Vote for your top 3 feature suggestions!

eg:
1. Subcrates
2. Key lock
3. A better review/history function

1. Subcrates
2. Key Lock
3. Build Overviews button when SL1 is attached or when TTM 57SL is attached.

above +
rename file and id3tag

1. Video Mpeg-2 capibilites
2. Right Click capibilities for PC's
3. Did I say video?

Pitch & Time

Up and down arrows for the scroll bar

Subcrates

1. the abilty to assign different 10 differnt tracks to the 10 individual rings on the A side of the control vinyl.

2. key lock.

3. auto loop. so if the loop points are off a little bit when you loop on the fly it corrects it dead nuts.

1 Crate management (sub/smart crates, album art browser)
2 Track linking
3 Internal player while disconnected

1. track linking, or a better way to manage our SSL music library (at least subcrates)

2. key lock / pitch n time

3. auto looping / perfect loop bars adjustement.

(4. modular GUI :D, or the possibility to turn on/off and resize the different GUI areas)

1. Crate management (sub/smart crates, album art browser), link crates to folders.
2. Ability to listen, set cues, order etc tracks w/o the S-S-L box attached to it.
3. Right click
***Just in case Sams decide to extend it to the top 5 wishlist:
4. Extended/combined relative and absolute mode so I can use loops/edits in "absolute" mode as well (I hate using relative mode cause I need to fiddle around with the mouse to jump
5. Loops with adjustable cycle number, so that can do real edits inside S-S-L ***
(In case you wonder, I cant post S-S-L w/o dashes cause I get an error message "no shouting please" ;) Nice idea which needs some tweaking)

1. some kind of track linking or subcrates
2. assignable keyboard shortcuts
3. nothing else - im happy

1. Link crates to folder and more complex crate managment
2. Links track with each over as described here: scratchlive.net
3. Internal player - just player (maybe without pitch etc. - just for cue settings and track managment)

1. Pitch n Time
2. ASIO/Core drivers
3. Subcrates and/or Explorer Tree style browsing in crate area
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4. Auto Looping (1,2,4,8,16,32, etc. bars)

1. Advanced crate management (which includes a right-click menu to link crates to folders, update crate contents when linked, hide/view crates, rename/delete crates, select multiple crates via ctrl-click to view contents of more than one crate in the main window, etc)

2. Improved overview building; like when overwriting a file - prompt to overwrite all overviews, skip overviews already built, overwrite older overviews, viewing the version of overviews built within Scratch Live... was that suggested?

3. Start at first sound detected instead of first cue point (like cdj players do) - or have the option to choose

4. Improved versioning (which includes applying version numbers to shortcuts and executables)

5. Auto-adjusting loops

1. track linking, or a better way to manage our SSL music library (at least subcrates)
2. key lock
3. eh, that'd do it for me

1 pitch in time
2 better bad mp3 detection [before the crash]
3 better hidden games

1. subcrates
2. key lock
3. it should have a error sending report system like windows or something...where if it crashes it sends you the info automatically. But this is just a random suggestion...i would add this if u cant find nething else

Most of my suggestions are going to be of the 'me too' kind. Follow along if you will:

1. Pitch 'N Time
2. Improved overview building logic as per DeezNotes above.
   2a. Ability to build overviews w/ SL1 attached as per Axledental above.
3. Simple right click functionality ie.
   a. Load to deck (1, 2)
   b. Delete from crate
   c. Delete from library
   d. (re)build overview
   etc.
4. Customizable GUI (full or partial) like fonts, color schemes etc.
    Even if it is just a couple templates to chose from.

1. Pitch N Time ( A must)
2.File Management (have a feature/option where SSL scans your MP3 library/ MP3 folder and automatically imports new tracks) like check here to have SSL scan library for new tracks.
3.Subcrates

1. Auto gain!!
2. Key lock (a more basic version of PnT for free)
3. Subcrates

1. FIXED LOOPS (please...)

2. Be able to enlarge the complete waveform of the song. ( I can't distinguish fine when the bass goes away and comes back)

3. Subcrates

FIXED LOOPS = with any stipulate,fixed time (1,2,4,8,16,... bars)

Auto gain!!

