Traktor 2024 outlook

Demus

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/141445#Comment_141445

My guess is DJ.Studio a very interesting DAW like software for DJ's. Not bad, but not your traditional DJ software. It has some really interesting features and as the OG poster states it developing really fast. I think they have implemented flexible beat grid and stems already.

Owner

When it comes to fluid beat grids and development, I could definitely recommend djay PRO from Algoriddim in this regard. Meanwhile, they are on a par* with most of the other competitors and, in my opinion, stand out in many ways. (Stems, Beatgrids, Streaming, etc.)

Edit: *only on macOS

Owner

Since there was no real news in this thread and many are thirsty for what might come, you may find a little more information between the lines in this thread:

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/27875/march-2024-a-community-update-from-our-chief-product-officer

mehighlow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/141540#Comment_141540

Yup, DJ.Studio. They have it, but my guess is that hey still are not happy with the market they have covered so they are keeping some premium features for tier2 upgrade or add-on. And this information is around 3 months old.

It is crazy how fast they have been developing it.

Stevan

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/141667#Comment_141667

They have more active developers and not antient base code, it's easy for them.

Matt_NI

Hey everyone,

We appreciate all the feedback and discussion on the Traktor outlook.

Just like @Owner shared before, our chief product officer is answering questions and I would encourage you to join the conversation - here: https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/27875/march-2024-a-community-update-from-our-chief-product-officer/

There was a few hints about Traktor :

And building on regular updates over the years, we recognize the need for bigger strides forward for Traktor and Maschine. Both will receive long-overdue software updates this year, with improvements that bring new creative tools and a clean, modern interface.

And we already answered an important question from @lord-carlos which might be relevant for you as well:

To ask bluntly: what is the holdup? Not enough ressources? Hard to solve problems? No dev wants to work on a 20 year old C++ codebase? :D

Also.. when does the private beta drop?

Answer :

A ~20 year old codebase certainly doesn't help -- but our teams improve it as we go. Apple Silicon & Sonoma also slowed us down a bit, but the team is motivated to be focussing on new user features now.

Since 2022 Traktor has released 10+ updates with hundreds of bug and compatibility fixes. We also released the X1 MK3 and we introduced the Pattern Player and the Ozone Maximiser. The X1 Mk3 represents the first in a new generation of Traktor hardware, so we actually had to do a bunch of work in the desktop software to support it.

And yes, there's some hard-to-solve problems. Stem separation is non-trivial: getting it working reliably and sounding great takes time. And refreshing the interface in an old code base is hard -- but re-writing everything from scratch take too long.

I feel good about the amount of investment we're putting into Traktor -- and the team is working hard to move us forward.

As to when the private beta's start to become available, the answer is soon -- but there's no point shipping a beta when we're not yet ready to react to the feedback. Rest assured: getting pre-launch feedback from a small group of trusted beta testers is a key part of every product development cycle.

We'll be back with more information about the beta round as soon as it's ready and in the meantime, we're closing this thread. Thank you!