With the current preliminary insolvency at Native Instruments, there is growing concern about the continuity of Traktor support. Many of us djay users also own Traktor hardware, and we would be truly grateful if djay could natively support all Traktor devices regardless of what the future holds for Traktor.
Both companies are German, Please do this…
By taking this step, djay would not only attract new users but also win the hearts of DJs by doing this favor for the community.
Furthermore, with the “One Library” initiative, it may be feasible to collaborate and enable hardware compatibility, though uncertainty remains about Traktor’s plans for this initiative.
Supporting Traktor hardware now could have a lasting and meaningful impact on the DJ community.
If you’re referring to djay, how would Algoriddim be wasting money by doing this? djay and Traktor hold roughly similar positions in the DJ software market, and if things were to go south for Traktor, many of those users would be left without a clear home.
If anything, djay could gain a significant portion of the DJ market share that Traktor currently holds (around 10%, probably more than djay) by doing this, Not all of it, but certainly a meaningful percentage, potentially even doubling djay’s current market share.
The majority of Traktor users aren’t primarily using NI hardware, they are hooked up to club standard mixers and decks.
The percentage of people using NI DJ controllers will be incredibly low as a percentage of the overall market. This is a company who’s DJ software and general positioning in the market has been static and non-existent for over a decade, last time I checked up on it they didn’t even support high resolution displays.
Development costs money because you have to pay people (usually a fairly large wage) to spend their time developing, if that cost can’t be offset by what they would stand to gain from doing it, it wouldn’t make business sense. Anecdotal ‘well they have similar amounts of users’ without having all the facts, won’t stand up in business cases. Companies operate on strict business criteria, not emotions and nostalgia.
You have a development budget and your choice to spend it is a best selling pioneer/alpha controller or some piece of decade old hardware that never sold particularly well when it was released, what do you spend it on?
Bro, a lot of what you’re saying is completely baseless.
That’s fine, you’re entitled to your beliefs.
My agenda here is clear, and I’m not wasting time arguing with someone who adds no value to this discussion.
Take your opinion elsewhere and start your own topic.
I don’t understand why you think considering the monetary and business aspects of supporting old, discontinued hardware that potentially has no company support is baseless and adding nothing to discussion, but hey that’s entirely up to you if you want to think like that, have a great rest of your day
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I just wanted to second this. I’ve been using Djay Pro for years. Just recently bought a MX2 and giving Traktor a shot. This was one month before the insolvency news. It’s nice to try something new. But I’d love to be able to have native support in djay pro (windows) for the MX2. Your software is far superior IMO. You guys did an excellent job with mapping my previous Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX. Here is to hoping.