Pitch N Time - We need this so that the FS2 boys can stop going on about SSL not having it, lol

Subcrates or something of the kind for better file management.

BPM detector that automatically calculates BPM whilst building overviews.

Autolooping would be cool too

My only wish is really just subcrates...

my only wish is a "offline" editor or a plugin to iTunes that show you the crates (like playlists in iTunes)

1. advanced skipless mode ( www.scratchlive.net )
2. auto gain ( www.scratchlive.net )
3. auto loops ( www.scratchlive.net )

4. BPM analyser
5. additional "My Rating" field in the tracklists

kinda repeating some of the main ones, but...

1- pitch-n-time
2- auto gain
3- auto bpm

and just for fun...

4- auto loops
5- track linking
6- some customization to the gui
7- higher salaries for the serato guys (and the cats in mukilteo also). you guys bust your asses on a great product.

1. subcrates/smartcrates
2. non-static label markers
3. center scrolling (so files arnt hidden)

and...

4. u deffined keys
5. absolute mode looping, defined cycle, start offset, snap to grid
6. modular/ modular recording
7. overall main effects [mastering type]
8. support for smaller monitors

1.auto loop (fixed loops)
2.auto gain
3.effects built into serato software

if possible the ability to record in two records simaltaneously, so that I can feed my laptop the vinyl that it deserves!

1. subcrates
2. bpm analyser
3. aac support

1. customisable shortcuts - some of the current shortcuts are a mess because of all the new features, they can't be changed because there should be continuity between versions, customisable has to be the way to go.

2. Better label markers - got to get rid of that jumping marker when two cues are withing 4 rotations of each other.

3. auto looping, linked to bpm, 1 bar/half a bar etc.

1. midi / midi-clock
2. modular gui (grrr that beatmatching display)
3. subcrates (or at least hide crates function)

I mean either an extra "Rating" or "Ranking" field to see how many stars a song got in iTunes.

Mix recording ...

... would be great feature, too (with the ability to choose the recorded file path and into what file format like wav, aiff or mp3 it will be saved).

Never mind. I guess it couldn`t work because the mixed audio comes out of the mixer and not out of SSL :-)

1. functional review (with export to txt) and undo
2. tagging and browse by tags
3. auto loop

TOP 3:
0. More bug fixes ;-)
1. PnT
2. CoreAudio / ASIO drivers
3. Uber-accurate BPM recognition


Other (in no order):
Auto gain
Super fast itunes crate loading on start up
Record mix's using internal soundcard
Third virtual deck using internal soundcard
Auto loop funtion (seemless)
Midi control
Counted loops... ie. run for 10 times
Control video with Control vinyl

Hi there! My personal favorites:
Top3

-Loops in/out
-Bpm analysis
-Master tempo (time stretch pitch)

And then:

-auto gain
-aac, m4a support
-subcrates

SSL is already the best product on the market, but with those features it would be absolutly flawless!

Juan

1. Master tempo
2. Live looping/pre edited looping
3. Beat matching display filtering (i posted about this feature before)



I think that Auto gain and auto BPM is bad cuz both could never be 100% right about every track.
I never saw any BPM counter that is 100% correct.
Auto gain is just dangerous. Maybe a "Gain meter" instead (if your mixer doesn't have it)... :^`

Gotta add that someone once suggested "hide track name" and i loved that one too...

wireless connection from SL 1 to laptop without losing latency?

1 Auto loop
2 3rd virtual deck
3 eq + pan knobs

I'm with Nik on this one

1 pitch lock and master tempo
2 auto find bpm
3 be able to change backround colors (just think it would be fun)

1. midi control
2. master tempo
3. 3rd virtual deck

1. Subcrates
2. Setting to turn off beatmatch display
3. Right click menu
4. Midi clock (for ableton)

el presidente's requests sound about right so do Nik39's.

Hi! I'm new here.

