Denon DJ Engine Prime 1.2 Now Works With Traktor!

Denon DJ released a major update to their Engine Prime software, paired up with a firmware update for their SC5000 player. In this update, Denon DJ has paired up with Native Instruments to integrate Traktor Pro playlist into the Engine Prime.  We knew this was coming since it was hinted at by Native Instruments when they announced their Traktor Pro 2.11.3 software update.

This is fantastic news for Traktor Pro DJ’s, since now they can export their tracks, cue points and playlists to Engine Prime, and from there push them to SD/USB and play on the SC5000.

There are other interesting updates to Engine Prime, such as the possibility to group playlists into folders, a 98-195 BPM analysis range, the possibility to export your playlists and history in M3U, CSV, and JSON, which is handy when you want to share your mixes online.

There is also the 1.2 firmware update for Engine Prime. the most notable being the possibility to launch instant doubles on layers and on other networked decks.

Check out all the new features below!

Key Features

Engine Prime 1.2 Update

• Traktor Playlists and Songs, including Loops and Cue Points, can now be imported into
• Engine Prime via exported Traktor NML file.
• Playlists can now be added to folders.
• Added 98 – 195 BPM analysis range.
• Serato Playlists can now be dragged to Engine Prime Crates/Playlists areas.
• Dragging a crate to the same crate on a remote drive now adds the content to the remote crate.
• Downbeat Detection algorithm is improved.
• Playlists and History lists are now exportable as M3U, CSV or JSON files.
• FLAC and Ogg files now show album artwork. All tracks already in the collection must have album artwork added by selecting “Re-import track information.”
• Added a safety feature where waveform data will no longer be written to the database if the DB file size is close to the maximum file size when using FAT32 (4 Gb)

SC5000 Prime 1.2 Firmware Update

New performance features include:

• Ability to Instant double tracks between/within players added. Press and hold sync or double press the Browse knob when in player view to instant double.
• If a song is loaded on more than one deck, creating hot cues and saved loops will now appear on all other decks.
• Loops and Cues can now be placed before analysis is complete.
• Saved loops now trigger in beat when quantize is on.
• Pressing loop out when no loop in point is active will create a loop from the cue point.
• Turning Sync off doesn’t require holding Shift (Settable in User Preferences).
• Hot Cues outside of an active loop will now de-activate loop when triggered.
• “On Air Mode” can now be disabled in user preferences.

New database features include:

• FLAC and Ogg files now show album artwork. All tracks already in the collection must have album artwork added by selecting “Re-import track information” in Engine Prime.
• Search: Using spaces now allows to search text within multiple fields at once.
• Added playlist folder support, including playlist folders imported from Rekordbox.
• Added 98 – 195 BPM analysis range.
• Removal of 2.5 GB DB size limitation
• Removed the need to press a source for 2 seconds to eject it.
• Upgrading DB process is shown in source screen.
• Playlists tracks are now sortable.
• Downbeat detection algorithm is improved.
• Added a safety feature where waveform data will no longer be written to the database if the DB file size is close to the maximum file size when using FAT32 (4Gb)

Pricing and Availability

The Engine Prime 1.2 and SC5000 Prime 1.2 update are available here.

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