Two decks with the complex sample player window open – a very SSL-esque look.
Here are the first screenshots of Serato DJ, the replacement for Serato ITCH that is due to drop on November 1 with a phased rollout across all controllers in the months that follow.
Immediately it’s clear that the new software moves towards Serato’s existing Serato Scratch Live digital vinyl software, and to my eyes this confirms the obvious: soon enough Serato will have just one pro software offering that will work with all systems and set-ups.
Main features
BPM, time and pitch info is now within each virtual deck; up to eight cues and loops can be displayer (four of each if you want); there is one-click access to edit beatgrids during performance; the sample player has both a simple and a complex view; and library view modes and crate buttons move to screen centre.
All four decks, with the waveforms extended to the width of the screen.
The software has a curiously Torq 2.0-esque feel (maybe it’s in the “2D” nature of the icons?), while retaining some of the best design features of ITCH (they’ve simplified the famously simple setup screen even more, you still have library view).
But the big news is – as mentioned – how this is obviously the first step towards Serato Scratch Live merging into Serato DJ.
The Serato DJ four-deck view, showing this time the ITCH-esque extended waveforms
Want more?
• Go and view all the screenshots on our Serato DJ Facebook gallery
Do you like the look? Please share your thoughts in the comments.
Now go to:
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ew.
we get to keep SL right? This is just for the itch guys?
[ link ]Yes. Although I am guessing as mentioned that the next phase is going to be combining the two into one unified package – but that’s just an educated guess, there’s nothing official.
[ link ]…A bit too messy for my taste..
[ link ]Have you seen all the other views over on the official gallery? you can switch in and out decks, sample player etc to streamline it if you wish.
[ link ]Yay!… does this mean will soon have 4 decks on Dj Intro?
[ link ]No, I’m pretty sure they’ll keep 2 deck as one of the limitations of intro.
[ link ]Decks will be controlled by how many decks the controller can control. There pics with the Pioneer controller made for this showing 4 decks in use
[ link ]Looks awesome, but my fancy NS6 that i thought was extremely well supported will now have to wait to spring 2013 to use serato DJ?
Come on serato, thats bullshit. Features such as midi mapping should have been available a long time ago! And now we wait even longer.
Love the design and features that are going to come, but really hate this delayed “roll-out’ phase their using. Paid over a grand for a unit that isnt good enough for up-to-date software. Thanks!
[ link ]Maybe one way to look at it is that your current software was “state of the art” till today!
Itch 2.2.2 is excellent, after all.
[ link ]This just in from the Serato forums: no stacked horizontal deck mode (best view for 4 decks imo). Ouch.
[ link ]I don’t understand… isn’t the final screenshot above just the mode you speak of?
[ link ]“they’ve simplified the famously simple setup screen even more”
pics?
[ link ]That bit has no illustrating screenshots, we have to take them at their word on it.
[ link ]I wonder how this will effect old SSL rane mixers like the Rane 57 which is still supported with firmware updates but has since been replaced. If this is to merge with SSL there will be a lot of loyal customers left out if their hardware is out of date.
[ link ]Why wouldn’t it be backwards compatible?
[ link ]The Rane 57 is no longer being produced. They are still making firmware updates, but how much longer they support the hardware is TBD. A lot of bars and clubs in my are have a Rane 57 as the house mixer. I fear that if they integrate SSL with the new DJ software they wont provide a firmware update since the product is no longer in stock. I like the idea of 4 decks, but personally prefer vinyl emulation, would hate to have to buy a new mixer in order to run the new software – and then have to switch back if the club hasn’t upgraded their hardware yet.
[ link ]Can this new software work with Mixtrack pro?
[ link ]It will do yes, along with all Serato DJ Intro and nearly all Serato ITCH controllers.
[ link ]Oooo, i like that it displays the bar count. Other than that VDJ and Traktor have vastly superior GUIs for my taste.
[ link ]As far as software goes, my interest in the DDJ SX just wore off a bit. Was expecting a little more to lure me away from TP. Still great for the Serato users I guess
[ link ]Personally I dnt think it looks bad, I use both Itch on my DDJ-S1 & SSL when using my SL2. Itch looks good in the new form and aligns nicely with SSL. Lets hope I get an update quickly for the DDJ-S1 would love to give it a spin.
[ link ]Not a big fan of the GUI but the skin I made for VDJ before moving on to Traktor was even simpler then this. will test it when my DDJ SX is here if it’s not going to be the software for me DDJ SX get mapped to traktor.
[ link ]Looks really *busy* to me, even in the screens with less info.
[ link ]And Traktor wins again!!! i had a feeling this would happen when i saw the DDJ-SX! too much hardware for little software! the DDJ-SX will fit better Traktor then Serato! the only thing it wouldn’t fit is the majority of booths! after seeing the Serato Dj pics i went:
[ link ]- meh…
people go Traktor already!!
I find Traktor isn’t as reliable as Serato products. I’ve seen it fail too many times.
[ link ]Meh! haha I’m a 10 year club experienced dj and have spun on Serato for the last 4 with zero-zilch-nada crashes ever using Serato.
Go Traktor!!!!
Yes Serato has took a lot longer to get where it is but its been a lot more stable getting there.
Would I rather have lots and lots of bells and whistles? Stuff that 80% of Traktor djs will never use or a straight up 2 deck reliable DVS system to spin my wavs and mp3s controlled by vinyl in in front of 100s occasionally 1000s of people?
Apologies for being drunk lol
[ link ]I would prefer to group track details with waveforms, instead of having to mentally and visually bounce back and forth between side-by-side and stacked. I get why they did it—keeping w/ the deck 1-left/2-right paradigm, and stacking the waveforms so you maximize horizontal space, but I feel there is a disconnect and additional mental processing time when you separate them like that, and would rather get used to a new paradigm if all stacked. Just my thoughts.
[ link ]Pilot DJ interface commence
[ link ]Will the waveform being too jumpy be addressed this time?
[ link ]That’s a PC performance issue rather than a software issue.
[ link ]I’ve read some blogs in serato and got the impression that most users are encountering the same problem despite meeting minimum requirments. I used to have Virtual DJ installed and didn’t encounter the same problem. I have a laptop with Windows 7, 6GB RAM, iCore 5…
Do you have any suggestions on how to address this issue? Thank you very much!
[ link ]Couple of things I would like to touch on. First I must say I am a traktor guy myself and have never used serato but to me this new serato would be worth checking out. Looks like they have some good features. I think the bar count display looks a slick idea. The second thing I would like to say is in my opinion the new pioneer serato controller would be an amazing traktor controller too. Someone mentioned in the replies here too. But yes its a big beast
[ link ]What about us harmonic mixers? is there gonna be Key info in the song info window?
[ link ]So will this be a free upgrade for itch users or is there a price attached to it? Btw Phil I love your site and the community always excited when I see a me email from you guys
[ link ]Yes, it’ll be free for ITCH users.
[ link ]Is this mean this software works with VCI 300 ? and this software came with FX? so i dont really need to buy the VFX-1 ?
[ link ]It will do, yes. And you’ll be able to map the effects to any second controller you like, not just VFX-1.
[ link ]Yes yes yes yes yes… Midifighter here I come!
[ link ]So does the arrival of this new software mean that you dont need the rane interface anymore? If that is a new feature i would really happy to hook up my cdj850 as HID. o.O
[ link ]No, this is a Serato ITCH replacement, it doesn’t replace Serato Scratch Live.
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