Well. First, serato is a good program. It seems to be the program many vinyl djs gravitate to. lIm a traktor guy. Having used both, to my personal taste, traktor just has more versatility to it. Where im living serato has unwarranted street cred, in my opinion. Having said that for what you are planning to do either of those programs would be fine.
The controller you are looking at is an advanced controller, with a lot of bells and whistles. And its expensive (or maybe im poor). Though its exactly the kind of controller I would want, if you are just starting out Id suggest something like the mixtrack pro. It also has a soundcard (audio interface) with similar controls (no touchstrip though) That way if it doesnt pan out you wont be out a grip of money. And if it does pan out you can use your dj earnings to pick what you really want, with the practical experience to choose wisely.
Dont know how well versed you are so I hope im not insulting you, but every controller can be made to work with all the major dj interface programs. You dont have to limit yourself to a package deal. There are files called mappings that will make a controller work with whatever, and at least in traktor (i dont know about serato) you can customize the mapping (or make your own), meaning you can make any button or fader do whatever you want it to do. Pretty cool.
The one thing you will want to spend coin on is a mac (pc lovers dont hate!). They crash waaaaay less often, if at all, and just seem to lend themselves better to this kind of thing. Get an external hard drive, load your music on to that, back it up, pack it up, and have fun. If I can elaborate or help in any way let me know. doug
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