Scratch Live 2.5 (Legacy)
Note: Serato Scratch Live has been replaced with Serato DJ.
Aug 02, 2016 At the heart of the DS1 is a bi-directional audio interface with two sets of RCA stereo inputs for turntables or professional CD players. As DJs manipulate the. In this video, UK DMC Champion JFB tests out Denon DJ's Hybrid MIDI Mode with Serato Scratch Live 2.1 and the Denon DJ DN-S3700 CD decks without timecode media. Hybrid MIDI Mode is a free firmware download for the DN-S3700 and DN-S1200 players from the Denon DJ website.
IMPORTANT: Please read this known issue before updating to Scratch Live 2.5
Serato Scratch Live 2.5 comes loaded with a bunch of key features including: Support for Serato Remote, free Loopmasters sample content, plug-and-play support for Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus and MIDI Output Lighting.
What's in Scratch Live 2.5?
Support for Serato Remote
Serato Scratch Live users have support to download and use Serato Remote - Serato’s first official App for iPad®.
Designed to compliment an existing Scratch Live setup, Serato Remote will connect seamlessly to your Serato laptop software and work with all supported Scratch Live hardware.
Serato Remote lets you see and perform all of your favorite Scratch Live functions without needing to touch your laptop. Control Cue Points, Loops and Samples. Load tracks and manipulate FX in ways that weren’t previously possible. See Serato’s famous Virtual Decks and Track Overviews so you can focus on the crowd and free yourself from your laptop.
Have control at your finger tips and enhance your Scratch Live performance. Serato Remote can be connected wirelessly freeing you to move around the stage or connected over USB for ultra low latency.
Designed with real world performance in mind, using big easy to hit buttons focusing on the most important performance features.
Serato Remote is available now and can be downloaded direct from the App Store℠ for USD 19.99.
To watch Rui from Serato use Serato Remote, and for more information visit serato.com/remote.
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Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus plug-and-play support
With Scratch Live 2.5 you can throw away your control CDs and connect your Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus directly to your laptop.
Tightly mapped software controls give you low latency control over performance features in Scratch Live.
Control your Scratch Live library with your CDJ-2000nexus. See full color album artwork, waveform, cue/loop points and other important track information on the CDJ-2000nexus color display.
MIDI Output Lighting
Now supported with Scratch Live 2.5 MIDI Output Lighting enables the LEDs on your MIDI controller to light up when used with Scratch Live.
We've teamed up with our hardware partners to provide you with some presets for some of the coolest controllers out there.
You can also read this blog post for more information on how to use the presets.
Free Loopmasters Sample Content
Scratch Live 2.5 comes with FREE samples from Loopmasters. Get 24 of the best Beats, Hits, Loops and Sweeps, free to you when you download the Loopmasters sample content installer. Download the sample content from within the Scratch Live 2.5 download and the samples will install straight to your Serato library as a crate.
For more information on how to get the sample content have a read of this Loopmasters blog post.
Scratch Live 2.5 Bug Fixes
Alongside these key features Scratch Live 2.5 also includes bug fixes to continue the unparalleled level of stability and performance that Serato software is known for.
Some examples of the bug fixes are:
- Mixtape .als recordings now work with Ableton Live 9.
- Fixed a bug where the beatgrid lock wasn't being saved and loaded to/from the file; it was only being saved to the database.
- The Sixty-Eight record source is now correctly loaded from preferences.
- Fixed a bug where the CDJ-350 was sending both MIDI and HID messages which meant it could possibly fire two different Scratch Live events at the same time.
- Fixed a bug where the DJFX deck assignments wouldn't save to preferences if going from being 'on' initially, to 'off'.
Serato Scratch Live software, free download
For a full list of bug fixes see the Scratch Live 2.5 Release Notes
Read the full Scratch Live 2.5 release notes.
Serato Control CD 1.0
Serato Control CD 1.0.0
You can burn your own Serato Control CDs or use the Control Signal .wav file directly from a removable storage device like a USB drive or portable hard drive.
The Serato Control CD is available in 2 file formats:
This file requires an unzip utility to open and contains Serato Control CD.wav. Please unzip the package to show the .wav file.
Serato Control CD.wav is a stereo 44.1KHz wave file that you can drop into any CD burning application, or run directly off a removable storage device such as a USB key or removable hard drive.
When using a USB stick, connect the USB stick with the Serato Control CD.wav to your digital player and select 'USB' as the control connection mode.
When burning the .wav file to a CD do not adjust the audio levels, make sure any audio auto-levelling is turned off, don't down-sample the audio or use a different audio format.
Altering the source audio file in any way will result in the control signal not functioning correctly.
ISO file format
This is a disc image file, suitable for burning to a CD.
After downloading the file:
- In Mac: Right click on the file and select Burn to disc from context menu.
- In Windows: Right click on the file and select Burn disc image*.
*If you can't see the Burn disc image option, you might need to download a 3rd party CD authoring tool capable of burning .iso files.
Scratch Live Control Cd Download
Copyright information
The Serato Control Tone, the audio pressed on Control Vinyl and the Control CDs, is copyright Serato Audio Research.
The Control CD download is licensed for personal use only. The creation of personal backups of the Control CD is allowed, however duplicating Control CDs for commercial benefit is strictly prohibited.
For avoidance of doubt the duplication or creation of Control Vinyl for any use is strictly prohibited.