So in case you haven't noticed, I am a little partial to Native Instruments and their gear. As I was once a self proclaimed "Vinyl Purist" working at a record shop here in Atlanta it took alot of swaying for me to consider a digital vinyl system, but when Traktor Scratch was released a few years ago I was blown away and I've been a user since the week it came out. Many of the club DJ's I know (here in Atlanta anyway) seem to use SSL, and they are always asking me about my choice to use Traktor. In simplest and shortest words, it's because it's capable of much more than SSL. It allows me to be much more creative with rearranging my songs and composing/performing in ways that are otherwise impossible on the fly. In response I'd like to share a little video that shows the one and only DJ Rafik killin it. This is only one part of several videos that NI posted up last month so be sure to check out the others online.

For this routine, a vocal sample is loaded into the left deck while MGMT's "Kids" (Soulwax Remix) is loaded in the right deck. Cue points allow one-shot drumming action with the buttons of the MASCHINE controller. Rafik then drops in a custom guitar lick using the Beatmasher and Gater effects in Traktor, controlled via the X1 hardware. 

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