Serato DJ 1.9.6 Public Beta
With Serato’s latest 1.9.6 release, they’ve focused on feedback from users including:
- Significant DVS improvements including the new Anti-Drift option to stabilise BPM, Smart Sync and improvements to needle drop sensitivity.
- Feature improvements including Favourite 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).
- Significant stability & performance improvements.
DVS SYNC 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 stabilise 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 DDJ-SX, DJM-S9, NS7III, NVII and more (requires Pitch ‘n Time DJ license).
- Favourite FX banks option allows you to easily recall your favourite 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.
STABILITY ENHANCEMENTS & IMPROVEMENTS
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.
- Playhead no longer jumps out of Loop when censor is released.
- Audio optimisations.
- Memory optimisations.
Pitch Play mappings for supported controllers
- Pioneer DJ DDJ-SX – [SHIFT + SAMPLER]
- Pioneer DJ DDJ SP-1 – [SHIFT + SAMPLER or SECOND PRESS SAMPLER]
- Pioneer DJ DDJ-SX2 – [LONG PRESS SAMPLER or SECOND PRESS SAMPLER]
- Pioneer DJ DDJ-SZ – [LONG PRESS SAMPLER or SECOND PRESS SAMPLER]
- Pioneer DJ DJM-S9 – [LONG PRESS SAMPLER or SECOND PRESS SAMPLER]
- Numark NS7II – [SHIFT + SAMPLER]
- Numark NS7III – [SHIFT + SAMPLER]
- Numark NV – [SHIFT + SAMPLER]
- Numark NVII – [SHIFT + SAMPLER]
- Akai Pro AFX – [SHIFT + SAMPLER]
Find out more and join the Serato DJ 1.9.6 Public Beta here.