As is Serato’s way, out comes a public beta swiftly followed by a full release. And although a double point release, Serato DJ 1.9.6 has some pretty heavy updates, not least the improvements to DVS performance.
The lengthy press release follows:
Serato DJ 1.9.6 is now available to download and with this release we’ve focused on feedback from users to deliver one of our best updates yet.
This release includes:
- Significant DVS improvements including the new Anti-Drift option to stabilize BPM, Smart Sync and improvements to needle drop sensitivity.
- Feature improvements including Favorite FX Banks, Chronological Loops, Reordering Loops and Enable/Disable Hot Cues as an option.
- Pitch Play mappings for supported hardware (requires Pitch ‘n Time DJ license).
- Official support for the Reloop RMX-90 DVS 4-channel mixer.
- Significant stability & performance improvements.
Nick Maclaren (Head of Strategy at Serato) says:
“After paying close attention to user feedback over weeks of beta testing, we are now thrilled to officially release Serato DJ 1.9.6.
Our goal for version 1.9.6 was to hone in and fine tune features that are really important to our professional DJ customers.
We’ve added Pitch Play mappings to existing supported hardware, Favorite FX Banks, new Looping options, improved the Needle Drop sensitivity, Sticker Lock, and more.
Lastly, we’ve continued to focus on stability improvements with powerful new audio and memory optimizations to make this our most stable release to date.”
With Serato DJ 1.9.6 we’ve reset all Serato DJ Suite trial activations to date. So if you’ve already taken a two-week trial in the past, you can now try the full Serato DJ Suite again, for FREE.
This is a great time to test out Expansion Packs like Pitch ‘n Time DJ if you haven’t already.
DVS Improvements
Serato DJ 1.9.6 beta includes a number of exciting and important improvements for DVS users:
- New Anti-Drift option which allows DVS users to stabilize the BPM of playing tracks, perfect for Long mixes and blends.
- Smart Sync is now available for DVS users. Sync multiple tracks and sources together easily Without tracks falling out of beat.
- New option to allow pitch adjustments to make the BPM of all decks in sync follow.
- Improvements to Needle Drop sensitivity, for increased performance with the Sticker Lock feature and more.
Performance Enhancements
Below are some great performance enhancements focused on improving your workflow:
- Pitch Play mappings for supported hardware, including the Pioneer DJ DDJ-SX, DJM-S9, Numark NS7III, NVII and more (requires Pitch ‘n Time DJ license).
- Favorite FX Banks option allows you to easily recall your favorite FX configurations.
- Chronological Loops option for saving your Loops in chronological order.
- Loops can now be reordered into your preferred order.
- Enable/Disable Hot Cues option in setup menu.
Reloop RMX-90 DVS Support
We are excited to include official support for the Reloop RMX-90 DVS, Reloop’s first 4-channel Serato DJ & DVS enabled mixer.
- Plug-and-play with Serato DJ.
- On-board FX Unit with visual feedback.
- MIDI-assignable elements for extra control.
- Active USB hub for connection of further USB devices.
Stability Improvements & Enhancements
We’ve been listening closely to our users and worked to include significant stability improvements on your most requested features. This includes:
- Dictate Smart Crates by key notation.
- Scratching no longer jumps out of a Loop.
- Audio optimizations.
- Memory optimizations.
Read the full list of improvements, changes and additions in the Serato DJ 1.9.6 release notes.
Download Serato DJ 1.9.6
And there’s a couple of extra videos explaining some of the new updates in a tad more detail.
No mention of being able to scale properly on high-res/DPI macbooks and windows laptops?
read the full release notes https://serato.com/dj/downloads/1.9.6/releasenotes they fixed a bunch of GUI issues….or better yet try it to confirm.
I’m excited about this release!
I’m Interested to see if that wow & flutter stabilization has any ill effects with scratching.
And sync’ing a 3rd deck internal loop will be great if it works. If Serato implemented a drag and drop feature from current deck to a synced 3rd (or 4th) deck within 2 deck view, that would be a game changer for me.
That game changer is called traktor
Haha. Yeah, I’ve used Traktor in the passed and really liked some features over Serato (like filtering your library by bpm range) but ultimately stuck with Serato for the simpler layout.
What amazes me are the number of great DVS DJs I know who are tech-savvy but don’t want to move from Scratch to Serato DJ. Can anyone explain? (other than Ableton linkage which none of these guys seem to use)
older laptops are better off on SL…personally,i’m in love with the SDJ features…used scratch live a while back and it seems ancient now.
the feedback that I get when I ask is usually “i just prefer Scratch – it’s cleaner, simple etc” which doesn’t make a lot of sense to me given that SDJ looks about as minimal as I can think of
Scratch Live is a nice backup though.I once forgot to turn off automatic updates & when the OS updated…SL saved me because SDJ could no longer link with the Mixer….SDJ is so stable now it doesn’t make sense not to use it…I’ve done 7-8 hrs no problems multiple times.
You can run SSL surprisingly well on one of those old white “clamshell” plastic macbooks. That’s reason enough to keep what you’ve got, if it works for you.
believe it or not, alot of people really don’t need more than two turntables and a mixer.
what Mac OS will work with this? I’m on Yosemite 10.10.1 and DJ with a DDJ SX.
Any issues that may occur?
I’m on sierra which is supported.just rename the old serato DJ in applications folder and keep both so you can try this new one seperately
Thanks Asu, great idea about renaming the app and keeping the old one. Cheers.
Anti-Drift is a game changer…long mixes/remixes will be a breeze now.