Don't know what that is but ok

All I want now is gapless AUTOPLAY

The ability to fine tune loops, move the in/out points. I cannot believe this isn't already in Serato, my 9 year old mixer has this.

ye, this would be BIG for our FLIPS i'd assume?

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i feel this thread has already become this one

not really, unless 1.8 is the only version of SDJ to come in 2015 :-)
i'm talking specifically the next update

Thats a great feature suggestion for flips.

Also, the next update will be 1.7.4, not 1.8

But keep the ideas coming :)

There are some other things coming ...

Matt P

Dang it I was hoping for 1.8
I can't seem to win on the hardware or software side of things.

I'm assuming we can either expect it next week or the week after since you guys use Scrum and seem to do one month sprints ;)

The ability to have smart crates as sub crates of others. This is a must. Would make the library a lot easier to navigate and cleaner

allow flips into the sp6 player...similar to loops and cues...i already got some productions lined up and waiting for this feature....i could make a whole new beat rite away

SP6 Sync for DVS users.

Less cpu usage please....

They promised updates for smart crates in the "next version" at the DJCITY Q&A so I'm really excited about that coming true!

In the next updates I'd like to see:

- FX improvements regarding distortion on some Echo effects
- New features for Flip, like fine tuning afterwards or enabling recording new elements like FX or loop rolls
- Maybe some new FX just for fun
- SP6 improvements - So much room to grow here. It doesn't even have to be like Remix Decks but would be nice to see something cool and new here.

1. Sub smart Crates (IE: Pop folder with sub 10s Pop, 90s Pop, etc...
2. an offline ios app equivalent of rekordbox for setting cues/loop/beatgrids

+1

It be nice if it was possible to turn efx on/off on each sample in the SP-6. Meaning that I could have a Bassdrum sample with delay and a snare without.

Just throw in a sequencer!

YES. Plus One Million.

I hope and pray every single day that the next SDJ release finally includes what has been missing from SDJ ever since SDJ first launched and still to this day still hasn't been implemented and that is simply >>> serato.com

I also hope and pray the next release of SDJ includes Serato Club Kit support for the new Rane MP2015 because the last thing we want to do is have to use an external SL4 interface to achieve what is already built into the MP2015 and that is a high quality dual USB sound card. Additionally, why on earth would anyone want to go from digital out of computer, into SL4 which converts to analog, to go analog into MP2015, only for the MP2015 to convert back to digital again before it converts back yet again to analog before finally spitting signal out to sound system. If SDJ would simply allow the MP2015's internal dual USB soundcard to be used with SDJ the signal would remain 100% digital throughout the entire signal path before outputted by MP2015. Not to mention the elimination of anywhere from four to eight pairs of RCAs and the headaches that come along with that.

1. SP 8 for controllers with 8 pads
2. no sample cut off when switching banks
3. MIXTAPE feature!!! Something like bridge...
thats what i would want to see for now.

Oh, and day mode as they had it in itch!!!

i ask for only i thing:

SDJ Club Kit for my Rane MP-25

Day Mode
Bridge for mixtape

Reintegrate DVS functionality that was in SSL :

• Library Scroll
• switch left right ( for play only with one turntable )
• the bridge


• contrôler aux input recording and monitor (it doesn't work on novation twitch )

thanks

Mixtape!

+1 especially no sample cut off when switching banks....

I'd love this too as rather stupidly SDJ thinks HID mode is DVS and not a controller. It's just a restriction that to me seemed a bug as there is no logical reason why my SX can support it but the CDJs don't.

CDJ2000s in HID mode have no SP-6 sync because of this!

Add other time signatures to the beat grid would be nice. There isn't much music divisible into 3s (3/4, 12/4, 6/8) but an option for 2/4 would be good as some tracks will have a two beat bar for a vocal sample break before a drop/release part of tbe track.

