Last updated 29 January, 2024 The proposed purchase of Serato by AlphaTheta, the owners of Pioneer DJ and Rekordbox, has stirred strong feelings in the DJ world. Now, the UK Government is inviting people to submit their views to a formal investigation by its Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”). Looks like sh*t just got real! […]
Last updated 22 January, 2024 Serato DJ is one of the most popular laptop DJ programs, and a good choice if you’re a DJ who plays hip-hop, open-format sets, who wants to scratch… but it’s equally at home with house and electronic music, too. Features-wise it has most of what you want, including the new […]
You may have seen the news that in a recent Serato DJ update – the ability for Serato Stems to work with tracks streamed from TIDAL was removed. The music streaming service has also pulled access to Stems for DJs in new updates to Rekordbox DJ, Virtual DJ, djay Pro, and so on. Many DJs […]
Last updated 12 December, 2023 In a development that will not surprise anyone, Serato has announced that support for using its stems functions when streaming music from Tidal is being phased out. This first happened with Engine DJ on Denon DJ and Numark standalone gear, and it’s coming from the record labels, not Tidal themselves. […]
This new update to Serato DJ has been in the mix for a bit, but this week Serato fully released Serato DJ 3.1. This new update means that owners of Official Serato Accessories (list below) can quickly and easily control Serato Stems as a pad mode, no need for a custom MIDI mapping. DJs gain […]
Last updated 26 September, 2023 Serato DJ Pro users who use official Serato accessories to DJ with (the biggest use case of course being CDJ players) can now control Serato Stems directly from their gear, thanks to a new feature added to the Serato DJ Pro 3.1 public beta. By going to the Setup area […]
This week’s surprise news of a pending acquisition of Serato Audio Research by AlphaTheta Corporation (Pioneer DJ’s parent company) riled up many DJs. There’s been (very valid) concerns expressed about market consolidation, dampening of innovation, and long term support for legacy products. But what about the flip side? Is this deal born out of a […]
This week’s surprise news of a pending acquisition of Serato Audio Research by AlphaTheta Corporation (Pioneer DJ’s parent company) riled up many DJs. There’s been (very valid) concerns expressed about market consolidation, dampening of innovation, and long term support for legacy products. But what about the flip side? Is this deal born out of a […]
It might read a bit like an April Fool’s joke, but no – according to a post just now on the Serato blog, AlphaTheta Corporation has acquired Serato Audio Research. Here’s what each CEO has to say so far: Yoshinori Kataoka, President and CEO of AlphaTheta: I am delighted to announce the acquisition of Serato. […]
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