Serato Scratch Live 1.9 Announcement

**claudek** · 01-16-2009, 02:28 PM

for me the demo and announcement is not very exciting..I mean a drop sampler is kind of dated stuff for wedding dj's or radio dj's. I am nt really looking to drop air sirens in my sets anymore. Dropping loops is cool, but if they have no pitch or sync, what is the point.
I mean for a Namm show and this is their "big announcement"? Weird..
Should have been a Ableton SSL app.

**Monika.mhz** · 01-16-2009, 02:30 PM

Eh, I use a drop sampler, but for things like track previews.

the only thing they showed off that was freakin awesome was the History. That's been a long time coming.

But I wanna see LiveFeed...I Can't believe they didn't show it. But you guys heard him say "i need a microphone"

**claudek** · 01-16-2009, 03:32 PM

I dunno what these Serato heads are up to..maybe just a bunch of old rockers.
I mean the SSL unit comes with a foot petal, so maybe the live feed is for a microphone
for rappers, etc..
All I can say is I am a bit bummed without an Ableton link by now and no fx
and NI did not dump 1.03 even yet..so bummed.
For me, this Namm sux. I mean 1.09 is cool, but nothing that earth shaking than a little
spiced up update, but for Namm, I was expecting some gear or real new shite.
Akai is the only real eye turner that I see and the VCM-400 is sweet.

**mtvstinks** · 01-16-2009, 04:04 PM

Really? do we need FX in Serato? As a former Serato owner, (moved to Traktor-however I still like Serato) I suggest no.

I moved away from SL because it seemed to be for Hip-Hop type dj's. I am not sure hip hop and FX work? Flanger over Tribe Called Quest? Sure some beat repeat type are good but a sweeping low to high pass filter and Kool Keith...?

**Monika.mhz** · 01-16-2009, 04:11 PM

I'm not a hip hop DJ and I use serato.

Now, don't get me wrong, serato isn't perfect, nor is it the best thing since sliced bread. But I think it gets a bad rap in this forum. It's a good piece of software and I'm happy to seem them making some serious advancements in the software. Keeping me hanging onto my box for a little longer, as I contemplate the switch to traktor.

**claudek** · 01-16-2009, 04:49 PM

I know AbleItch is coming soon..so I am not selling anything soon.

**mtvstinks** · 01-16-2009, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by RSDJMoniker

I'm not a hip hop DJ and I use serato.

Now, don't get me wrong, serato isn't perfect, nor is it the best thing since sliced bread. But I think it gets a bad rap in this forum. It's a good piece of software and I'm happy to seem them making some serious advancements in the software. Keeping me hanging onto my box for a little longer, as I contemplate the switch to traktor.

Please, don't get me wrong. Much respect for Serato. It is an excellent product and I did not mean to throw SL into the hip hop only category. I does work extremely well for all types of DJ. With that said, it does appear that Serato is pitching their product to the Hip Hop DJ as shown with whitelabel.net and the SL-57 being a battle style mixer....

Maybe I don't know. I have not been to a hip hop club since they started to holla' about sippin in da club.