![]() ![]() FX UNITSįor Serato DJ’s two FX Units, Serato outsourced the workload to iZotope. Also, the FX and SP-6 modules aren’t available without connected hardware. All three can be active at once, but only one can be displayed at a time. There are three additional modules that you can display or hide by clicking their tabs: the recording module, the FX Units, and the SP-6 sampler. The Library itself can also expand by clicking one of its four tabs: Files, for opening and navigating through the file structure of your computer Browse, for perusing all of your available music by genre, BPM, artist or album Prepare, for holding tracks that you want to highlight from your Library (or to drag into a crate later and History, which shows your track history). However, if there’s not enough screen real estate, like when you have 4 decks showing on a small screen, you may only have the option of showing either 4 cue points or 4 loops. Within the decks, you have the option of displaying the timing information for all 8 cue points, all 8 loop points or the first 4 cue points and first 4 loops. Any of those layout options can be displayed with 2 or 4 decks.4 decks in Horizontal view. They include Vertical, where the decks are on the left and right with vertical waveforms in the middle Horizontal, where the decks are on the left and right with horizontal waveforms in the middle Extended, where the decks are shrunken and the waveforms scroll horizontally across the entire screen and Library, which further shrinks down the decks in order to maximize the Library section (spacebar toggles this option). The layout option tabs are at the top left-hand side of the screen. With the extra decks and Serato’s traditional ability to display the decks and waveforms in a number of layouts, there are quite a few different looks you can give to the software. Of a huge addition to Serato DJ comes by way of 4-deck support. We’ll take a look at those features first before analyzing the accessibility of the new interface. Serato DJ is replacing Serato ITCH as the company’s all-in-one controller companion software, and it gives a ton of new features to those controllerists in one fell swoop. With Serato DJ, the New Zealand DJ company now faces a similar balancing act. Since then, Ableton Live has had to balance the growth of its amazing feature set with the maintaining of user friendliness. It’s a bit of a simplification, but besides sharing a similar visual aesthetic, the two programs seems to share the goal of presenting incredible options for musical creativity while keeping the interface as unintimidating as possible. When Serato ITCH for DJ controllers debuted several years ago, I sized it up as being to DJ software what Ableton Live was to digital audio workstations (DAWs). ![]() With the new software, new hardware is coming out to support it, and the support for MIDI Mapping with secondary controllers, Serato DJ will probably attract a lot of consideration not only from existing users, but also DJs looking to switch from another platform. It’s hard to imaging any ITCH user who wouldn’t want to step up to Serato DJ right away. The Bottom Line:Simply put, Serato DJ 1.0 makes gigantic improvements over ITCH. No keyboard shortcuts for certain layout options. Not the same depth of effects choice of Traktor. The Bad: Still tied to approved hardware. Serato Video support (Serato Video plug-in comes free with Serato DJ for a limited time). New interface with excellent variety of layout options. MIDI Mapping and secondary controllers are supported. The Good: Four decks of mixing in addition to the SP-6 sampler. ![]() Mac: OS 10.6.8 or higher, Intel 2 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU for 32-bit use, Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU for 64-bit use, 2 GB RAM (32-bit), 4 GB RAM (64-bit), USB 2.0 port, 1280×720 or higher screen resolution Windows: Windows 7, Intel 2 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU for 32-bit use, Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU for 64-bit use, 2 GB RAM (32-bit), 4 GB RAM (64-bit), USB 2.0 port, 1280×720 or higher screen resolution. ![]() Price: Free (but for use with approved controllers only)Īvailability: Now available for the Pioneer DDJ-SX, with upgrades from Serato Itch for other controllers coming soon With 4 decks, way better effects (courtesy of iZotope), 8 cue points and 8 loops per track, BeatGrid adjustment, the SP-6 sampler, and support for MIDI Mapping and Serato Video, Serato DJ has instantly made a Serato-based controller much more compelling. The biggest software upgrade they’ve seen for some time is at hand, as Serato DJ begins to replace the outmoded Serato ITCH. Serato controllerists should feel like little kids at Christmas time right about now. ![]()
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