interesting, can you poste the link here ?

Thanks

Hi!
Open Itch, click on Setup, bottom left on the screen click "check for updates. You are taken to the Itch update page. When you click on the link to download & read the release notes, you go back to the forum!

Excellent Observation.. That means it's coming pretty soon.. Maybe tonight or in the next few days!

If it has beat grid, it will make my day!

Naw beat grid will be most likely in v2.0.

This 1.5 will be for the add in FX controlers. (VFX-1 and NFX)

Giddy UP!

-KLH

1.5 for tomorrow's halloween gig w/ beat grids would be NYYYCEEE!!!

forget about beat grid heheheheh it wont be there till 2.0 Even serato had announced that.

I imagine this beta will have snow leopard support (like ssl).

Yes and that fix for the double/triple issue.

AND VIDEO! Just kidding.

-KLH

we'll have to wait till monday down under.

Video on 2.0 is possible .... It would be a way of swaying traktor users.. As it has reliability, effects, 4 channels, controllers and something that traktor wouldn't have.

Oh Serato... I hope you're reading ;)

^^ like ^^

it is so ridiculous for a big company to do such a thing ... this is not a kid game , stop teasing people this way . there are many other things to promote a product.if there a beta just put it in download or don't put it at all , do not put a blank link

Amen to that

Where's our Halloween present Serato!?!

has any one thought that maybe it is triggered by a controller other than the one people currently are using.... i mean there are 4 new conrolllers hitting the street very soon

Perfect!!!!!!!! I Agree!!!!!!

No... 1.5 will be the general update for everyone!
I think... lol!

I don't think so...

I am going to have to agree with Cerla. I think it's the other way around. 1.5 will be for FX and 2.0 for everything else. We can see that by the fact that they were using 1.4 for FX in the BPM show.

I saw somewhere that there would be different versions depending on the hardware that you have... i.e. 1.4 for vestax, 1.5 for numark, 1.6 for a&h 1.7 for denon

i don't know the actual validity of this... but i remember seeing it somewhere.

Interesting!

um that was just random talk amongst forum members based on bpm show info

It would be awesome if it was for Windows 7 which I just got...I actually am running the latest update in it and it seems to be fine although I haven't played with it a long time...one thing I noticed is the scrolling wave at the bottom is kind of choppy and not really smooth like my older, crappier laptop. Ha.....

I think when it comes down to it. If we have to wait longer for 2.0. We could atleast get the fixes for making it work with every Operating System. Since we have to wait longer atleast tell up the updates that are going to added to it so we customers can talk amongst ourselves in the forum.

No sir, it was right on the newsletter... there are going to be different versions according to hardware... The next official update will be 1.5 according to Serato's newsletter... so it makes sense it's a general update... with other unites having distinct versions.

i meant to say was that not that was.... it was a joke

you got me confused kraal

the joke statement should of read.....
um..was that just random talk amongst forum memebers ....
because if you go back before the anouncement you will see it was all speculated/predicted

To have different versions of software for each controller from a support standpoint will be hell! I don't think Serato is going that route. I can agree that developing one version for a specific controller will do wonders in the stability department, but developing for every hardware doesn't make sense.
We can't wait for a release now, imagine if they have to work on 10 versions in the future!
I think what Serato meant in the news letter is, that with the new controllers coming out there will be a small incremental update to suit the needs for that particular hardware, then they will put us all on the same page with the big 2.0 update.

VFX-1 is shipping. ..go and get one!!

i think the difference will be time... when one comes out it comes with the current version

Oops - bit of a mistake there sorry. ITCH 1.5 shouldn't have been shown on the 'Check for Updates' page.

ITCH 1.5 IS coming soon, just not right now. Sit tight...

Thats what yall said about 2.0

either way

I like serato itch.

still holds true for 2.0

repeat that

ITCH 2.0 is coming soon, just not right now. Sit tight ...

I know its next year now.

