The following chart provides an overview of the Serato DJ Pro main screen. Each point is covered in more detail, later in the manual.
# |
Feature |
Function |
1 |
Day mode |
Click to toggle Day mode on / off |
2 |
Deck Modes |
Click to change between Deck modes, depending on your connected hardware. Without hardware connected, toggles between Offline and Practice mode |
3 |
Display Modes |
Selects between the available Serato. DJ Pro display modes |
4 |
Link |
Toggle Link functionality |
5 |
MIDI |
Enables MIDI Assign Mode |
6 |
Q |
Turns Quantize On/Off |
7 |
REC |
Click to open the Recording panel |
8 |
FX |
Click to open the DJ-FX panel |
9 |
Sampler |
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10 |
Flip |
Click to open the Flip panel |
11 |
Serato Video |
Click to open the Serato Video panel |
12 |
Repeat |
When Repeat is on, Serato DJ Pro will play the loaded track again from the start after it finishes. |
13 |
Edit Grid |
Click to enable Edit Beatgrid Mode |
14 |
Track Duration |
Displays currently loaded track duration |
15 |
Original BPM |
Displays the original BPM of a properly analyzed track regardless of any pitch adjustment that has been made |
16 |
Acapella / Instrument Stems |
Click to toggle and isolate Acapella (vocals) or Instrument Stems on the track loaded to the virtual deck |
17 |
Musical Key |
Displays the key of the currently loaded track. Key tag information can be entered manually in the Kay library column, or detected automatically when track is analyzed with Set Key checked in the Analysis Settings menu. |
18 |
Keylock |
Enabling Keylock mans the song will maintain its key (pitch) when the tempo of the song is changed. turns to Pitch 'n Time DJ toggle if enabled |
19 |
Platter position indicator |
shows the virtual deck relation to the physical platter position. One full rotation corresponds to one full rotation |
20 |
Track Adjust Gain |
Allows you to adjust the individual track gain for the currently loaded track. |
21 |
Track Output level meter |
Allows you to monitor the individual deck outputs visually |
22 |
Virtual Deck |
Shows playing track information |
23 |
Time Elapsed / Time Remaining |
Displays the current elapsed, and remaining time, for the loaded track |
24 |
Slip mode |
Activate Slip mode |
25 |
Track Display |
Displays song title and artist information for the track currently loaded to deck |
26 |
Sync |
Enables or disables Sync. State for Deck displayed as blue for Beat Sync, gold for Tempo Sync, or for Arm Beat Sync |
27 |
Playback controls |
Allows you to play the loaded track, skip to the next track, skip to the beginning of the loaded track, or load the previous track. |
28 |
Cue Point tab |
Displays up to 8 Cue Points per track |
29 |
Limiter Warning |
Lights up when master audio gain is too high, which will result in audio output being compressed or limited |
30 |
Master Output Level Adjust |
Allows yo to adjust the master output level |
31 |
Expansions |
Open Expansions window |
32 |
Help |
Access various. 'Help' functions |
33 |
Setup |
Shows the Software Setup screen |
34 |
My Account |
Open the My Account drop-down menu |
35 |
Audio drop-out warning light |
Shows a colored warning light that indicates the increased chance of audio drop-out occurring |
36 |
Current time |
Displays the current time |
37 |
CPU meter |
Shows current computer CPU processing load |
38 |
Virtual deck toggle |
Displays the number for that Virtual Deck. Click to toggle between 1 and 3, or 2 and 4, if available |
39 |
Bend/Nudge +/- |
Click to change the tempo momentarily, nudging the loaded track forward or backward in time |
40 |
Stems Tab |
Reveal Stems Tab and further Stems controls |
41 |
Tempo range |
Click to change the currently selected tempo range in the virtual deck. Depending on hardware, either +/-8%, +/-16% and +/-50% are available |
42 |
Flip Tab |
Shows up to saved Flip sequences |
43 |
Auto Loop tab |
Displays loop information which allows you to create, modify, save and clear Loops |
44 |
Beat Matching Display |
Accentuates the beats in the track |
45 |
Waveform |
Colored Waveform of the currently loaded track to represent frequencies of the sound |
46 |
Search |
Searches your Library or Crate for the text entered in this field |
47 |
All Crate Search |
Clicking the ALL Crate Search button and performing a search will show results from the All Crate. Clicking the All Crate Search button again or exiting the Search returns you to your current crate view. |
48 |
History |
Displays the History panel containing tracks that have already been played |
49 |
Prepare |
Displays the Prepare panel containing tracks you have pre-selected for your set. |
50 |
Files |
Displays the Files panel which enables you to search for tracks on your hard drive |
51 |
Eject |
Eject a track from a loaded virtual deck |
52 |
Censor |
Reverses the track while held down. When Censor is released, the track will continue as if censor had not been pressed |
53 |
Analysis Settings |
Provides settings to customise how you analyse files in Serato DJ Pro |
54 |
Analyze Files |
Prepares the waveform overviews, detects file corruption, and if enabled, calculates BPM values, creates Beat Grids and detects the musical Key. |
55 |
Crate Search |
Search for a Crate |
56 |
Autoplay |
When Auto Play is enabled, Serato DJ Pro will automatically load and play the next available track from the currently selected crate, once the currently playing track ends |
57 |
Crates |
Displays a list of Crates, Sub-Crates and Smart Crates available |
58 |
Streaming |
Displays currently selected streaming provider (NOTE: Only 1 streaming provider can be selected at a time) |
59 |
Stems Crate |
Displays the Stems crates for tracks with prepared Stems |
60 |
Apple Music / iTunes |
Shows tracks loaded into Serato via Apple Music/iTunes application |
61 |
Crate Sort Type |
Select the order type for your Crate list SEE CRATES IN SERATO DJ PRO AND SERATO DJ LITE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
62 |
Add Smart Crate |
Adds a new Crate so that you can organize your files |
63 |
Add Crate |
Adds a new Crate so that you can organize your files |
64 |
Library Display modes |
Select between either Simple List and Album Art Grid display modes |
65 |
Tab controls |
Shows currently selected Tab controls (Cue Point tab controls shown in image) |
66 |
Loops tab |
Displays up to 8 Saved Loops per track |
67 |
Tempo slider |
Use the tempo slider to make tempo adjustments |
68 |
Playback mode |
Choose Serato DJ Pro playback mode for selected deck. Choose from INT (Internal), REL (Relative), ABS (Absolute), or WIR(wireless) modes. REL and ABS mode are DVS modes and only available once DVS is enabled in the SETUP screen. WIR mode is a Phase-specific mode that is only available with that device connected. |