64 bit Serato DJ Pro was released today. Enough of use it that IMHO it should have it's own thread here, and now it does.
I've just installed it on two Windows 7 laptops. Even though it installs to a completely different directory, it still overwrites your older 32 bit version. If you don't want it to do that, you have to rename your earlier install - Installing multiple versions of Serato DJ
My first surprise is my ancient, but loved, Vestax Typhoon's still work. Vestax never wrote 64 bit ASIO drivers for the Typhoon, it looks like it is still bypassing Windows Audio, and yet somehow it plays! Sounds real good too!!
Both of my laptops are 17", and the screen layout looks much better - no more dead space regardless of waveform view. All preferences, Crates, Library, etc., look unchanged.
There is now an offline "two player" mode (no controller hooked up) which includes a crossfader - you can actually DJ with it using the headphone jack on your laptop! You obviously can not audibly Cue songs, or preview songs, at the same time if you do this. Nonetheless, it works, and for those of you who have never tried Serato, this is a free download, you can use it this way, and you can see first hand what all the hoopla is about.
There's a few other things, but I'd like to see what others think.
I've just installed it on two Windows 7 laptops. Even though it installs to a completely different directory, it still overwrites your older 32 bit version. If you don't want it to do that, you have to rename your earlier install - Installing multiple versions of Serato DJ
My first surprise is my ancient, but loved, Vestax Typhoon's still work. Vestax never wrote 64 bit ASIO drivers for the Typhoon, it looks like it is still bypassing Windows Audio, and yet somehow it plays! Sounds real good too!!
Both of my laptops are 17", and the screen layout looks much better - no more dead space regardless of waveform view. All preferences, Crates, Library, etc., look unchanged.
There is now an offline "two player" mode (no controller hooked up) which includes a crossfader - you can actually DJ with it using the headphone jack on your laptop! You obviously can not audibly Cue songs, or preview songs, at the same time if you do this. Nonetheless, it works, and for those of you who have never tried Serato, this is a free download, you can use it this way, and you can see first hand what all the hoopla is about.
There's a few other things, but I'd like to see what others think.