“Since the dawn of the sampling era, there’s been endless debate about the validity of music containing samples.” Mark Ronson candidly started his Ted Talk with this statement. He went on to passionately speak on how sampling transformed music as we know it.
We live in a really interesting time for music.
There are essentially no rules anymore. You can blend any two genres to create something new, you can become a worldwide success without playing a show or even leaving your bedroom.
The latest Serato DJ updates are here and bring the ability to stream millions of tracks from TIDAL and SoundCloud in both Serato DJ Pro 2.1 and Serato DJ Lite 1.1. DJing with streamed tracks will look and feel like playing regular music files. Your liked playlists will automatically appear in your Serato DJ library as separate playlists for an easy, familiar workflow.
The 2nd part of Crossfaders Beginner DJ Lessons on how to DJ with a laptop goes into basic music theory and the fundamentals of mixing.
Once you’ve learned the process of importing & analyzing from the previous tutorial jump into the video below and have fun practicing learning to mix your tunes.
You might be too embarrassed to ask your DJ friends for help or you might not have anyone to ask in the first place. Luckily we live in a time where you can learn to do just about anything on the internet.
“I DJ out of Crates, but my library is a mess and I have a loads of songs I don’t use. How can I get rid of all the tracks that aren’t in any of my Crates?” Here’s a tricky pro tip to achieve this. It’s not a simple process so if you’d like help from our team before you try this out, feel free to get in touch here.
Organizing your library and crates is something you all the time and is very helpful for your workflow. Building crates is a great way to prepare for a show, tidy up after a set and minimize clutter. Sometimes you may accidentally delete a crate and think you’ve lost it forever… You haven’t!
The table below shows a list of all the latest keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Serato DJ to access some of the features in the software a bit faster and make your life easier.
Do you ever find that you’ve analysed a track and it’s saying 130 BPM but you want it at 65 BPM. Keen to halve or double this?
Ever wondered why those two tracks always make the floor go HAM? One reason is that they are probably either in the same key or one relative to the other.
