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We have engaged in rewriting Traktor from ground-up, even though this takes significant time and resource investment. The discontinuation of the Traktor D2 and S5 reflect these shifts and enables us to focus on launching new Traktor products into market later this year. We have prioritized user feedback and collaboration for product development.

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In 2018 we will unveil new Traktor hardware and software that we believe achieves this goal, and further empowers our global community of professionals and hobbyists. At Native we are passionate about leading genuine change and taking our time to ensure we blend quality, innovation and user functionality. The digital DJ market is fast moving and increasingly cluttered with competition. “In 2018, with over 500,000 users and some of the world’s best DJs behind Traktor, we are in a unique position to integrate feedback from artists and our community.

In an exclusive statement below, NI’s new Director of Products (Traktor), Pedram Faghfouri, finally sets the record straight. “What’s happening with Traktor?” is a question that almost every DJTT reader wants an answer to. We’ve been in touch with Native Instruments a lot this year – at NAMM, and again after the discontinuation of the two Kontrol products. The Plan For 2018 – Straight From NI Themselves Not only was it the only easy way for non-S8/S5 users to get good Stems control, but major DJs seemed to be adding the D2 to their setups. Jogwheels are still what people think of when they think of DJ gear. The Kontrol S5 had won praise from DJTT’s founder Ean Golden as being the best all-in-one Kontrol unit. While the S5 might have been an amazing controller, it still regularly got outsold (on industry sales charts) by older products – namely the S4 and S2. Interestingly, these two products were also the two most recently released Kontrol units from Native Instruments. February 6th: Traktor Kontrol D2 discontinued.It felt like a whirlwind of good news for Traktor’s future – but then two fascinating things changed in the Native Instruments product line that we first got wind of via the DJTT store: Outside capital can have a dramatic change in priorities and development cycles of companies – even within our industry, there are great examples (Pioneer DJ, for instance). In late October 2017, Native Instruments announced that they were taking on outside investment from a private equity firm on the order of $59 million. Of course, there was one other factor that might have driven the signs of life: money.

Outside Investment + Kontrol S5 / D2 Discontinuations We were ecstatic, but details were sparse. The turnaround time between releases dropped dramatically: The lengths of time between releases of new Traktor versions between 2.6.0 and 2.11.2Īt the same time, Native Instruments representatives met with DJTT and shared some good – albeit confidential – news: Traktor was getting a new product director and the software was being revitalized. It was small at first, but at the end of 2017, we saw two updates to the software (2.11.1 and 2.11.2) that made it clear something was happening. Then, at last, we started to see stirrings of new development on the Traktor platform. Was Traktor slowly being discontinued? (Spoiler alert: it isn’t, keep reading.) 2017’s Signs Of Life The new 2.11.3 beta released this week finally brings some “next generation” style support (colored waveforms, beatjump, etc)Ĭombined, these small things started to feel like writing on the wall.

Missing HID support for CDJ-2000NXS2s, which took eight months post-product launch to be completed.

A rumored Maschine / Traktor integration was “on deck” for years – and prior to Stems, we had heard it was one of the top items on the roadmap for the software.

A quiet death of Traktor DJ – which was an amazing iOS tool but became a toy after Metadata Sync broke and wasn’t ever replaced.

A few key moments that I remember that felt “off”: Even our own staff was a bit confused about decisions made for the software. The Post-Stems SlumberĪfter the launch of Stems in 2015, questions of long-term viability started to emerge for heavy Traktor users – especially in comment threads and forums (including our own).

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The hard work that engineers at Native Instruments did in the development of Traktor Pro 2 and the Kontrol S4 (with help from a few visionary artists) laid the groundwork for the software to stay competitive even as development slowed in recent years. At the time, Traktor Pro was one of the most flexible platforms for DJ performance, control surface customization, quality FX, and a future-forward approach to development. Digital DJs around the world fell in love with Traktor eight years ago.

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