Studio & DJ

Native Instruments Drop New Software Update for Traktor DJ 2

NI is back with some more product software updates this time for Traktor DJ 2, the most recent and refined version of Traktor. This new update has gained momentum with the DJ community for its compatibility with iOS for iPads and plug-and-play integration with Traktor S2 and S3 hardware controllers.

The new updates bring further improvements to the software, making what I thought was an already competent DJ software, even better. Here are the full release notes:

New Features

Transport Bar can now be assigned to the left, right, or bottom on iOS
Swappable Play / CUE buttons
New “CUE slide-to-play” allows for holding CUE and sliding into Play
Track genre is now visible, searchable, and sortable
Track time displays next to each track in the browser (iOS)
Increase the track length limitation
Improved Waveform readability
Stripe Waveform now has 3 bands
Tracks can now be played before analysis is complete
Clock in the header
Improved Browser view layout shows stacked decks when using waveform view (iOS)

Fixes

CUE button lights up when creating a CUE point
Shaking iPad no longer shows ‘Undo’ dialogue
Various other minor bug fixes

The new Traktor DJ 2.4 update features a ‘Slide-to-Play’ that works similarly to when your using the hardware controller and is useful for when Cueing in tracks and having the track continue to play. In case you haven’t seen nor heard of Traktor DJ, it is a refined free version of the flagship Traktor Pro 3 available for free on iPad iOS and Desktop devices. The App integrates exclusively with Traktor S2 and S3 hardware controllers and features 2 deck mixing, FXs, Soundcloud GO+ streaming integration plus some a very competent SYNC functionality for DJing standalone without a hardware controller. Did I mention it’s free?