to this one. I was actually most surprised by the fact that the S8’s baby sibling had four decks. When the Kontrol S5 images first did the rounds within the DJWORX team, it didn’t look that much different from the S8… yet seemed hampered in its functionality. I’m an ardent pessimist when it comes to all-in-one controllers: the S8 was fun, but I’ll always choose modular whenever possible. Native Instruments’ Stem files launch was the last big piece of news that really got me excited, with the Kontrol S8 piquing my interest a year ago. When you’ve constantly got your head dunked in the noise of the industry, it’s difficult to get overly excited when a new product comes along. If you really want to comb through all the specific difference in the features, there’s an official comparison chart here on Native Instruments site.Link: NI product page | Price: $799/€799/£579 | Manual: ZIP/PDF INTRODUCTION Comes with Traktor Scratch Pro 2: only S8.Turntable inputs / Traktor Scratch compatible: S8 and S4 only.Dedicated per-channel filters: all but S2.Work as a controller for Traktor DJ for iPad/iPhone: only S4 and S2.Displays that show track decks, effects information: only S5 and S8.Not every DJ will have the exact same types of gigs or requirements.įrom a purely feature-focused standpoint, here’s a quick roundup of the key features that might matter to DJs making a decision when buying a Traktor Kontrol DJ controller: 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. 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. ![]()
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