Serato Scratch Live

May 17

Binding: CE
ASIN: B0007CQY4C
Manufacturer: Rane
Average Customer Review: (From 6 total reviews)
List Price: ~~$725.00~~
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Features

Runs natively on Windows XP and Mac OS X.
Supported File formats: Fixed and Variable Bit Rate MP3, AIFF, WAV, CD Audio and direct from microphone input.
Full iTunes integration (Windows and Mac).
Play and scratch tracks direct from CD and CD-ROM.

Accessories

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
Serato Scratch LIVE is the ultimate software and hardware solution for bridging the analog world of turntablism and the digital world of computer audio files. Using regular turntables or CD players, you can scratch and mix files from your Mac or Windows XP computer’s CD or hard drive, add in a live mic input for scratching, and even bypass to standard vinyl if you wish. Scratch LIVE is the complete digital solution for the vinyl junkie, allowing you to rip your records and play and manipulate them as MP3s. You may never take your records out of the closet again!

Customer Reviews

Absolutely in love… by Nicole Swartzentruber
Scratch Live has to be the best innovation to hit the electronica scene since the advent of the synthesizer. On-the-fly mixing and creating is so incredibly easy and fun. The software is brilliantly organized. Somehow the creators had a head for engineering, programming and creativity - offering the DJ ultimate freedom in creativity and super-efficient execution.

If this wasn’t enough, Rane’s customer service is the best I’ve ever come into contact with. Shaun at Rane is the reason I write this review! He has deep knowledge about the product and every peripheral item that can be used with it. Rane doesn’t out-source, ’nuff said. Shaun wasn’t reading from a computer screen, surfing a website that I could have looked up myself. He not only helped explain the answers to all my questions, but also gave me tips on great software and products to try to improve my final artistic product. Thumbs way way up to Rane!

Great DVS by DIRTYROTTEN
Ok I’m rating this as compared to other digital vinyl solutions. I’m among the few that have owned and used 3 different DVSs (Final Scratch 2, Serato Scratch Live and Traktor Scratch). I currently own both SSL and TS.

First off, I do use vinyl and none of the DVS can truly compare to actual vinyl. High quality mp3s, they still fall short.

But Serato is the best of all the ones I’ve used for 2 simple reasons: 1) Customer support (their forums are great and they are always coming out with FREE updates) and 2) user interface (not alot of features but clean and simple; just what I need).

Pros:

Best customer support for DJs

Simple intuitive user interface

Great low latency, great for scratching

Cons:

No recording input on box

ASIO support is not great

Traktor Scratch wins on scratching though. TS sounds better when scratching. The Audio8 DJ that comes with TS is great. The multicore cables are great (I use it with my Serato actually).

Pros:

Great sounding scratches, closest sounding to real vinyl

Beautiful looking and functioning hardware (Audio8DJ & cables)

Software offers many more features than SSL

Cons:

Ugly looking software interface

Customer support has not been great (not just for me; check their forums for proof)

SSL has been around for a while and you can say that the hardware is outdated but it works the way it needs to. I’m a scratch DJ / turntablist and SSL does the job for me. I’ve shelved Traktor Scratch for now, only using the A8DJ to record my mixes from Serato and the cables.

Amazing! by DJScar
I use this software everytime i DJ - either at a wedding or a club - Serato will never let you down - Its response to what you do is instant. I HIGHLY reccomend this product to any other DJ out there!

Good product, but does have its drawbacks. by Andrew J. Fong
This is a good product and very useful to any type of DJ. I am a battle dj and I have been able to put togeather the perfect compilation mp3 of all my favorite sounds and movie clips so that I can scratch them. This is a great thing. There is absolutely no lag time in scratching which is key. I have not used it yet at a club but the ease factor of not having to lug a crate of records is very nice.

However, there are some probs I would not use this at a club unless you have complete trust in your computer. I have a new Apple Macbook less than a year old and the ram is at minimum requirement, for this product. If you do not have a new computer, I would upgrade that before buying this product. If you take this to a club and your computer crashes or overheats you may be in big trouble with no records on hand. Also, I cannot believe the dip in sound quality that you get using MP3’s. MP3’s that I have on my computer that sound fine in my car and on my Ipod sound too lound when played through scratch live. I have to run these tracks through the Garageband program on my laptop to turn down the sound acouple db. Obviously that is a long and annoying process. Also you cannot use scratch live with songs downloaded from the Itunes website. There for only mp3’s downloaded from free sites can be used. So in some cases I have had to download a track from a free site that I already have paid for from Itunes. Again this is another annoying step to getting togeather your library of Mp3’s.

Overall I like the product it will be useful for me, but I would recommend only to people who have very new or very powerful computers.

Update: I should have changed this review earlier but forgot I wrote it. The sound levels problem I had is fixed simple issue, I got the answer on the Scratch Live msg board. Mods are very through about responding to questions. It is def the best msg board for Dj’s

Peace,

2one

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