Smart Sync gives you more control and requires your tracks have accurate beatgrids. This will force all decks to be affected by any pitch changes. The exception to this rule, is if you have 'Tempo Slider affects all synced decks' under SETUP -> DJ Preferences, enabled. Disengaging sync on a deck causes the pitch to return to its absolute pitch level as represented on the hardware slider.
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However, when using vinyl or CDJs in Relative mode with Simple Sync activated, adjusting the pitch on your hardware will only affect the deck you adjust. When a deck is in sync, altering the pitch will affect the pitch of all synced decks. When using a controller, pitch slider/dial adjustments on hardware of a deck in Sync will alter the tempo for all tracks in Sync. You can enable this option in the DJ Preferences tab of the Serato DJ Setup Screen. Snap to Beatgrid will make Beatgrids visible on your tracks waveform, and when first pressing sync it will sync the track using the tracks Beatgrid information rather than the transients. You can engage Simple Sync when using vinyl or CDJs in Relative or Internal modes. Load a song, press Sync so the BPMs are the same and then drop the track in yourself.
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TIP: You can use Simple Sync as a way to auto-tempo your tracks. The Sync button should appear blue and there will be no beat position indicator with Simple Sync. The synced BPM value will be taken from the Primary Deck. When you engage Sync on a deck, that deck becomes the Secondary Deck while the deck it has been synced to becomes the Primary Deck. This is shown by a blue outline around the SYNC button.Ī second press of the OFF button will cause the pitch to revert to the tracks absolute pitch as reflected on your hardware pitch slider controls. However, when using Simple Sync with vinyl or CDJs, the first press will disengage Sync, but will keep the decks in Relative Pitch.
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When using a controller, one press of the OFF button will fully disengage Sync. You can click the OFF button to the left of the Sync button to turn sync off (or press shift + SYNC on your Serato DJ hardware). Beat sync works by snapping the two closest transients together and matching the BPM. If you have dropped your next track in but it’s not quite in time, by pressing sync you can perform an automatic beat sync. Pressing Sync will match the both the BPM values and transients of your tracks together. You do not need Beatgrids in order to use Simple Sync. Simple Sync does a simple transient sync to the opposite track on the deck. Try it, you might like it! If you don't like or want Sync, you can disable it and never see it again. Below are details on using the two different Sync modes, Simple Sync and Smart Sync. Hit Sync to get tracks in time quickly, allowing you to do other things instead of moving the platter or pitch slider.
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Rekordbox has the advantage of being translatable to most of the industry standard decks out there (namely the CDJ2000 series), Serato is more geared for turntablists, and Traktor is more geared for controllerism.Always a controversial subject, Sync is here for DJs that want it. Ultimately it comes down to what you become comfortable with. Most of their hardware support is aftermarket and I've come across more than one issue that people have had with it live.
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Virtual DJ gets a bit of a rep of being the redheaded stepchild of the DJ software world, and while that may be a bit undeserved, it doesnt have the same level of hardware designed specifically for it as the others do. They'll still work on pretty much all the industry standard gear too with little problem, and they're still mainly the choice of the crazy ass techno DJs. A couple years ago Traktor was up there, and it's still in the conversation, but they've really faltered in recent years in really driving the industry. They've got the most hardware coming out for them and they're both fully integrable with pretty much all the industry standard gear. Right now Rekordbox and Serato are the heavyweights.