![]() ![]() I was already testing everything pretty quickly, and was able to do a DJ session immediately, without much preliminary research and searching in the settings. It works great, and had no trouble installing everything. I also find the software (traktor) just clean and essential. It's just fun to play a set with this device. The controller itself is solidly built and doesn't feel like a toy at all, the audio just sounds good, and I have no comments about this. In my opinion, with this controller they have kept the essence of DJing and added nice extras to it. This one is not super extensive with 1001 possibilities, half of which you may not use, but is clean, minimalist and not too simplistic. I can only confirm that this value for money is an excellent controller. My eye fell on this latest controller from NI. I didn't want to make a heavy investment in it anymore, and I mainly use mixing sessions to gain inspiration, to make new music. I saw the value of my set-up drop heavily, and other DJ equipment gave more possibilities. Larger jog wheels would let us perform scratches more naturally, but you do soon get used to the size and you can always attach a regular turntable or CDJ to the Kontrol S4 if you want to scratch on a larger platter.I come from a CDJ set-up from pioneer (CDJ 850/DJM850), which I sold some time ago, because I am more concerned with producing music than DJing. Our only criticism is the size of the jog wheels. ![]() You can also use the jog wheels to speed up and slow down tracks momentarily to synchronise them, and the very low latency and responsiveness helps here too. This responsiveness means you can perform your scratches and beatjuggles naturally without having to compensate for any latency. This means that the jog wheels control Traktor using a special protocol rather than the older MIDI protocol, so moving the jog wheel has a near-instantaneous effect on a track. Because NI manufactures the Traktor software as well as the Kontrol S4, the integration between both is extremely tight. Thankfully, the Kontrol S4’s jog wheels are excellent. Modern DJ controllers only need jog wheels to scratch, so if a controller has them they need to be good. There’s quite a bit of friction in comparison to scratch-oriented crossfaders such as Ecler’s Eternal crossfader or the DJM-T1’s crossfader, but we had no problems performing scratch techniques such as crabs and flares. The Kontrol S4’s crossfader is great for mixing or scratching. The Kontrol S4’s peak meters let you keep your attention on the job at hand. With lesser controllers you must look at your software to check levels, which takes your focus away from your hardware. ![]() ![]() The peak meters are pretty accurate and are a valuable and useful feature. Each channel fader has its own peak meter to show you a track’s level visually. We’d have preferred smoother faders, but you can easily and quickly move them without impediment. The faders are fairly smooth and have quite a heavy resistance. There’s plenty of space between each fader, which means you can adjust track volumes without accidentally nudging other faders. The Kontrol S4 has many elements, but the most eye-catching is the S4’s uncluttered and incredibly smooth fader area. Indeed, the Kontrol S4 has enough features to make it the centrepiece of your setup and a replacement for older vinyl and CD-based setups. The Traktor Kontrol S4 is an incredibly versatile DJ MIDI controller that lets you mix and scratch tracks together, loop portions of a track, jump straight to specific part of a track using hot-cue buttons and even control the included Traktor Pro 2.5 software with timecode CDs and vinyl records. ![]()
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