The FX panel button is displayed in the top left area of the main Serato DJ Pro screen, click on this to toggle the FX panel.

NOTE: Images & GIFs below may display FX that require Expansion bundles or Suite licences or subscriptions.

The FX panel gives you control of two DJ-FX units and four different Channel FX, both of which are available, if using Serato Play, or when Serato DJ-compatible primary hardware is connected.

Both DJ-FX & Channel FX can be controlled with your mouse, by using dedicated controls on your hardware (where available), or by MIDI mapping controls to the respective software functions.

NOTE: Some Serato DJ-compatible primary hardware is not compatible with Channel FX, and when connected Channel FX will not appear when the FX panel is toggled.

FX Panel View Mode Toggle

Use the FX Panel View Mode Toggle to collapse the default view, and toggle the Slim FX panel view, which keeps Serato FX within view - while taking up as little space as possible.

Favorite FX Banks

Click on Favorite FX Banks buttons A, B, C, or D to quickly recall different Effects, and FX Unit Beat values.

To save your current FX configuration to a bank, simply make changes to FX as desired, then click Save. A blue outline will appear indicating a bank is to be chosen, upon which you can click banks A, B, C, or D, to confirm your choice.

Alternatively, click Cancel to not save to a bank.

DJ-FX Channel Assign

Select any combination of channels (1, 2, 3 & 4) to assign to the respective FX unit, and select them again to toggle the assignment off.
Channel assign options will change depending on the hardware connected, and some hardware allows for the option of assigning FX to an Auxiliary channel (A).

Assigning FX Units to the Master (M) channel will disable all other enabled channel assignments, and choosing any individual channel assignment with the Master channel enabled will disable Master channel assignment.

DJ-FX Effect Select

Click the Effect Select box to choose an effect for the respective slot from the dropdown.
FX in the Effect Select dropdown are split into parent categories, and you can further adjust what is displayed here, by using the Favorite FX List.

All FX available to you will be shown in the Effect Select dropdown menu, however this may be expanded if you have purchased additional FX via an add-on license or subscription plan.

DJ-FX Effect Enable & DJ-FX Depth

Click the ON button to enable each effect and click it again to turn it off.
Click and drag the DJ-FX Depth knob to adjust effect depth.
Hold SHIFT while dragging on the knob to make fine adjustments, or hold CTRL/COMMAND while clicking on the knob (or double-click on it) to quickly set a value of 50%.

In most cases, the DJ-FX Depth knob will usually operate in the same way; having the knob all the way to the left will apply no effect and will be completely “dry” and having the knob all the way to the right is the maximum amount you can apply and will be completely “wet”.

DJ-FX Beats Multiplier

The DJ-FX Beats Multiplier allows you to adjust the effect timing by way of a beat division value, which is then synchronized to the track’s BPM.
For example, a beat multiplier value of 4 represents a 4 beat cycle (or a bar), while a ¼ represents a quarter of a beat cycle (or a musical 16th note).
Click on the Decrease Beats Multiplier button to decrease this value or the Increase Beats Multiplier button to increase the value.

To ensure your tracks have a BPM Value, learn about Set Beatgrid/BPM.

DJ-FX Tap Tempo

The DJ-FX Tap Tempo function has two modes: 

• Automatic is the default mode and requires a track with a BPM value, in this mode the Tap Tempo button will show TAP in grey.
• Manual mode allows you to tap in the tempo yourself. To change to Manual mode, simply click the TAP button once to display a blue outline indicating
  Tap Tempo is armed, then on beat, until a BPM is established.
  After you’ve tapped a Tap Tempo beat value, you can switch to double time tapping, half time, start of each bar etc. The range is set by the first two taps, after that, you can switch to any steady rhythm you feel comfortable with – quarter notes, half note, whole notes etc.
  To return to Automatic mode, click and hold the tapped BPM, or click the X button to the right of the Tap Tempo button.
  

Channel FX

Channel FX is available when Serato Play is enabled, or when primary hardware with a hardware channel filter control is connected that uses software Channel FX.

Check out our article to see if your primary hardware supports the use of Channel FX.

Choose your desired Channel FX, then adjust the channel filter on your primary hardware, or the Channel FX Depth knob on the Serato Play panel (pictured below):