Serato is continuing to work hard to drag Scratch Live users kicking and screaming from their old software make Serato DJ even better with a series of incremental releases. This time, we see some very useful additions, some improvements and a boatload of fixes all coming to Serato DJ 1.7.2. And you can help Serato make it better with another public beta.
The word from Auckland:
It’s public beta time again. This beta is for the latest signifiant Serato DJ 1.7.2 update, with a heavy dose of maintenance, optimisation and some handy new feature additions and changes. This is the first release since we’ve had detailed crash reporting, introduced in Serato DJ 1.7.0, which has allowed us to identify and fix a number of issues.
The public beta is a great opportunity to help us identify and fix up any further issues before the full release and we encourage everyone to get involved.You can find the link to the beta area when it is live here: http://serato.com/forum/area/661Here are the full release notes for this update:
Serato DJ 1.7.2 Public Beta
We’d be really keen to hear from anyone running Yosemite OSX10.10 with Serato DJ 1.7.2.
Our initial tests have been successful so far, and we’d like to announce full support with the final release. If you are seeing any issues that seem specific to Yosemite, please let us know!
New Features
- Sticker Lock
- MIDI output lighting
- 2 Decimal Place BPM display option
- Toggle time elapsed/remaining for Library, Stack and Offline views
- MIDI Map individual Loop Roll sizes (alt + click)
- 32/64 bit floating point WAV/AIFF file support
- Echo Out effect added to Wolf Pack
- Continuous library scrolling with buttons (MIDI panel and VCI-300)
- Saved Loop Mode for DDJ-SR (shift + roll)
Other Changes
- Increased Audio Dropout Light threshold
- My Serato panel update
- Blue Smart Crates
- Serato DJ login online window remembers login details between sessions
Bug Fixes
- Using browse knob jumps to top of crate after using search function
- Keylock/Pitch ‘n Time DJ improvement when scratching at low speeds with DVS
- Sorting by color does not respect color palette
- Crash when connecting to firewire soundcards
- iTunes library not found on Win 7 when iTunes Library is not in default location
- Serato DJ hangs after loading a corrupt mp3
- Crash when using browse panel to view missing file entry
- Searching the library causes waveforms/virtual decks to freeze
- Clicking on the loop time of the currently active loop switches the loop off
- iTunes playlist folders always open expanded in Serato DJ
- Sort and jump to BPM doesn’t jump to the correct BPM
- Repeat Track does not work when Serato DJ is in Offline mode
- Saved loop/manual loop state is not copied when instant doubling
- Clearing played track history causes hang
- BPMs not showing in history sessions
- Sample Buttons on Numark Mixtrack Edge Don’t Load to Sample Slots
- Noise Threshold preference not copied across from Scratch Live if available
- Cue and Load incorrectly mapped on Reloop Beatmix 2
- Exiting DJ while an iTunes library is still loading causes a crash on exit
- Various history columns not visible and unable to edited
- Possible crash when using Album Art View
- Crash on exit with Rane SL4 connected
- TAP button does not light up on Numark NSFX
- Track skip/jumps when scratching with 45RPM
- 2’s Compliment data type not working correctly for MIDI mapping
- Loop Flip slot defaults to Loop ON when saved and ON/LOOP are both off
- Flip Cue Trigger during playback doesn’t handle “Play From First Cue Point”
- Right click to change Cue Point colour does not work on Windows
- 3 Deck Stack view displayed on unsupported devices when hot plugging
- Instant doubling doesn’t turn an active Flip off if it’s on, on the target deck
- Pioneer DDJ-S1 should not have AUX drop down option in Recording Panel
- Stop time not respected after Loop Rolling
- CDJ Loop Recall not working correctly
- Empty Cue Points buttons not dimly lit on Rane Sixty-Eight
- CDJs are displaying the incorrect remaining time while in HID mode
- Right click on columns in the History panel does not work
- Possible crash when using DJ-FX
- Offline Player not limiting correctly on Windows
- Crash when deleting or editing video file
- Potential crash when color tagging tracks
- Decks pause during autoplay when same track loaded to different decks
- Offline player not running at correct sample rate after disconnecting hardware
- When not using CDJ HID mode (but connected) the library knob controls Serato DJ
- Sometimes incorrect saved loop is activated directly after activating a different saved loop, then instant doubling
ECHO OUT! HOORAY!
“Bug fix – Crash when connecting to firewire sound cards”
….which Serato firewire sound card is this?
I don’t think they mean their’s, I think they mean external sound cards, say like a Motu Hybrid.
But Serato won’t even work on un-approved sound cards. All the Rane DVS boxes, & all the Serato DJ controllers from various manufacturers are all USB.
It is if you have another sound card used for production that is still connected or if you use one to record a mix through with hardware that doesn’t support internal recording.
Ah! …it all makes sense now.
Keep up the good work !
who knows, Serato might eventually become Traktor 1.2.7….
poor copycats :-(
Why do you think that Serato DJ is copying Traktor?
Because they add features which exists on Traktor for years.
Who was first to use Beatgrid, Quantize, super-open midi mapping, 4 decks… all the essentials of Traktor are getting ripped one by one since Serato DJ was born.
I bet that they don’t even bother to read feature requests, they just open Traktors manual…
I’ll stick to the original.
Those features are in all DJ softwares too. Mixvibes, Virtual DJ, Deckadance, Torq, Mixxx.
