do you really think it costs 17 dollars for them to produce a vinyl control tone record...how often do those wear out, it dosent take 500+ to producd the SL soundcards and theres no production fees to software....and believe it or not theyve sold their product to more people than the guys on this board ;) lol

shhhhhh wtf!!!

Even if they sold vinyl control records - how many does one user go thru a year? Serato has been around for years now... Of course there are thousands of djs who use Serato but thats not a re-occuring fee they are making... Im not looking for an answer but just made me wonder... whatever theyre doing, good job!

What? You didn't know? All the serato team are 12yo and work for gummy bears.

sound like a better job than working at nike!!!

let em introduce you to some people who may be better equipped to answer this one... www.scratchlive.net

Licensing fees for their software, etc.

also did you notice that when the SL3 came out about 75% of SL users went out and bought a new one....and i would say theres more users than "thousands"n scratchlive is a worldwide thing.....cept the netherlands lol

i dont care how there payed they do an amazing job including the admin in here i hope they just get payed well for there awsome work and wat a stupid thread

All the Serato employees are really Oompa Loompas. They work for room and board and are happy to do it as they were transplanted from Loompaland were they were getting eating right and left by the Wangdoodles.

So I heard a rumor that the 57 has sold in the 10s of thousands range...just the 57. Any truth to this Serato peeps...Rane peeps?

Pioneer fanboys unite! JK :)

yeah, I love Rane and Serato so I purchased over 100 CVs in 2009. Just to keep them paid....you know

100 pairs or over 100 cv's in total

100CVs, but either way it's rediculous

Actually the Rane 57 costs $50 in parts and only costs $300, the extra $1000 goes to the Serato employees, divided equally each time one is sold.

: )

Don't forget they make a few pennies off of Pitch N time serato.com and Licensing Serato Technology serato.com plus i am sure Rane (hardware company) has them (software division) on payroll as "developers" to keep money future money rolling in.

And 200 for Vsl video software

Don't forget the savings on company functions cause they probably don't hire a DJ for their parties...

i go love for that i have only brought 8 pairs this year since september maybe next year ill do 30 but 100 cv's wow i have respect for that

scratchlive and vsl aren't the only software they they produce.

I actually KNOW how Serato pays their employees........
























with cake.
serato.com
serato.com
serato.com
serato.com

YUM. Cake.

www.yummycakecompany.co.uk

Thats why they run the company and not you?? ;)

by selling shit like any normal company? - serato.com

haha for real... just like any other company...

75%? I highly doubt that figure is correct.

I reckon its pretty close ^^

Don't forget about the Rane hardware line of products. That AC23 crossover they had/have was a BEAST....

But I did have it for 6 million years. 2 Actually...

I think EVERY DJ has SOME type of Rane/Serato product.

So you are saying over 100,000 people went out and bought SL-3s?

Show of hands =P

i was more so referring to board members, its hard to gauge how many new SL3 users were SL1 owners without them chiming in on the baords, this also dosent include 57 users obviously....wheres the 100,000 figure come from though...is that 75% of the total SL users..id figure it would be higher

bueler....buler...beuler

no way it's 75%, i'd bet big money on that, especially with how long it's been out (less than a year). i'd believe 7.5%.

I never bought the SL1, I only got the ttm57sl a few years ago and then when the SL3 came out I bought 2

alright theres 2 accounted for 99998 more to locate

they can afford to pay employees, when they have us windows users doing all the work

and posting fixes and work arounds for our problematic equipment.


mean while their dollars go into letting mac bopped them in the head with their cock

all day while they perfect mac's compatibilities and then call the software "dual platform"

get a mack and stop whinning

get a mac?....hmmmm get off my dick, you've been swinging from my dick harder than

peter parker from webs when mary jane is in trouble. get a life

That's what I call a serious backpeddle, eh? ;)

not so much and me being too lazy to add a bunch of qualifiers to the original statment....that AND me randomly making up a figure which i didnt think would be called into question

nah i just have a think for feeding trolls, im like one of those retirees who sit in the park and relax while throwing seed to pigeions.....oh ya you can run windows from a mac so how can they be for mac and against windows again??

