Maybe?Īnd as a note, I’ve been comparing the Kontrol S8 to the device I think it most closely resembles: the Xone:4D. It’s heavy and deep, but I really wish they provided little legs to raise it to turntable height, like the Electrix Tweaker, or a case like the X1MK2. Who really cares, right? My only comment is that while I knew it was a large controller, the pictures and video don’t really show how much table space it really does take up. Honestly, we’ve spent so much time talking about the Kontrol S8 in the lead up to getting our hands on it that I don’t think it’s really appropriate to discuss what it’s like to take it out of the box. This is usually the place where we discuss first impressions, and the unboxing process. After spending a few weeks with the controller and dealing with a lot of its mixture of genius and insanity, as well as Traktor Pro 2.7 and its general frustrations mixed with awesomeness, I figure it’s time to finally write this thing down. Native Instruments was kind enough to provide us with a Kontrol S8 to review and, while it was not a perfect experience, I have definitely garnered some insight into what Native believes the future of DJing is. But we can’t know that until we get our hands on it and put it through its paces. We had conversations on this site amounting to the death of DJing, and the future of DJing, and how nothing will change at all. And the feedback we saw, the vitriol and bile thrown at the internet, mixed lovingly with the love and excitement of the converted, created a beautiful mess none of us had any idea what to make of. I have concluded it requires all caps because science. For months now (eons, it seems), we’ve been told about the #FUTUREOFDJING.
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