Native Instruments has announced the availability of Traktor DJ Studio version 3.4, which is a free upgrade for Mac owners running OS X 10.4.8 to 10.5. It requires at least a Mac G4 with a 1.67GHz processor (or faster) or any of the Intel Core Duo family. One GB of RAM is also required. New and improved features include:
- Unicode character support displays file names and tags in any script and language (including Japanese, Mandarin, Hebrew, Cyrillic, etc.).
- “Tracking Alert” feature gives advance warning about adverse tracking conditions (e.g., dust buildup).
- Improved tracking precision when scratching in relative mode.
- Various Drag & Drop improvements including “Transparent Deck Duplicate.”
- Hotplugging for audio devices (Core Audio and DirectSound).
- Instant audio device switching
- Automatic device aggregation via DirectSound to use more than two channels.
- WASAPI support under Windows Vista
- Hotplugging for MIDI devices
- Support for Virtual MIDI ports on Mac OS X
- Additional Jog Wheel mode for Denon CD players
