Anyone using this yet?
I was looking up new and improved ways to futz with samples.
Serato Stems in their Studio software seems incredible.
You can extract, drums, bass, melodies and vocals. Kinda blew my mind.
Definitely trying the demo tomorrow.
Would love to know if anyone else had been using it
I’ve tried it out. It’s good but not perfect.
The music that remains after a “stem” has been removed sometimes has little artefacts in, or bands of frequencies missing. It’s still better quality than some older systems I’ve used, and it works in real-time which is wonderful.
Good to know.
I definitely wasn’t expecting it to lack artifacts.
It just seems very useful and a lighting fast workflow.
I’m usually mixing samples into many other sounds which keeps it from isolation and hearing the artifacts.
In some cases I like the artifacting.
I tried it but found it too basic to use as my daw. If you want a streamlined sampling app for remixing it’s great.
I do use serato sample in my daw as my main sampling chopping app. Really quick and easy to use
That was precisely my idea. A simple fast workflow to chop parts of samples.
Not necessarily interested in a daw.
I was looking into Serato Sample and found the Stems thing that comes with Serato Studio.
It seems perfect for what I’m currently after
Will be perfect then. Really quick ui and provides all the tools needed to make sample based tracks.
My friend uses it for remixes and says nothing is faster for getting tracks finished
Sounds like it’ll be a good fit for what you want to do. I’ve been using it past few months. Very quick to chop, the pitch/time stretch is arguably the best available and stems is very cool, though you can get better results with other stem tools the way it’s integrated is awesome. I’m still hoping stems comes to serato sample though. I like the aliasing sounds most the time, ha.
Some pain points… no db levels, only 3 fx on the master, no midi mapping and only certain (few) controllers work, quick to get patterns down but the piano roll isn’t the best and quite limited.
It’s the most fun I’ve had with a new bit of software since getting Live years ago though. Enjoy!
All good news.
Really just want to chop out samples for the OT and RYTM.
So just the basics with a fast workflow.
Yeah it should be sweet for that. You can export stems/tracks from patterns and it splits them all up nicely ready to be dumped!
WOW, this is really cool!
I’m gonna be a sample chopping mofo for the next few months.
It’s not a DAW but should have most if not all of what you need to make beats / loops
Love the sampling functionality and that it lays out your computer keyboard as 16 pads
I’m not really looking for a daw.
Just sample chopping workflow and possibly new DVS
All the sampling will get ported to the OT and RYTM
Dj pro on mac has been doing real-time separation for quite a while which sounded reasonable to me … needs a hefty mac
Traktor are working on it… it’s part of their roadmap though I can’t recall if it’s free or part of their subscription. I hope they make an s8 controller mapping as currently most of it is unused ( their stem thing died many years ago )
I’ve been using Traktor for years, but haven’t been keeping up with any software for the last few years.
Nevertheless I’m always looking for ways to effortlessly get more out of sampling music.
I haven’t DJ’d in years, but it’s always something I think about doing again especially since I relocated.
So far the Serato Studio is fantastic.
I’m definitely contemplating wether or not I should get Serato Pro, just studio, maybe a new DVS mixer. I’m still unclear on what features I actually need or not.
Wondering is getting a Serato sanctioned mixer comes with a software license.
I’m guessing just paying the monthly subscription is the best method?
Right now I’m not even sure how the free demo works or what it’s limitations are.
DAMN!
I have t been excited about software in a looooong time.
This is wonderful.
You can record right into Serato and get to chopping.
Makes vinyl rips a breeze.
This opens up a lot of stuff I always wanted to incorporate in a live rig.
Live sampling to DVS and further manipulation.
Jeeeez, can’t wait to get my Octatrack back from repairs, it ON!
I really really really like Serato Studio. I’ve made more full songs with it than any other DAW. A few more features (and more FX slots) and I could probably switch to it full time.
It has SO many useful features, and dead easy.
Just being able to virtually connect it to Ableton is nice.
I’m just starting to put it through it paces and discover all it can and can’t do
I love being able to record vinyl in an instantly use stems, key changing cue points/slices etc.
This is definitely going to be my favorite method for sampling in the Octatrack.
It’s brilliant.
Other audio software companies should take notes from Serato.
The great music company buyout continues:
is AlphaTheta the same kind of dj culture as Serato or some completely other kind of DJ culture?
ok, read the blurb… damn, I dunnoooo
a few years ago pioneed techincally changed their name to alpha theta and operated more as a parent company (like InMusic).
Serato and pioneer have been in bed together for quite a while. Kinda makes sense at this point…