My apologies in advance if that was covered but I've searched wrong (still a n00b...).
Some pre-history: I have not touched mixer for more than 20 years, and in many ways lost my music collection with just some ripped MP3's left on a hard drive. However, that "DJ feeling" never went away, I was lurking occasionally on new technologies and etc (i.e. controllers and digital DJ'ing) . And when my 8 years old expressed his wish to become a DJ (), it sounded to me as a good excuse to buy some basic stuff and try it out. By no means neither I have any aspirations (just pure "bedroom/cellar" DJ for my own fun), neither there will be tangible with my kid (just to play couple of times and it will go away soon). So long story short, after reading many reviews and various forums (including this one - thanks!), I have settled on Traktor Kontrol S2 MK3 (+basic active monitors) - good entry price, comes with full software licence, great reviews as a beginner controller, supports iOS version of Traktor app for my kids to play. However, one negative part I found almost in all - Traktor Pro 3 does not work well with older or non-standard beat tracks (i guess it is called dynamic beat grids ), which would require a lot more manual intervention or adjustment. And since I would still like to have some "oldies" in the mixes - here is a question: is it really a problem in real life? How off-the-beat should be the track for Traktor to fail? Shall I be looking into Serato (and then perhaps to Pioneer SB3)? Or just buy NI S2 with not much of the thinking? Any other ideas or suggestions? Many thanks in advance for any help and advice!
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