Software Overview

The following chart provides an overview of the Serato DJ Pro main screen. Each point is covered in more detail, later in the manual.

1	Day mode	Click to toggle Day mode on / off SEE DAY MODE FOR MORE INFORMATION
2	Deck Modes	Click to change between Deck modes, depending on your connected hardware. Without hardware connected, toggles between Offline and Practice mode SEE PRACTICE MODE FOR MORE INFORMATION
3	Display Modes	Selects between the available Serato DJ Pro display modes SEE DISPLAY MODES FOR MORE INFORMATION
4	Repeat	When Repeat is on, Serato DJ Pro will play the loaded track again from the start after it finishes
5	Link	Toggle Link functionality SEE USING LINK WITH SERATO DJ PRO FOR MORE INFORMATION
6	Edit Grid	Click to enable Edit Beatgrid Mode SEE EDITING BEATGRIDS FOR MORE INFORMATION
7	MIDI	Enables MIDI Assign Mode SEE MIDI ASSIGN FOR MORE INFORMATION
8	Q	Turns Quantize On/Off SEE QUANTIZE FOR MORE INFORMATION
9	Track duration	Displays currently loaded track duration
10	REC	Click to open the Recording panel SEE RECORDING FOR MORE INFORMATION
11	FX	Click to open the DJ-FX panel SEE DJ-FX FOR MORE INFORMATION
12	Sampler	Click to open the Sampler panel SEE SAMPLER FOR MORE INFORMATION
13	Flip	Click to open the Flip panel SEE SERATO FLIP FOR MORE INFORMATION
14	Serato Video	Click to open the Serato Video panel SEE SERATO VIDEO FOR MORE INFORMATION
15	Keylock	Enabling Keylock means the song will maintain its key (pitch) when the tempo of the song is changed. Turns to Pitch 'n' Time DJ toggle if enabled SEE KEYLOCK FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PITCH N TIME DJ FOR MORE INFORMATION
16	Acapella / Instrument Stems	Click to toggle and isolate Acapella (vocals) or Instrument Stems on the track loaded to the virtual deck SEE USING STEMS FOR MORE INFORMATION
17	Current BPM	Shows the tempo of the currently playing track in beats per minute
18	Platter position indicator	Shows the virtual deck relation to the physical platter position. One full rotation corresponds to one full rotation of the platter
19	Track Adjust Gain	Allows you to adjust the individual track gain for the currently loaded track. Adjustments made to the track gain are saved to the file and recalled next time the track is loaded
20	Track Output level meter	Allows you to monitor the individual deck outputs visually
21	Time Elapsed / Time Remaining	Displays the current elapsed, and remaining time, for the loaded track
22	Virtual Deck	Shows playing track information SEE VIRTUAL DECK FOR MORE INFORMATION
23	Slip mode	Activate Slip mode SEE SLIP MODE FOR MORE INFORMATION
24	Sync	Enables or disables Sync. State for Deck displayed as blue for Beat Sync, gold for Tempo Sync, or grey for Arm Beat Sync SEE SIMPLE SYNC (NO BEATGRIDS) FOR MORE INFORMATION SMART SYNC (USING BEATGRIDS) FOR MORE INFORMATION
25	Track Display	Displays song title and artist information for the track currently loaded to deck
26	Limiter warning	Lights up when master audio audio gain is too high, which will result in audio output being compressed or limited SEE LIMITER WARNING FOR MORE INFORMATION
27	Master Output Level Adjust	Allows you to adjust the master output level
28	Expansions	Open Expansions window
29	Help	Access various 'Help' functions SEE GETTING STARTED FOR MORE INFORMATION
30	Setup	Shows the software Setup screen SEE SETUP SCREEN FOR MORE INFORMATION
31	Original BPM	Displays the original BPM of a properly analyzed track regardless of any pitch adjustment that has been made
32	My Account	Open the My Account drop-down menu SEE MY ACCOUNT FOR MORE INFORMATION
33	Audio drop-out warning light	Shows a colored warning light that indicates the increased the chance of an audio drop-out occurring SEE AUDIO DROPOUT WARNING FOR MORE INFORMATION
