DJ Tips - Serato DJ Pro vs Traktor Pro 3 

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Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words!

That would be a great use of new technology and old school technique, I dig it!

Thank you for the kind words!

Thank you!

Thank you!

It's a switch I made myself years back and in my personal experience I do not regret it!

So am I

@@PDotI love TRAKTOR, serato Do not do that ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0lF6CDs72rY.html

Whatever tool works best for what you do, that's the one that you should go with!

They do all have their strengths and wish I could take the best features of both as well!

The ableton link works great it would be nice to midi clock link the other software with traktor natively on multiple PCs get the peeps round for some 16 deck weekend mashups.

I can DJ pretty much the exactly same on both softwares, just takes a minute to get comfortable learning a new software.

Thank you! I try to give an unbiased opinion.

I haven't done a comparison of that yet, but that is a great idea and now I'll be sure to make a video on this sometime in the future.

I appreciate the constructive feedback!

I agree the phase meter in TP works well, but only works if the beatgrids are correct, and in cases of tracks that have varying tempos it doesn't work.

Thank you for the kind words! It's just me doing A LOT of takes to get it right haha!

Unfortunately Traktor doesn't currently have live track streaming.

Yes! That was the “hack” for awhile, but it just takes up soooo much screen space!

It's all preference really, I mostly use turntables or CDJs with Serato, but that's because that is the usual setup where I play.

I agree it’s worth trying, it’s a great software.

From what I know, the controller will not work with Traktor

Also, Serato has way better timecode vinyl options if you are into that!

The Traktor DVS Timecode frequency runs at 2,0khz - (2.5khz MK2) which has a far superior resolution that's great for slow scratching. The other advantage of Traktor's (high frequency) timecode vinyl is that you get (almost) NO Cue Drift. Unlike Serato's much lower (1khz) timecode frequency that can't seem to differentiate between it's own timecode signal and the low frequencies coming from the speakers. So within 30 seconds of loading a Cue Point the Serato playhead on the screen has moved way out of position! There is a trade off when using Traktor Pro 3 (DVS) ... IT'S SO HARD TO LOAD A TRACK TO A STOPPED TURNTABLE! (unless I lift up the tonearm (and even then, I still might have to roll off the bass EQ on the other decks) The other way is to Check the box that says "load to a playing deck" but that's a mistake waiting to happen. I guess the choice is between Serato's ''CUE DRIFT'' and Traktor's over sensitive volume threshold setting that prevents loading a track.

Traktor does not support any non-native motorized platters. The Twelve will definitely not work with Traktor.

@@PDot Thanks a lot for the answer. Maybe I'll just have to invest in Serato so I can get those Twelves. I really like them, having tried them out in NYC recently.

Not sure I am understanding your question correctly. Could you clarify? Would love to help answer this for you.

@@PDot absolutely, for instance a few of my go to files when I'm playing are songs that used to be in many folders. After accumulation it was necessary to combine them into 1 folder, that one folder now contains about 4,000 songs. I have 4 folders like this. These are main folders used in clubs. Of course there are other folders but it was an annoyance to have to wait for each folders to have to go through this process Everytime when timing was key. I've often been told Traktor does not like big files like this, is this true and has Pro 3 changed in that aspect?

Any response to this question would be a big help,, thanks

Already on firmware 1.2 and will be doing a video soon on the latest update!

That is a good idea, I will see what I can do with my Pioneer SR2.

Thanks mate

Your OS is probably too old and you're going to have to update, it happened to me.

@@PDot you mean mac os mojave?

64 bit supported

My choice as well!

When I was using Traktor as my main DVS software I was able to do that kind of mixing and it sounded great. I was manually beat matching and not using sync so the beat grids not being exact did not matter as much.

If it helps you be the best artist you can, that I say stick with that!

It definitely is a powerful piece of software!

That is my choice as well.

@@PDot Serato DJ Pro was awarded best DJ Software2018 at the Dj Mag tech awards!

not working with mixtrack pro 3 ☹️☹️☹️ serato dj intro is tho' but this is sooo boring, no recording options... no nothing, what would you recommend with mixtrack pro3?? meaning i'm a beginner..

I agree with you, they should have waited for their "big" release that they keep teasing to name that one TP3.

Jog wheel control is only really possible with Native Instrument controllers for the most part now, but those NI controllers do work very well!

Yeah that's why my friend is still using Serato DJ 1.9.10 with High Sierra. He say's he always having issues with Serato DJ Pro, so he just sticks with Serato DJ.

OneBadAssDJ thats my next move , I can’t handle all these glitches

I have to say that I have ran into more issues with Serato DJ Pro than I did with the last version of Serato DJ. I really hope they iron those out.

Yes, I agree

no don't. it's enough that you can see the waveform.

prodj.mixape official I don’t need it, but it would help my wife

They would definitely pick up more users in my opinion if they did add that!

Idk man stacked waveforms just make you look at your laptop. I dont need to see the waveform to beatmatch. You should be able to hear it

There are definitely way more creative possibilities with Traktor.

That's a very interesting choice, curious to know what hardware you are using with DJay Pro 2?

A 2016 Macbook Pro, Pioneer DDJ SX3

chadnliz2k11 I’m absolutely amazed at how great Djay is. Even more so - it works amazingly with my iPad Pro. I’m fascinated to see how Algoriddim will grow once more and more people understand it’s brilliance.

Serato DJ Intro is a great software for beginners!

Serato sucks!

They are some old Samson monitors

PDotTV thanks bro

The stability gap has definitely closed a bit between Serato and Traktor in the last few years with the issues a lot of DJs have been having with Serato in the past few years. But for a DJ to make the switch from Serato to Traktor is asking a lot.

But with Serato being a free software (unless you buy the plug-ins like Serato play) having the "practice mode", and Traktor being a paid software....it kind of evens out.

PDotTV you don’t get EQ

John Eccles If you’re cool with software updates every 3 yrs then Traktor is the way to go.

The mapping possibilities with Traktor are definitely WAAAAY deeper, but not as intuitive.

All great reasons to go with Serato!

I'm certainly happy to see Traktor back in the mix of things, let's see if they can keep this momentum up!

VDJ is definitely on the forefront of new features!

LMAO 😂 I BEEN THERE

Traktor does indeed give you more tools to do that!

Traktor does definitely make it a bit harder to mix different tempos but it is definitely possible!

They are both solid pieces of software with a hardcore fan base

It's been my go-to for many years!

Thank you for the constructive criticism.

@@PDot Massive respect amigo, I'm not even close to your channel numbers, wish I was, keep them coming, I'll be watching!

Thanks for watching! If there is anything you'd like to see covered I am always looking for more ways to help my audience.

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A lot of DJs out there who use Serato day in and day out would agree!