Peace

Welcome Klaus :-)

- Midi clock extraction from audio (like Red Sound MicroSync)
- "Midi Learn" for all the UI controls
- Loop sampler, locked to audio (like Red Sound Cycloops)

(no, I'm not working for Red Sound :)

1. I would love to be able to get rid of the spinning wheels. I use cd player's so there kind of useless.
2. key lock
3. auto gain

Have the internal mode have "inertia".. when I try to do a backspin in internal mode it stops as soon as I unclick... I would like it to have some intertia similar to a turntable.

I'll give you my top one:

1. Key correction.

That's all I really want. Subcrates would be nice, but key correction is a must. PnT in particular would also be nice but I obviously understand if you guys want to keep that separate or whatever. Key correction please!

Also, why do we need ASIO drivers? Didn't the 1.4 download come with ASIO drivers for the MP4?

ASIO drivers for the SL1 would means you could use the SL1 in any application as a normal soundcard.

1.4 did come with ASIO drivers for the MP4 only.

1.6 will come with ASIO drivers for the TTM57.

The only thing I request is a wider pitch range.....ie. when i set the turntable pitch control at -8% the program would let me change it to -16% or -32%......

i can use my pioneer cdj's to get a wider pitch range, but i bought ssl to use vinyl! and i know i can buy turntables other than technichs, but what if i have to mix somwhere where they only have technichs?

I do alot of "Screwed" mixshows (mixshows where hip hop trax are slowed down anywhere from -16% to -24%).

The way i'm doing it now is extremely time consuming. i have to slow down each song and save it in a separate "screwed" folder.

If the PnT plug takes care of this problem, please tell me how much it costs!!!! i'll be the first in line to buy it!!!

i apologize for the long post.

Just press the 45 button in SSL and have your turntables set to 33 RPM.

1.Subcrates
2. Auto Gain
...3. Subcates !!

Get rid of that bloody stutter for cd users...

Auto Loop

and i will be forever grateful
also some sort of software effects intergration would be awesome

thanks for the repl, but that i've tried that. it's too slow.

That's your CD deck, not SSL. Buy a CDX.

Not as easy as that. I'm a resident at two clubs - both have their own equipment - Denon DN4000's.

Well, you're screwed then hahaha. In any case there's nothing that could be fixed in SSL to avoid it.

Two things I can think of to sort it.

Allow you to offset the track start position a few milliseconds.

Or, allow you to blank the first few milliseconds of playback - thus "blanking" over the stutter.

Admittedly, there is no way to remedy the problem, but the above would be two workable hacks to "mask" the problem.

Hmmm, you could try just setting the cue point a beat beforehand and 'muting' with your fader, or alternatively just keep the CD playing in Relative mode and use Serato's cues instead.

I like this idea...basically I'd envision a pitch-range button in the GUI (similar to that on the Pioneer CDJ players) that clicking on would toggle between ranges (the button would have a number displayed on it to indicate the currently-selected range).

What I would especially like is if this feature included a narrower-than-normal range (+/- 4%) so that the turntable pitch slider provided twice the resolution. That would be great for DJ's who ride long mixes and typically don't use large pitch changes.

So maybe the selectable ranges would be 4, 8, 16, 32, 100.

FINALLY!!! Someone else other than myself! Thanx

1. Link crate's directly to folders with refresh on startup
2. Looping
3. Auto Gain

skins to match the equipment

Its black.. the SL1 is black.. they even use the same style of buttons on the TTM56.

1. Key-Lock, Master Tempo, Un-Chipmunkifier, etc.
2. AJ's skip-free absolute mode (or whatever name it is going by now)
3. SSL's own version of Smart Playlists (so I can avoid iTunes)

1. Sub Crates! (or support for itunes playlist folders)
2. Fix Relative mode sticker drift!!
3. Video! - I know this is a ways off, but it is such a big thing for me! I really want to get into it, and I havn't found an option I like, since I HATE Pioneer and ms pinky is uber ghetto in my opinion.

Marry me!

SMART SUB CRATES (SSC)!

I'm all for enhancements to the UI (as I'm about to write more on in a moment), but spending any development time on something as frivolous as "skins" seems wasteful at this point.

