Much has been made of Serato DJ 1.7 in the last couple of news items, so it’s clear it’s on the way. And as ever with a point release, there will be a public beta. And this release not only adds support for key hardware and software, but also addresses a huge number of the things you’ve all been moaning about a long time.
The full list of new things, improved things, and fixed things:
New Software Features
MIDI Panel for MIDI mapping additional features
Hide Track/Artist Info (ALT + M keyboard shortcut)
Sort Cues Chronologically
Ability to re-order Cue Points by dragging and dropping
Right click Cue Point trigger to change Cue Point color
Tempo nudge and range buttons available in MIDI mapping mode for controllers
Blue Active Deck borders around waveform headers
Channels 3 and 4 now available as recording source for Denon MC6000MK2
Mic/aux inputs now included in “mix” recording for:
Novation TWITCH
Vestax VCI-300
Pioneer DDJ-SX
Reloop Terminal Mix 2 & 4
Numark NS7
Mic now included in “mix” recording for:
Vestax Typhoon
Aux now included in “mix” recording for:
Vestax VCI-100mkII
Added Serato DJ Hardware Support
Numark NV
Akai AMX
Added Serato DJ Accessory Support
Akai AFX
Other Changes
Support for Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard discontinued
Updated drivers for all supported Rane hardware
Optimised Platter Latency for the Pioneer DDJ-SX
Slicer Mode for Vestax VCI-400 (SHIFT + ROLL)
Slicer Mode/BPM display for Reloop RP-8000
Mapped SHIFT + AUTO to Reloop/Exit on the Denon MC2000
Update to Serato DJ Thru mode logic for Rane devices. Hardware Thru mode and software Thru mode are now kept in sync, removing any drop in audio when switching
Improvements to CTRL + F search functionality
Numark Mixtrack Pro II RELOOP button now mapped to “Reloop” instead of “Loop On/Off”
Vestax VCI-300 BACK & FWD are now mapped to back/fwd functionality
Novation TWITCH touchstrip sensitivity adjusted to be closer to Serato ITCH sensitivity
Numark V7 LOOP CONTROL ON/OFF button now activates the last active loop instead of creating a new loop, aligning with Serato ITCH spec
BPM Meter for Numark V7, NS7, NS6 adjusted to be more precise
Additional controls available for MIDI mapping on Rane Sixty Series Mixers
Rane Sixty-One: All controls
Rane Sixty-Two, Sixty-Four and Sixty-Eight: FX section (all layers), Mixer section [EQ’s, faders] (all layers), Mic (all layers), All controls (secondary layers)
Bug Fixes
Memory Optimisation to increase the limit of files/crates allowed in Serato DJ
Recording Input for Rane devices not saved between sessions
Can’t use keyboard shortcuts to load to opposite deck when using Numark V7
Serato DJ Waveforms & GUI can become laggy when CDJs are connected in HID mode
Noise Sensitivity threshold now defaults -48 instead of -24 for DVS devices
Serato Video auto cross fader doesn’t move far left or right when set to a fast speed
Crash during automated soak test
IN USE state on DVS mixers causes deck to be stuck in THRU for controllers after hotplugging
Waveform Overview is not updated when instant doubling with Serato Remote
Saved Video FX not backwards compatible with previous versions of Serato Video
Reverted jog wheel sensitivity increase for Reloop Terminal Mix 4 in Serato DJ 1.5 and above
3 deck preference for Stack View mode is not remembered when switching between other views
CDJ HID mode display pitch percentage information is incorrect when using sync
Slip Mode not being displayed correctly on Vestax VCI-300
PFL button changes loop mode on Numark NS6
Novation TWITCH mic/aux on/off is always enabled on start up
Numark Mixdeck Quad hardware mixer controls are not read only in the setup screen
SP-6 Sample Player Master Volume level is not remembered between sessions
Active deck shortcut not in sync with active deck layer on the Pioneer DDJ-SZ
Stack view showing pitch -200% during reverse play
Clicking lock on saved loop slot de-activates currently active loop
Fix can’t reloop an active loop when deck is switched from ABS to REL
Video crashed shortly after clicking the Video button
Unable to control start/stop speed in Internal Mode with DVS devices
Serato DJ Crashes when loading specific .wav files
Resizing video output window to smallest size while video recording you will not be able to resize after
Serato DJ allows 2 x V7s to initiate with MASTER selected on both causing one deck to not function correctly
Crash during automated soak test
Pioneer CDJ-850 TIME button not working
Unable to longer load files from the files panel to the deck when using the DDJ-SZ browse knob
Numark Mixtrack Quad wheel colour toggle also changes active layer in Serato DJ
Novation TWITCH Drop Button both toggles for both decks
Serato DJ switches back to 2 Deck view mode when switching back to Stack View Mode
Scratching/Platter movement is reversed on Numark MixDeck Quad
Serato DJ may crash when browsing the history panel
Hang when syncing music with multiple downbeat markers
Black/white screen and unable to open Serato DJ on windows 8 machines when utf-8 characters are in the user account name
Track BPM drops to lower value after needle dropping
ADJUST/SLIP button on right deck of Novation TWITCH lighting not working correctly
Serato DJ does not restart correctly after installing Rane drivers from within the application on Mac
Happy now?
As the Flip/Akai stories have been published, it’s been interesting for me to follow comments, many of which have been along the lines of “stop giving us new stuff and fix the stuff we’ve already got”. There have also been a number of “just waiting for this to be added/fixed” comments, a great many of which have been addressed in this release, hence the headline of it being a biggie.
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