There are several things everyone needs to keep in mind as well. A Serato controller can be used on traktor and many others, but other controllers, like NI gear, will not work in Serato unless you see Serato somewhere on it. Personally I’m on my 2nd controller now and I prefer Traktor simply because you can map just about any midi/HID device to it. Which means, all controllers, and nifty add-on stuff. Even Ableton gear can be mapped so it. Be careful, lots of controllers are constructed like toys with too much plastic to them. Durability is then an issue. Also, some sub $300 controllers do not have certain controls like Deck Gain but will have a replacement like maybe a omni-filter (filter sweep) or may even be missing Kill’s for the mixer (low/mid/high). A few don’t even have a headphone jack, requiring the use of an external soundcard like an audio 2 or something. There is also choices between Jog dials or a Touch strip. Personally… I like having a type of platter myself instead of a strip but that’s just preference. Pay attention to the pitch slider length if you want to manually beatmatch.. Short Throw sliders are kind of a pain imo..I suggest trying software first then as others have suggested, choose a controller. The only thing I’m not personally sure on is if the controller has a display, like a Numark NV, I’m not sure it will work with traktor. At least the display part built in to the controller. But if it is made for Serato, it might also work with VDJ. I’m and old PCDJ user from a loooong time ago, then I tried out VDJ, Traktor, Serato and I stuck with Traktor.