My top 3 requests are going to be a bit different from most people's:

1) Adjust the fonts for song title at the top of the screen so the letters are perhaps 2 points smaller and not in boldface...because as they are they very often over-run the screen in 1024x768. It's the one part of the UI that looks distractingly sketchy to me.

1a) (even nicer would be if the font-size "self-fitted" depending on the length of the titles, but I assume that would consume more time to accomplish.)


2) I would really like it if, with a keystroke, you were able to make the whole interface be replaced with large (full-screen) "Title"/"Artist" text in white letters/black screen (two keystrokes, actually, so you could select which deck to display this for). The reason would be the ability to display this/superimpose this onto the visual displays used in a lot of clubs (the simple nature of the screen I've described would lend itself to easy/clean superimposition over other visuals). Obviously this would need to be engineered in such a way that all functionality of SSL remained active while the display was in one of these modes.

This would be a great way for DJ's to actually promote the music they're playing (especially for those of us who play less-commercial formats of music....my number one reason for people coming to the booth on any given night is "what is this song?"). This is actually something fairly important as, in todays ultra-corporate-controlled media environment, club DJ's are one of the few open venues for people to be exposed to other music.


3) My third most-wanted feature would be to have a single (user-selectable) 24 dB/octave lowpass/highpass filter for each deck. This would be adjustable with the mouse, a pair of up/down keyboard controls (if we haven't run out of them), or....the control vinyl itself (when the deck is playing in internal mode, of course). In that last mode, you'd move the record forward to raise the corner frequency of the filter, backwards to lower it. This probably sounds fairly freaky, but could open up a whole new creative realm of vinyl-controlled audio effect processing. Seems like it's worth a shot, at any rate.

User adjustable column size

I really like these ideas!

1. Key-Lock
2. Auto-Loops
3. Fixing slippage in relative mode

1. Key-Lock, Fixing slippage in relative mode
2. Sub Crates
3. Right click menus

will the next version be free?

V1.6 yes.

PnT or any other plugging no.

wow....how about v1.7, free too?

Yes, but any kind of super-duper pluggins will be $$.

Like Rane & Serato said, ALL software updates will be free and all hardware will be supported in all versions.

Change my mind:

1. Crate management (sub/smart crates, album art browser), link crates to folders.
2. Equalizer, settings are stored per track/file
3. Right click

***Just in case Sams decide to extend it to the top 6 wishlist:
4. Ability to listen, set cues, order etc tracks w/o the S-S-L box attached to it.
5. Extended/combined relative and absolute mode so I can use loops/edits in "absolute" mode as well (I hate using relative mode cause I need to fiddle around with the mouse to jump
6. Loops with adjustable cycle number, so that can do real edits inside S-S-L ***
(In case you wonder, I cant post S-S-L w/o dashes cause I get an error message "no shouting please" ;) Nice idea which needs some tweaking)

SSL rules (this is a test).

Hey.. it worked for me nik.

Ah, damned, copy+paste IS evil. That was a problem at that time, the mods have alread fixed it.

Ohh.. what about a built in crossfader for internal mode. ;-)

I've changed my mind too
1. customisable shortcuts - some of the current shortcuts are a mess because of all the new features, they can't be changed because there should be continuity between versions, customisable has to be the way to go.

2. Ultra pitch same as on a vestax turntable (adjust the centre point of the pitch fader ±50%).

3. auto looping, linked to bpm, 1 bar/half a bar etc.

1. A new mode : AUT
It could be a mix between ABS and REL :
Plays like ABS (for needle dropping) but when encountering a loop, it could loop (if loop is ON). We could jump to cue points, all like in REL.

2. BPM analyser integrated : SSL knows to draw bars of rythm, it could calculate the BPM. With BPM value, loops could be perfect too.

3. Customizable shortcuts.

the AUT mode could be as simple as a button to click in Relative mode

1.Key lock would be off the chain
2.auto gain adjust
3.ssl remembering where the censor button was pushed...

that censor remembering is a great idea!

1. Keylock
2. Autogain

-Niche

1.Pitch N Time
2.Auto Gain or Volume Leveling
3.Auto Loops??? [a long shot but would be sweet]

1. Looping
2. Auto Gain/Volume Leveling
3. BPM

Looping?