Yep. Here's the direct quote from the Serato Newsletter (you guys should pay more attention to official announcements, and less on forum speculation! heh):


New versions of ITCH DJ software

October has revealed a number of new hardware controllers for ITCH. Serato have created a series of point releases to ship with each new controller. These versions of ITCH can now activate a range of effects with the Numark NSFX (shipping November) and the Vestax VFX-1 (shipping now). They also provide hardware drivers for the first of a new range of ITCH audio components.

Denon are about to ship their DN-HC5000 ITCH controller which can be used with any mixer. UK mixer giants Allen & Heath have also announced the Xone:DX, sporting a 20 channel sound card supporting 24bit/ 96KHz audio.

The next couple of months will see a number of 1.x ITCH software versions shipped with the new controllers. The next online ITCH release will be a small 1.5 update in late 2009 and the big 2.0 in early 2010.

See we all understood correctly:

The next online ITCH release will be a small 1.5 update in late 2009 and the big 2.0 in early 2010.

Over and out.

For fuck sakes this is straight from the newletter.

New versions of ITCH DJ software
October has revealed a number of new hardware controllers for ITCH. Serato have created a series of point releases to ship with each new controller. These versions of ITCH can now activate a range of effects with the Numark NSFX (shipping November) and the Vestax VFX-1 (shipping now). They also provide hardware drivers for the first of a new range of ITCH audio components.

Denon are about to ship their DN-HC5000 ITCH controller which can be used with any mixer. UK mixer giants Allen & Heath have also announced the Xone:DX, sporting a 20 channel sound card supporting 24bit/ 96KHz audio.

The next couple of months will see a number of 1.x ITCH software versions shipped with the new controllers. The next online ITCH release will be a small 1.5 update in late 2009 and the big 2.0 in early 2010.


Peace

The next online ITCH release will be a small 1.5 update in late 2009 and the big 2.0 in early 2010.

No shit....

If the "small" 1.X versions bring FX and 4 platter control, I'm already salivating for the "big" 2.0... :D

:)

Yes, that is correct.

:-)

if it's possible, it would be nice to have songs stay in the prepared crate until they are active on the mixing desk (i.e. the crossfader reaches the middle/song turns yellow).

this Itch thing should get betas out and stuff they only hurt themselves. the program itself its a baby program, you can only run it with specific controllers leaving to no flexibility and to top it off the team is mistirious and they took the buttons away from the NS7 because Itch wasn't ready for FX then 2 months later it is.. Not making me very impressed.

mysterious***

That's exactly the ITCH selling point. Looks like you struggle to understand the ITCH platform concept...

You have a good option: head to eBay, sell your ITCH stuff and buy a Hercules, which I think is the perfect gadget for you. Filling this board with destructive negativity won't make you feel a better person, while annoying the rest of the users.

czar, I know we have had our differences in the past, and I am not trying to start something again, but I have to agree 100% with djcerla. It seems that you have more negative things to say here than the positive ones, and there have been positive ones so we know that you are capable. If you feel like you need to come back at me, or djcerla for that matter, you will just be proving to everyone here what djcerla and I are saying, and what probably some other people here feel. We respect your opinions, but it seems like you are griping about the same things, over and over and over again.

Just my opinion, as you have your own.

hmmm im just expresing my view point nothing more.. I played with a diferent software and controller that i wont even mention, but the point is that I opened my eyes wider to the actual Itch platform and the restrains. Dont take me for a negative person its only my opinion! if you guys are happy with things how they are fine. I am not and I just expressed my points of how I think Itch would be better that's all. Or do I have to kiss behind here to be able to post? If everybody was happy 1500 years ago living in sslavery we would still have slavery widely employeed as a good thing.

which is not the case. Truth is comformism is good but you must know when it is good and when it is bad.. BTW on a side note... hmm nvm I will tell you once the thing actually happens... but yea thats it for now just posting my opinion I dont understand why people feel annoyed.. Oh perfection yea that must be it? but seriously. Cerla I dont even think the 1 on 1 thing flies as much but again thats my OPINION! you dont have to get annoyed or anything about it. It's just me..

easy czar...

what I meant is that sometimes a person aknowledges that something he bought does not meet his expectations... it happened to me many times. Even for stuff priced north of $5.000.

most of these times it was totally my fault... poor research before buying...