For those who haven't seen yet... Windows 7 invert colors (day mode horrible workaround)

Watchwww.youtube.com

For those who don't know how to activate the inverted colours shortcut in yosemite, (I Didn't) follow these instructions Watchwww.youtube.com
then after that u can use the shortcut at any time!

So, if I undestood correctly, serato never had a Day mode. It was a Invert Colors options from the Operating System...

Well...

+1 for a DayLight Skin.

Serato itch had a day mode if I remember correctly

Ye the entry level Itch had/has, Day mode of course...

But the top of the line SDJ doesn't, go figure....

Itch certainly wasn't entry level! It merged with scratch live to create SDJ.

There is still some features they have to bring over from Itch. It was pro and many people actually preferred it.

It was to controllers what scratch live was to turntables.

Not trying to bash Serato here but I have to wonder how such a small feature like Day mode takes more than a year to implement. Should be a simple trick to just make a new color scheme for the UI?

Good progress though with SDJ in general.

Track counter PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

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enjoy

While the 1.7.4 update is appreciated, it would be cool to see a bunch of "quick" improvements added to 1.75 (1.8) such as:

Increasing the zoom level of the waveform.
Metronome effect for easier beat gridding.
Bars to next cue point display.
Retro loops i.e. auto looping the last X beats rather than the next Y beats.
Skin settings e.g. Day Mode.
Multi sort, sorting library by more than one category.
Improved crate management.
Seamless autofade.

The above list is just an example and I'm sure there's a good few more. Maybe mopping up a bunch of quick wins is better than a couple of big features...

+1 these would be nice! I agree with you on the last bit.

Jump right to the loop like scartch live had ctrl+[ or '

FOR DDJ-S1:

1) - Music progress bar back to flashing when missing 20 seconds to song finish.

2) - Button FX ON/OFF back to flashing when the bank effects are in single mode.

3) - Button Loop IN/OUT back to lighting.

4) - The ALPHABET SEARCH function (SHIFT + touch strip) back to work.

5) - Button LOAD A/B flashing when a song is loaded on the deck.

6) - REC MODE function back to work.

+1

+1

+100

My dream list:

- High resolution support (Retina displays)
- Key detection, shifting
- Beat counter/beats-to-cue
- Smart sub-crates
- Remap native controllers
- 64-bit

Hamster style video cross fade for Serato Video.

Great feature suggestions. I'm sure we can do these for you at some stage m8 ;)

I haven't seen the "Beat counter/beats-to-cue" idea before. This sounds very helpful. It's why I have my waveforms always set horizontal at full zoom out resolution. I like to see and think ahead.

Just to ask what's been asked before

Some contrast on the scroll bars PLEASE
Those scroll bars need to be lighter in color
It's almost impossible to see them , find them without looking close.

See SSL to get an idea on how they should contrast
Why the scroll bars in SDJ are almost the same shade of gray as the rest of the UI is beyond my comprehension.

Maybe it's a very difficult thing to change. ???

It's a feature in Traktor/certain CDJs and something that's been requested on the forums before: serato.com

But Serato at least has numbered bars on the beatgrids (which I like) so you can see the phrasing. A simple display though (like on CDJs) that counts down the bars till your next cue point would be nice.

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no. It's as easy a thing to change as anything. It literally requires changing one word of code. This has been asked for countless times but last time I discussed it with a sera to rep he dismissed it saying he didn't see the point in changing it.

ignorance is bliss.

Then the rep should be fired. Different colour scroll bar is a no brainer imho.

Also why oh why minute markers and not 8 bar markers

Not everyone relies on SYNC.

No they don't, but it's a tool, and we're asking for the tool to be made better. But hopefully we can avoid a silly sync vs. "real" DJing flamewar here...

Not the point here. The point is not everyone uses bars but everyone in the world uses time.

At the very most this would have to be user selectable. You can't just add a feature like this. Not for nothing the individuals who do not rely on (or "use it" should say as I don't men to come across that I am against it just because I don't use it) SYNC would see no lines anymore.

