

Anybody who likes the unsurpassed cueing, effects and loop functions of Traktor but who has been looking jealously at the kind of tight hardware / software integration offered by Serato ITCH and its dedicated controllers can now breathe a sigh of relief that Traktor is taking the DJ controller market seriously. This is the unit that a lot of Traktor fans have been waiting for. A custom-designed flightcase that fits the Kontrol S4 and a laptop, and converts into a laptop stand when opened (we’ve got a price for the case: US$189 / €169 EUR / £139.Phono/line inputs which are playing CD for record players through the unit – this makes it a true “hybrid” mixer.Multi-function jogs that can be used for scratching, nudging or library navigation, with a “brake” control.This is, in Native Instruments’s words, like a “fifth deck” for samples, samples can be layered on the fly, and it even has an optional foot control. Two flexible sample decks plus a loop recorder, with coloured LEDs to indicate whether samples are loop/one-shot.Hi-res Midi for jogwheels and pitch faders etc, giving tight control.
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Usability wise, the Traktor Pro S4 software looks the part, with just what you need there and everything else taken care of by the hardware.

The controller – which is similar in appearance to the X1 and in layout to controllers such as the Allen & Heath Xone:XD, the American Audio VMS4, and the new Denon DN-MC6000, offers tight integration with the new Traktor Pro S4 software across four decks. Native Instruments today announced the highly anticipated Traktor Kontrol S4 DJ system ( US$899 / £754 / €869), a four-deck hardware/software combination that it calls “the future of professional DJing”. Native Instruments’s new Traktor Kontrol S4 DJ controller.
