![]() 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). 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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