Serato are proud to announce a new line of Control Vinyl for Scratch Live DJs with all new double packs and exclusive colours.
This new line of performance vinyl features a re-mastered Serato NoiseMap™ Control Tone that is 6db louder than existing pressings, allowing for precise tracking, better vinyl wear and the most authentic feeling digital vinyl experience on the market.
The new Performance Series pressings are packaged as a double set and will feature a wide range of new colours. First to be released in this series are a classic black 12’’ and a purple 12’’ pressing.
Black Performance Vinyl
Purple Performance Vinyl
Cool new labels eh?
Vinyl collectors will definitely want to keep an eye out for the new Limited Edition Series, which will feature exclusive colours sold as single 12’’ (or whatever size they are). The debut pressing in this series is a glow-in-the-dark 12’’, the perfect addition to any die-hard enthusiast’s collection
The way i read the article, is that these are some additional vinyl to the CV02, for higher gain, it doesn’t seem like this will be replacing the old ones.
I know it’s silly, but the lack of a cool label on my serato vinyl has always annoyed me. Traktor vinyls have the big logo which looks great (particularly on the white ones) but SL standard vinyls look boring. These new ones are an improvement afa i’m concerned.
I’m not sure if all future versions will have the stronger signal. Why would they market it as performance vinyl vs version 3? I’ll buy a ton of cv02, still tight!
damn it! i want the glow in the dark ones, Im gonna hit up D-Styles or the Stokyo guys, I have some pix from NAMM that I need to upload with them cats.
Ye, I couldn’t find anywhere official explanation how is it better then cv02. But I got 4 cv02 vinyls still, so I hope they will be suporting it for a long time to come, unlike NI with their new vinyls (who buys latest traktor will get mk2 vinyls and can’t use old ones).
The new performance vinyl are actually called “CV02.5.” It’s the same noisemap signal, just that it’s +6dB higher pressed on the vinyl, hence it’s a louder signal and therefore tracking/scratching should be better. They also used higher quality plastic/pvc for the vinyl.
Serato wouldn’t pull anything like NI. NI was technically licensing their “old” timecode signal from N2IT (the original patent holders of Final Scratch). I’m sure they didn’t feel like paying licensing fees anymore, so they probably said F it and made their own timecode signal finally, which is their “new” MK2 vinyl/signal.
Serato on the other hand own and made their noisemap signal from the beginning and still tote it as far superior to “timecode.” The new performance series vinyl is still the same noisemap signal, it’s just louder, that’s all really. The regular CV02 of course will still continue work.
The traktor timecode licensing problem has plagued them for years and has driven up prices of scratch licences since they had to pay a fee to N2IT for every single one, I think the new vinyl was a good decision for both NI and their customers.
On the serato front, I don’t think anyone wa screaming out for a better signal (correct me if I’m wrong) but improvements are always welcome whether they’re needed or not lol.
