There's also Traktor Duo which is about half the price of the full version. Less effects and only supports 2 decks.
-----Original Message----- From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:07 PM To: kent williams Cc: Arturo Lopez; Three-One-Three Subject: Re: (313) Serato Vs Traktor smackdown for my consumer dollars. On 10/08/2009 21:50, kent williams wrote: > I have friends that use both. I don't basically for philosophical > reasons -- I'd rather DJ actual vinyl, or do something like DJing (but > different) with the computer. > > Based on A) playing around with Traktor (without the time-code vinyl), > and B) watching people use Serato, it seems like Traktor has a lot > more sound manipulation and effects, and supports 4 virtual decks. > Serato's interface is simpler, and I don't think it has effects, > though it does support looping on the fly. > > The thing I really like about Serato is the vertical waveform display. > With the two channels scrolling vertically next to each other, you > get good visual feedback about how well two tracks are synced up. > > With Traktor, the waveform displays aren't adjacent so you don't get > the same visual feedback. Traktor also has pretty fancy tools for > automatic beatmatching which work amazingly well -- except when they > don't. You can go into a track and fix Traktor's idea of tempo, but > I've never really tried it. And I have no idea how using the time > code vinyl interacts with the tempo analysis. > Hey Art, I've only used Serato a few times but found it intuitive and easy to use. The one thing that I rate in it that's missing from Traktor is the waveform display, as Kent says. When I purchased Traktor Scratch when it first came out it was quite a punt compared to the known quality of Serato, but I still chose Traktor Scratch because it came with the Audio 8 interface for a similar price and that was compelling to me. This also gets you the ability to record in Traktor Scratch as you mix, which is a nice bonus. I believe Serato have added this in a new version but that it costs more money. The only other thing that sort of irritates me in Traktor Scratch is the graphic design and UI. It works perfectly fine but I'm inherently irritated by an interface that looks like it was mocked up in Flash when there's no need for it whatsoever. A minor gripe though. Personally I think the difference in the hardware spec makes it a simple decision but everyone has their own take on this and I imagine you'll be happy with either. As always, one of the best options is to take them both for a test drive and see which one you get on with. Cheers, Tristan ======= [email protected] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk
