Been a user since January.

Dell Latitude d500.
Havent had a crash since i deleted my corrupt files.


Frankenstein Desktop (built myself from spare parts around the office)
Didnt have any crashes but 1.6.2 final seems to freeze a lot on me and while frozen i get usb lights.

Dell Inspirion 9300 - Over 2 years... NEVER had a crash.

Owned Serato: Since first day available for retail sales
Computer: ibook and Powerbook
Crash: Yes...several times, always due to external hard drive failure, USB Cable, or corrupt file.
When I used the internal hard drive...no crashes due to OS or Hardware.

I've got Serato running on an HP ZV6000, ZD7000, and my home computer which is just built from parts. No crashes on any of them. The only time I thought it crashed, it turned out my external hard drive got unplugged.

The guy I work with at Yankee Doodles has a mac (not sure what kind) and he hasn't had any crashes in the year that we've been working together but one time when I plugged my fat32 external drive into his, and then later unplugged it, his started acting weird (sluggish, songs skipping, etc.) so he had to reboot. I think it's just cause it's an old computer though.

-Had it for 9 months
-Toshiba L15 Satellite
-Never crashed (knock on wood also)

been using Serato like for over 2 years.

crashed like 5 different times.

actually, each of those 5 times, it was actually my laptop.

for some odd reason (maybe cause i'm too much in a hurry to settin up) the laptop would shut down because "I KEEP FORGETTING TO PLUG IN THE lappy POWERSUPPLY!!!!!!" ....battery died each of those 5 times :) tha last time was over this weekend at the Puma store

I've been using Serato since February of this year. I'm on my 3rd laptop now after having a Dell & an Acer & now I have an Apple iBook G4. This is by far the best I've owned out of the 3 as I haven't experienced any crashes and I'm able to run it on the lowest USB setting.

sept 2004
toshiba a45-150 satellite
crashed about 7 times give or take 1 - dont know why it crashed, but always froze and kept playing the song so no interuption, just switch to a cd

5 months
Compaq- V4000
Never Crashed

Since the first day it was release... back in 2004.




Toshiba Satellite A45-S151 (2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 / 752 MB RAM)




Never had a crash or an audio dropout.

Owner since April 2005.

SSL Version 1.6 and always testing the newest beta.
iBook 1.2GHz PowerPC G4 OS 10.3.9
1.25GB DDR SDRAM
120GB Ext Firewire/USB Western Digital HD
iTunes 6.0.4


My system is operating flawlessly. The only problems I have ever encountered with Scratch Live has been 1 crash caused by a corrupt file using version 1.3 and built overviews 3 times. This last problem is something the Serato team is aware of and they will implement a fix in version 1.5. Also, I want to mention that the corrupt file just prevented from using/doing anything in SSL which caused me to force shut down the program and restart it to make it work, but the audio kept playing which allowed me to play a backup CD while I restarted.

oh yeah... NEVER A SINGLE AUDIO DROPOUT.

(no shout, no shout, stupid bot)

How long have you owned Serato?

Since DEC 2005. (Rane/SSL 1.4 now 1.6.2)

What do you use?

PowerBook G4 w/ Seagate 200 FW external HDD

Ever had a crash?

Yes, only because the hardrive accidently got unplugged. Otherwise, it's been FLAWLESS!

oooo... I like this thread, might just make it sticky for a while :)

How long have you owned Serato?

Since Dec. 2005

What do you use?

Macbook Ultimate w/ 250 gb Acomdata ext 7200 HD; previously had an iBook

Ever had a crash?

Hell yeah! It's crashed on me four times while playing out.

How long:

Christmas of 2005

Wat do i use?

Mac Powerbook G4

Ever Crashed:

ALL THE TIME! I have to reconnect the phono wires directly to the mixer so i can turn the mac off, and doing this live is not nice!

How long have you had Serato?
2 years, 3 days, and 16 hours

What do you use?
ASUS W3V
Pentium M (Centrino) 1.86GHz
512MB DDR2 RAM
60GB 5400rpm external hardrive
Windoze XP SP2

Ever had a crash?
Not a single one!

How long have you owned Serato?

Since Dec. 2004

What do you use?

Mainly a Xp Pro Pc.

Ever had a crash?

Crashed with the provided SSL version on CD. Found the forum, updated, and no major problems since then. Though i am not using SSL as often as the other djs here. Just got it to scratch my own voice or phrases recorded from TV + make own battle-vinyls.

How long have you owned Serato?

Since August of 2005

What do you use?