I hear you. It would be cool though to have the option for time markers or bar markers. Or maybe even both could be creatively incorporated on the same overview. Options are awesome.

Agreed. IMO User selectable beats all. Let's you use it how you want to. I would never tell anyone how they should use a tool but I would ALWAYS like the option to use it how I would like to as well.

We agree, more contrast would make it a lot better. We'll look into this.

Thank you Logan
Please make scroll bars at least like those in SSL or even a bit lighter, light gray closer to white

thank you!

Before all suggested features, with which I obviously agree, can we please get POST FADER FX routing options for our SL3/SL4 boxes? Please? Thank you.

PS This is slowly becoming frustrating. SDJ is by far the best DJ software right now, but it still misses this key function, and I fail to understand why.

can the "lighter" scroll bars make it into 1.7.4?

i think this can be done easily & quickly without affecting anything at all as far as performance, stability goes

If I am not mistaken that would have had to be included in the Alpha in order to make it to the beta.

make Logan or someone else @ Serato knows whether they can still sneak it in

I'm not a programmer, but I don't think that would be "best practice" in software design. Even if it's a "minor" change, you never know how it might affect the program. Sneaking things in at the last minute is a recipe for disaster.

Personally I'd rather them have a stringent testing process, making sure the features that are added/changes that are made are stable. (Which I assume and hope they do).

To further this point, a LOT of the colors and fonts that are used in SDJ make it much harder to see on smaller screens (my 13" Macbook Pro Retina). The font itself doesn't look nearly as good as the one from 11 years ago in SSL, and the choice of font sizes throughout the UI is just plain bad. The color palette seems very disjointed as well, this is an area that could use a lot of improvement.

Have you already done this for your retina? support.serato.com

I assume you have otherwise you would be a lot more upset! LOL but figured I'd ask.

Hadn't seen that before. Interesting though - I run Serato at Retina resolution (2880x1800) and it's never appeared squished like that.

Same for me. Whe peeps started reporting that I was like huh? I thought it may just be 13" retinas not sure though

Thanks for this tip! It smooths the fonts a little better, but there are still too many inconsistencies in the UI. The search field text is minuscule, the Artist field on the playing song vs. the song title are way off whack.

To be clear, mine looked nothing like the example on that support page, but it was still much more cramped.

Light scroll bars won't be in 1.7.4. Far too late in the game to be throwing in new features like that, however small they may be.

+1
This would allow me to have a constantly updated dynamic set of crates that all I have to do when I import music is to change genre to what I use.

Can't you already do that by clicking either the in or out button then moving the platter or using the arrow keys to extend or shorten your loop.

i want something like CDJ cue. Not vinyl mode, like in cdj, when u press START it will start ti click on sec, like CDJ do. This will make use of controller with sdj mode intuitive for peple who usually use CDJs.

It's a pretty basic one but I'd love to see a total time calculation for each crate. I hate having to create a 2 hour set and not knowing how much music I've put in the crate.

Skins would be good too.

Total running time has been asked for millions of times for as long as I can remember

It's an awesome idea which I doubt will ever be implemented

Serato seems to skip over these little important features that many or everyone would benefit from and focuses more on other features some of which are seldomely used

Right click on crate to show its properties including running time would be nice

It seems so easy too add on the bottom of the crate list. The "other" guys have it!

When I switched to Serato, I found so many great things about it but there are a couple of no-brainers (like this one) that for reasons passing understanding, are missing.

+1

Just like have a built in click to use when setting up beat grids. It's the small little things that collectively can make a huge difference.

how about just better beat gridding in the software in general flexible beat grids are great but seato is still way behind traktor and virtual dj in this department as it takes me twice as long in serato to beat grid as it does the other two softwares!!!

+1

Would love to see the MIXTAPE feature! Loved having access to each deck individually in ableton. This was BRILLIANT! Especially with the bad sound quality of mp3's now a days. Please Please Please!!!!!!!!!!