Do you feel that Serato DJ shouldn’t have beat grids in it? Or go back to two decks? Maybe remove looping as Virtual DJ does it?
It’s called a standard.
Freeze Mode (Slicer), Sample Player (Remix Decks) Flux Mode (Slip Mode), coloured waveforms…
The “original” isn’t all that original, you know?
Oh, please don’t compare lame airhorn sample player to the amazingly creative Remix decks.
It’s like comparing a kite to a spaceship.
and if it’s called a standard, I prefer to work with the one who sets the standards and not the one who looks at the others and just copy it.
I used to be a Serato user.
Serato used to have it’s unique workflow and identity, it was simple and powerful and most of all – solid as a rock – they lost it all !
as i claim from the start – they became just another Traktor wannabes.
I don’t refer the others because they are small players, and just like a small business when there are “Sharks” around – just follow the sharks to stay alive.
I wasn’t comparing, just letting you know what Serato features made its way over to Traktor after being enjoyed by Serato users first. Sets the standards? 80% of DJs I know uses Serato software or have converted.
The “small players” still have features that Traktor adopted and used.
So every feature Traktor has was an original, never seen before feature was it? I hope you’re still using the yellow waveforms in Traktor as it would be a shame if you was using them in coloured mode after your remarks.
Where was Native at BPM? Non existent. Features? Nothing new. Not working with Pioneer which is the industry standard can’t be a good thing. Keep going it alone could go awfully wrong if it’s not judged correctly. Getting users into a closed ecosystem from a pretty open one is dangerous. Enjoy HID mode on the players in almost every DJ box on planet earth.
What’s it like having new features in Traktor? When you get one, let me know, okay?
Then again, I could find out myself as I have an Audio 8 with TSP1/Pro 2 as I am a Traktor owner.
As a Traktor user, I suppose trollin’ on a Serato story must be the highlight of your day though…
Toodles!
It’s funny that you are measuring Traktor by having or not a booth at BPM. it’s also funny that you haven’t seen new features in Traktor for a while, and yet, it still has 50% more practical features in it – it just shows how lame Serato is.
And still, if you’ll keep the color waveform copyright and give back anything else stolen from Traktor, Serato will easily become Winamp…
After 20 years of turntables i discovered that various controllers gives me crazy abilities, I can’t imagine myself working with Serato with more than one controller bundled with it.
But hey,
you got the colourful waveforms (C) and an option of hiding the track name, and most important the ugliest GUI with stupid rotating circles – I bet there are many 13 years old kids on your side that say: “it’s the best because everyone has it”.
I bet you use iPhone also.
Luckily i grow up.
Wow – your dislike of Serato DJ is quite intense. It’s not really THAT bad is it? Half the DJ world uses it and still manage to rock crowds across the globe.
I’m interested in the “50% more practical features”. What do you feel they are?
I didn’t said it’s bad, and never said that NI are saints.
I just don’t like people/companies who tries to ride on others success without being able to have their own say.
Of course you can rock the world using a pair of Gemini cd players and 2 channels Behringer mixer – if you are good dj you can totally override your equipment limitations and still get creative enough to do the right job – actually, that’s what really matters.
That is also why i don’t like Bitwig – it looks like someone had a lot of Ableton screenshots while “designing” it’s GUI.
I’m sure Serato will keep on ripping features, as much as i have the feeling that Traktor is about to re-open the gap soon.
@Mr wilks. Delorean ?
I’m sure Serato users has just opened the wing-doors while they heard they can map midi output now.
I mean, Quantize AND midi out at the same year ?
that’s too much…
To close this infinite discussion, let’s all keep on playing and have fun. I truly wish you the best :-)
Enjoy your only “new” feature… a slicer. I didn’t realise it was 2011? Catching up to the leader feels good I guess? ;)
(And no iPhone for me… or any Apple products actually. I’m Android and Windows but that will probably upset you too?).
Right… I’m off to download and play with Traktor Scratch and a Slicer. It’s like a took a ride in a Delorean…
Oh and one last thing before I go and enjoy the new update… “and yet, it still has 50% more practical features in it – it just shows how lame Serato is.”
Or how they nailed the basics first before trying to be clever?
How’s that Native “open” community going there too? It’s very portentous and arrogant so don’t hang out there anymore.
If Native hadn’t ripped off N2IT’s time code instead of making their own I wouldn’t have had the stupid licencing screw over with the upgrade from Traktor 1 to Traktor 2 and them turning off my vinyls even though the royalties had been paid in the first place. Classy move Native after I PAID for the upgrade.
Anyway… beats to be mixed so toodles!
It definitely looks that way..
It’s like the episode of south park “simpsons already did it”:)
Traktor doesn’t seem to make much fuss about it’s features.
yet, serato is like a child in the playground, shouting “look what i can do”
Either way, it’s getting ugly, and it’s becoming less about talent and more about pushing coloured buttons, association and money(Add-ons).
However, when you’ve got a company grooming kids with expensive mixers, so they can expand on their empire, you’ve got to ask yourself ” did jimmy saville die? if not, did he replace Sam Gribben”;)
Enjoyed using both, but Serato needs to stop milking out their features! And, Traktor needs an industrial wake up call
Serato are listening to their customers & giving results.
Serato are kicking ass!
Great stuff!!
still no support for CDJ-350s, they can’t be that desperate to get us away from SSL
I see nothing related to Vestax products…..related to Vestax going under or is it that they perfected it for Vestax.