I usually sell this kind of stuff before it's too late (read before used prices go down), and take the loss, but I don't go in the product forums ranting, because that would simply make me look dumb, and annoy the happy campers.

Truth is Itch is still very new.. Im not mad at buying the controller or anything else. But if the software wants to grow it needs criticism. that's how everything grows.. people want this and want that and this and that...and its fine.. One thing is true the fture will not be like the present and the present its not like the past.

but be honest the program is pretty barebone...

Come on guys. there's people asking for new skins, video mixing, beat grids, the effects will see when I see, samplers and I could probably go on if I start going thru other threads or start thinking more..

anyways I heart u all and dont b mad... =)

I disagree here... I think it needs GOOD SUGGESTIONS instead of sterile criticism. Serato mods read every single post here, Gods are listening, you just need to ask.



We all know the roadmap: FX this week, 4 decks in December, beatgrid in 2.0 (january 2010)... yes it's a young software but "baby"... not at all, as it didn't crash on me NOT A SINGLE TIME IN A YEAR, not in the club, not in the studio, and that's what really counts before other bells&whistles.

If you really need those bells&whistles NOW, I suggest you to (momentary) switch.

yea i agree with you on the "road map" lol I can agree with you on stability a lil bit.. and about the "bells and whistles they can be also important depending on the DJ. As far as the "gods" comment I am agnostic. at the end the DJ will use what works for him/her. my feelings root from a long term usefulness of a product not the short term benefits because I see this as wasteful and honestly even selfish. as far as the "baby software" comment u miss interpreted my words I meant to say it's a barebone program not that it crashes or fails to do what it does..

yes it's a young software but "baby"... not at all, as it didn't crash on me NOT A SINGLE TIME IN A YEAR, not in the club, not in the studio, and that's what really counts before other bells&whistles.


WOW Same for me, it's rock fookin solide the Serato products, well i had a few bugs along the road, nothing that made Serato crashed dougt, just some minor tweeks and a nice lil learning curve.

Military software is barebone, too. But it's designed to deliver under any circumstances, and it does. Is it a "baby" software? No way.

That's how I see ITCH: a military-grade quality software.

I've had too many crashes with Traktor... who cares about the finest EQ models if the crowd is booing at me?

At least this is my point of view on the matter.

oups Quote didnt work.... Sorry Cerla

So what made you hang around here? If you are already using a different Software.

When I sold my Denons I stopped hanging around on Denondjforums......I don't see the point to be there anymore.

Mmm how sad..... I feel your frustration but that wont help one bit in the process, you might just get banned from Serato before things get's any better.

Keep it cool bro, there's no need to go All Out on Serato and shiting on them for not having a sampler yet or even a beatgrid.

They will get there in time and need's and am pretty confident they are listening to us, they just cant do everything at the same time.

The key feature of every Serato products is the HIGH END Stability, and honestly i rather have abit less fonctions to start off with but a ROCK SOLID app then a maybe not so stable app with tones of features that id probably never will use.

for me too, i cant wait to get a Sampler, Beatgrid and Microwave Oven on my VCI-300 but fuck we all got to wait like everybody else. Theres loads of stuff id like to be different too, for instance a better File Manegement, but you know what, theres no point in Giving shit and Hate at Serato, cause i know in the end, they will add something kool in their app and it will be ROCK SOLID.

My 2cents.

I am not sure i completly agree with barebone. there are alot of professional features in this package. So just cause it doesnt have graphical frills doesnt make it bare boned.