I think he means seemless looping. That means when you click the loop button, it will loop the next 4 beats over and over again until you click the button again. Good for short outros/intros.

Nothing big, just some easy to do extensions:

1. BPM Analyser
2. Subcrates
3. Integrated Player (in OfflineMode)

1. Keylock
2. CoreAudio drivers
3. Auto gain

1. Built in Sampler that can be triggered from keys on laptop
2.BPM detector

1. Master Tempo (free) & PnT (paid plug-in)

2. BPM with selectable (deck 1 or deck 2) midi clock output via 3rd party interface (optional tap tempo too)

3. Complete Midi-mapability of controls

(big fan of sub-crates and abs/rel hybrid mode too)

1. "Auto Bars" Loops
2. Subcrates
3. Pitch n' Time

1. Ability to play CD/Vinyl simutaniously instead of a line/ phono selector in setup, or make a new interface box with 2 additional inputs.

2. Of course sub crates. Better file management.

3. Master Tempo/Key Lock

4. Auto load songs in next open deck from prepare list.

5. Larger BPM display.

Just a wish in regards to 1.6 and TTM57:

Please, please, please put some kind of software theft protection in 1.6. So when 1.6 is running and there is an internet connection it will verify that the unit is not reported stolen. If it is then it will deactive the hardware.

Then the theif will call up Rane and say "hey my unit isnt working, what do I do?".

Rane says "Oh just send it to us and well take a look into it:

Theif "Ok"

After Rane reiceves it "Oh it looks likes its stolen and has now been sent to the rightful owner, law inforcment has been notified and will contact you shortly"

Real Owner, " :-) "

That's a cool idea, but most people don't run the net at the same time/on the same machine...besides, word would get around the theives anyway

1 Pitch & Time,pitch lock and master tempo
2 Auto Gain
3 Better Thesholds adj.
4 BPM Analyser indecator

Easy To Use For All Type Of O.S.(Xp,Mac)

ok an ability to bpm lock my track ie simular to like re cycle or ableton where i work on my set during the day and lock all of the certain hit points on each track so that serato will play the track and sync automatically to the other track then i can work totally on my creative side and leaving the time at the gig to concentrate on other issues!!! :-) Am i just being lazy here!!! lol yeah i can handle it syncing chatting to drunk bloke while dealing with the dodgy lead that was'nt taped down properly!!! lol anyway guys i commend you on what you have acheived here with this software ive been at it now 16yrs and this software rocks! and thanx once again to DJ AM who showed what the full potential of this software offers!!!!

Not sure if I'm posting in the right section, but would it be possible to have the next generation 56 or 57 equiped with bluetooth to be used for wireless bluetooth headphones? just a thought.

btw, are there any mixers on the market with this option? or are there too many issues involved with bluetooth technology.

- dj mike coquilla

as a professional dj for over 17 years. i've moved to serato and have been testing the beta 1.5. here are a few suggestions for improvements from my years of experience.

1. a scroll down and up arrow on the right hand side of your library is needed. many djs don't have the hands free time to be scrolling the page down and page up key and its designed to make navigating possibilities easier.

2. this is THE MOST IMPORTANT...when switching in between crates the screen must return to the last highlighted track. when the dj has to scroll down to that track again it takes WAY too much time for the club atmosphere (this has been my biggest complaint from fellow djs). in comparison it would be like popping your dual copy vinyl record up in the crate, taking out one record to play, popping it back down and then trying to locate it again while playing. or getting a cd from your case, closing and trying to re-locate.

3. a shortcut to switch between hiding display of the track playing with independent cotrol of each side for this function. let me clarify. each dj booth is set up differently and people may or may not be able to look at the beautiful Serato display (in fact people are more drawn towards watching what you're doing when they see the laptop), however if you load the next track they see what's coming on next which takes away from the power of the dj knowing and no one else should. it also leads to a lot of crap from couch quarterback djs telling you to select something else :-)

4. the first option in the prepare window should be set up so the order you're loading the tracks in is how the window reads and not by song name or bpm. the dj should be able to instantly move the tracks to whatever order he wants to prepare them to play**. i'm not quite sure if you can already do this. if you can. someone please get me up to par on this.