Originally the same laptop as Sixx, a 12 inch iBook.

now a Mac Book Pro 2.0 Ghz 1 Gig of ram 5400 RPM 80gig HD. 15inch screen glossy

Ever had a crash?

Never. Thank the lord, knock on wood, go to church.

How long have you owned Serato? 11 months

What do you use? 12" ibook

Ever had a crash? NOPE

I have owned since July of '05
I have always used a 17 inch Powerbook
Yes its has crashed on me live...about 4 times using 1.6.0 but since then...peachy!

How long have you owned Serato?
3 mos

What do you use?
sony vaio pentium 4 3.2ghz 1 gb ram

Ever had a crash?
sometimes, played with the main extension cord though it was loose, but then, the power went off (externals drive, ssl box).

How Long?
A year and a half

What do you use?
Mac G4 PBook..Supe Up

Ever had a crash?
No.....Just freezed a couple of times. None since 1.62 Final

Isnt that wat a crash is? When it freezes? Cause thats wat happens mine, it freezes so i have to turn it off by force!

How long have you owned Serato?

Since 7/2006

What do you use?

Macbook (black one)

Ever had a crash?

No, and hope it never happens

Purchased Nov 2005 Version 1.4
Now running 1.6.2
Minimum of 3 6 hour sets a week plus practice time

Compaq AMD turion64 1.8ghz
1 gig RAM

Has it ever crashed?

NEVER!

How long have you owned Serato?
since august 2004

What do you use?
FujitsuSiemens Amilo L, Intel Celeron M 2.5 GHz, 512 MB ram

Ever had a crash?
Several times...I'm about to switch to a real computer...a Mac :)

owned it since day one
crashed plenty of time( due to me not knowin what the fuck i was doin and it froze and crashed plenty of time s on my dell laptop latitude casue it is not powerfull enough to push it pnti 3 700 mhg 256 ram. yea its old and slow,but since more s/w updates and me gettin better at it, i hae have very few to no crashes )

dj dawn that cele processor si the worst processor of all especialy for serato( sale guy told me dont ever run a cele proc on serato it will fuck up for some issue. ) but your shit seems to be dam right fast ( you shit faster then my tower )

2 Years
ZERO Crashes
Dell 700M
1.6Ghz
Pentium M
512 Mb
80Gb HD

Dell makes a might fine laptop!

-2 Years
-HP nc4010 1.7GHz and Sempron 2400 desktop
-only with beta versions of the software, never with a final version.

1yr 1 month

3 crash on betas
begining of gig so no biggy
Toshiba Pentium M 1.8 Ghz 100 Gb HD
1 Gb Ram Lacie 250GB Ext HD

still love it

How long have you owned Serato? Since June 2004.

What do you use? IBM T23 1.2GHz P3, now using a MacBook 2GHz.

Ever had a crash? Only once at the end of a gig. A couple other times at home, with a bunch of other apps running simultaneously.

How long have you owned Serato? 1.5 years
What do you use? Mac PB 1.5Ghz
Ever had a crash? Hmm..

1.4 Yes but none after I removed all my currupt tracks
1.5 Yes... I think this was the most unstable version
1.6.1 I might have... don't remember.
1.6.2 None so far! (That I remember)

LOL... Get pretty wasted during sets--do we??? :)

Not anymore... during a live performance i've only had one crash. I have had freezes and such..

I just dont remember which versions crashed on me.

how do you know if a file is corrupt?

how long : about 2 years i think

what do i use: chinese shenzhou laptop 2.6 ghz

ever had a crash : yeah about 5-6 times , it always happens whne i am going through my crate library using the search function so far though with lates 1.6 havent had any

2006 march

hp nx 9105
2800+sempron,512MB

crash? yes and no
it crashed me when I tried out the browsers malfunction in 1.4,1.5,1.6 it is described somewhere on the forum

once my battery died

but normaly in action never crashed yet
I hope never will be

How long have you owned Serato? A year now.
What do you use? AMD Sempron 1.5
Ever had a crash? Yes on 1.5 and 1.6.1. Problem pretty much fixed in 1.6.2...but new problems came out (dragging mp3s/wavs, crates messed around)

looking foward to the next version of Serato...no way am I jumping to the oteher guys!

can anyone help me.....i'm very worried i lost everything....why when i go to open the program a scratch live application error comes up every time, none of my crates or music appears, can any give some advise??

Dude, GO TO THE HELP SECTION. Thanks im new.

i gots no crashing yet. i have to buying it for me soon

only my Final scratnch is doing it a crashes

How long have you owned Serato?
since around may 06

What do you use?
dell b130, 1.5 celeron M running serato at the fastest possible specs with an external harddrive. NO DROPOUTS.

