Traktor 4 here and still no Tidal

Djtranz
Djtranz Member Posts: 5 Member
edited July 2024 in Traktor Software & Hardware

I’ve been upgrading my Traktor since day1. My most recent upgrade is Traktor Pro 3 hoping that you guys would listen to your community like Djay pro, Serato and other platforms do. You guys are still not integrating these platforms. Djay pro has all of them Beatport, Apple, Tidal, SoundCloud etc. How can a new company like Algorridim get with the program, and a company like Native instruments that owns other huge companies can’t listen to us. I will not upgrade mine this time for the first time until I see things like this. I love the new features and would love to go back to using it however not without these integrations. I’m heartbroken.

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  • lord-carlos
    lord-carlos Member Posts: 3,652 Expert
    Answer ✓

    I’m heartbroken.

    Why? Over a year ago they said they will not implement tidal for now.

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  • lord-carlos
    lord-carlos Member Posts: 3,652 Expert
    Answer ✓

    I’m heartbroken.

    Why? Over a year ago they said they will not implement tidal for now.

  • majo
    majo Member Posts: 5 Newcomer

    Why?

    Because it puts an otherwise very good product far behind the competition. The lack of integration is backward-looking and not worthy of a state-of-the-art DJ program. That is why.

    DJTranz: I agree.

  • J-New
    J-New Member Posts: 32 Member

    Tidal, Sound Cloud, is needed…. the hardware and remix decks and stems and how well it all works- please Sound Cloud and Tidal- I've seen 167 votes for this at least since 2022- it's 2024- what's the matter? please help

  • krys-g
    krys-g Member Posts: 1 Newcomer

    I think it's a real shame that NI didn't implement Tidal.
    I'm pretty sure hundreds of users would support it.
    Apparently Tidal wants too much money that NI doesn't want to spend!

  • Djtranz
    Djtranz Member Posts: 5 Member

    Well all these labels are going to streaming services cause they can control and track and post royalties to the music owners. No one is buying music anymore these days everything is digital. People downloading music from iTunes illegal etc. So the music artists are losing so much money. Sony already is not allowing pools to carry their music anymore. If you do they want 60% of your business or risk a lawsuit and being charged $100,000 for every song they catch on the pool. So it’s starting already. They need to get with the program. All record labels are going with streaming services so they can track the amount of Dj’s and people playing their music illegally. They’re even sending shoppers to private parties and clubs checking to see if they catch you playing their music without a license.

    Just saying it’s not just Tidal. Apple and Beatport are already onboard and participating. Soon we will not be able to play any music anymore unless they are getting paid. They seem to forget there would be no Sony no ASCAP or any of the artist and labels if it wasn’t for us playing their music and putting them on the map. They don’t care for the DJ anymore.

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 2,046 Expert

    "if it wasn’t for us playing their music and putting them on the map"

    FYI music and musicians existed long before DJs. If you wanted to hear music, you'd have to go and watch them playing and singing live, because there was no way of recording it. Those guys seem to have done alright without DJs. 😁

  • Djtranz
    Djtranz Member Posts: 5 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/198541#Comment_198541

    True but I worked for Cheetah Warlock records back in the days and I don’t remember taking a radio edit and it playing it in a club. It was guys like us that took the song remixed it and took genres that people normally wouldn’t listen to and bam now the artist was recognized. Yes these artists did well however they were catering to one group of people. Rock, heavy metal, pop, hip hop, dance etc. It was guys like us that remixed things like Aerosmith “Walk this way” that would generally have a great following who listened to rock. Then it took DJ’s Jamaster J to remix it with Run DMC and bang!!! Aerosmith got a larger group of people that wouldn’t have listened to their music. Then it took DJ’s again that remixed Elton John’s songs and just like that brought him out of bankruptcy. Give us some credit. It was because of us DJ’s, that all Genre today are looking for the remix from us DJ’s. No one listens to the original version anymore. Except for a few. If that was the case they would all be one hit wonders.

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 2,046 Expert

    Nice job moving the goalposts!

    Long before DJs got involved in doing remixes, they were done either by the artists themselves, or the record companies via studio engineers and producers. Artists and labels don't exist purely because of DJ remixes.

    The man behind "Walk This Way" was Rick Rubin - a producer, not a DJ.

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