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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Four Color Zack Goes to Work With Serato’s New Mad Decent Control Vinyl

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Serato has teamed with Mad Decent and VICE’s EDM website THUMP for a new control vinyl pressing. Produced by the label’s A&R and Spiritual Guide, Paul Devro, Peyote Pizza Braykz contains original tracks from Mad Decent’s catalog along with Serato’s CV02.5 Control Tone.
 
Serato describes it as “a collage of jersey club, dancehall, EDM and hip hop breaks, scattered with the bizarre and amazing vocals of Riff Raff, Blaqstarr and Nicky da B.”
 
To celebrate the release, Serato recruited 2012 Red Bull Thre3style World Champion Four Color Zack to showcase the vinyl with an exclusive (and trippy) turntablist routine.
 
Grab the pressing at Serato’s online store and watch Zack’s video below.
 

 
Related: DJcity and Serato Team for Limited Edition Control Vinyl

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Watch Serato DJ’s New Key Shifting and Hardware Remapping Features in Action


 
Serato’s Head of Products Nick Maclaren has put together a dope routine to show off Serato DJ 1.8’s new key shifting and hardware remapping features. The update is currently available as a public beta on Serato’s website.
 
Maclaren’s demo makes use of a remapped Rane TTM57mkII mixer and features songs by Grandtheft and Sleepy Tom, Lazy Nick, and the Ohio Players.
 
Watch above and check out Mojaxx’s review of Serato DJ 1.8 for DJcityTV.
 
Related: Serato Announces Serato DJ 1.8 With Key Detection

| Music Tech, Turntablism, Videos
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Serato’s Former CEO Launches Finger Drumming App

Melodics
 
Serato’s former CEO Sam Gribben has launched Melodics, a software application that helps people improve their finger drumming skills.
 
The technique, which is also known as pad drumming or cue point drumming, is used by everyone from DJ Jazzy Jeff to indie rock band CHVRCHES.
 
According to the company’s press release, “Melodics is part game, part beatmaking software. It’s a fun and addictive app that adapts to your abilities and musical tastes to help you get better at pad drumming.”
 
As part of the launch, Melodics has recruited influential artists like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jeremy Ellis, Gaslamp Killer, Thugli, and Nick Hook to make lessons.
 
Melodics is currently available for Mac OS X 10.9 or higher and will come to Windows soon. A monthly subscription is also available which includes new lessons every week and exclusive content from notable artists.
 
Watch Mojaxx’s review of Melodics in this week’s Tips & Tricks:
 

 
Related: Watch Asadi’s Impressive Finger Drumming and Live Remixing Skills

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Serato Announces Serato DJ 1.8 With Key Detection

Serato DJ
 
Serato has just announced Serato DJ 1.8, one of the most significant updates to the software in recent years.
 
Included in the forthcoming version will be key detection and display, key shifting and sync, hardware remapping, as well as important performance and stability updates.
 
What this all means is that DJs will no longer need third-party software to analyze and display the root key of the songs in their libraries. Additionally, DJs who have bought Serato’s Pitch ‘n Time Pro plugin will be able to match, shift, and sync songs by key.
 
Another notable feature in Serato DJ 1.8 is hardware remapping, which enables DJs to customize parts of their controller for quick access to their favorite features.
 
The company’s press release states that Serato DJ 1.8 will be available at the end of October.
 
Watch Mojaxx’s preview below:
 

 
Related: DJcity and Serato Team for Limited Edition Control Vinyl

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Friday, October 2, 2015

DJs Shouldn’t Upgrade to OS X El Capitan Yet

El Capitan
 
DJs should think twice before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.11 aka El Capitan.
 
Within the last couple of days, Serato, Native Instruments, and Pioneer DJ have all released statements advising users to not upgrade, due to compatibility issues.
 
Serato and Native Instruments have said they are currently working on fixes. In the meantime, it’s best to be safe and check the compatibility of your products and El Capitan.
 
The following products have been affected:
 
Serato:
Serato DJ
 
Native Instruments:
Traktor Kontrol S4 (MK1)
Traktor Kontrol X1 (MK1)
Traktor Audio 2 (MK1)
Audio 8 DJ
Audio 4 DJ
Audio 2 DJ (MK1)
Maschine (MK1)
Rig Kontrol 3
 
Native Instruments have already provided beta drivers that fix the issue.
 
Pioneer:
DJM-S9, DJM-2000NXS, DJM-2000, DJM-900NXS, DJM-900SRT, DJM-850, DJM-750, DJM-T1, DJM-5000
DDJ-RZ, DDJ-SZ
XDJ-AERO, XDJ-RX
MEP-7000
RMX-500
 
Related: Serato Issues Statement Regarding OS X Yosemite

| Music Tech
Apple, Native Instruments, Pioneer DJ, Serato,
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Serato Unveils Music Player App for Consumers

Pyro
 
There have been some big surprises in the DJ tech world this year, like Pioneer’s entry into the DVS market and the return of the Technics turntable line. None of these announcements were as surprising as the news that Serato quietly announced today, though.
 
In an interview with New Zealand magazine Idealog, Serato CEO and founder AJ Bertenshaw revealed that his company has released their first mass-consumer product, Serato Pyro.
 
According to Bertenshaw, Serato Pyro is a music player for iOS that beat-matches and mixes playlists. The app makes use of two existing Serato products: Pitch ‘n Time and Scratch Live.
 
“The purpose of the app is to have your music play back-to-back, seamlessly and never skipping a beat,” Bertenshaw told Idealog. “The first concept of this design was to have it playing the music for you at parties. In fact we’ve been referring to it as Houseparty, because it’s an app for continuous listening, but there are a lot of applications.”
 
Bertenshaw explained in detail how the idea for the app came about:
 
“Whenever my wife and I have friends over for a party, she always asks me to do a playlist, so the music won’t stop. That’s one of my jobs. But as soon as people start turning up, you think ‘oh, I want to play that song, I want to play that song.’ But if you want to hear a song that isn’t on the playlist, you have to back out of that playlist, play the song, then the music stops. Then you go back into the playlist and the player has forgotten what you’ve played.”
 
As of right now, the app is free — though it’s only available to residents of New Zealand.
 
Read the full interview here and sign up for email notifications at the Serato Pyro website.
 
Related: DJcity and Serato Team for Limited Edition Control Vinyl

| DJ Culture, Music Tech
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