i was :this: close to buying an F1, I hope that my procrastination will pay off.

For the love of the english language, its sneak PEEK. not peak. A peak is the top of something, like a mountain, or a wave.

Looks like a MIDI Fighter Pro-type controller… :o

Something must be oriented effects, Style Rmx1000.

I think it might be something like Pioneer’s XDJ Aero – a standalone unit which can play without a computer…… That would be veery interesting to see.

I bet it’s like an S4, only no jog wheels, just multi-color soft rubber buttons

gotta be a low/end mixer/controller most likely with monitor/booth out, headphones, minus the jog wheels. The S2/S4 jog wheels are simply there for effects purposes at this point and aren’t necessarily required at this level. just a guess!

i swear if i get an s4 and a new one comes out someones gonna get hurt >_>

i think its a traktor scratch ready mixer with built in sample deck players, so lets say you plug in 2 turnies or 2 cdjs, you also have access to sample dex on each deck as well, plus built in fx controls?

That would defeat Traktor’s overall purpose of c(K)ontrolling it’s software.

This controller looks like it may be specifically designed for the remix decks and playing Traktor like someone with Serato/Ableton bridge would… It could be anything really…

I love NI hardware products but at the rate that they’re coming out with new ones, it makes it hard to know when to buy. It reminds me of the early 90′s when computers were upgrading at rates faster than consumers could buy them.

I think it’s a Traktor Scratch controller with a remix decks thingy and colorful leds or something

I agree

My god, they just launched the f1. I’m getting numb from all these new toys getting thrown into the market. It’s about how you play, not with what. Get creative people, not consumer-robots…

what ever it is, hope they have some NI Tracktor App … so we can prep tracklists on the go then sync back to Tracktor. Hurry up NI – keeping it all Native. :)

You can see the F1 on the side is separate from the mixer by fine tuning your eyes to the edge of the units and you can see that the mixer sits slightly higher than the F1. Therefore it’s a new mixer. Considering the S4 has been on sale id surmise that it is a replacement for that.

how would that work?

Why would you not think their massive sales and blow outs on the S4 NI have had this past couple of months meant anything else?

My guess: a control-surface-only mixer. USB-audio internally, hopefully with dual USB inputs (fat chance) shuffling all the work off to Traktor to mix and provide visual feedback.

I need a good USB control surface mixer in the studio so I hope that’s it.

Looks like a Rane Sixty-XX Rival by NI w/ 4 Hot Cues or One Shot Sampler

They’re from Germany. Give ‘em a break. That whole status update of theirs was bad English.

either a ni mixer or a remix deck version of the s2/4.

S4 has 4 channels, this one only has 2. More like the S2

there’s an edit button…

Love it when they tease, can’t wait, maybe a full midi mixer to use traktor and ableton? Oh my!

i was suspicious when i saw the price but i was like hey… i can finally get one

that actually makes a lot of sense

Its gona be NI’s version of the Novation Twitch, 2 channel but with the F1′s capabilities built in.

Hope it’s the start of something modular :)

One can only hope……..

I was just saying the same thing to my buddy. @facebook-570927411:disqus, I’m not sure the nuts and bolts of how it would work but Pioneer just launched a version of Record Box like that.

I hope it has a louder headphone out. Am I going deaf or is the s4 headphone out suuuuper quiet.

Also, would love to see a NI S$ type controller with USB ports for flash drive (2) so I could plug in there.

shut up and die… hurry up!

It probably is this, but also designed to be used with 2x X1′s or F1′s instead of jog wheels

OMG I can see it. It’s a slimline controller designed to fit alongside your mixer. 4 cues, you can switch decks with the two cue buttons, basically an NI version of the dicer. The mixer isn’t by NI as the knobs, markings and leds do not resemble the S4/S2 ones which would break away from their ‘identity’ they wouldnt throw out a mixer on their own atleast as thats not what they know/good at. Controllers however are a specialty of theirs though. I can see the edge of a knob as well, my guess it’s the X2, a slimline compacted X1.

A mixer with a lot of USB slot (hub) where you can plugged all your NI stuff (audio2, S2, F1, Maschine, …) and everything works perfectly

probably a mixer with a built in USB hub
even though Pioneer ddj-T1 has essentially an x1 in it

The “markings” look EXACTLY like other NI gear. I’m looking at an Kontrol F1 right now and they are exactly the same. Plus you can (kind of) see the Traktor logo and the word Traktor underneath the VU meters.

While there may be a slimline controller next to the mixer in this picture, the mixer is all Native Instruments from the looks of it.

wifi/bluetooth/usb etc…

Yep, quiet…

i imagine it is a larger 2-pad version of an F1, with a built in mixer section. You can see the 4-lit up buttons closest to the screen with a deck A/B select on the top. The 4 buttons i imagine correspond to the 4 page of remix slots available (you can faintly make out numbers). I expect it to be right around the size of the S2, with the 4×4 HID pads instead of jogwheels. Giving you controller over mixing the remix decks as well as better control over effects. Sound like a possibility??? Since the F1 was not the success NI intended it to be, i suspect this is their next move and it is being released early due to limited sales of the F1

I think they continue on the modular concept they once started with the X1. Like Behringer also presented (but still not launched). When they also continue the namesetting they probably call this baby the M2 and will the M4 follow soon…
Just the mixer part with the integrated sound, and yeah a USB hub would make some sense. Besides that I still hope they also start making a x1 version with a jogwheel.
So we can end up with a setup with one M4 + F1 + X1 + X1jog + X1jog or something!!

Hope they create a good backup solution in this mixer!

I reckon an iPad integrated controller, similiar to the recently announced Numark iDJ Pro

noooooo NI wouldn’t soil their good name with an iPad controller

^ was just thinking the exact same thing. probably a mixer/soundcard with daisy chaining capabilities

Looks like it will be NI’s version of the Pioneer DJM-T1 mixer for Traktor or the Rane TTM 57SL. A two channel mixer with built in midi functionality for Traktor.

if you watch the image on the left you can notice a wire. I think it is some kind of stick you set between your mixer and your F1 that might control your decks.

Does “tomorrow” mean Thursday 13 September ?

I agree with you!

something like a rane sixty-two?

I presume when they said ‘tomorrow’ yesterday, they totally forgot that this meant TODAY !!!! It’s a German company for god sake. It’s already nearly 16hrs ‘tomorrow’ in most of Europe !

link for video

https://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/dj/traktor/?content=2153&page=2040

meh, looks like I was wrong. Nice to whoever called the dedicated mixer. I wonder what the price is gonna be???

good call

I don’t see any computer over here.. And if you notice, the overlay graphic views of Traktor (I mean the software) are slightly different.. I also saw an effect called something like “laser slice”..

and also that “bass-o-matic”.. New update coming in addition to the new controller?

Understandable…and makes sense!

Finally, the Coffee Maschine

I don’t think it’s “like” either of them, considering they told us quote, “this one’s a little ‘different’ to the rest of the family…”