What about mac users? I heard they only have one mouse button, they would be screwed :-P

Careful Nik, everytime I say that it starts up one of those Mac Vs. PC wars.

Hehe, sorry, I was just having fun. I know there are mouses on the Mac which support a second key :-)

yeh i suggested a right click menu like last year.. i doubt it will happen if it hasnt by now

CTRL+Click is like Right click, therefore: No second button needed..

chubbs, I can right click with a single hand, what about you? :-)

It still could, yuri... I don't think Serato would have placed this as a 'high' priority.

oh i agree but i think there will always be things that are of a higher priority to address.. i could be wrong though.. anyway i got used to it

Me too, left hand, small digit on crtl, thumb on trackpad's mousebutton... ;-p

Haha! Thats cheating :-)

So does anyone actually have any suggestions about what should be on this menu?

That's the funny part, nobody has even mentioned anything!

reveal file

access to a multi-file tag editor?

build overview?

maybe when you have modular structure in place (ie you can choose what features are displayed, what features are minimised or whatever - im assuming Serato are still looking into this?), it could choose various setup presets. E.G lets say a DJ only wants to see everything except the discs showing record position etc - this could be a preset, or maybe all u want to see is the browser and time remaining, this could be another preset. Just a quick way to change the view.

i think this 'menu' would be only be useful if other things are implemented into the interface.

as far as other audio programs, it seems as though having the extra menu is there because it would be impossible and unnecessary to have all the features available on the front screen. or its a way to access certain features quickly, generally personalised by the user. but right now i dont think SSL is so jam packed with features that the GUI is overcrowded.

Right clicking a track I would expect to see:- (in no paticular order)

load to left deck
load to right deck
rename (or edit tag or maybe both)
delete
copy to > (sub menu with crate structure)
move to > (sub menu with crate structure)
play in media player
set label > (sub menu with colours)
clear markers (gives pop-up "Are you sure?")
build overview
reveal file
add to prepare window

Add to prepare crate.
Edit - Tag.
Reset or clear played track - turns its color back to white.
Import to library - folder or a song.
Delete - from play list.
Delete - from HD.
Relocate file when its moved - when and if it become available.
Rebuild overview - individual.
Play - same as ctrl+O.
Rescan file tag - individual song or a folder.

the right-click edit or delete can bypass the allow file removal option so that even if its not ticked you still can edit or delete if you are using the right-click menu.

there are definitely more but its late and i cant think clearly now:-)

i completely agree with these ones!

I would go with these:

the context menu should default (hilite) a load action... say to the deck you didn't last load to or if the deck is empty, default to loading it there.

if you're over your library, clearing markers isn't an action you'd want to perform. you wouldn't want to clear them without seeing them first. i can't think of an instance where you'd want to mass-clear markers (something easily doable with contextual menus).

I agree with the rest of Nik's suggestions though.

lol leave the suggesting to the peoople who actually wanted it

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load to left deck
load to right deck
build overview
add to prepare window
Delete - from play list.
Delete - from HD.
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These would be my choices.. very simple.. we dont need a huge list here i dont think

Good suggestions, yuri.

Delete from HD should be Move to Trash...

or recycle bin on Windows...

ive been adding files to multiple crates on a consistent basis, so as an extention to the suggestions regarding right click menu which would add to a particular crate, how about a right click option which lets you select the crates that you would want selected files to be copied into?

*bump*

Right mouse click is needed :)

i think right click woulkd be too much especially when gigging, its jsut too technical and i think takes away from the dj experience. i dont like using my keyboard even, thats why i bought a shuttle pro:-)

i feel you nik...

also, i really like the way traktor dj 2 worked with right/left mouse click when pitch bending/nudging (right click = small pitch bend/nudge, left click = large pitch bend/nudge)

Yep, I wouldnt use it at my gigs either, but it would be helpful when I am at home and sorting my library. Its a pain, switch between mouse and keyboard forth and back, for example ctrl+o only works with the keyboard. You cant drop songs to your default media player by using drag+drop.

exactly, and it would be very nice if we could open a bunch of files with the default media player instead having to press ctrl + o everytime we want to sort tracks.

or at least, as nik said, to have a mouse action linked to this.

itunes allows you to drag and drop a bunch of files... i would love SSL to have this feature also.

