Well… that’s what they tell me, but some round these parts are ready to rise to the challenge.

So you’ll probably be able to maps parts of the Remix Decks, but not the whole lot. So it seems that there are wider issues that just making a button work. For example I’m told that there is no standardisation for third-party controllers in terms of LED control. This is no easy task, as it’ll require quite a bit of deconstruction of Traktor and the controller manager to reengineer relevant parts to work in an open manner.īut, and here’s the big but – the complexity of interaction needed for full Remix Decks use simply isn’t achievable with current open protocols. Once NI are happy that the workflow functions as they want it to in the closed loop, they’ll open it up to mapping in the controller manager. Thus the full Remix Deck functionality remains closed off to everything else except the F1. Things are getting so complex now that a small change in one place can have a house of cards effect and break much more than it fixed. This will allow NI to hone and perfect the workflow without impacting on anything else. And essentially, the original forum post is correct, but doesn’t give the complete picture, something that we now have, thanks to a couple of detailed skype calls with the NI mothership.įirstly the good news, there will be limited mapping ability for Remix Decks in Traktor v2.5 NI have also told me that more (rather than the expected less) functionality will be added in future versions of Traktor.īut right now in the upcoming v2.5, the interaction between Traktor and the F1 is currently hardcoded in a deliberately closed loop. Sorry if I annoyed you NI, but this needed an answer. “Does this mean that to use the remix decks to their fullest capability, you’re forcing people to buy at least one Kontrol F1? You won’t be able to map other NI products, let alone 3rd party controllers to Remix Deck functions?įor argument’s sake, let’s say I own a MIDI Fighter Pro, APC40 or A&H K2 and want to map them to the Remix Deck functionality – you’re saying that you simply won’t allow this to happen? Or is it a limitation of the current controller manager? Or can current open protocols simply not handle the complexity of messaging so you need to do some fancy proprietary messaging?” This got my inbox twitching, so being the diligent hack that I am, and wanting the full picture, last week I fired off a deliberately provocative email to NI, designed to illicit a response about this obviously contentious matter. My my… it seems that Native Instruments have ruffled a few feathers within the controllerist community with a single forum post that essentially said that to get the fullest Remix Deck experience, you’ll have to buy the new Kontrol F1 hardware, and that it wasn’t possible on any other MIDI controller – not even Maschine. Who knew Traktor Remix mapping was so controvesial?

Traktor remix deck