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18th October 2012, 13:05
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Pioneer DDJ SX + Serato DJ
Ordered.
Please someone tell me I haven't made a mistake chosing a native controller for Serato.
Has anyone experience of using Serato products? I really will be going in blind having never used a controller/laptop set up in my life before.
I've read through the Serato DJ intro instructions and it all seems pretty intuitive but making the move from CDJ1000IIs to this does seem quite daunting!
Thoughts on the deck itself?
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18th October 2012, 13:12
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Oh no you went and got a fisherprice mixing desk!
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18th October 2012, 13:21
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From the pre-reviews and competition on the market this seems to be the best out there at the mo 
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18th October 2012, 13:23
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From the pre-reviews and competition on the market this seems to be the best out there at the mo |
It is, I got my daughter one for xmas
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18th October 2012, 21:55
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My dad used Serato but the light version with a Vestax version of the all in one Mixer unit like yours.
He doesn't take his DJin too serious and is nice and simple for him to carry about when he wants to play.
Serato the full version seems to normally run smoothly, but my mates all have macs and it seems to run smooth on them. Heard the odd thing about it going on the blink mid set on windows machines when the going gets tough. But that's few and far between.
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18th October 2012, 22:08
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Serato the full version seems to normally run smoothly, but my mates all have macs and it seems to run smooth on them. Heard the odd thing about it going on the blink mid set on windows machines when the going gets tough. But that's few and far between.
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Can 100% voucher for this. Why i went back to traktor pro.
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18th October 2012, 22:12
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I know loads of house DJs prefer Traktor as they say it suits them more. Not sure how that is like, I think it's personal pref.
Serato must just take up too much memory at times causing windows to quit on itself. I bet it's horrible when your set quits and the place goes quiet
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18th October 2012, 22:31
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Originally Posted by MJ05LLY
I know loads of house DJs prefer Traktor as they say it suits them more. Not sure how that is like, I think it's personal pref.
Serato must just take up too much memory at times causing windows to quit on itself. I bet it's horrible when your set quits and the place goes quiet
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Well house is my forte, but i choose it as it just seems to run smoother. Even though was a pain to code in my controller :/
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18th October 2012, 22:31
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That looks like an awesome piece of kit!
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19th October 2012, 06:54
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One of my mates is getting one. The only grudge I have with pio products is the price. Other than that they get the job well done. The sampler bank buttons at the bottom of each player look tasty. Have fun 
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Originally Posted by MJ05LLY
I know loads of house DJs prefer Traktor as they say it suits them more. Not sure how that is like, I think it's personal pref.
Serato must just take up too much memory at times causing windows to quit on itself. I bet it's horrible when your set quits and the place goes quiet
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Don't forget you can also run it on macOs on your PC. On the flip side traktor is a pain in the ass to setup on some devices.
Last edited by Manu; 19th October 2012 at 06:57.
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19th October 2012, 07:03
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The laptop issue isn't an issue if you know how to maintain your laptop.
Cheers fir the comments though guys
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19th October 2012, 07:40
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Don't forget you can also run it on macOs on your PC. On the flip side traktor is a pain in the ass to setup on some devices.
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I didn't realise this tbh, never looked into it thou. Was only quoting what I head heard but personally hadn't seen it failing etc. So was more a general comment than saying it will def happen.
Is there a reason why it poss fails on a windows machine?
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19th October 2012, 08:03
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Most of the time the problem is down to user error. I've seen some guys trying to run serato through 1.1 usb plugs, pull out their hair and wonder why oh why it doesn't work. Or running multiple tasks at once such as antivirus software, computer not being maintained properly, having 150 icons on your desktop, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Ey-YiiXpwoM
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19th October 2012, 10:02
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Surely Macs could do same then? Or am I missing something completely.
I'll watch the vid you posted when am not on work PC
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19th October 2012, 10:16
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Originally Posted by MJ05LLY
Surely Macs could do same then? Or am I missing something completely.
I'll watch the vid you posted when am not on work PC
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macs have that extra stability, and the os architecture is not the same at all. I lost count of how many times I have seen a PC crash, including during live gigs. Then all the mac crashes I've seen can be counted with the fingers on one hand, one of them being my fault, and the remaining ones being from a machine that had a software update gone wrong. The only other one was when I loaded a mac like a donkey, 5.1 surround sound mixing with HD sound samples on a machine that only had 2gb of ram. That's it.
The mac v PC discussion is quite old and often leads to online fights with fanboys in each camp. If you want the most direct take on this there's the serato forums http://serato.com/forum/discussion/227560
Last edited by Manu; 19th October 2012 at 10:20.
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