#Serato vs traktor for edm pro#
#Serato vs traktor for edm software#

And as much as I liked the idea, I don't miss sample decks now that I don't have them. I basically didn't use effects (though I really like traktor's delay). The thing is that I can't really figure out how I'd use all that extra power, even having done it. You pay for that power in basically NEEDING some kind of MIDI control and having to map it or use the stock mappings for a few pieces of gear.

SSL is a lot more straightforward and I prefer it's GUI.

#Serato vs traktor for edm pro#

Best £100-odd I ever spent.I've owned and gigged with SSL, FS2, and Traktor Pro (1 & 2). 2 x stereo in, 2 x stereo out, MIDI I/O, USB1 (!), and it's taken so much use and abuse over these years. I'm using an M-Audio Quattro soundcard, which is well old, had it at least 5 or 6 years, but is going strong still after all that time. I play out so rarely, I'm not really concerned, and the times I have played out, I've made sure I have a box of records there, just in case (and always end up playing a few anyway). Fingers crossed and touch wood, it's been very stable apart from that. Maybe it was the soapbar that second time, I can't remember. But of course stability might be the king of all desires here, so I am somewhat concerned.Ĭrash number one was when writing a tag the other was for no reason at all, it wasn't even playing, no decks had tracks loaded, just disappeared. In my cases they have only been when writing tags or when ASYNC'ing, both not often really, but both of which I probably wouldn't do live anyway. Yeah man I've had some crashing problems too. The only program needed to play audio files is itunes. I can't get my head around buying MP3s though, FLACs maybe. Oh, just FTR, I do still buy vinyl, and I will always buy vinyl. Once they're set up, you can mix without headphones if you want, as you can see if the grids are moving out of time, although I still use them most of the time, I trust my ears more than my myopic eyes. You can do it on the fly when you know what you're doing, as it takes roughly the same time as adjusting pitch on a 1210, sometimes less. Only takes 10-15 seconds per track most of the time, and it's well worth it. It tries really hard, and sometimes it gets it spot on, but most of the time, you need to tweak the autogrid (new feature BTW). Not in my experience it doesn't, and I've been messing around on it since version 2, pre-Serato. Yes because Traktor DJ syncs fine with out any beat gridding, theres no need If you don't have that soundcard, you can still have fun with the internal mixer, set up keyboard shortcuts (or use the mouse, yuck). I reckon there's probably a way to do it on the cheap if you already have a good soundcard, buy yourself the timecoded vinyls, and leech off the software, but I've not tried that, so cna't help. Yeah for sure, but if you have a 2 x stereo out soundcard already, you can do your comparison and mix between tracks on an external mixer.

#Serato vs traktor for edm software#

Beatgridding 15,000 tracks is a serious time waster though.Įven if you get the software off of a torrent, you still need to buy the soundcard to get the benefit of using the timecoded vinyl? However, I may do that to try the internal mixing thing and see how the GUI compares to Serato. Personally, I couldn't live without TP, just sold my decks (again) and don't really miss them much. The software is a personal thing, and if all the extras you get with TP get in your way, and cause instability, you'll be happier with SS. Man_traic is right though, when it comes to hardware, TP seems to have a big edge over SS.

Or you can be illegal and get Traktor Pro from bittorrent if you're that way inclined. I won't lie: at least twice now, it's crashed for no apparent reason, that's in a couple of months of giving it some abuse.

I've read some horror stories about Traktor being unstable, but I've not had too many problems with it. As I said in another thread, (but that was a while ago now, so maybe it's changed), Traktor has lots of bells and whistles (and FX if that's your thing), Serato seems to be a lot more basic.