So i read some reviews on people who have used it, some good reviews and some great reviews. Here is my experience.
At first site, I really liked the way that all the main display has been made a little larger. It definitely is easier to see everything.
Also you gotta love that now you can attach 3 tables to the system! SOOOOO SICK, that means that i can get really creative with my mixing. Definitely cant wait to check it out and not to mention might be able to splice up some awesome beats.
The effects board: so i messed with this today, i think it would get a little hard to get all this going when mixing, but i definitely think its possible. It does take up some of the screen, but not such a significant portion to where you feel that its dimishing your mixing. This works great with the mixer and the fact that you dont need specific functionality on your turn tables or your mixer to create the effect makes it so that you dont need to purchase a mixer which includes that functionality. Though i do have to say that i have found it easier when you can control it of your mixing board. But this is still a feature which I am very impressed with.
Display Mode: Very interesting, you are able to have 3 different views, one view allows you to collapse the view, so that you are able to see the expanded library. Which i think is pretty cool especially because you are able to still have the software effects present. Another view allows you to view all 3 channels horizontally, which is kind of like if you were in a mixing program such as acid, cool edit, etc. and the final view is the normal serato scratch live display. I think its cool that they have these options.
Libarary View Modes: Simply put, Unnecessary.
Smart Crates: Really cool, though I dont know how much i would actually use this, i am very picky with my library and how i organize my different folders. But its cool how you can take all your hip hop tracks and every time they are brought into serato they are put in a certain folder. Basically it allows you to write a query and all those tracks which meet the specifications are placed into the folder you assign it to. Cool feature, but will i use it? probably not as much as i could.
Conclusion: In my oppinion, serato is the best software out there that I have seen in terms of DJing software. I would give it a 9 out of 10.
Links:
Video Tutorial on Serato:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MVNMRvCwUk&feature=player_embedded
Serato Scratch Live 2.0 Download:
http://serato.com/downloads/scratchlive
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