Ohhhh yes, please!

my post copied from that other thread:

I can think of one good reason NOT to have right-click functionality...to ensure that operations between the Mac and Windows versions are as identical as possible. Yes, I know Mac users can ctrl-click to bring up contextual menus, but I daresay it's a lot less commonly-used a feature than right-click is on Windows.

Yeah, but those who think its too ugly using the shortcuts on the mac just can ignore it. It doesnt cause any harm+trouble for the mac users, does it?

Not really, but it does create operational inconsistencies. There's value in having the software work identically on both platforms, minimizes potential confusion. There's also value in simplicity, as opposed to the baroque "20-ways-to-do-one-thing" approach found in a lot of software.

I'm also having a tough time envisioning just what exactly a right-click menu would contain, but maybe that's partly because I haven't been using the software that long.

I dont see any inconsistencies, on both systems it would behave the same, just if you dont have a 2 button mouse (gee, what is a mouse if it only has one button?! ;) ) you might have to use identifiers. Its just that as you said, there are several ways to do one thing, these are necessary cause different users do stuff in a different way. I for example dont like using the mouse in a club, that sucks. While I am at home it is necessary if I organize my library. Other djs may hate using the keyboard at all, whilst others hate using the mouse.

Apple's shipping all their latest systems with the Mighty Mouse which is more than a 2-button mouse. I believe the default behavior acts as one button but I'm sure a lot of pro users turn on the additional capabilities and even Apple's been using a lot of the contextual menus in their apps these days.

Saying that, I'm on the fence on this suggestion. I think it would be an interesting addition when organizing your library but the last thing you want to do is hit the right click when you're performing live as you guys have stated. It becomes less handy on a laptop without a mouse attached. I haven't really missed right-clicking on things in SSL when in preparing though.

Theoretically, right-click is supposed to show you all the actions you can do with a target which is handy if the menu wouldn't get too unruly. Usually, a right-click saves you a trip to a menubar, but since SSL has no menus, it becomes a little less useful.

I like this suggestion. I might have said somewhere else that I'd like to see an overall lock option to lock ALL changes to EVERYTHING...lock-down the loops, cues, ID3 tags...similar to the current lock mode, but more powerful.

Taken from the following thread: www.scratchlive.net

+1 vote for this to be added. I like Nik's list of functions for it too. I remember when I first bought SSL that I was always trying to right click when organizing my files because it's just natural and being pissed off that it was absent.

The apple implementation problem is kinda nonexistent I think. I've got the mighty mouse which works well, but even if you just use the powerbook's internal pad, then the feature won't function anyway without the button and since how it'd be just an addon (mainly for windows users), you probably won't miss it.

I'm all for this idea too...

I thought about this some more from a programmer's view.....

For you Serato guys:
To identify the best features to put on a right click menu for a given object, identify all of the current functions that can be applied to that given object already in the program via keyboard commands exclusively or by an obsure button/action. Once you have made a list of these functions for each object, make them available in a right click menu by calling up the same program code (when an option is clicked) that the corresponding keyboard shortcut would. That should cover every single suggestion (I think) on this thread.

I've made a primative list in this format:
Right Clicked Object
-Action(s)

Selected Track
-load track to left deck
-load track to right deck
-double track
-reveal
-add to prepare window (except when in that window)
-open track in default media player
-send to trash/recycle bin
-delete from crate
-build overview
-edit tag

Left and Right Virtual Decks
-unload deck
-set temporary cue point
-jump to temporary cue point
-load previous track
-load next track
-swap loaded tracks

Waveforms
-left/right mouse button pitch bend (internal mode)

Crates
-delete crate
-rename crate

Crate Window (no crate selected)
-add crate

Any Part of the Cue Section
-delete all cues

That makes no more than 10 items per right-click menu, which sounds like a lot, but is far less than many programs have.

Sam/Josh, I'd be interested to hear some feedback on this.

yup, right click deff needed :D

Still waiting for a right-click feature, don't give up on us Moderator!

copy
paste
delete
locate in containing folder
AND many of the already suggested ideas

seems like a good idea, but do you want to turn the serato interface into microsoft word? you'll be wanting a menu bar next :S

Delete from HD is a good idea, if you find a song you really dislike and have been meaning to get rid of it