SSL with SL4 vs NI TSP 2 with Traktor Audio 10?

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Posted by keithos27 on Oct-08-2011 22:57:

SSL with SL4 vs NI TSP 2 with Traktor Audio 10?

Hi there! Can someone please explain the differences (and pros and cons) of Serato Scratch Live with SL4 vs Native Instruments' Traktor Scratch Pro 2 (with Traktor Audio 10)? An unbiased review would be most helpful.

Thanks,
Keith

Posted by Adam420 on Oct-09-2011 05:37:

kind of hard to say, because somebody that owns one probably doesn't own the other. I think it comes down to personal preference. also I think TSP2 has more bells and whistles.

Posted by keithos27 on Oct-09-2011 15:22:

hmm, interesting. i figured there must be some advantages/disadvantages... also, there is a "significant" price differential.

Posted by orTof�nChiLd on Oct-15-2011 12:57:

I owned both but i had the SL1 and it was alright but compared to the audio 8 it was shit. NI rely heavily on their converters and i don't know where rane gets them from so yeah thats my 2 cents

Posted by DjWoody on Oct-15-2011 18:26:

I own both SL1 & Audio 8.

They're both really good, but I never use Traktor live because almost all the venues that play at have Serato installed. Plus, I also do video mixing which is not available on Traktor. What everyone else said is correct, specially what Calv said. If you're going the controller route, Traktor is king.

Posted by Fledz on Oct-16-2011 00:23:

I went with SL3 because of Ableton integration but if I wanted just a program by itself, probably would have gone with Traktor as it has more in built.

They are both rock solid these days as far as I'm aware.

Posted by keithos27 on Oct-27-2011 14:46:

Thanks everyone for your input!

I decided to go with Traktor Scratch Pro 2 with the Audio 10 as I already have a NI X1 controller and don't use Ableton or video (and I'd been using Traktor Pro 2 beforehand so I'm fairly familiar with the software).

I appreciate the feedback!

-Keith

Posted by Adam420 on Oct-27-2011 15:13:

Keith,

Just so you know, there are some issues with the Audio 10 that are worth considering. I don't want to diss the product, as I recently bought it and have by now managed to get it working 100% smoothly, but I did encounter some problems along the way. I advise you to check out the NI forums before you make the purchase.

Posted by odranborg on Oct-28-2011 02:09:

them from so yeah thats my 3 cents

Posted by keithos27 on Oct-28-2011 03:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
Keith,

Just so you know, there are some issues with the Audio 10 that are worth considering. I don't want to diss the product, as I recently bought it and have by now managed to get it working 100% smoothly, but I did encounter some problems along the way. I advise you to check out the NI forums before you make the purchase.

Adam,

Already made the purchase... could you tell me which problems in particular? Think I already threw out the box too

Posted by Adam420 on Oct-28-2011 03:17:

well there are the latency issues, and the fact that one of the outputs on channel B might be faulty. I was also playing at my friend's house on Sunday and he has CDJ-800's MK2 and when I had it hooked up to channel A it wasn't working right at all.

Have you started using it yet?

Posted by keithos27 on Oct-28-2011 03:48:

nope...i quickly set it up last weekend (i wasn't able to get the A to C, B to D channel swap to work in Traktor) but eventually got things working. i played maybe two tracks in traktor since then, though... i will try it this weekend.

what do i need to be looking out for? is there a test i can run? i am using CDJ-2000s with a Xone 92 mixer... no vinyl.

Posted by Adam420 on Oct-28-2011 03:51:

what do you mean channel swap?

Posted by keithos27 on Oct-28-2011 12:51:

in the software you can tell it to swap Channel A for C, B for D, etc. so in reality it should not matter which actual channels your hardware is plugged in to.

Posted by Adam420 on Oct-28-2011 14:05:

Oh I did not know that!

To answer your question, I wouldn't say there's anything in particular to look out for, but if you experience any issues, like latency problems then don't be surprised.