Serato VS Virtual DJ

In my eyes, Serato DJ wins hands down. But I’m also the kind of DJ who just wants to play tunes, not do performances and LOVE the GUI in Serato. So it’s really up you which software is better as software is a personal thing. I am friends with someone who likes traktor and it’s GUI, but he shares my sentiments in just wanting to put tunes together.

To answer number 2, yes VDJ 8 supports the Mixtrack pro 3. But it’s definitely going to be more responsive in Serato as it’s a native serato controller. That’s something they’ve managed to do really well is make Serato controllers that little bit more responsive in their software vs other software, and make it so you can’t fully map SDJ to any controller like you can with VDJ.

Best of luck!

Titan is spot on. I second his opinion.

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I would agree that it’s better to use the software that comes with the controller. In this case, that’s Serato. If you want to verify that, here’s the link: http://www.numark.com/product/mixtrack-pro-3.

I would like to clear one thing up though. Virtual DJ offers a “controller” edition (Virtual DJ 8 plus “controller”) on a per controller basis for less than the “pro version”: http://www.virtualdj.com/buy/index.html.

Select your controller from the drop down menu to see the price. For a Mixtrack 3; the price was $99. However, as previously stated, your hardware will work better with the software it was designed for (Serato).

Yes, I also have to disagree with “more responsive” bit.

While that case can be made for some high end gear that uses HID with the software it is designed for versus basic midi on other packages (ie. NI gear on Traktor vs on other software), or has controls tailored specifically for one software package (ie. buttons for Serato’s Flip), there is nothing on the Mixtrack 3 that isn’t a one-to-one map with other software packages, and the controller itself (unless I’ve missed something) is just a straight up midi-box. That means with proper mappers, it can work with anything on equal footing.

So it comes down to costs to upgrade software, what kind of workflow you want, and ultimately, what you are comfortable using.

Despite some of the bias above, none win “hands down” and there aren’t a lot of advantages with one package over the other these days until you start getting into the really advanced stuff.