i'm thinking of buying serato, torq or traktor scratch in a year or so and after a short bit of googling i still have a few questions to those of you in the know.
i'm gonna be traveling a lot so i'd like to be able to mix (basically try stuff out while in the train) with just the laptop too, without the control cds. can this be done on any of the programs or do you always need the time control signal to play anything? apparently i could upgrade to traktor 3 if i'd go with traktor scratch and use traktor like it's normally used if the need be.
also i'd like to record my sets and i've understood that torq or serato neither offer this and i'm kinda unsure about traktor scratch offering it or not.
also i'm very unsure about how traktor scratch performs compared to torq and serato. i know there was some review on some thread on ta a while back but i can't find it!

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Originally posted by Allied Nations regardless id rather just bring cds to the club than lug around a laptop and all that other shit, just easier. thats my reason for not using serato

Most of the time if I get booked the venue already has Serato! So I just bring my external and my headphones.

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Originally posted by skip i'm gonna be traveling a lot so i'd like to be able to mix (basically try stuff out while in the train) with just the laptop too, without the control cds. can this be done on any of the programs or do you always need the time control signal to play anything?

as long as the interface box is plugged in, you don't need the control vinyls or CD's EVER, actually. There are turntable like features in the software you could use to control and playback your tracks.

There is no audio mixer and no headphone out jack on the SSL interface, so you'd have that limitation (unless you had one of those tiny behringer battery powered mixers/headphone amps).

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Originally posted by Zild Most of the time if I get booked the venue already has Serato! So I just bring my external and my headphones.

maybe it's like that in texas, but i've never seen serato installed in a club up here...

plus i much prefer flippin through cds to vinyl or scrollin on the pc.

i handwrite all my cd labels with the tracknames etc and i have developed a particular attachment to them and all of their locations....


we'll see about the future but right now i just dont need serato- am perfectly capable of expressing what i need expressed with my current medium... 3+ cdjs

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allied i think that's probably the way it is in texas because american clubs play a lot of different styles and the residents are usually expected to be jukeboxes with everything the crowd could possibly want. serato is often the perfect choice also it helps overcome the skill deficiency in the residents to keep a certain level of quality in the club

you're in a place where that's not as necessary for a venue because the deejays will bring good music

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Originally posted by nefardec also it helps overcome the skill deficiency in the residents to keep a certain level of quality in the club

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

I've had Serato for all of 26 hours now, and I don't see it helping nor hindering my technical skills one bit (then again I'm behind the decks for about 20 hours a month, and only trainwreck once about every other month). I'm sure that once I get my crates organized I'll see some improvements in my track selection, but that's more from having more tracks available to me since it's not feasible to carry 400 vinyls down to the club with me every week.

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Been using Torq for about a week now, and it does what it says on the tin. I wouldn't advise computer novices to use it though, you need to be pretty au fait with the workings of your PC to get it running.

Serato has better algorithms, final scratch has a better 24bit soundcard and torg is useful if you like to use ableton.
My pick: SERATO.

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Originally posted by Existo22 Serato has better algorithms, final scratch has a better 24bit soundcard and torg is useful if you like to use ableton. My pick: SERATO.

serato 1.8 will be killer, with the midi support and auto loop functions

Is Serato still the software to get?

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Originally posted by trekster Is Serato still the software to get?

It depends who you ask. I sold Serato for Traktor Scratch and know a lot of DJs who have done the same.

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