NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Traktor Pro 3.1 £89

For years, Traktor Pro was the go-to DJ software of choice for many, myself included – it was reliable, rock-solid and enormous fun to use. But when I began playing live more frequently, having to take my laptop, a controller and a whole heap of aux cables quickly became a pain.

For a while, I’d been a user of rekordbox instead of Traktor. But when I was asked to review Native’s latest update, I jumped at the chance, and was keen to see what developments had taken place. Would I be surprised? Reading forums and message boards signalled a generally mixed response to Traktor Pro 3. Does it warrant being a whole new version, or is it really Traktor 2.5+ in disguise?

ON TRAK

Open up Traktor Pro 3.1and you’ll find that it is – in essence – the same