#TRAKTOR F1 ABLETON 10 FULL#
#TRAKTOR F1 ABLETON 10 SOFTWARE#

#TRAKTOR F1 ABLETON 10 FULL#

While beginner DJs will want to stick to full songs to get their bearings, more experienced users will find that with a good amount of dedication to selecting, laying out, and learning sample banks, their mixes will become significantly more involved, and a lot more fun to work with. This box forces the DJ to give samples more attention before the action starts and while the performance is happening. In the past, working with samples felt like something of an afterthought, or a gimmick (see the perennial 'airhorn' or 'nuclear bomb drop' sounds for reference). Our all-too-scarce minutes with the Traktor Kontrol F1 weren't enough to get any significant production work going, but we did manage to get a feel for what might be possible when it tags along with our existing Traktor setup.

Traktor 2.5 software, now with Remix Decks The grid also serves as a 16-pixel animation display, so you're constantly treated to a deeper look at how the interface is triggering or navigating through each individual sound. Those candy-colored lights - each hue customizable via an embedded LED - communicate which type of sample is loaded in the corresponding slot in software. A single Traktor-standard rotary encoder is used to adjust parameters. Above each column sits a slider generally used for column volume control and a filter knob. These also serve secondary functions in shift-mode (pitch, speed and color) to further shape the sound. Surrounding the grid are a host of operational effects that modify playback of sounds in the corresponding rows, or in other cases, of all the sounds currently playing back in a column: sync, quant, capture, stop, type and size.

Putting it simply, the F1 is a 4.7-by-11.5-inch box with a standard 16-pad interface that should be familiar to anyone who's encountered an MPC-style interface. We had an exclusive sit-down with a beta version of the adorable blinky-buttony-slidery controller/instrument-thing that we're itching to spill the beans on, so join us after the break, won't you?

#TRAKTOR F1 ABLETON 10 SOFTWARE#

New Remix Decks in the accompanying Traktor 2.5 software cater to a more granular perspective on mixing, and the F1 is the tool that brings the new layers to your fingertips.

The rainbow-flavored box aims squarely at the growing number of beat junkies who fall somewhere between DJ and producer. A very colorful light will shine upon Native Instruments' DJ ecosystem on May 30th, and it's called Traktor Kontrol F1.

Traktor f1 ableton 10