Native instruments or Rane
Guys, my mate wants to buy Serato Scratch Live or Native Instruments Traktor Scratch.
Which one do you suggest?, or maybe some other similar setup…
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If it is possible, try both systems. Take some time to spin tunes in both.
After this you will have found out what system works best for you.
Some will go with Serato Scratch, others will go with Traktor.
If you look at it objectively, the vinyl of Traktor Scratch has better specs. Less wear etc etc.
Also the fact that you are able to spin Traktor without dedicated hardware, as Rane makes sure you need the complete Rane setup(soundcard, vinyl and software) to work.
Um, I’m pretty sure that to spin vinyl with Traktor you still need the Audio8DJ, or a Traktor certified mixer, which is almost exactly the same situation that Serato puts you in, just with more options to blow $1,000.
But, well, this question is like the PC or Mac question. Try them out, demo them, find friends with them, and try them out. I’m a die hard Traktor user. shrug A lot of people on this forum are.
Well, Traktor gives you some more options than just the one soundcard or the 57 mixer.
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i would also go with traktor cause i like it best, but my mate wants the serato, so i was thinking that maybe there is an undeniable argument that makes the choise obvious.
Well, if he’s buying it then it’s up to him. If it’s for the both of you to work with together then I’d say go with Traktor, only cause you can each take an individual piece in a much more integrated way.
This would be my arguement:
if you want simple and consistantly reliable that just works, get ssl. otherwise, wait for traktor scratch pro to come out. dont think you can go wrong either way.
I hear the mspinky vinyl actually has the best ware for the record (pardon the pun).
The fact is that that because the frequency is twice that of any other vinyl on the market that the vinyl detection system also works twice as fast ! This is really important because the latency on detecting Vinyl speed and direction isn’t that crash hot. You get the best performance in relative mode.
Personally i think we should all boycott Serato until they bring out some serious midi deck manipulation functions and most importantly beatgrids. At the moment Serato is a bit of a joke if you ask me - sure it emulates Vinyl well, but that’s about as far as its functionality goes in my opinion.
Serato is the popular option, but since what was popular option the right option ?
It really depends on what you’re wanting to do. I’m a hip-hop DJ and I scratch a lot. I used to use SSL, but I just bought Traktor Scratch and I think Traktor Scratch is a lot better for scratching. Like Tekki said the timecode is twice the frequency so it tracks a lot better than SSL. In relative mode in SSL I was getting a lot of “slippage” where the sound I was trying to scratch would move around on the record (don’t know if that makes sense or not). So it make scratching really hard.
I’ve only had Traktor Scratch for a couple days, but I think I like it. The specs are definitely better on the soundcard too. And if you decide to move to another software then you can use the audio8dj soundcard for that too. Let me know if you have any specific questions because I still have both. And Final Scratch 1.5 & 2.0. Wish I would have sold those earlier…they sucked and now they’re basically worthless.
Traktor scratch in every regard I’ve seen kicks the shit outa SSL. Only thing SSL might have is that some people like the interface better…
IMO wait for Traktor 4 which is Traktor Scratch and Traktor 3 (MIDI) combined. That way you can use the Time Code Vinyls as well as a VCI or some other controller v easily.
- 21 new Effects and effects chaining ftw.
True Bento, and also would love to fettle a bit with both the pinky and the thick black vinyl. 
(But we were talking about traktor or serato. 
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