Ever had a crash?
the only thing to ever crash the program was when i tried to force build an overview on a corrupt wav [had the corrupt icon next to it]. this was done at home and wouldnt ever be something that would have happened while actually playing out. ive played in extreme heat with no problems.

i have versions 1.6.2 and my macbook pro crashes when i inplug my usb and plug it back in...anyone have that problem?

I've been reading a lot about so many problems that seem so easily fixed with some up to date hardware and software. Here's an idea, get a new computer. You want no problems, go with a Mac. You don't want it to crash, run Serato by itself. If you want to know how much cpu serato takes up on your computer, on a mac, open Utilities in your Applications folder. There you we'll see how much room you have to play with before overloading your computer and causing these crashes. I own a Mac g4 powerbook 15incc. I can run serato, itunes, and Protools at the same time. Haven't had a crash yet. Just watch how many commands you give your computer before it executes it. Too many will always cause problems which I'm sure your all aware of. Dj Ian D

Thanks for the good advice Dj Ian D. The thing is thatIi am only running Serato by itself and when I plug my usb back in after someone else has played, that is when my machine freezes and I have to comepletely re-start my machine. my MacBook is new and I also just updated my Itunes to version 7 and my Serato is version 1.6.2. I have built my overviews and I have re scanned my id3 tags. Not really sure what I can do next besides reload Serato. anyone...?

How long have you owned Serato?
Since December 2005

What do you use?
Acer Aspire 5100
AMD Turion64 1.6 GHz Dual Core with 1GB DDR2 RAM.
120GB Harddrive

Ever had a crash?
Nope. Serato runs flawlessly. I love this laptop!

acers def seem to work well wit SSL from what I have gathered.

How long have you owned Serato?

I wish I owned Serato but no I dont own any stock , but i do own a SL1 since March 06 about 7mos now

What do you use?
Mac Powerbook 1.67

Ever had a crash?
No

Smart Ass! ;-)

How long have you owned Serato?

March 2006

What do you use?

Toshiba M70

Ever had a crash?

Never crashed, just lagged cause i didnt turn off norton and it started a scheduled scan

How long have you owned Serato?
- since sept. '06

What do you use?
- Apple MB, 2,0 Ghz, 2,0 GB Ram
- ext. Maxtor HD, 230 GB, 16 MB Cache, USB&FireWire

Ever had a crash?
- never

How long have you owned Serato?
- Since March'06

What do you use?
- Dell Inspiron B120 (1.6 celeron M 512 RAM), XP Home, tons of
tweaks (different hardware profile, using Serato as shell...)

Ever had a crash?
- Yup, 4 times:
- 1.4 - None whatsoever. Favorit version so far.
- 1.5.3.6 - 2 of them. But I had it coming: playing 2 corrupt
files on Internal and recording. Can't remember the other.
- 1.6.2.27 - Twice on the very first time I used it. Which
reminds me: NEVER EVER use a new version for the first time
when playing for a crowd.

How long have you owned Serato?
About a month

What do you use?
Pbook 15" G4, 1.67 Ghz, 2 gb RAM, Serato 1.5

Ever had a crash?
Twice.
-1st time was playing out with 1.6.1, not a great idea to start with.
-2nd time, just tonight, I'm not sure what went wrong. I don't have any corrupt files in the my library, and keep the laptop fairly clean aside from some Adobe and Office apps.

How long have you owned Serato?
about 2 years (Use it about 2-3 times a weekend for 5 hrs each)

What do you use?
PowerBook 15" G4, 1.5 Ghz, 1 gb RAM, 160gb drive, tried all versions

Ever had a crash?
No, The only issue i have is the screen freezes for a second every time i load a track, browse through crates or search for a song

That happens to me too if I have 2 or more hard drives hooked up. How many songs to you take with you on a show?

I leave everything in,,,,roughly 12,000 on the internal. I think it's just the laptop because on my inte IMac it doesn't do this and on my friends new Macbook it is a lot smoother

Gotcha.

On Mac you need more power for 1.6.2,
take a look at your cpu options,
is it on automatic or max power???
i changed it yesterday and now its
much better!!!

Mines on max, Plus this has been happening with all of the previous versions too, It doesn't affect the audio at all..

Anyway, We should probably get back on the right track.

