The Serato DJ Suite is a complete all-in-one bundle that includes:
- Serato DJ
- Serato Video
- Serato DVS Expansion Pack
- Serato Flip
- Serato Pitch 'n Time DJ
- Serato expansion packs
- Chip Pack
- Back Pack
- Jet Pack.
Serato DJ
Serato DJ provides a range of advancements to this popular DJing software. With support for Rane's line of Serato enabled mixers (Sixty-Eight, Sixty Four, Sixty-Two Z, Sixty-Two, and Sixty-One), Rane's line of SL interface boxes, as well as a wide variety of mixers and DJ controllers designed for Serato from Denon, Novation, Numark, Pioneer, Reloop and others.
Serato DJ comes with a set of iZotope-designed internal effects. Cue points and loop controls have been improved such that you may now see up to eight cue points at once alongside saved loops and autoloops. It is now also possible to name cues with the label of your choice such as "intro," "drop," "verse," etc. A new quantize mode allows you to set and trigger cue points in time with the beat and an adjustable beatgrid. The sample player enables 4 bank of 6 sample slots, an advanced mode for designing samples, and a simplified mode for incorporating the samples into your set.
Serato Video
Serato Video is for live performance applications such as when mixing visuals at a party, art installation, or club. Serato Video utilizes Serato DJ's user interface to mix video effects (audio reactive, equalizer, lighting, record, transform), visual representations of linked audio FX, images, and text. It supports .mov, .m4v, .mp4, .m4a, .avi, .flv, .mpg, .mpeg, .dv, and .qtz file formats and provides controls over characteristics such as contrast, delay, video transitions, and crossfading between visuals. There's also the new record feature that allows you to record your set.
Serato DVS
Serato DVS (Digital Vinyl System) is an expansion pack for Serato DJ that allows users with compatible/supported hardware to expand their setup and connect Turntable or CDJs to their controller setup. Supported hardware includes: Akai Pro AMX, Denon DJ MC6000MK2, Numark N4, Pioneer DDJ-SX2, and more. Additionally, DVS can be used with natively with select DJ mixers including Pioneer DJM-900NXS, Pioneer DJM-850, Allen & Heath Xone:DB2, Allen & Heath Xone:DB4, and Allen & Heath Xone:43.
Serato Flip
Serato Flip is an expansion pack for Serato DJ that allows users to create custom edits, while extending and re-imaging their music. By recording cue points and censor actions / automation, audio can be saved, looped, started, and re-triggered in an instant. Create and save up to 6 Flips per track.
Pitch 'n Time DJ
Serato's Pitch 'n Time is one of the leading time stretching and pitch shifting algorithms used by audio professionals in film and music industries. The Pitch 'n Time DJ is an expansion pack that speeds up or slows down audio to extreme tempo values, while maintaining its key with high quality and definition.
Serato DJ Expansion Packs
The Serato DJ Chip Pack is an FX expansion pack that includes Spiral Flanger, Pitch Delay, Chiptunes, Short Circuit, Shifter LoFi, Side Delay, Crush Echo, Particle Delay, Noise Sweep, and Noise Synth presets.
The Serato DJ Back Pack is an FX expansion pack that includes Tape Echo, Combo TapeEcho, Twist Echo, Looper, Pitch Looper, Shuffler, Time Stretch, Time Freeze, Spiral Echo Up, SpiralEcho Down, Res LPF Auto, Res HPF Auto, and Combo AutoFilter presets.
The Serato DJ Jet Pack is an FX expansion pack that includes Shepard Filter, U.F.O., Space Verb, Space Verb Lift, Space Verb Drop, Filter Echo, Filter Dub, Echo, Filter Gate, Bass Ducker, and Noise Pulse presets
The DJ software comes with a set of iZotope-designed internal effects. Cue points and loop controls have been improved such that you may now see up to eight cue points at once alongside saved loops and autoloops. It is now also possible to name cues with the label of your choice such as "intro," "drop," "verse," etc. A new quantize mode allows you to set and trigger cue points in time with the beat and an adjustable beatgrid. The sample player enables 4 bank of 6 sample slots, an advanced mode for designing samples, and a simplified mode for incorporating the samples into your set.
Serato now includes a sync feature for DVS DJs that will rapidly synchronize tracks without having to move the pitch slider. This feature can be disabled for DJs who prefer to manually beatmatch tracks. The stacked view mode originally available in Scratch Live has been added to Serato DJ to complement the other selectable view modes: vertical, horizontal, extended, and library.
The DJ software can be controlled via iPad using the Serato Remote App or by iPhone/iPod touch using the Serato Remote Mini App, both available from the iTunes App store. You can manage your music library with smart crates using keywords, genres, BPMs and other rules as well as review and edit your set histories, browse by album art, or prepare crates for future shows. Integration with the optional Serato Video software has also been improved with new quartz composer visualizations and the ability to sync both audio and video playback.
DVS Sync Improvements
Serato DJ 1.9.6 includes a number of exciting and important improvements for DVS users including:
- New Anti-Drift option which allows DVS users to stabilize the BPM of playing tracks, perfect for long mixes and blends.
- Smart Sync is now available for DVS users. Sync multiple tracks and sources together easily without tracks falling out of beat.
- New option to allow pitch adjustments to make the BPM of all decks in sync follow.
- Improvements to Needle Drop sensitivity, for increased performance with the Sticker Lock feature and more.http://www.midiguy.com/oaks/zcadmin/product.php?cPath=121&product_type=1&pID=1185&action=new_product
Performance Enhancements
1.9.6 includes a number of exciting performance enhancements focused on improving your workflow:
- Pitch Play mappings for selected supported hardware, including the Pioneer DJ DDJ-SX, DJM-S9, Numark NS7III, NVII and more (requires Pitch ‘n Time DJ license).
- Favorite FX banks option allows you to easily recall your favorite FX configurations.
- Chronological Loops option for saving your Loops in chronological order.
- Loops can now be reordered into your preferred order.
- Enable/Disable Hot Cues option in setup menu.