Curiously, while Traktor is now commonly only used on Native Instruments' DJ controllers as we mentioned, Serato has gone from having a relatively small number of tightly controlled hardware partners (Serato doesn't make its own hardware) to working with pretty much everyone and anyone in the industry, so you can find versions of Serato bundled with controllers from the very cheapest right up to the top. However, the company still licenses the software to its own specifications, meaning Serato DJ remains very easy to set up and use (it literally is "plug and play"); this is one of its noted benefits.
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| Serato DJ Software |
Serato is the software that DJs who play a wider choice of music than just electronic styles tend to prefer, as it has fewer loop and sample based features, and instead appeals to a more varied section of the DJing community. That's not to say it doesn't have creative editing features (for example, one of its paid -for additions is "Serato Flip", an addictive way to make easy, fast re-edits of tunes), just that if you want to DJ "the way it's always been done" but with software instead of physical media, Serato will be your natural choice over the brave new world of Traktor.
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