

User interfaceįor years, Traktor’s unique interface with separated virtual decks was a deterrent for some DJs, who preferred the parallel scrolling waveforms that Serato DJ offers to visualise playing tracks. We’ll look at what each app has to offer, and how they differ, to help you decide which one will suit you best. 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. It’s one of the first digital DJ apps, launching back in 2000.

#SERATO VS TRAKTOR VS VIRTUAL DJ 2016 PRO#
Traktor is Native Instruments’ laptop DJ software, and Traktor Pro 3 is the current version. It can be used with turntables, DJ media players and controllers. 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). Its first was called Serato Scratch Live and it was released in the mid-2000s. Serato is a company that makes digital DJ software. I’m new to digital – what exactly are these apps? 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. When it comes to choosing which DJ software to use, there are a lot of solid options.