For Android as well, please.

+1
I've already suggested this once before. A real offline APP for the phone that allows us to set cues, loops, beat grids, edit the comments.

Smooth (not choppy) waveforms on OSX. That used to be a given on OSX vs. Windows.....what happened?

Is it really all that important as far as functionality is concerned? No. But I have a bit of OCD, and it drives me bonkers seeing it flicker like that, lol.

Are you experiencing choppy waveforms? I have not had this issue myself since SSL with a Toshiba Satellite.

Yeah, the waveforms are choppy. I really only started noticing it w' the past few releases.

Maybe it has something to do with me using the Integrated Intel GPU (only) on my Mac? I have been forcing the Intel GPU because I don't want my Lofgic Board to fail like all the others have done. Anyone from Serato care to clarify whether this is the case?

They have always suggested to use the higher performance graphics card and disable automatic switching so I would assume your Intel GPU could not be as ideal as the alternative.

support.serato.com

Damn, you have a hard time following a paragraph, huh?


I already explained why I do it. But to give you the benefit of doubt, perhaps you are completely unaware of the GPU issues that have been plaguing 2011 MBPs.....

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+1
There's a number of issues with SDJ for me that still force me to still use SSL and its very disappointing.

We will pray that 1.8 brings us more than 1.7.6
As 1.7.6 brings nothing new for 98% of us using SDJ

Man, you should really be banned from this forum. ;)

Stability should always have a higher priority than new features.

+1

It's almost the same.

New features results in "We want more stability".
Maintenance results in "We want more features".

@musiclee

1.
It's a point release so just wait for the next major releases before moaning on bug fixes.

2.
The title alone shows that you will never be satisfied with your attitude. No offense but instead on asking what 1.8 will "bring to the table" you should ask/hope/pray/whatever for future releases in general.

It may always seem to one like the own ideas are the best ones but they're usually not. No one will read this thread and think: "Let's ditch everything. Musiclee is right" ;)

The truth may more look like that there actually is a roadmap at Serato HQ that locked all the features and/or bug fixes not only for 1.8 but also 1.9 and 2.x locked.

All we can do is request features in general.

Meant to say "It's always the same" in my first sentence.

Banned for asking questions and wanting more?
Then everyone here should be banned along with me. :-)

1.7.6 is out? Did it fix the History issues of not showing 'Length' 'Location' and 'Added'?

Spotify, Apple music (Beats1), or hell I'd even take Google Play Music integration.
I won't say this is the future of DJ libraries, but it should be part of it!

Where would you get that from?
Just want to avoid some disappointment :)

I think I read this before ;)
You forgot Whitelabel in this one though.

lol yeah I went on a bit of a tear through the forum. No stone unturnt!

And yeah, Whitelabel integration indeed

..and how could I forget, ROLL OUT FAST/SLOW

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I'd like to see some new effects for transitions and general mixing. What I have in mind is an echo out somewhat like loop rolls (press FX on and the song stops and echoes out like in combo fade echo but when you turn the FX off it picks up where it would have been if the song was playing all the time - just like with loop rolls).

New stuff could also be introduced to transition FX. We now have the echo out transition, and you can manually "reverb out" (btw why isn't there a reverb out FX?) but there could also other transition FX like white noise out and indeed roll out fast/slow just like in SSL.

I would really like to see SDJ 1.8 finally add Day and Night mode to the software it has been a long time waiting on this function

New FX packs.

ttm57mk2 with:
midimapping, next song on flip, sync for sp-6 sample player
mastervolume gain

MIDI Mapping should be very vey welcome!!!

mixtaaappppeeee :)

I'd love to see some more advanced library management in a future update.
iTunes has become enough of a problem to make DJs abandon it and rely solely on Serato for music organization, especially with 12.2. Having new and advanced features will help DJs make the switch.

