Hey Marco,
I think what Riz means is that there hasn’t been too many new features out on Traktor and they seem to be clamming up, in that they support NI hardware more and other hardware less.
Although I am not very well versed in Serato, the fact that they use Izotope FX means something (have used their plugins in recording environments). I think the Cross mapping is pretty good and probably easier than the Traktor one.
I can name quite a few things Traktor doesn’t have and others do and vice versa.
As we have discussed here before, it’s about DJ workflow. So what works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another. Hence it’s not possible to claim “best” for any DJ Software.
I tend to agree with Rizki that it SEEMS that Traktor has slowed down development, whereas Serato has made bounds and leaps recently, in both software development and market penetration/hardware support. Cross is also developing like mad, with versions 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 3.1 and now 3.2 in little over a year. And there is VDJ of course who (finally) pulled version 8 out of the top hat not too long ago.
Greetinx.
p.s. in light of the sound quality of SC tracks and the copyright issues going on, I don’t really consider the integration a real “benefit” of Cross. I can see some merit in the Spotify integration in DJAY 2, but only for request purposes or sharing playlist and such. Frankly I am not sure that streaming services are the way to go. What with all the preparation needed to do a good set. But then again, you never know what the future holds.
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