TRAKTOR AUDIO 6 is discontinued. When will there be a replacement?

When will Native Instruments address/ start manufacturing more Traktor Audio 6's or something similar for Vinyl users? They are nearly impossible to find, and a lot of the websites claiming they have them are straight up scams. Is there any alternative interfaces besides the Audio 6?

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djpaul909

To answer my own question, it seems that Native Instruments is counting on DJs to use other manufacturers' audio interfaces via 'Scratch For All' feature in TRAKTOR PRO 3. See here: https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000509157?_ga=2.114929543.1425365170.1686383548-316386831.1686383548

It looks like the Pioneer DJ Recordbox Interface 2 is well stocked at the time of this post and would be the preferred hardware to replace old Audio 6's. Here is how to connect Vinyl DVS with the Interface 2: https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/10966/issues-with-pioneer-interface-2-and-traktor-3

djpaul909

Meant the Scratch Audio 6 DVS- not Complete

djsubculture

Reloop FLUX.

Problem solved.

Owner

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/76653#Comment_76653

this is the way!

djpaul909

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/12711/reloop-flux-and-traktor-pro

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djpaul909

Kubrak

It is available in Czech Rep. from official NI distributor for CR. So, for sure no scam.

https://shop.disk.cz/native-instruments-komplete-audio-6-mk2/

djpaul909

Meant the Scratch Audio 6 DVS- not Complete

djsubculture

Reloop FLUX.

Problem solved.

Owner

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/76653#Comment_76653

this is the way!

djpaul909

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/12711/reloop-flux-and-traktor-pro

djpaul909

Another solution would be Pioneer DJ Audio Interface 2, which is also cheaper than the Reloop Flux.

https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/software/interface-2/audio-interface/overview/

However, it looks like some settings need to be adjusted before use:

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/10966/issues-with-pioneer-interface-2-and-traktor-3

Fred_Erick

Does some one has an idea, when the Traktor Audio 6 is going EOL and is no longer supported in macOS, like the Kontrol X1 MK1?

maniacintosh81

As Traktor Audio 6 is class compliant it doesn‘t need dedicated drivers; they come with macOS or Windows and these drivers are compatible with all class compliant audio interfaces. S4 Mk1 needs dedicated special drivers which had been provided by NI for older versions of Windows and macOS.

With this background chances are very good that Traktor Audio 6 will still work without explicit support by NI. Traktor Pro will work wirh any audio interface supported by your operating system.

This doesn‘t mean it will work forever: NI could change its „Scratch for all“ policy in the future. Or even if it is class compliant changes within macOS or Windows could break compatibility. Own a Denon DN-X1600 and its interface was advertised to be class compliant. But since macOS 10.12 Sierra it isn‘t recognized anymore by macOS. But I consider both cases as unlikely in the short run for NI Traktor Audio 6. But no one can surely tell how long it will work and how long it will be supported.

TL;DR: TA6 doesn‘t need drivers by NI, as it is class compliant. Duration of support depend on class drivers of your operating system.

djpaul909

@maniacintosh81 thank you for this update on class compliance

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