Serato Vs Traktor Pro 2

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There have been substantial updates to Native Instruments’ Traktor Pro 3 DJ software in the past few months, and as Pioneer DJ’s Rekordbox DJ software continues to mature and grow in popularity, now seems like the perfect time to put these two DJ platforms head to head to see how they stack up against each other.

Jun 15, 2018 Background: I have Ableton 10 Suite (10+ years experience), Traktor Pro (6ish months, but more playtime than Serato), and Serato DJ Pro (about a year). Obviously my experience is a little disproportionate, but these are my impressions from my time spent with each tool. Serato is the most 'traditional' DJ experience of the three. TRAKTOR DJ 2 was built for iPad and desktop, which means however you like to get down, you can spin your tracks with the full version of the app. TRAKTOR DJ 2 for iOS is available on the App Store, and you can get the desktop version via our site. GET ON DESKTOP GET ON iPAD.

I’m new to digital – what exactly are these apps?

Traktor is Native Instruments’ laptop DJ software, and Traktor Pro 3 is the current version. It’s one of the first digital DJ apps, launching back in 2000. It’s gone through several iterations since then, most of which were in step with DJ controllers that Native Instruments put out including the Traktor Kontrol S4, the jogwheel-less Traktor Kontrol S8 and the new Traktor Kontrol S4 Mk3 with Haptic Drive kinetic jogwheels.

Rekordbox is Pioneer DJ’s laptop DJ app. It started life as a music management software for exporting playlists to thumb drives for use with CDJ media players, but has grown to become a full-on digital DJing app thanks to the Rekordbox DJ add-on. Though other DJ apps like Traktor, Virtual DJ and Serato have had a big head start, Rekordbox is quickly catching up in terms of functionality and stability, and is a popular choice thanks to its compatibility with Pioneer DJ’s controllers, media players and all-in-one systems.

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When it comes to choosing which DJ software to use, there are a lot of solid options. In this Head To Head feature we take two popular platforms – Serato DJ Pro and Traktor Pro 3 – and see how they stack up against each other.

I’m new to digital – what exactly are these apps?

Serato is a company that makes digital DJ software. Its first was called Serato Scratch Live and it was released in the mid-2000s. A lot has changed in digital DJing since then, and today Serato’s latest app is called Serato DJ Pro (and Serato DJ Lite for beginners). It can be used with turntables, DJ media players and controllers.