Throughout its multi-decade tenure, Native Instruments has consistently demonstrated a thorough understanding of the true power unlocked via hybrid hardware-software setups; DJing is no exception. The Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol MX2 2-channel DJ controller arms you with everything needed to wield the full might of the included Traktor Pro 4 DJ software — direct hands-on control meets limitless virtual potential. As stylish as it is powerful, the Traktor Kontrol MX2 is an all-in-one mixing menace, from two modes of touch-sensitive jog wheels and 16 customizable performance pads to a wealth of rhythm tools and galvanizing stem-separating capabilities (powered by iZotope), leaving gigging DJs aghast at the multimodality of this machine. What’s more, the MX2 supports use with Ableton Link, MIDI mapping, and timecode vinyl to augment your hybrid arrangements, in addition to functioning as an ultra-high-res audio interface, boasting immense 24-bit/96kHz quality — and we’ve barely scratched the surface.
Designed to play your way: stems, Pattern Player, and raucous remixing
As a DJ controller designed to wield the full force of Native Instruments’ Traktor Pro 4 software, the Traktor Kontrol MX2 is ergonomically arranged to maximize your creative expression without sacrificing flexibility. Controller-wide RGB backlighting provides essential, real-time visual feedback, ensuring all your custom-assigned performance preferences, operating modes, and more are instantly yet unobtrusively displayed. Thanks to the power of iZotope’s integration with Traktor Pro 4, high-precision stem separation is always on tap, instantly breaking out your favorite songs into vocal, instrumental, bass, and drum tracks for unimaginably transformative remixes, pushing your sets to uncharted territory of mixing magic. With Pattern Player, your MX2 taps the onboard drum machine of Traktor to bring a deluge of drums into your mix, synchronizing rhythmic patterns across myriad kits to add a garrison of grooves, textures, fills, and tones to your mixes.
Ferociously flexible FX
Native Instruments’ engineers understand that effects and filters are essential performance tools for navigating everything from curating vibes to crafting the highest-impact moments of the night. To this end, onboard effects come in two varieties: Mixer FX and Deck FX. With the use of an innovative 1-dial design, nine Mixer FX, including filter, reverb, delay, and gater options, can be instantly, intuitively, and evocatively applied to entire channels. When it comes to Deck FX, over 40 tenacious Traktor tools are at your disposal, supplying deep per-deck effects that can be grouped, layered, applied to stems, or methodically deployed across the four assignable effects-processors — time-stretching, multidimensional delays, and explosive spatialization tools are only the beginning.
Pliable performance pads: 16 color-customizable controls
Each deck of the Traktor Kontrol MX2 features eight performance pads, with full color-customization capabilities, complementing the illuminating undercarriage of the MX2 and offering four modes of musical manipulation: Hotcue, Stem, Step-sequencer, and Flux Loops.
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Hotcue mode: Instantly jump to and activate assigned critical points in each track of your set. Build-ups, transitions, drops, points for stemming out a vocal, and drum-fueled outros take your audience on the ultimate sonic voyage.
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Stem mode: In addition to Traktor’s ability to separate tracks into four stems, use with the MX2’s performance pads unlocks a palette of filtering, dynamics, muting, and further sound-shaping capabilities.
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Step-sequencer mode: When you need the Pattern Player’s drum-kit capabilities to serve a more focused purpose, Step-sequencer mode lets you program grooves and progressions with any of Traktor’s 16 kits, in real time, to suit your space and style.
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Flux Loops mode: More than your average looper, Flux Loops are your key to crafting loops via performance pads. Without disrupting the current track, Flux Loops gives you an immensely flexible and powerful method of weaving loops, energy, and essential passages to meet the moment while being able to instantly jump back to your starting point.
Traktor Pro 4: the DNA of dynamic DJing
Marking the fourth iteration of Native Instruments' elite DJ performance software, Traktor Pro 4 has DJs eager to incorporate the latest from NI into their respective setups. The iconic 4-deck software returns to power your set with cutting-edge capabilities, new tools and effects, and a suite of accommodations that inspire exploration across any number of interfaces, including time code vinyl and MIDI sync. Moreover, a quartet of new and improved features, including a flexible beatgrid system, enhanced stem separation, a brand-new pattern player, and an included copy of iZotope's Ozone Maximizer, expands possibilities and experimentation beyond the majority of contemporary software. Whether you intend on taking your performance to the stage or a recording session, there's no better way to prepare than with Native Instruments' Traktor Pro 4.
Features:
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Explosive DJing in a controller that’s methodically tailored to utilize the full force of Native Instruments’ Traktor Pro 4 software (included)
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Sleek, ergonomic interface marries satisfying tactility with intuitive engagement
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Touch-sensitive jog wheels feature 2 operating modes — Turntable and Jog — to give you high-resolution control with the responsiveness that suits your flow
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Comprehensive visual feedback via VU meters and customizable RGB back-lighting ensures detailed yet unobtrusive real-time indication of your every creative flourish
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Per-deck 3-band EQ complements multimode filtering and comprehensive sound-shaping tools to dial in the ultimate mix, mash-up, or remix
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Stem separation via iZotope-fueled Trakto Pro 4 software capabilities lets you instantly break songs out to instrumental, vocal, drum, and bass parts for unrivaled mixing possibilities
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Pattern Player and Step-sequencer modes let you utilize Traktor Pro 4’s onboard drum machine and 16 drum kits for creative layering and galvanizing groove crafting
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Hotcue and Flux Loop modes offer expansive, innovative ways to bend time, rhythm, and energy to supercharge your set
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Deck FX offers more than 40 distinctive tonal-transformation tools for each deck, with 4 assignable processors for inventive tweaking, layering, and combining
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Mixer FX supplies 9 explosive output options spanning filters, gaters, reverbs, delays, and more
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Support for a dedicated MIDI layer drastically expands your creative mixing palette with near-limitless additional sonic armaments
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Multimodal operation as a 24-bit/96kHz audio interface promises premium processing and augmented use in your studio or stage arrangement
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Flexible connectivity includes dual headphone outs (1/8-in. and 1/4-in.), RCA stereo-output pair, and a USB-C port for seamless plug-and-play performances