Come on guys. there's people asking for new skins, video mixing, beat grids, the effects will see when I see, samplers and I could probably go on if I start going thru other threads or start thinking more..

anyways I heart u all and dont b mad... =)
now personal czar people are responding so strongly to your post cause you are yelling the loudest:). You want certain feature which is fine. I mean i have an ongoing sampler post that it is obvious i am not satisfied with the answer :) but when you start calling Serato stupid and insulting them a lot of people who actually like/love the product are bound to chime in on serato's defence. even then they are not attack you but your statement.
just take a deep breath before posting you wants. there is a difference in walk to a hot dog stand and saying. "you stupid and going to fail cause you don't sell shrimp, and all you people buying hotdogs and not wanting shrimp are ass kissers'
than just saying' you know you may sell to more people if you include some seafood in the menu'
and your slavery analogy 'c'mon SON!' you know that was a far stretch :)

that didnt quote right


I am not sure i completly agree with barebone. there are alot of professional features in this package. So just cause it doesnt have graphical frills doesnt make it bare boned.


now personal czar people are responding so strongly to your post cause you are yelling the loudest:). You want certain feature which is fine. I mean i have an ongoing sampler post that it is obvious i am not satisfied with the answer :) but when you start calling Serato stupid and insulting them a lot of people who actually like/love the product are bound to chime in on serato's defence. even then they are not attack you but your statement.
just take a deep breath before posting you wants. there is a difference in walk to a hot dog stand and saying. "you stupid and going to fail cause you don't sell shrimp, and all you people buying hotdogs and not wanting shrimp are ass kissers'
than just saying' you know you may sell to more people if you include some seafood in the menu'
and your slavery analogy 'c'mon SON!' you know that was a far stretch :)

I feel like chiming in for no particular reason. SAR is taking small steps with development because they are going into uncharted territory (for them) and have seen other flame out over stability. As such, SAR is making ITCH walk before it runs.

It's just frustrating for us BECAUSE we see the potential of having all the features that the competitors have WITH the stability that SAR products are famous for. There's a back-ended compliment in there somewhere.

Patience. There is NO other controller that has the performance that the ITCH platform has. I, for one, am thankful that SAR even HAS the ITCH platform - they have a cash-cow with SSL and really don't NEED ITCH (right now). It's HARD to develop a new product when there's a cash-cow already in place...

... but I'm rambling. Bottom line, everything's ok. ITCH will get better over the next year to 18m. The competition will have a tough time matching the stability of ITCH. Features are (relatively) easy to add. Stability optimization is a never ending chore.

-KLH

Hey guys.

One of the things we wanted to achieve with the ITCH platform was the plug and play approach that took things to the next level and created a DJ eco-system that allowed users to feel safe with some unique and dynamic performance possibilities.

We have had a vision of where we want the software and feature side of things to grow, and have development plans that are going full steam ahead. However, we do take into consideration your feedback on these forums (as one of the sources of user needs). And we do make sure that these needs are addressed in development meetings and they can (and have) steered development.

So not only are your voices heard, the words you say can change the shape of where we are heading, or when we are doing things we want to do.

What we don't do is rush things. It's a lot better to develop code and communication that is rock solid, rather than rushing things onto the market for a quick sale and then let the users experience issues with faulty code that is very tricky to change later. Most of us are either DJs or musicians too, and we know how much stability is important :D

However, as performers we do also love bells and whistles on top of stability. The road-map for ITCH is certainly full of many awesome bells and party rocking whistles (short term, and long term). The next few months you will all have a heap of awesome features, many that you will be exploring and having fun with for many years to come, some you may use lots, some you might not use much at all, and some you won't be able to live without.

Keep up the discussions on ideas and things you would like to see, as all good ideas start out somewhere, and hopefully we can make these seeds grow :D

Cheers.
Matt

Just want to gobble you up matt.

saying as dave locked the beta thread for 1.5 i can only post here. im using build 15022 on PC and unsure if others have experienced this but with auto tempo on the drift on this new version seems to be a lot faster than the norm, on 1.1 i can press auto tempo and drift is usually not that bad, it can stay locked for quite some time, with 1.5 i seem to be nudging a lot??? it drifts out within a few bars.

in my opinion anyway.

