TRAKTOR PRO Ideas breakdown 2023

I really wish Traktor would make an S4 style controller with a larger footprint, with larger motorized jog wheels, larger hotcue points, enough encoders to utilize 4 fx banks at the same time, be able to control the LED colors for the entire controller, have additional XLR and 1/4 outputs, zoom in and out waveform adjust (each channel), X-fader on/off button (for each channel), x 2 BPM and x 1/2 BPM (for each channel to double/half the tempo), possible blank encoders/knobs/pads for midi-mapping, better/more accurate channel volume meters, nice heavy duty faders (ie Innofader), and either it be a 4 deck controller or have the option of buying individual matching decks to make it a 3, 4 etc. deck controller, multiple USB/USB-C inputs. The best thing about the S4 is/has always been the beat move/jump section, and it’s the reason I switched to Traktor from Serato then the S4 MK1 debuted. Bought a MK2 after that and then MK3 when it came out. A bigger, badder 4 deck (4 deck sections with jog wheels is my dream co troller, with all the features I mentioned. It could be a flagship/Pro model even. Aside from the already mentioned by everyone features like electric beat grids and stem separating features, I really want to be able to use it in external mixing mode to route each channels individual audio into a 3rd party app ie Ableton to do audio edits of a mix… or maybe it could save similar to a stem file with each channel’s audio as one separate stem audio file? The software won’t allow me to mix with my headphones from the controller when I have used 3rd party apps routing audio from Traktor into Ableton, so I can’t hear my mix (in the Traktor settings it’s greyed out/feature disabled). I can’t my audio levels for tracks just right even after running everything through Platinum notes, so a feature (like what Serato has) to set/metadata save the tracks’ audio level would be amazing to have too.

Maybe it would make sense to release a working version first and address the problems that are currently affecting many users.

It would also be appropriate to fully test a new version with each NI controller before rolling out. That would be good quality assurance. This could prevent a lot of dissatisfaction among users. There's no point in asking for innovations if what's already there isn't fun.

I know, this year Christmas isn't until December 24th. but maybe someone will hear my wish. That would help a lot.

You could midi-map a Launchpad for this if they allowed more than 8 total hotcues. I have one I midi-mapped for all the features I wish the S4 MK3 had… agree more hotcues (even 12per channel) would be very nice

Also, it would be cool if you could make cloud-based library storage available across multiple devices, where your library could be updated/backed up... as well as integrate cross-platform support to recognize Pioneer/Serato formats. I'm a little bit surprised nobody is currently doing this besides 3rd party programs like MIXO.DJ

@Sûlherokhh

I have/use the Midi Fighter Twister w/Instant gratification mapping, but have issues trying to switch FX controls sometimes. I like being able to customize the LED colors on it though. I use the two FX on/off buttons (per channel) on the S4 to turn on 2 of the 4 FX banks and I mid-mapped buttons on my launchpad to turn on the remaining 2 FX banks for each channel. I have also have an F1 controller and a remix deck set I made with 4 pages of samples (I also customized the pad colors) and that is for when I feel like scratching on either deck C or D. So much easier to just turn the X-fader off for A/B with a push of a button than fumble around in the dark with the controller. If those switches on the front of the controller were larger + had LED lighting that would also solve the issue.

Thanks, @Sûlherokhh! With the MF Twister you can also assign the FX banks to individual channels, but having pads lit up on my Launchpad is a nice visual reminder which channels have FX banks on/off without having to look at the computer screen or push side buttons on the MF