Seriously.. I think you're totally off. Even on the boards you wont find 75% switching users.

Whatever.

42%???

it's official you don't get sex....or attention from girls.

you're probably some fat war craft beta-tester named "weckus"

my girlfriend does tend to ignore me and its "wReckUS"

i cant help it i dont have the sexual appeal of someone who has the internet name of soundwave and runs a serato fansite

I think it is less than 5%. Remember.. we have more than 200k forum users! That means that Rane has already sold 10k SL3s. In 8 months..Sounds like a number I would expect. But I am just guessing.

what if i said ACTIVE forum users

acutually i believe that

lol you're an idiot and antsy to find out what goes on behind the scenes over there.

i assure i don't run i'm a moderator. just like you...only i don't have a "god-like" complex

because someone gave me the power to sticky topics. way to go...you did it.

my pre-med friends at michigan state are jealous that you moderate a shitty foum

ummm im not a moderator sir

LOL!! I love that you use your "pre-med friends" as a qualifer like having them somehow legitimizes you lol, what do you do for a living sir?

That's a very different statement than the first one you made.

i agree....i really had no clue there were over 200k users

This is just to give us an idea of the company's revenues:

Serato
Revenues: Under $20 Million
Employees: Under 99

Description
Serato Audio Research formed a product partnership with Rane Corporation in 2004 with Serato Scratch LIVE. Scratch LIVE is a revolutionary product that enables DJs to control digital audio files on their laptop with vinyl control records on their turntables. Since then Serato has expanded its reputation for excellent pro DJ products. Serato was founded in the studio world for its Pitch ,n Time pro audio plug-in which is loved by audio engineers the world over, and has been recognized as the market leader in time and pitch adjustment since its inception in 1999.

Rane Corporation
Industry: Consumer Goods, Consumer Electronics
Revenues: Under $20 Million
Employees: Under 99

Description
Rane Corporation is an established innovator in problem-solving audio tools, professionally engineered with a focus on science, price/performance, and not frills and hype. Designed and manufactured exclusively in the United States, Rane's product distribution is worldwide. Rane's primary marketplaces are DJ (performance, club, mobile & recording), Live-Sound (FOH and monitoring) and Commercial (music & paging, networked systems) featuring innovative analog and digital audio products for each category.

Source: www.zoominfo.com

i attend michigan state and work part-time at jimmy johns....how does this change the fact

that your mouth is a cock garage?

more homophobic tirades.....what is your problem with gay people and why are you filled with so much hate?

acutually now that i mention it i may go to jimmy johns for lunch, that made me hungry lol

Umm, Jimmy Johns. I love me's a #1.

pepe? try a vito!!

ive only eatn there once, i had a roast beef sandwhich which was delicious

I'd recommend you not to go there again if soundwave works there, God only know what he would do to your next meal...lol

The company I own has the same numbers. Under $20 Million revenue and Under 99 employees. I'm in good company

funny funny stuff. :)

different state lol but judging from his posts im sure hed fuck up the order even if he didnt know it was me lol

Whoa whoa wait, I just said 200k forum users, which seems to be wrong BTW. It is something around 167k users, my bad. But this is just an indicator, there could be more SL users who never log in into the forum. There could be less SL users cause not all user accounts work properly *and* not a small number are actually ITCH users.

Unfortunately there are no official numbers about the sold SL units :-(

Hold up.

I'm not sure if the rest of you are innocent, but djsoundwave21 chill out dude.

Rule #1 of our Forum is Be Nice. Simple as that. The rules, which you agreed to when joining, are visible here: www.serato.com and here: www.scratchlive.net


This is your last warning.

Any more nonsense in here and we'll lock this thread.

I don't want to do that because it's an interesting topic.

And back to it, there were a few good guesses up the thread. I am both 12 years old (nice one Laz219) and an Oompa Loompa (hats off to Rebelguy). I come to work only to eat my lunch and use the Coffee Machine, and I'm thinking of quitting because we traded the Pinball Machine for an Arcade Machine and I'm not good enough to get any high scores on that (curse these small orange hands of mine).

hands down best post ever!!!!!!!

for you i hope it would belol

Yeah, to be straight our business model is crazy.