TJ56, Dave locked a single discussion thread because it was going off topic. The forum area is still active.

Please use the appropriate bug report form to report your isssue and please do not discuss beta software in general discussion areas.

So there is a Beta???

sure! link --> www.megamodo.com

nice cerla! hehe!

nutz... hehehe

Chris, this was not available last night... and what was, was locked!

@KLH

I like this comment.

[qoute]Patience. There is NO other controller that has the performance that the ITCH platform has. I, for one, am thankful that SAR even HAS the ITCH platform - they have a cash-cow with SSL and really don't NEED ITCH (right now). It's HARD to develop a new product when there's a cash-cow already in place...

It kinda answers CID K questions and actually doesn't really help serato's position as stated here. Although, i l really love my NS7 and would not trade it the newest controller on the market or an amazing old school setup.

@kraal

I think one mistake or bad assumption that i made during research was assuming that everything that was in SSL would be in ITCH and now we can all see that it's not true and will not be true for quite some time. Research is critical if we call ourselves professionals. So we wait.

Before I bought ITCH I already knew it's not going to be like SL1. I'm a mobile Dj and Portability and Stability are my No'1 concern and ITCH serves me very well for the extras that the developers are gonna add up even better as long the stability of the program stays the same.

yes, portability was the key for me too mask. but its the controller that sold me - not the software. the point i was making was that i researched the heck out of the controller and didn't do as much concerning the software. i thought thought it would be the same or close to scratch live but just for my controller.

confused why this is directected to me... i lost track of the dsicussion:)
but early on in the forum that has been stated. I even remember i said . 'it will be interesting in a year to see how different the programs are.'
but i wish people would use this forum more for research... ask questions spo the topics remain relevant.

Matt should run for mayor.

Maybe it's asked many times before but would it be possible to ITCH play MP4 and FLAC files??? I have some wicked Daft Punk recordings in FLAC so need to convert em to WAV or MP3.... Just a thought

I'd bet my money on Apple Lossless instead of FLAC... ;-)

same boat here....... i have a lot of FLAC rips

A few years ago I was a beta tester for a digital controller...they had many, many features and were ahead of their time in many ways. However - the controller was plagued with numerous issues...the main one being stability!

I for one appreciate Serato taking their time to make sure everything is good to go before throwing it on a update just to please the customers that want every option and effect yesterday.

While some people say Itch is simplistic and lacks many things...I think the layout and GUI are fantastic and they work wonderfully...the key word there is WORK! After using my system for a ton of gigs, I only had one hiccup and it was determined that a USB light was sucking power from the laptop and causing problems. Since then...not one issue at all.

Now if and when additional features are added....great! I will use what I need and leave what I don't but in the meantime, things ARE hunky dory!

I just picked up my Denon DN-HC5000 this morning. It came with ITCH version 1.2. For the most part it's the same as 1.1 except the record function is not there. I'm going to assume this loss in functionality will catch up with 1.5?

@DPDJs: Congrats! We need a review with pix!

-KLH

Hi DPDJs,

The reason the record function is not there for the HC5000 is because it does not have a mixer built into the controller, it requires an external mixer & therefor cannot record an internal mix.

Cheers,
Zeb.

Well that sucks for him.

He overlooked that one.

Damn that does suck for me but that makes perfect sense. I don't record much but it was nice to know it was there.

Can't wait for an update for Windows 7!!! My new laptop is waiting patiently to be used for Itch!!!! Hurray Serato...I can't take the wait! Ha....

Dude Itch works great with Windows 7....

+1

64 bit Cid K? The only thing I didn't care for is the horizontal scrolling waveforms at the bottom were partially hidden because of the windows bar across the bottom. (I did make it the smaller version with smaller icons.)

If you scroll through open applications using the windows+tab keys, let the desktop take focus, then switch back to ITCH & the bar across the bottom will disappear.

@ Kevin Kelly, are you using a VCI-300 or NS7.

Auto hide?

Yes you could use auto hide, me am using the normal default view.