5. finally an instant set folder should be created or option to begin an instant set folder should be available with time stamp of when the song played. once again i'll clarify. while playing the dj doesn't have time to hit the review, create a folder and look at songs last played or even to quickly scroll through this list in the prepare window, in addition if another dj gets on the wheels he should be able to quickly look at this folder and see this information so that tracks are not repeated.
on point 1 it's the up-down arrows that appear in the far right hand corner of a windows or mac when you have a long list. on Serato you have the bar but not these arrows as an option for scrolling.

on point 5 i'll try and be clearer by describing a hypothetical situation. ok so you've been dj-ing for over two hours and you want to look at what you've played THAT night but you have so many mp3s and you've forgotten to or chose not to clear the green highlighted tracks from your gig the previous night. if you hit the review it will show all these green tracks. i feel that if there was a simpler optional folder "HISTORY" that's located on the left hand side of the Serato display you or another dj giving you a break could quickly jump into this folder and look at the history of songs played those last few hours or days. another example is if you're dj-ing and you're thinking ahead to a few tracks you're planning to play so you place them in prepare. another song pops into your head that you know you've played but you want to know exactly when that was without losing the songs set up in your prepare window when you hit review. basically a history folder similar to windows explorer or mac safari is what i'm talking about that's automatically available with a preference feature that allows you to set a range to look at a few days to a weeks worth of what you've played in these sub folders.

busta, whats the reason to post 2+4 again, if you have been told it already works this way in another thread? Dont you read what people answer you? Very strange.

just posting in the proper forum. in case you havent noticed there are a lot of pages to scroll through in the forums. most people repeat posts that may be contained 5 to 10 pages deep in a post.

Yes I understand. But why would you repost something you have been told thats its already a part of SSL. Just wondering.

as far as point 2 i apologize for that to the forum. it has been resolved. on point 4 can someone explain to me how this is done.

nik39 don't make me get nasty.

I'm scurrrred. Why nasty? I was really wondering, cause this is what I replied to you in the other thread:


Exactly what dont you understand about point 4?

on point four if you hit the nuber column it will line your tracks up in the way you FIRST loaded them into the prepare window. what if you want to place your tracks in a specific order that is not by bpm, song name or number order in which you loaded the tracks into prepare. how do you do this?

Exactly the way you do it in other crates, drag them around to your favourite position.

noted. i'll try it.

1. link crates to folders. I have my music organized into folders, so when I drag them into SSL, i want SSL to automatically create a crate for each folder.
2. Master tempo/pitch n' time
3. the ability to have LESS functions. Let's not clutter it up TOO much...

1.Sampler
2.SubCrates
3.Album Art on Middle of Virtual Deck : )

I second that !

i also vote for that link crates suggestion.

1. PnT
2. mpeg2/VOB video
3. subcrates
4. PnT :)

at my gig last night i noticed something in 1.5 that i forgot to mention in previous suggestion posts and i'm not sure if it happens to anyone else. i was playing on pioneer cdjs 1000 mk 11s. if you execute a loop and then load another track this track doesn't cause ssl to treat it like a new track loaded at a start of track cue. it loads the new track looping. why would a dj want to load a completely new track looping without even knowing what point in the track is looping? can serato change this so every new track loaded clears out the old info (as if you ejected the old cd) and is treated as a fresh track?

1. Auto gain
2. Key Lock
3. 3 Band Isolator

1.GOOD Internal effects like echo, reverb and flanger that would sync with tempo of track.
2.Subcrates and Crates with "lock" function so you could SAVE view of list of tracks. That should avoid clicking on "something" and change view of tracks which is very bad when you did your own list track by tracks and it dissapears.
3.Perfect/better looping option.

@ bustamove90210 - This is the "top 3" new feature suggestions thread so please start posting in an appropriate thread or start your own if the topic is not already covered.

1) Pitch correction
2) MIDI Clock output
3) Auto BPM count in the program, so I don't have to use an external program