“The release of TRAKTOR DJ for iPhone is the realization of one of Native Instruments’ long-term visions – to use touch-controlled waveform displays to create a more direct way to interact with music. Speaking of what’s possible, NI does make an intriguing statement in their press release: We’ve seen some ideas like this – handheld transport controls are common, and some apps like Apple’s own GarageBand do have mobile versions – but it seems there’s a lot more possible. Or to adjust the mix on a project in Reaper. It’d be great to edit Ableton Live drum racks or Operator patches on the go. In a phone, enhanced mobility makes that even more practical.Īnd this in turn reveals some of the potential of phones for use with desktop software. The iPad version already demonstrated the utility of managing libraries away from the main Traktor app, for processing new collections of music and trying out mix orders and setting cue points. And it’s just too small to use in a club, it seems.) You could presumably keep it around as a kind of waveform-playing sample instrument, sitting it atop a keyboard, for instance.īut the more likely application seems to be working with the iPhone as a mobile companion to Traktor. (Watching someone DJ with a phone just seems wrong. Now, I don’t expect anyone to use this as a DJ tool – not anyone in their right mind, anyway. I’ve been using Traktor DJ ahead of its release, and it’s quite enjoyable to use. NI has been fairly clever fitting that onto a phone without things feeling crowded you can easily slide out other interface options or get them out of the way and focus on mixing and waveform manipulation, comfortably looking at one waveform at a time or both. You get the same 3-band EQ and filter sections, waveform loop and cue points, time analysis, scrubbing, library browsing and management, and even the same eight effects. In fact, zoom in on a waveform and it’s the same height in your hand as it is on the iPad mini. The surprise is that more or less all the functionality of the bigger iPad version is there, only reorganized visually for the smaller screen. Not long after its debut on the iPad, Traktor DJ is available for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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