No crashes for me. :-)

how long have you owned Serato?
about 9 months

What do you use?
Thinkpad Z60m, 1GB Ram, Hitachi SATA 80gb HD7200rpm 8mb cache (not external people)fresh install of WinXP pro, Notebook USB cooling pad

Ever had a crash?
Nope

how long have you owned Serato?
about 1 year

What do you use?
Emachines 6805 laptop and a 200gb maxtor ext harddrive. Fresh winXP install and had to disable the acpi thingy

Ever had a crash?
a few on version 1.4, one on version 1.5, and zero on 1.6.

-How long have you owned Serato?
Since March 2006
-What do you use?
Dell Inspiron B130, Pentium M 1.73 GHZ, 512MB RAM, Western Digital MyBook 250 GB Ext HD
-Ever had a crash?
Negative.

Someone who is bored should go thru and tally up the stats..maybe ill do it later.

be my guest :D but i think it's safe to say that the majority of people have had no problems.. i wonder why the other people did though? hmm.. maybe they downloaded too much porn :P

nah i meant mac crashes compared to PC crashes. ill do it later.

Owned serato for a week now
PC i am using HP NX7400 2.0 core duo with 4GB DDR2 memory
Tested it out for the firsth time this weekend and i had one crash doe to bad mp3. My question for you guys , what is the most stabile version of scratch live software . I realy like the loops and i use them alot when i played on cd.

Grab the latest 1.6.2 - redo all your overviews and you should be just fine.

4Gb! balla :) welcome to tha fam John N.

1.6.2 froze and had to restart Mac
1.4 solid..never crashed..!
I cont. to use 1.4 as I use Serato as it is stable, for me newer version is not as solid as 1.4 yet.
I hope it stays this way.

Ibook G4/800/OSX

yeah =) i run Ableton Live on it aswell so i need as much memory as i can =) And serato runs perfectly =) No screenfreeze or anything. But that is nothing , i have Apple G5 quad, and i have maximum in that one =) 16 GB memory =) i can tell you , it does some amaizing things with reason , cubase =) you name it =)

A "Real computer", I think you problem with the pc was that your processor was a celeron. Hence the bad experience.

How long have you owned SSL?
----Since August 2006.

What do you use?
----Sony Vaio VGN FFE-660G Duo Core 1.63 processor, 1 gig HD, 1 gig Ram. I run SSL on the lowest settings (buffer).

Ever had a crash?
----Never due to hardware or pc problems

Once due to a corrupt file that I never built an overview on :/

Runs like a champ.

How long have you owned Serato? Dec 04
What do you use? Macbook Black
Ever had a crash? Nope. Just the odd usb dropout but thats only been in 1.6.2

holy smokes, a whole 1 gig hd??? ;)

oops, my bad :P 100 gig!!

Owned Serato: Since day 1. October of 04 I believe...

Crash: twice, both on beta versions. Both times the program kept playing which allowed me to recover.

Hardware: Sony Vaio VGN FS780W 120 gig drive, 1 gig memory and a 1.8gig mobile processor.

In my experience Sony Viao's are rock solid.

i still remember those days upgrading an IBM p286 from a floppy to a 20Mb hard drive

Mine crashed for the first time tonight.

I have a powerbook G4 and used cd's tonight. The songs wouldn't load up on the right table, there was no sound and the clock on the table was off center ( when it works correctly the clock is in the center)??? It worked correctly for about 3 and a half hours at the gig, went to use the bathroom real quick, and all of a sudden it crashed out of nowhere???? Like I said it was working fine, but Serato seems to bug out when you don't want it to sometimes, it's all in your connectors. I rebooted the program and didn't have a problem, too bad that the end of the gig went sour!!!!

any tips to avoid crashes or helpful advice please email to:
mr.krystals@excite.com

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Don´t think that the Celeron is the problem. The problem with PC is that you have so much stuff installed and things running in the background , that makes the cokputer slow + the fact that some thigs ( like drivers ) may cross with eachother and one of them may not work. If you have a PC , or a laptop that u use for more then just serato , my advice is to install 2 XP , one for everything else , and one just for serato. I had that solution when i used PC for producing. Never, not once , i had any problems. It´s an extra gig on you HD , but it´s woth it. When it comes to versions , which use and not to use , 1.4 is stabile , yes , but 1.5 and above have the loop in them , and that is such a powerfull tool to be ignored =) Go with the 1.5 or 1.6.1. Lets face it , anything , on computer , whatever it is PC or mac , can crush, and that´s the fact.....

I have been using Serato for almost 9 months.. use it on both platforms.. PC and MAC

HP laptop 60g 1.5GHZ 512 ram.. Runs well, perfoms well, NEVER crashed..