34	Musical Key	Displays the key of the currently loaded track. Key tag information can be entered manually in the Key library column, or detected automatically when track is analyzed with Set Key checked in the Analysis Settings menu
35	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. SEE USING SERATO DJ PRO WITH VINYL OR CDS FOR MORE INFORMATION
36	Virtual deck toggle	Displays the number for that Virtual Deck. Click to toggle between 1 and 3, or 2 and 4, if available
37	Stems Tab	Reveal Stems Tab and further Stems controls SEE STEMS TAB FOR MORE INFORMATION
38	Bend/Nudge +/-	Click to change the tempo momentarily, nudging the loaded track forward or backward in time
39	Flip tab	Shows up to 6 saved Flip sequences
40	Tempo range	Click to change the currently selected tempo range in the virtual deck. Depending on hardware, either +/-8%, +/-16% and +/-50% are available
41	Auto Loop tab	Displays Loop information which allows you to create, modify, save, and clear Loops
42	Waveform	Colored Waveform of the currently loaded track to represent frequencies of the sound
43	Beat Matching Display	Accentuates the beats in the track SEE BEAT MATCHING DISPLAY FOR MORE INFORMATION
44	Search	Searches your Library or Crate for the text entered in this field SEE SEARCHING FOR MORE INFORMATION
45	History	Displays the History panel containing tracks that have already been played SEE HISTORY FOR MORE INFORMATION
46	Prepare	Displays the Prepare panel containing tracks you have pre-selected for your set SEE PREPARE FOR MORE INFORMATION
47	Browse	Displays the Browse panel, which enables you to browse for tracks by genre, BPM, etc SEE BROWSING FOR MORE INFORMATION
48	Files	Displays the Files panel, which enables you to search for tracks on your hard drive SEE ADDING FILES TO THE SERATO DJ PRO LIBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION
49	Eject	Eject a track from a loaded virtual deck SEE EJECT FOR MORE INFORMATION
50	Censor	Reverses the track while held down. When Censor is released, the track will continue as if censor had not been pressed SEE CENSOR FOR MORE INFORMATION
51	Playhead	Shows Playhead position on the waveform overview of the track
52	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
53	Library Display modes	Select between either Simple List and Album Art Grid display modes SEE LIBRARY MODES FOR MORE INFORMATION
54	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 SEE AUTOPLAY FOR MORE INFORMATION
55	Crates	Displays a list of Crates, Sub-Crates and Smart Crates available SEE CRATES, SUBCRATES AND SMARTCRATES FOR MORE INFORMATION
56	Streaming	Displays currently selected streaming provider (NOTE: Only 1 streaming provider can be selected at a time) SEE MUSIC STREAMING FOR MORE INFORMATION
57	Stems crate	Displays the Stems crate for tracks with prepared Stems SEE PREPARING TRACKS FOR USE WITH STEMS FOR MORE INFORMATION
58	Apple Music / iTunes	Shows tracks loaded into Serato via Apple Music/iTunes application SEE SHOWING YOUR ITUNES LIBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION
59	Add Smart Crate	Adds a new Smart Crate which automatically populates based on rules SEE SMART CRATES FOR MORE INFORMATION
60	Add Crate	Adds a new Crate so that you can organize your files SEE CRATES FOR MORE INFORMATION
61	Tab controls	Shows currently selected Tab controls (Cue Point tab controls shown in image)
62	Loops tab	Displays up to 8 Saved Loops per track SEE LOOPING FOR MORE INFORMATION
63	Tempo slider	Use the tempo slider to make tempo adjustments
64	Cue Point tab	Displays up to 8 Cue Points per track SEE CUE POINTS FOR MORE INFORMATION
65	CPU meter	Shows current computer CPU processing load
66	Current time	Displays the current time

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