Serato vs. Traktor my user experience

[fullenglishpint]

I love Traktor, but this thread has made me want serato

[djproben]

Just curious - but did you have the plugins enabled? The SP-6 sampler and FX racks hide themselves quite nicely to free up space.
And of course, The Bridge is quite a beast in the interface now if that's enabled as well.

Nope didnt mess with sampler or bridge and they stayed hidden. I will start playing around with them maybe but I just have an SL-1 so I'm not sure how much mileage I can get out of the bridge yet....

[jasonb85]

Accepts Cdj's or TT's so you can mix or scratch or whatever right...?

[JesC]

Accepts Cdj's or TT's so you can mix or scratch or whatever right...?

yup.

[DjLiquitATL]

Accepts Cdj's or TT's so you can mix or scratch or whatever right...?

Its good to know the ins and outs of both traktor and serato so your not thrown off... most clubs have serato by default but I've seen some with traktor... that's why I always stress mixing is more important then using all these effects and extra shit we don't need to dj...pick good music, read the crowd well, and use the program only as a source of music

[diezdiazgiant]

I love that even tho itch and ssl are different programs the library is interchangeable. Really convenient

[LmnLm3]

I found this too when I was playing musical instruments when i was younger....you just close your eyes and go! Trust your ability.

When I first learned to play violin, I had tape on the fingerboard to remind me where the 'notes' are. I've played cello now for almost 16 years, and while I know how to play guitar, many times it really feels like cheating.

That said, I come from a background of being the instrument myself, and controllerism really lends itself to that imo (performance rather than mixing) so for me it's traktor.

But for anyone who has an ounce of a clue about vinyl or even cdj use, then it would seem silly to transpose your skill onto traktor since it takes away part of what is special about your skills. (SYNC)

I am a composer first (classical/film) and a cellist second (wasn't always like that) so moving to DJing is (for me) an extension of composition, but instead of arranging it all out in Live and giving it to DJs to play for me, the performer (cellist) in me wants to mix it all live. Hence the mashup/midifighter/traktor approach (waiting for my first LP in the post now!)

[also should be mentioned that you can try and use traktor (arrr matey) without dedicated hardware, while serato won't show me it's stuff unless I buy that box. Kind of like Apple. At least with Apple, I have a hackintosh right now. Can the same be done with Serato?]

[Cook]

In all honesty, whenever im playing with traktor, everythings perfect, but lately, the only thing thats keeping me going is the crowd because everything is perfect, start the track to early? loop it! start it too late? cuepoints! and tbh its boring.

Sold my TTs to buy CDJ's which i now love more than anything, because theres always that fear, no sync, no visual feedback, just your ears and your eyes on the crowd. The only downside i have of CDJs is constantly having to burn off new CDs every week, newer CDJs take USB sticks but its not a standard and only one club ive played in the last year has had 900s.

Serato could be that jump backwards i need. Ok theres a waveform, you dont have to look at it? (Do you have to grid things in serato?) and you dont have to change any settings with an SSL box if your using regular CDs/vinyl or using tracks from your hard drive (AFAIK). Also with serato theres no hassle from club owners/promoters/other DJs

[haze324]

Serato could be that jump backwards i need. Ok theres a waveform, you dont have to look at it? (Do you have to grid things in serato?) and you dont have to change any settings with an SSL box if your using regular CDs/vinyl or using tracks from your hard drive (AFAIK). Also with serato theres no hassle from club owners/promoters/other DJs

You can hide the waves in SSL. So no need to see the waves if you don't want to.

There is no sync in Serato so no gridding. Only time you grid in Serato is if you are going to use The Bridge and you want ableton to Sync with your tracks. If not, then no - no grids, no syncing.

[fullenglishpint]

Serato could be that jump backwards i need. Ok theres a waveform, you dont have to look at it? (Do you have to grid things in serato?) and you dont have to change any settings with an SSL box if your using regular CDs/vinyl or using tracks from your hard drive (AFAIK). Also with serato theres no hassle from club owners/promoters/other DJs

SSL has a thru button on each deck so you can indeed just play regular CDs or vinyl easily, that said so does Traktor. One of the view options has no waveforms other than the track overview.