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Posted by miamitranceman on Jan-09-2009 04:55:

quote:
Originally posted by trekster
Someone also told me about traktor. looks like its the app to get.

Yeah, people seem to be ditching SSL for Traktor lately but I don't know why. This time last year it was all SSL.

Posted by Max Thomson on Jan-11-2009 21:31:

from what i can tell after a couple months with it traktor scratch pro has more features, better sound quality, and is more controllable over midi and such than serato. however, 1.0.2 is buggy as shit and I'm really hoping the next update is the magic one

Posted by DjWoody on Jan-12-2009 02:23:

Wait til you see what Serato has up their sleve. NAMM is this week, and rumors has it Serato 2 is being announced.

Posted by Laszlo on Jan-13-2009 10:58:

I recently upgraded from Torq to Traktor Scratch Pro. Even though I loved Torq I'm satisfied with the upgrade. Curious about what Searto has up their sleeve though...

Posted by stvtrancer on Jan-13-2009 16:47:

How long do you guys feel that CDJs will be the standard at clubs? Thanks!

Posted by miamitranceman on Jan-13-2009 21:33:

quote:
Originally posted by stvtrancer
How long do you guys feel that CDJs will be the standard at clubs? Thanks!

A long time.

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Jan-20-2009 10:31:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
Wait til you see what Serato has up their sleve. NAMM is this week, and rumors has it Serato 2 is being announced.

Serato + Ableton = Win.

I started with serato but i think im more of a purist when it comes to how i play my music. I would have loved to keep vinyl but finding them tracks is going to be expensive.. . If i ever become fairly wealthy, ill start buying vinyl for the sound quality

Posted by n3lly on Jan-20-2009 15:05:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
Wait til you see what Serato has up their sleve. NAMM is this week, and rumors has it Serato 2 is being announced.

Didn't see anything about this.. did anything happen in the end?

Posted by Rebel Brown on Jan-20-2009 19:00:

They didn't announce anything as far as I'm aware.

Ableton announced Live 8 and Serato released Scratch Live 1.9, but I didn't hear of anything regarding their partnership.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jan-20-2009 23:26:

quote:
Originally posted by DJMaytag
could you elaborate on this a bit further? I'm curious as to HOW it overcomes the skill deficiency in those that are lacking?

curious about this too, serato for me is the same as mixing with cd's (though i suppose one could argue that using cd's is technically cheating when compared to using TTs)

Posted by spdandpwr on Jan-22-2009 05:54:

as long as serato, torq and traktor let you use vinyl, there is no way the cdj will every fully replace turntables. in san francisco, there still aren't clubs that have cdj's. besides, now that cdj features are useless with dvs software, there is not need to switch over.

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Jan-22-2009 11:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
curious about this too, serato for me is the same as mixing with cd's (though i suppose one could argue that using cd's is technically cheating when compared to using TTs)

I dont think beatmatching with cds is cheating when you compare the visual waveform with serato. The only thing that i see that CDs have over vinyl besides track quantity per vinyl/cd is that vinyls have to be semi maintained when they are playing because of how mechanical everything is. Between the two (in terms of using no DVS), i dont think theres major differences in skill used to beatmatch.

Posted by Zild on Jan-22-2009 15:21:

Beatmatching doesn't even take any skill.

Posted by Tony Morello on Jan-22-2009 17:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
Beatmatching doesn't even take any skill.

beatmatching is the easiest part of djing

Posted by Zild on Jan-22-2009 19:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
beatmatching is the easiest part of djing

Exactly!

Posted by delusional on May-27-2009 21:50:

Sorry for the bump... lol

What would the hardest part be ?

Posted by i got big pants on May-27-2009 22:37:

quote:
Originally posted by delusional
Sorry for the bump... lol

What would the hardest part be ?

jesus pose...takes years to master...only until you master this part, will you ever be a true dj

Posted by miamitranceman on May-27-2009 23:37:

quote:
Originally posted by delusional
Sorry for the bump... lol

What would the hardest part be ?

Wow, epic bump there!

Posted by JD8180 on May-30-2009 00:44:

actually, the perfect bump I was looking for.

I'm considering getting some sort of DVS app for my set up. I have 2 CDJ 200's and a DJM 400 and the main purpose I want it for is just for organization of tracks and being able to play from the HD instead of lugging around a ton of cds.

My collection of CDs is getting a bit big and it's getting harder to find tracks within all of my other CDs.

So I am not looking for what is absolutely the best DVS out there with the most uses. For now I want to still do all of the DJing on my setup and use the PC as little as possible, only for picking the tracks.

For the most part this is going to be for my desktop since I rarely dj outside of my room, but would like to have something that is pretty stable on the go, as well.

Posted by miamitranceman on May-30-2009 17:33:

quote:
Originally posted by JD8180
actually, the perfect bump I was looking for.

I'm considering getting some sort of DVS app for my set up. I have 2 CDJ 200's and a DJM 400 and the main purpose I want it for is just for organization of tracks and being able to play from the HD instead of lugging around a ton of cds.

My collection of CDs is getting a bit big and it's getting harder to find tracks within all of my other CDs.

So I am not looking for what is absolutely the best DVS out there with the most uses. For now I want to still do all of the DJing on my setup and use the PC as little as possible, only for picking the tracks.

For the most part this is going to be for my desktop since I rarely dj outside of my room, but would like to have something that is pretty stable on the go, as well.

Really can't go wrong with any of them for what you stated. Comes down to personal preference.

Posted by MagikMan_643 on Aug-15-2009 18:52:

Hey guys

I'm currently using 2 x CDJ1000s and a Pioneer DJM600 but I'm starting uni overseas next month and dont want to have to lug all of my CD collection and cases around with me.

For this reason, I'm trying to decide between Serato and Traktor. I want to have my whole music collection on my laptop, but I want to be able to manipulate the music and mix in exactly the same way as I do now with my CDJs.

Is it a good decision to go digital in your opinions? How reliable are these programs in terms of keeping your mixes tight, latency etc...? Do they ever crash in the middle of a set?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts
Chris

Posted by MagikMan_643 on Aug-17-2009 14:36:

Also, is Serato's SL3 worth the extra �115 compared to the SL1? Are there any major differences between the two?

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