Maschine+ next update to enable native Traktor pro support?

Ronnie Hamada

Wouldn't it be amazing if NI allows Traktor Pro to run natively on the Maschine+? You know, connect your traktor controller via the USB port and BAM you have a standalone DJ controller AND a groovebox at once. Might be challenging for the workflow (maybe a shortcut to quickly jump between the Traktor and Maschine interface but imagine the freaking possibilities!!!

6xes

i would suspect there are many options to integrate DJ software into a midi mapped maschine+

especially so when you have Bomes midi translator at your disposal...

i've personally mapped my mk2&maschine Jam to do just that

but there would be limitations with DJ software that doesnt have keyboard shortcuts *winks

Ronnie Hamada

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/21110#Comment_21110

Oh man I just saw this comment and checked the NI KoreBox... A similar device with some good elbow grease and support can really vamp up NI's lineup. Imagine, just imagine support for all their controllers... All those maschine and traktor controllers dying slowly in drawers and closets suddenly coming back to life and dealing a blow to the currently prohibitively expensive market...

Ronnie Hamada

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/21137#Comment_21137

I mean the controller with no keyboard shorcuts is something I can completely understand, but I'm sure nothing is hard with some menu diving haha

tetsuneko

My solution is running M+ in standalone and using a Numark Mixtream Pro instead of Traktor. both standalone machines, both support Ableton link. I don't see why I'd have to use NI products for everything. Traktor DJ was groundbreaking in the early 2000's but the competition has caught up.

Ronnie Hamada

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/65204#Comment_65204

You're giving me ideas here! (I usually play with 3 decks and I loop track A's peak throughout the beginning of track B to keep the momentum going, then loop track B's peak through track C... etc...) This way I could simply replace the looping deck with an actual looper on the master through the Maschine+ and continue to blend my new tracks in. One issue could be losing the ability to controlling the EQ on the outgoing deck but that could easily be fixed by slapping a filter on the looper track and mapping the corresponding frequencies to a small midi controller :D

tetsuneko

Yeah, there's a lot of fun potential there! I'm still in the testing phase myself, wouldn't want to take the combo on stage until I have made enough tests that everything works flawlessly.. I mean, M+ isn't exactly bulletproof in the stability dept just yet..

Ronnie Hamada

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/65219#Comment_65219

I 100% agree with you. The thing is, I find it to be better than other standalone grooveboxes on the market tbh. For me personally, I mainly depend on standalone gear for my performance since they're the most stable (TR-8s drum machine, a TB-3 for acid, and an SP404 for sample release (and now after reading your post I am thinking about an SP404 looper haha). For the Maschine/Force, I used it as a swiss army knife to fill in for the stuff that I don't have for live performance, especially synths since those are so expensive to buy standalone (I now have a force and am thinking about switching back to ableton and push). If it crashes, at least I can let the standalone stuff somewhat fill until I find a workaround with the DJ decks.

D-One

The M+ barely has enough CPU power to run complex projects now imagine if it also had to run full Traktor software... That will never, ever happen unless they come up with a new model significantly more powerful, expensive and decide to pursue this road of a "do it all" device.... extremely unlikely.

I'd focus on solutions like an M+ combined with some sort of standalone DJ'ing device synced with LINK or MIDI clock.