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#DJLife: Ear Protection

As a DJ, your ears are everything. If you're working night after night in loud environments, you need to think about protecting yourself against damage. Here are a few things to know so you can prevent permanent damage and keep DJing for many years to come.

DJCity: Cleaning Your Control Vinyl

If you're starting to lose tracking with your Serato Control Vinyl or you can see they are just getting pretty stanky, it's a good idea to give them a clean! It's actually really simple. Mojaxx from DJCity TV shows you how.

Controller DJ "The Abbott" Wins DMC Online Round

Controllers have been relatively standard for a while now, and their use and acceptance has been widespread except in the battle scene... until now! Check out this routine from local NZ DJ "The Abbott" who has taken out round 4 of the DMC Online World Championships.

Now Supported: Mixars DUO

The Mixars DUO is our very first partnership with all new Italian based DJ company, Mixars. An all-new DVS enabled 2-channel mixer for Serato DJ. Now supported in Serato DJ 1.9.1. Learn more.

Learn: Using Samples & The SP-6

Whether you're adding your custom DJ drops, blasting airhorns or setting off the dub siren, the SP-6 Sample Player in Serato DJ is your best friend. Read a quick guide to using this Serato DJ feature like a pro.

DSTRUKT 2016 DMC Routine

Straight from Serato Studio 2 in New York, check out DSTRUKT's 2016 DMC routine with some added extras.

DJ Trayze: "Spell My Name Right" Routine

Watch Red Bull Thre3Style 2016 USA finalist, DJ Trayze with a quick word play routine, recorded in the booth before the club opens! Very cool use of acapella in this.

Hedspin on CDJs. It's not what you use...

As a working DJ, you want to try out as many different setups as you can for that one moment when you may need to step up and work with something you're not used to. Check out DJ Hedspin putting some time in with a set of CDJs and laying down a killer juggle routine with some classic breaks.

From the Forum: Help me with my DJ name!

Welcome to a new blog series where we discuss some of the most famous, frequent and controversial questions and topics from the Serato Forum. First up, "Help me with my DJ name!"

SeratoCast: Livin' Proof

The Livin' Proof team have been in a mainstay in London's nightlife with their well known hiphop party by the same name. We catchup with guys in the third instalment of the UK Special Takeover.

Pitch Play with DJ OLDE, Musikmesse 2016

DJ OLDE, shows off the new Pitch Play mode, unique to the Denon DJ MCX8000 for Serato DJ. This mode allows you to change the pitch of your cue points as you play using Pitch 'n Time DJ, giving you more creative tools for transitions and performance.

SeratoCast: Future Beats Records

In this second instalment of our UK takeover we catch up with our family at Future Beats Records.