I had the hardest time deciding on which plug-in to buy for Serato, VSL or Mix Emergency. On one hand, I really liked the small upstart company, Inklen, which makes Mix Emergency and has come out with some great video effects and options like text scrolling and cooler effects. I also loved the personal responses that Nick gave to everyone that asked. And I loved that fact that he is always looking to improve his product, and has the time and impetus to do so.

In the other hand, Serato is the creator of Serato and while their video plug-in, VSL didn't have some of the bells and whistles that Mix Emergency has, you could always be assured that their plug-in would work 100% of the time. You could not say that with Mix Emergency. Serato may have been forced one day to do what Apple does, and that is break the connection between another companies plug-in and their own software.

So, I liked the features and options of Mix Emergency, but needed the stability and piece of mind from VSL. That is the decision that I have been struggling with for almost 2 months now. Well, I finally made a decision, and it, like so many other decisions you are sometimes forced to make, was the safer one. I picked VSL.

I hope that Serato looks at this post and realizes that Mix Emergency is a very good product. And how hard it was for me to pick something that I thought, and know, could be better in order to gain stability. In one respect, this is the reason why all of us here have picked Serato vs, VDJ or some other program. But I also hope that Serato realizes that their video offerings are going to be critical in the coming months, and while audio is, and has been, their primary workhorse, video is becoming more and more of a necessary.....and I for one hope that Serato is up to the task.