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(This will also be a good time to go into the significance of machine algorithms for recommendations generally, a topic I covered with some colleagues including fellow Berlin resident BarbNerdy at Campus Party last summer.) I have some speculation about the deeper meaning of this move, but it’s only fair to save that discussion for a separate article.

#TRAKTOR DJ IPAD APP UPDATE#

This same functionality is on its way to Traktor Pro, too, via today’s 2.6.1 update (which also provides sync functionality).

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While it may make some DJs cringe, the software itself now uses tempo, key, and even timbre metadata to work out what music will match well with what you’re playing. That seems to me to be inevitable in the Spotify and Last.fm age. Traktor DJ also does something DJ apps haven’t done before: it builds a recommendation engine into the app itself. That may not sound a whole lot more intuitive, but trust me, it is.) (If it’s wrong, it’s also easier to correct than ever before, by gently swiping on the waveform rather than mucking about with the mouse. (Hope you bought a 32GB or, ideally, even 64GB model.) The same tempo detection and sync engine from the desktop version work their magic on your collection of tunes, now with precise downbeat analysis.

On the iPad, Traktor DJ integrates with your iTunes Library directly. What will appeal to everyone is the library functionality. Finger-remixing is likely not for everyone – you need some finger dexterity and improvisational musicality with samples. Library functionality and recommendations. (In fact, NI, maybe a separate effects app is in order? Reaktor for iPad? One can dream…) You get the same wild-sounding NI effects from the desktop, now with a nice, X/Y pad interface. (It’s a shame we didn’t record the terrible sounds I made with it in my first play.) But with some practice, it could mean for DJs who don’t just want to mix tracks, the possibility of doing some clever looping and slicing in a new way that could be genuinely musical.Īpart from sample slicing, effects are perhaps the most fun part of Traktor DJ on the iPad. Make no mistake: Traktor DJ on iPad could help people make some really awful DJ sets. There are other apps dedicated to that purpose, but Traktor DJ has some neat tricks – and NI’s effects – that could make it an appealing instrument and sound design tool. In fact, the experience is so good I fully expect some music makers to pick up Traktor DJ and use it as a production tool, making it into a sample/loop app instead of a DJ app. Instead of looking at a picture of a record, which makes it difficult to see what you’re doing, lacks the tactile feedback of a real turntable, and behaves in unexpected ways, you scrub around a waveform. This could also be the end of the silly use of turntable metaphors on iPads – the plague that infects other iPad DJ apps. You can slice the waveform into parts and trigger bits of a sound – all locked to tempo grid if you so choose – and make beat grids in real-time. Setting cue points and looping, for instance, is as easy as gesturing directly on the waveform display. Using gestures like pinch and swipe, you can more easily surf and scrub a waveform with your fingers. This may all sound a bit vanilla, but the actual experience of using these features via a touch point is radically different. Let’s talk about what all this feels like to use.įunctionality like the EQ is cleverly mapped to touch.

So you can set some new sample loops on a plane, then go back to your laptop for a DJ set.

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Two-way sync with Traktor Pro – all your library files, cue points, and the like can go in both directions.

Waveform manipulation, looping, scratching, cueing.

(High on my list would be chaining filters on the X/Y pad, a la Korg KAOSS Quad, etc.)

Eight Traktor effects – for now, you can use one at a time per channel.

Two channels, each with 3-band EQ and filter section.

Now, this isn’t Traktor Pro – no massive libraries of effects or four-deck rigs. Having been instrumental in popularizing first digital vinyl, then digital control systems, NI could prove the company that takes the iPad into the club. What’s a bit surprising about all of this is that NI may have built a Traktor that appeals to a wider audience than the original.

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You can then turn around, sync what you’ve done to Traktor on your “desktop” Mac or PC – or skip the whole sync thing and just DJ with an iPad.

You can use Traktor DJ for iPad on a bus, or – if you’re Richie Hawtin or on vacation – on the beach. The same team behind the desktop Traktor has reconceived the library, effects, looping, sample navigation, and mixing around touch.ĬDM has been testing the result with the developers and in release candidate builds. It’s not a “my first DJ app.” Native Instruments has released a full, two-deck version of Traktor, built from the ground up for the iPad, that nonetheless does essentially what the desktop app can.