Here are some ideas:

- pinning a selected crate in the Files/Browse/History/Prepare section (borrow the idea from Rekordbox)
- automatically import music from a designated folder (and subfolders)
- extra tagging for energy level, set time, etc. (again, borrowed from Rekordbox), and make these tags selectable in the Browse section
- nest subcrates inside a parent crate
- improved lost files relocation

I'm not a programmer so I have no idea what advantages a 64-bit Serato DJ would bring to end users in terms of performance and stability. My assumption is that having access to more memory is a good thing, but I'm sure a search around the forums will help to educate me.

Mainly more memory accesss for Serato to breathe in and let people have a zillion crates.. like crates upon crates upon crates for tracks to get lost in and maybe used at that one wedding where they require some slayer mixed in with ice cube.

Basically when building a program you're balancing between CPU usage and Memory Usage. Whenever you calculate a new value you can save it in memory so that you don't have to recalculate it when you need to use it again.

By allowing for more memory to be used you can reduce the load on the CPU or refocus that additional processing power on another task.

So even if you don't have a million crates or a bunch of songs and can still provide some benefits granted that Serato takes advantage of the additional memory in their code.

+1, and the footswitch working!

I use a vestax vci 380 what i would like to see is post fader effects on effects volume knob and effects on button would be a cool feature

Anything Vestax related we will have to wait to see what happens to the actual company because technically at the moment Vestax is out of business.

I expect more crashes and problems with 1.8 :D

Variable volume on the the Noise sweep. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez

new update and firmeware for Rane TTM 57 MKII

unfortunately, the midi functions cannot be changed,

unfortunately, the allocation of two sticks cannot be changed,

unfortunately, there is in serato dj software no masterlevel gain setting

unfortunately, the fader reverse buttons & channel swap are too high,
easily touch, fader revers and music is off, particularly
channel 2 reverse button under directly cue earphone(headset)
can one himself tune?, does not want to open yet itself ... and make smaler

two FlexFx buttons sometimes touched, lighting goes on, music off...
have behind loop send and return chinch bridget, then nothing happens
one could make these 2 buttons to midi

vinylcontrol to the next song with turn "next song on flip " does not go

unfortunately, the brightness of the led lighting is really bright and not dimmbar

as a pure hardware mixer there are no effects

so till present: ttm57 is better than mkII ... only serato dj is better

is there a link for this update?

There is no update. This is just what people want

got it

A stable working version...

Serato need to bring back mic recording thru the software i really miss making live mixtapes

yes, mic recording thru

Well I'm happy to say that 1.7.6 on a Win8 core i5 doing video is MUCH more stable than previous releases. For future improvement, let me please add:

1) Barely visible [Autoplay] button placement (what, there? I had no idea...) moved back to the top beside the Rec /FX / SP-6 / Video grouping would be good), and also take the [My Serato] button up top also, expanding the most important tracklisting area.

2) Bigger vertical waveform view as per serato.com
The horizontal matching wave guide can be removed/ toggled off in this view to help accomplish this.

3) Serato DJ Day Mode as per serato.com
This mode should just be a toggle button in the GUI.

4) Track play count as per serato.com

Thanks team and keep up the good work!

Play count would be awesome. +1

Customised midi mapping plse

Spotify support and key-change-abillity!!

Please add both <3

Please don't!

Why not?

SDJ still has some wrinkles to iron out. Can you imagine all the bugs that would spring up by adding streaming services to the mix? I just want them to perfect what we have now before adding more features. I mean, they can fine tune existing features (make them better), but let's not add any completely new features before we get SDJ as stable as ScratchLIVE was.

I'm rather content w' the feature set at the moment. I mean, I wouldn't mind some new Isotope EFX. I also wouldn't mind a more powerful SP-6!! Though, I have been asking for that since ScratchLIVE first introduced it, so I've pretty much given up on the fact that it will ever happen.

In short.....