Am also on 64bit, am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. And it works perfectly with Itch or SSL. The same as it would in XP just maybe abit faster and more responsive.

sorry Zeb...I should've posted that....VCI - 300

Many of us DJ is not resident in a nightclub and are on the road.
December is one of the biggest month of the year cause of the christmas party.

Is there a Slight, Medium or Good chance to have ITCH 1.5
for Thursday 26 Nov 2009 ??

Cause my NS7 is useless for now. AudioDropOuts
I'm still waiting the feeback from you for my RATT results ...

Even try your competition software who use ASIO driver.
The ASIO driver is not ADDING latency to other process in my machine like the
Fu.. Legacy audio driver that i cannot disable (portcls.sys) AND the (ntkrnlpa.exe)
process esssentiel to windows .... NS7 driver ALONE on USBPORT.SYS will not peak over 2000us and will not cause audio dropouts... BUT add with the 2 other process = audio dropouts !!! ASIO driver use something different cause i never peak over 1600us when using competitor software but it's not tweak enough yet !

So, my last hope to use the NS7 in december is you putting 1.5 out for Nov 26 !
Hope it will be less pain !

Thanks you
abcMastra

abcMastra

1.5 has nothing to do with audio dropouts, I mean that you will experience the same old problems on the new release

itch only works as good as your laptop

you need to fix the issues if itch isnt working you really cannot claim 1.5 will be any better.

here is a suggestion... my ns7 is away at numark being fixed, so i have been trying to use itch off line with just my lap top... its not recognizing information within crates its crashing, and its crashing every time i try to exit itch, it also crashes during song search. I have pretty much tried everything to make this right over the last week. What i did try was to totally get rid of itch, and then i reinstalled itch from my original disk that came with it, with i think the older version1.0.4. Worked great, but as soon as i update to the newest version the issues started again. I run a brand new macbook pro lap top 17inch 2.8ghz, 8g ram, 7200 rpm 500g hard drive with the newest version of snow leopord. So anyway, you may temporarly go back to the original version of itch and see if that works for your parties, then you could go back later. Keep in mind when i trashed itch, i tried to just update from the web site, that didnt take care of the issues, i had to trash and install from original disk that came with my ns7 and it worked great... this is all off line of course.

i think you both should make a help ticket... that behavior is not acceptable for a performing dj. you should never have to backtrack

i have been on the support area, and i cant get anyone to give me any help, one moderator came on and asked me a bunch of questions which i answered but he never gave me anything to try to fix it. I just assumed it was incompadibility with snow leopord and i was hoping that itch 2.0 was going to fix it.. But you are right about one thing, as a performing dj i would not even think about trying to take my ns7 and itch out in public right now, i would look like a fool, it is not stable at all. Its a shame when i had itch 1.1 and my operating system was tiger, it ran like a tank i never had one crash or anything i felt so secure with it. Know i got about a $7000 dollar set up just sitting around, but the worst thing is that i love to build a lot of my performances remixes, mashups, cue points i spend a lot of time at home before i perform and the creative side is very fullfilling for me and im not being able to express myself its a little depressing. I hope i can get things running again soon because i would love to try the nsfx out.

Now i got about a $7000 dollar set up just sitting around, but the worst thing is that i love to build a lot of my performances remixes, mashups, cue points i spend a lot of time at home before i perform and the creative side is very fullfilling for me and im not being able to express myself its a little depressing.

Blaze
I am with you. We spend alot on $$$ for something that should work flawlessly and I am sure both Numark and Serato are collecting their cash. This is absolutely BS that any of this software should have such issues when it is an "Official Release". I am highly disappointed that taey want to introduce so many features whilst not perfecting ones with issues. I dont wanna be Mr. Negativity but the 10 minutes of dead air I had the other night takes $$ out of my pocket for future gigs. This is not just a hobby. This is a livelihood and should be addressed as such. By not fixing this both companies are essentially taking $$$ out of our pockets in two ways instead of 1.

I completely agree.

They might be working on it now. We are getting a lot of feedbacks from users.