Serato releases Serato DJ 1.9.6
Serato has released Serato DJ 1.9.6 which is an update that includes DVS-specific tweaks
like Smart Sync, improved Sticker Lock and the new Anti-Drift feature. The latter calculates
a track’s overall average tempo and displays it.
With Serato DJ 1.9.6 comes additions and improvements for DVS users. DJ’s who spin on
turntables will find at least one or all of the below feature updates very beneficial.
DVS Improvements
Serato DJ 1.9.6 includes a number of improvements for DVS hardware users- the option to
enable Smart Sync and the new Anti-Drift feature to help stabilize BPM. All these
features can be found in the setup menu.
Using turntables gives a lot of platter control to the user, but it doesn’t come without
a cost. Wow/Flutter is a common nuisance that you’ll experience when playing vinyl,
caused by variables of the turntable or vinyl itself, resulting in unexpected BPM
fluctuations.
The introduction of Anti-Drift combats wow/flutter by calculating the rotational speed of
the vinyl and ignoring every abnormal rotation by applying an average. After a few
rotations, your deck’s BPM will be sitting at a stable number, resulting in a much more
reliable beat-mixing experience.
Performance Enhancements
This update includes Pitch Play mappings for select hardware, Favorite FX Banks and an
enable/disable Hot Cues option in the setup menu.
There’s an option from Scratch Live to enable and disable setting Hot Cues. Turning off this
feature will stop the frustration of accidentally setting cues on unwanted spaces for those
that thrash performance pads. The user can toggle this setting in the DJ Preferences tab of
the SETUP screen.
When Hot Cues are disabled, Cue Points can only be set by pressing control + numbers 1-0 on
the user computer’s keyboard. Cue Points will not be set with the press of a single
button/key on your hardware or keyboard.
The user can have two entirely different FX Banks saved, available to load whenever
needed.
Each bank when saved will remember the FX loaded with each parameter that was set. This
is useful when wanting to switch between two configurations.
Stability Enhancements and Improvements
This update includes a significant number of stability enhancements and further improvements
including a fix for Drop to ABS & Sticker Lock sensitivity, Smart Crate key notation,
improvements to Loops and looping functionality, audio + memory optimizations and much
more.
All Free Trials Reset and Hardware Support
All Serato DJ trials have been reset and any user with supported Serato DJ Intro or
Serato DJ hardware can now trial the full Serato DJ Suite, which includes Serato DJ and
all the Expansion Packs.
It enables support for the Pioneer DJ DDJ-SZ2, Club Kit support for the Pioneer DJ
DJM-900NXS2 mixer and official Serato Accessory support for the Pioneer DJ CDJ-2000NXS2.