![]() This one shows the Tempo Matching Display (red and gold waveforms on top of the screen) as well as the Beat Matching Display, which are quite handy. Serato DJ has four ways to view your waveforms depending on your preference. Regardless, Serato DJ presents significantly more waveform data about your music than Traktor Aside from the main waveform display, there are two more called the Beat Matching Display and Tempo Matching Display, which makes it even easier to beat match visually (the caveat of which is the now infamous Serato face). Serato waveforms are different from Traktor waveforms – Serato DJ uses the classic Serato “stacked” (or parallel) waveforms, and allows you to configure them in four different ways.You may not be able to transfer your cue points, but at least you’ll have your folders intact! There exists some programs such as ScratchTools, but there’s a lot of command line work and it’s a relatively complex job to get done, not to mention that the site looks like it was stuck in 1999. As we regularly suggest to our readers, use iTunes to organise all your DJ music. You can’t import your Traktor library straight into Serato – As of this writing, we don’t know of a stable, user-friendly way to convert your library for Serato DJ.Use this for prepping your set or setting cue points in transit. You could use Serato DJ on its own without a controller, but you only get one channel. It’s designed so you can set up your crates, add cue points and preview tracks when you’re on the go Just be aware that it’s (deliberately) a pared down, one-channel version of the software. However, you can still run Serato DJ standalone for prepping tracks on the go.The latest version supports more controllers than ever, but you still need a licensed controller. You can’t run Serato DJ without a compatible controller/mixer/interface – unlike Traktor, you can’t use Serato DJ without using a controller supported by it.I recently got to grips with it for the first time in order to write some forthcoming Serato articles for Digital DJ Tips, and here I’ve listed 10 essentials you need to know about making the jump to Serato DJ. The best £150 ive ever spent on a piece of midi hardware.We give you 10 things that you need to know about it if you’re thinking of switching from Traktor.Īre you a user of Traktor (or indeed Virtual DJ, MixVibes Cross or some other program – but most of our users are one or the other of the “big two”), wanting to try Serato but with questions you’re afraid to ask for fear of getting shunned by your DJ peers? Now that Serato Scratch Live (Serato’s DVS software) has been folded into Serato DJ, and a whole host of new controllers have been released for the platform, a lot of DJs seem to be curious about giving it a go. ![]() Get the software lisence transferred over to you then put down the extra £70 to upgrade the software to the latest version of traktor.Īlso, get a Kontrol X1. ![]() What I recommend is getting a second hand audio 8 & traktor scratch pro package from ebay. The new soundcards require a power source greater than USB can handle, so need another plug socket. The new tech is the audio 6 and audio 10. There are loads of different soundcards from NI out there, the old stuff is the audio 2 (for internal mixing, one stereo pair out), Audio 4 (2 external decks) and audio 8 (4 external decks (with scratch pro)). Definitely get the multicore cables, theyre legendary. If you buy a separate soundcard you'll need to fork out for multicore cables and timecode vinyl separately, thats another £70. I prefer the fully fledged version though, simply because I can rock 3 decks with it and the audio 8 is a cracking soundcard with more than enough inputs/outputs. I know plenty of people that have run with this live, no problem. This is a cut down version of the software that only supports 2 decks and has less effects, etc. ![]() The cheapest way to get 2 decks going on traktor is with a Traktor Scratch DUO package. There are various upgrade routes from the standard traktor, all of which will probably end up costing you more that you care to spend. The confusing bit is that you need traktor SCRATCH pro 2 to be able to use timecode CD's and vinyl. If you bag an audio 10 you'll probably get traktor pro 2 with it. ![]()
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