The following chart provides an overview of the Serato DJ Pro main screen. Each point is covered in more detail, later in the manual.
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Playback mode |
Choose Serato DJ Pro playback mode for selected deck. Choose from INT (Internal), REL (Relative) or ABS (Absolute) modes. REL and ABS mode are DVS modes and only available once DVS is enabled in the SETUP screen. |
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Link |
Toggle Link functionality. |
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Quantize |
Turns Quantize On/Off |
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Display Modes |
Selects between the available Serato DJ Pro display modes. |
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Deck Modes |
Click to change between Deck modes, depending on your connected hardware. Without hardware connected, toggles between Offline and Practice mode. |
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Flip panel |
Click to open the Flip Recording panel. |
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Record |
Click to open the Recording panel. |
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DJ-FX Panel |
Click to open the DJ-FX panel. |
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Sampler Panel |
Click to open the Sampler panel. |
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Serato Video |
Click to open Serato Video Expansion Pack if activated. |
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Current BPM |
Shows the tempo of the currently playing track in beats per minute. |
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Platter position indicator |
Shows the virtual deck relation to the physical platter position. One full rotation corresponds to one full rotation of the platter. |
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Slip mode |
Activate Slip mode. |
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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. |
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Keylock |
Enabling Keylock means the song will keep its key when the tempo of the song is changed. |
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Virtual Deck |
Shows playing track information. |
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Eject |
Eject a track from a loaded virtual deck. |
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Sync |
Enables or disables Sync. State for Deck displayed as blue for Beat Sync, gold for Tempo Sync, |
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Master Output Level Adjust |
Allows you to adjust the master output level. |
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MIDI |
Enables MIDI Assign Mode. |
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My Serato |
Click to launch the My Serato Panel. |
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Help |
Access ‘Show tooltips’, ‘Show shortcut keys’, ‘Watch tutorials’ and ‘Get Support’ functions. |
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Setup |
Shows the software Setup screen. |
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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 analysed with Set Key checked in the Analysis Settings menu. |
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Original BPM |
Displays the original BPM of a properly analyzed track regardless of any pitch adjustment that has been made. |
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Audio drop-out warning light |
Shows a colored warning light that indicates the increased the chance of an audio drop-out occurring. |
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Current time |
Displays the current time. |
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CPU meter |
Shows current computer CPU processing load. |
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Virtual deck toggle |
Displays the number for that Virtual Deck. Click to toggle between 1 and 3, or 2 and 4, if available. |
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Bend/Nudge +/- |
Click to change the tempo momentarily, nudgding the loaded track forward or backward in time. |
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Flip tab |
Shows up to 6 saved Flip sequences. |
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Tempo range |
Click to change the currently selected tempo range in the virtual deck. Depending on hardware, either +/-8%, +/-16% and +/-50% are available. |
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Auto Loop Tab |
Displays Loop information which allows you to create, modify, save, and clear Loops. |
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Beat Matching Display |
Accentuates the beats in the track. |
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Waveform |
Colored Waveform of the currently loaded track to represent frequencies of the sound. |
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Search |
Searches your Library or Crate for the text entered in this field. |
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History |
Displays the History panel containing tracks that have already been played. |
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Prepare |
Displays the Prepare panel containing tracks you have pre-selected for your set. |
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Browse |
Displays the Browse panel, which enables you to browse for tracks by genre, BPM, etc. |
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Files |
Displays the Files panel, which enables you to search for tracks on your hard drive. |
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Time Elapsed / Time Remaining |
Displays the current elapsed, and remaining time, for the loaded track. |
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Playhead |
Shows playhead position on the waveform overview of the track. |
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Track Output level meter |
Allows you to monitor the individual deck outputs visually. |
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Censor |
Reverses the track while held down. When Censor is released, the track will continue as if censor had not been pressed. |
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Library |
Displays the songs available in your current library location. |
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Edit Grid |
Click to enable Edit Beatgrid Mode. |
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Repeat |
When Repeat is on, Serato DJ Pro will play the loaded track again from the start after it finishes. |
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Cue Point area |
Shows Cue Point triggers. |
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Library Display modes |
Select between either Simple List and Album Art Grid display modes. |
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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. |
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Crates |
Displays a list of Crates, Sub-Crates and Smart Crates available. |
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iTunes |
Shows tracks loaded into Serato via iTunes. |
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Add Smartcrate |
Adds a new Smart Crate which automatically populates based on rules. |
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Add Crate |
Adds a new Crate so that you can organize your files. |
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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. |
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Loops tab |
Displays up to 8 Saved Loops per track. |
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Tempo slider |
Use the tempo slider to make tempo adjustments |
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Cue Point tab |
Displays up to 8 Cue Points per track. |
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Track Display |
Displays song title and artist information for the track currently loaded to deck. |