In addition to the Ozone Maximizer (read about it in the previous article here), there will be a new Pattern Player feature added – which allows you to use “built-in sound packs to create custom percussion loops to complement your sets, mappable to your hardware of choice”.

We will also continue to release major paid updates periodically in order to roll out these new features in one large chunk, as well as update the core functionality and technology of TRAKTOR PRO. Īs a non-subscribing user you won’t have access to the series of new features but will continue to receive regular free compatibility updates and bug fixes in your standard TRAKTOR PRO 3 license. If you’re not interested in subscribing, you can continue using your current TRAKTOR PRO 3 base version you received with the hardware you originally purchased. TRAKTOR isn’t planning to abandon the regular perpetual licenses as you know them. What about people who have paid for the full software? NI writes: According to the FAQ, there will be “3-4 new features released through the subscription model each year”. The yearly subscription includes a Beatport Steaming subscription for three months, while the monthly includes a free first month. The pricing will be $4.99 monthly or $49.99 annually. The types of features that will be behind the subscription model are expected to be sound and performance-based features influenced by other teams in Soundwide (the parent company of NI, which now includes iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx). Essentially, NI is using this Pro Plus tier of subscribers to allow early access to features instead of waiting until a major version is released (and charging for that upgrade then). Since there’s not very much information out yet, we’ll largely quote from Traktor’s press release hidden inside of their Beta update. But today, the Traktor team has announced that major new features being built in this development cycle will be behind an add-on subscription, called Traktor Pro Plus. We speculated that maybe even NKS support was behind it.

New features in Native Instruments’ DJ software, Traktor Pro 3, have been relatively slow to release until a recent public beta that hinted at even more upcoming functionality.

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