As in... so crazy that it works.

The serato busniess model is as follows

Step 1: Steal underpants
Step 2:
Step 3:: Make Money!!!

agreed....right up there with this one
serato.com

***gets JiffyPop***

movie is over, you are going to have to wait for the sequal

damn theatre jumpers

******wraps up kernels in aluminum foils, exists theatre from bathroom****

wha???? LOL

let's see some other DVS have a sense of humor like this....

The same way Pioneer and Technics make money: they research and develop new products and hardware upgrades.

Damnit, they're onto us!

ok fuck white vinyl whos ass do i have to kiss to get a rocking floating egg next to my fourm name!! (no homo)

I get paid in gummy bears so I'm open to being bribed.

Voted best company to work for, 7 years running.

Chris i'll get you these: www.candywarehouse.com for a set of same color CV's....

^^ Looks just like my Christmas bonus ^^

gummi bears? thats small time ill hook ya up with a QP of gummi worms

I'll double it, lol

wait i gotta kiss rane ass for white vinyl not serato...DAAMMNNN IT all those waisted nights LOL JK

We don't have the internets here so I can't check. But I'll make things easier for you and let you pay me in Rane DJ mixers.

(ebay link coming soon)

waited nights? How were you bribing them? Never mind, don't need to know...

I heard Serato employees get paid in a pyramid-like scheme a la amway. lol

IBTL!!

First thread locked due to abuse from a mod!

ever wonder why theres always rare vinly sellin for 100+ on ebay...thats employees using their stock options

arent they paid in konix??

Comedy gold :D

lol you guys are funny...

A lot of companies do a lot more than the obvious. I work for a major newspaper, and while everyone thinks we make our money off our print edition, we actually have a lot more products than just the print paper that makes us money. Products that you would never think makes us money, yet, they offset the costs of running the main paper.

So Serato may be running a secret side business that funnels money into their digital dj line? hmmmmm.. this is getting interesting...lol

Yeah, they sell Chiclets on the buses.

I just got he latest Rane/Serato company photo.

www.prestigioushomesflatfeeservices.net

Another leak!! This is getting out of control...

which one is dave?

^^lower left, sticking his tongue out...

probably just ate lunch (got paid)

chewing on gummy bears...

And dont forget Sam's side role of star of Flight of the Conchords.

great show, sam does a good job with that character

And dont forget Sam's side role of star of Flight of the Conchords.

Serato is getting gummy bears AND cocoa beans? That's not fair, Steve!

1st post ever... and it's a complain.

No surprise that Steve won't give you gummy bears and cocoa beans. Tsk tsk.

Yeah but th Rane guys get the chicks.

sas.guidespot.com

That's Steve. the tall guy in the middle.

how many Rane and Serato employees can we get up in this thread?

www.vat19.com

they are all sold out, must be lunch time in seratoland

holiday bonuses

I'm running out of places to squirrel gummibears in my room. There's a sort of gel-like *squidge* and millions of tiny ursine voices crying out in pain whenever I go to bed and the fans in my workstation clogged up from cocoa powder.

I think you Rane guys are getting the gyp from your overlords, I'm living in a diabetic's nightmare over here. :\

next shift starting

the good news is this must mean that everybody is ready for NAMM!








(employees all scurry back to work)

Nobody is getting paid in Trident Layers?

huh?!?!

what do you know about a qp ;) lol thats street talk there haha.

I saw another movie with Sam this weekend. Think its called Eagle Vs Shark, or its one of his home movies from high school. Still not sure which.


mos.totalfilm.com

Sam the eagle??!?! www.sherrymain.com

Bezzle youve never met Sam from Serato i take it.

Put a black serato shirt on this guy in the pic below and 50 bucks says you can pick him out at NAMM.

secondhandpop.files.wordpress.com

Haha :)

lol

Great thread, great read, great laugh!