MACBOOK 80g 2.0GHZ, 1GB ram.. Runs and perfoms like a porshe,
NEVER crashed..

I don't understand why people on both formats have so many issues.. Never had a one!! Use it 4 nights a week at my residencies..

1. I've owned it since it came out.
2. I use a 2.8Ghz P3 with a gig of RAM (SSL & this PC have been used together since day one)
3. It has crashed several times, but on versions 1.4 and earlier. I HAD to use 1.2 or 1.3 until 1.5 came out because 1.4 could never be trusted.

Note: Rane replaced my Serato unit after not being able to figure out why it kept crashing; however, 1.5 came out about the time I got my replacement, so I don't know if the box was the problem or if it was the software (although 1.2 & 1.3 worked fine).

celery is too slows for a labtop in a SLL?

how do you come up wit this stuff?

1.- Owned Serato since Dec 2005

2.- Crashed 5 Times.

A.- It crashed at Spundae in front of 1000 people. Luckily I had one of those EMERGENCY CD's Mike recommended doing and it saved my show. However, my computer wouldn't turn back on, and later found out my motherboard had fried.

B.- It crashed at a small club, the music kept going so it gave me enough time to switch tracks without stopping the music.

C.- It crashed three times this past weekend. All in less than an hour. Luckily I was recording a demo, so it was no big deal.

3.- I use an Apple 2Ghz Intel MacBook with 1.25 Gigz of RAM

I have been Using Stantons Final Scratch for over a year, and though I have not had any problems with it, I decided that like every other piece of equipment I should have a back up. I had heard alot about scratch live so I decided instead of duplicating FS2 i would order Scratch live........seems to be a BIG mistake so far. I have yet to use it for a gig due to th inconsistancy of the program. I run 2 laptops with scratch live on the second, so far I have had 3 instances in which the driver did not recognize the hardware and i have had to reinstall it on the spot. The first instance was one in wich, foolishly didnt bring my FS2, and I did not have the SSL software on hand so I ended up burning the CDs on the spot before playing them. It does what it is suppose to do most of the time.....i suppose? But it will never be more that a backup to me.

***A few notes from Experiance***
-If you can afford it get a backup laptop to use exclusively for DJing.
-Always Bring a backup of the software, whether on a memory stick on your key chain or burned on a disc, to prevent you from getting burned.
-Always Bring Blank CDs, You May Haveto burn music on the spot.
-Try to use more than one program if you decide to go digital

......thats all folks

qxest, sorry to hear of your issues with SSL. It's quite odd that so many here are having great experiences with their SSL (including myself).

i'm sure if you open up a thread describing your issues with details included (lappy specs, what ssl version, ttables/cdj, exact problem) in the help section (www.scratchlive.net) there might be someone who has a solution (moderators and or fellow forum users).

i have gone thru these and here are the tally's so far..give or take one or two due to the explanations given by the users...

PC TOTALS:
29 users
Users WITHOUT crash - 21
Users WITH crash - 8

MAC totals:
21 Users
Users WITHOUT crash - 9
Users WITH crash - 12

again I could be off a couple. I also didnt really take into account users who said they had crashes with beta versions, I also considered crashes due to CORRUPT files a NO if the user said no crashes since the corrupt files were erased...im mad bored at work

Thanks for pulling out the calculator, Tig....

(the stats are as I expected)

looks like us PC dipsticks are on top statistically. lol

I really would like more people to weigh in here... or Tigo if you find a moment between posting on here and eating at Wendy's - how about you scour thru the Help section and find a few more peeps with crashes and add those stats here too.

u should add Tark in your database analysis as well.... and add Kue too.

I dont know how to take this...kinda sounds cynical to me. As cynical as I am I dont think I like this, please chime in and let me know your intentions of this post.

well now that i read it again, i guess it dont sound the way i first intereperated(?) it. my bad.

I was simply kiddin around tigo....

I know. I had jus gotten into work with the worst Wine hangover of my life. its all gravy mayne!!

another thread goes west *sigh*.. unstickied

too bad, really...
mind you, it's far more likely that people who did have any crashes will respond to this.
BTW, every single one of my crashes happened when loading a file, never half way through a song, and the songs always kept on playing.

after 2 years of getting my ear bashed in on this forum, I finally had some form of proof willfully typed in by all the mac owners.

And because it's unstucked now - I'm going to add this..

www.scratchlive.net

They still have basic issues!! Revision after revison it still maintains its issues. Run windows on it and it goes away, to me this is pure poetic justice. Paid to much for a brand and you're still getting the shaft and smiling about it. Carry on.