Here's one for you fact fans: in the 60s a man called Francis Grasso invented a DJing technique called 'beatmixing'. People were leaving the dancefloor in the gaps between songs, so Grasso kept people ...

Many modern DJs prefer to mix with an iPad instead of a laptop, and Native Instruments has just updated its Traktor Kontrol S4 and S2 decks (shown both above and below the break) to accommodate those ...

We've long been fans of Traktor. More than any PC DJing software, it offers a simple route into DJing that doesn't involve any expensive hardware. It makes sense to find out if you can match a beat ...

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Native Instruments on Thursday announced the release of Traktor 3.3, a new version of its DJ software for Mac OS X and Windows. A free update for registered users of Traktor 3, the software costs $229 ...

Native Instruments noted today that its Traktor DJ software is now shipping with Stanton Magnetics Inc.’s Final Scratch technology. The Final Scratch 1.1 package, bundling Traktor FS software, was ...

DJing (or is that deejaying?) on the iPad is pretty rad, but what do you do about cueing up the next track? If you’ve got $20 to spend, you can buy the Traktor DJ cable, a splitter that lets you cue a ...

Native Instruments' Traktor Pro hasn't received a significant update since Traktor Pro 3 was announced all the way back in 2018. Today, though, NI has finally revealed Traktor Pro 4, bringing a ton of ...

Last fall, Native Instruments gave its DJ and production hardware a significant refresh, especially at the entry level. Today, the company is introducing a second wave of tools to complement the new ...