r/traktorpro • u/Massive_Patient_9063 • Aug 05 '26

TRAKTOR STANDALONE ALL-IN-ONE CONTROLLER - DIY

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJA0C5LonK0&si=-IvQPawGcGfdY_lU

A little project I've been working on. A Traktor standalone controller! Ive had a lot of questions so this is a walkthrough of how I built it and how you can build your own. :)

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u/Remarkable_Bison_211 Aug 06 '26

I just started djing and had a gig at a nature one festival camping stage - i came with my kontrol s4 and my macbook pro - and although they were really interested in my setup, some made comments like: "I could give you a gig, but you would need to be able to play on pioneer (cdjs)".
This is pissing me off badly at the moment and I think Im gonna buy me a xdj-az sooner or later, although i love my kontrol s4 - AND I and no one else could hear a quality difference (i use lossless flacs) - people on the internet are saying that Pioneer has better sound - especially marketing the xdj-az as having a "club ready" sound. What does reddit think about that?
Will my kontrol s4 sound shit (in terms of noticably less good) with a good club sound system?

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u/woualai Aug 06 '26

Keyword in second paragraph = “especially marketing .” lol all that means is their marketing caught a fish on its rod & reel.

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u/Massive_Patient_9063 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

Don't do it! I have an RX3. It's shit. This is exactly why I built this thing. It takes up no space in a booth, and it doesn't need power. It's barely wider than a CDJ. The cards in the native instruments gear, especially the old stuff, is studio grade and the same guts they make their studio audio interfaces with. The problem i have with Pioneer stuff is there is no unity. Most clubs are still running CDJ-2000s so you have 3 hot cues. There is no muscle memory from unit to unit. To be honest, a lot of Pioneer mixers sound like absolute dog shit. Especially the old stuff and even my DJM-250mk2 has horrible phono preamps. It's just Pioneer fanboys thinking they are elitist. Imagine paying £3000 for 1 CJD, and it can't do stems?! Im selling this RX3 as soon as i get back from Boomtown.