Join the Serato DJ 1.9.6 Public Beta

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.