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Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Duo
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Published on 12/12/09 at 09:47
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What characteristics have motivated your choice?

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To mix my own material on vinyl (I'm DJ and I produce Dubstep)
A simple ultra sound card, the connections all-in-one "with the cables of colors

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For what purpose?

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I mix in the evenings, bar, concerts, free parties, wherever the wind leads me (I say that I do not scratch)

What is your config?

Macbook 2007 and Turntables gemini cardboard and paste table behringher plastic (I'm poor and I do not care because at night I always mix the MK2 and the Ecler Nuo 5 buddies, niark niark)

GETTING STARTED

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The installation is done it without problems?

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?

The general configuration is easy?

The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

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Installation without any concern, activation is rapid and registration in line with the short questionnaire makes us feel chouchouttés, it heats in times of crisis or I slap a month of food in general archi Traktor Scratch DuoConfig simple, even bugg where it takes me an average of 2-4 minutes to reboot and reconfigure everything.
A cozy anecdotes: at night the sound card has ceased to be recconnue 5 minutes before it was my turn to play (I did the updates), it took me 3 minutes to download the latest driver from the audio4DJ (connected to WiFi on the line of the concert hall), install, restart, just time pr dj who played before me put a bit more, DJ of the future, welcome!

No inconsistency, we can just leave the cables connected without the sound card and the sound of real vinyl goes anyway! So a user can connect to Serato cables of traktor in the middle of the night to play (it happened at a party where there were DJs on vinyl, one on traktor serato and I) was just had to replace my audio sound card 4 by Rane

I opened the manual once when I had to use it with Timecode CDs, this is not the textbook that is clear is the software!

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

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What is the configuration of your computer? (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk / sound card ..)

The software works he correctly on this configuration?

What performance? (If quantifiable)

This software + hardware is stable?

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At home: iMac 24 "2.80 and qqes Ghz, 4GB RAM
On stage: Macbook 13 "2.66 4GB RAM GhzAbsolument no worries, I had once some slowdown in afficharge monitoring playback software, but nothing changed on reading and mix. Besides, I said that I do not watch the screen on stage, usually I leave the computer plugged in the table does not make the Geek on stage <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" /> I've never seen a difference with Serato to me what are exactly the same except that traktor has a few effects and a MIDI management: more for less!

OVERALL OPINION

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For how long have you been using it?

What thing do you like most/least about it?

Did you try many other models before getting this one?

What is your opinion about the value for the price?

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ...

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I use it for 6 months, I have easily play 20 times in the evenings and all day at home the rest of the time
I tried Serato, I was less convinced, I did not like the interface too dark, especially the price!
The value for money is simply insane: I bought some vinyls to 300euros per month, now for the same price on sites like beatport e I help what mix for ages, and especially I can finally play my songs and those of my friends!

most:
Effects
Stability-just halucinnante
We can prepare his playlist on the train, arrived on scene they left the computer in a corner, it turns off the screen and it is as a DJ on vinyl: to change the song we only had to return the vinyl, ideal for those who, like myself, prepare well their sets and chain fast enough
-Software can work without records or sound card (I did it with just a turn of Evolution UC33 once)

I found no less than may be that I managed to turn the lot with the computer closed (now that I think I just have not tried it yet, as it works!)

I would do without any concern that choice and I heartily recommends that they have all the DJs that I meet for 6 months (OR should I pay a hell of a promoter)