Stability > Flare

+1

Maybe I'm old school or just stupid but I still don't get music streaming services.
Even more in context with DJs. You want to play a tune? Buy it. Besides skills the other difference between DJs is their selection and/or archive.

Diversity also plays a huge part in a more professional DJ's arsenal. Spotify (and services like it) enable a DJ to hone on his/her skills and bread & butter (so to speak) while still having access to the hottest tracks that are not generally his/her cup of tea. In other words instead of saying "Sorry I don't have it" (which is a phrase that should NEVER come out of a DJ's mouth IMO) you can say "even if I don't have it (which is highly unlikely) I STILL have it.

Spotify now offers 320 quality streaming and even if you lose your internet connection the song still plays in its entirety as it buffers just like Serato. Djay Pro has become a very real and effective tool for myself. Ever since they started supporting the pro gear (CDJ-2000Nexus's, etc) I have been using it more & more and trust when I say they are making HUGE moves as we speak. Daring even!! Love it.

As far as Serato supporting it. I almost want to say no let them focus on the more core features but at the same time there is a huge market for this and it is things like this that pull people in other directions..................... in other words I would have never even tried Djay Pro if they didn't support Spotify but they do. I would have never tried Traktor if they didn't support the CDJ-2000Nexus's when Serato didn't .......... but they did. As you can see it is cutting edge features alone that make the difference and influence future decisions for end users.

Only reason I want Spotify is for when the bride or groom or a guest comes to me with a request I want to make sure I have it.

I can play a crazy old odd song from the 50's for a couple and make their day, and at the end of it get a $20 tip. Or better yet sign another gig. :-)

No matter how large your library you never have all the songs

So buying ALL the songs is neither feasible nor possible

Give us all the Spotify option.
It's there for those who need it
And "uncheckable" in Settings for those who don't need it
Or better yet, make it an Expansion Pack for those who wish to buy it

"that SOMETIMES makes the difference" I meant to say. I won't even pretend all DJ's are at the front lines of change and technology LOL. Some are quite literally even further behind than the average teenager. To each his own as usual :)

Honestly, why don't those of you who want Spotify integration just download DJay 2 for your phones, and use it that way......$4.99 for Android, and $2.99 for iOS. Then you'll have it for that obscure wedding request.




I am also from this school of thought.

Or move to a full fledged DJ app that offers it on the laptop. Have you tried the HID implementation over at DJay Pro? I often find myself in the argument about me having too many music files so trust when I say I am right there with ya. Point here is it is going to happen sooner or later so may as well get on board with it. I mean mark my words just like SYNC it WILL happen. I have learned to accept and embrace future tech to a point. As in I learn it and try it myself. Does not necessarily mean I will depend on it. I still add over 100 files to my library a day. I still don't use SYNC BUT I do have Spotify premium account and DO know the in's and outs of Djay Pro (as well as most other DJ apps) and I do have ALL my files properly beat gridded. Why? Because you never know.

I'd be interested in some sort of streaming music integration (Spotify/Apple-Music/Beatport/etc.). DJ'ing throughout the years has appeared to have moved towards accessibility; in the days of vinyl, when you didn't have the track, you literally did not have the track. Now if you don't have the track, you're really saying "I didn't think to download that track earlier today". The next step would be "I don't have it, but I can just get it now thanks to the magical powers of the internet" :P

If anything it'll encourage people to learn to DJ a little more live! Pulling a track from Spotify doesn't give you pre-prepped cue points, grids, heck, the BPM analysis could be totally off. Fader riding may become popular once again.

On the other hand though...I can understand why people would want SDJ, Traktor, etc. to remain dedicated DJ'ing apps. I don't see too much wrong with bringing an iPad and an iDJ Pro along with a professional setup so you would have the capability to match in a track from Spotify; the pro-setup would be reserved to everything you've prepped personally. The option to have integration would be nice though.

On a semi-related note, does anyone know whatever happened to that Pulselocker thing? Seemed promising, but looks like it's kind of gone moot for now.