analog vs digital

gubenhinden · Post by **gubenhinden** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:47 pm

hi there,

im not sure it this is the right forum but i'll just post it here ;-)

i'am thinking about to by final scratch, serator or whatever...
id like to get some suggestions and oppinions about the different system, because i dont know what to buy... the all sounds the same ... and the other one is better the this one and so on. i only see a differences in price.

i've found so far:

http://www.serato.com/products/scratchlive/

http://de.m-audio.com/products/de_de/To ... -main.html

http://www.stantondj.com/v2/fs/index.asp

http://www.native-instruments.com/index ... scratch_us

so can anybody tell me his experience with one of the products? that would be great

codecks · Post by **codecks** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:52 pm

using serato.

pros:

- very fast response, faster than finalscratch i was told (i don't notice any latency)
- nice forum, with a lot of members, a nice (responsive) staff.
- regular software updates (they take in consideration what people are telling about the software, and do the changes regarding that)
- itunes library support (if u're using it, not my case)
- search feature easy and very clear (with id3 tags)
- nice interface
- keyboard shortcut for every function
- help tool for every function
- good library management
- rane components
- works great on a 1.7ghz (P4, no centrino) laptop with 256 of ram and usb 1

cons:

- no support for linux (yeah, that matters to me, but i'm the only one i think

)
- the led of the box is blue, i prefer green...

edit: I didn't know what to buy either: final scratch or serato. The guy in the store told there was no hesitation to have. So i bought the serato and since day 1 i have had no regrets.

sauce · Post by **sauce** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:12 pm

Torq is half the price of Serato and naturally rewires Ableton (Serato doesn't)

http://www.torq-dj.com/

I've never used any of these vinyl-esque programs, but I ran across Torq in my travels recently.

gubenhinden · Post by **gubenhinden** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:46 pm

thanks for the info's.

torq is of course the cheapest.... ableton support is also good :-)

so i guess the main difference is just the name.

digitalbunny · Post by **digitalbunny** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:49 am

Serato has the lowest latency, hence the closest feel to vinyl. It's also incredibly stable.
Torq is apparently quite laggy and has had numerous stability issues.
Traktor Scratch is new, still not as low in latency as Serato and doesn't yet support 4 timecoded decks playing. The interface is damn good though.

I personally own Serato and recommend it. The biggest benefits are free, regular updates to the software and top-notch support.

gubenhinden · Post by **gubenhinden** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:52 am

a friend of mine will buy torq in 1 month, i guess i'll see whats up with torq :-)

58525 · Post by **58525** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:06 am

I just bought Torq. I've only had it about a week, so I can only give my initial impressions. I also can't compare it since I haven't used any of the other options.

I'm running it on a 1.5GHz G4 Powerbook which is about minimum spec. It seems to run well, though it does seem to be a bit slow when switching the library to maximum view so you can see it better. The sound quality and latency both seem really good. I can barely tell a difference (if any) between Torq and real vinyl. I'm sure the latency is there, but for real use, it's not noticable.

I don't have a MIDI controller hooked up, so I haven't really bothered with the effects much, but from the little I did, they're intuitive and sound good.

To switch between Torq vinyl and real vinyl you just turn the dial for that deck on the Connectiv box. I did have to set it up properly so the volume levels for Torq and real vinyl are the same. I ust took a track I had on both and played the Torq version on deck A and the real one on B and set them to have the same volume (Set Torq's volume sliders to -5.0db). Now I can switch back and forth just fine.

The snapshot feature is something I'm going to mess around with more. It seems like the perfect way to add effects without a MIDI controller and not needing to use a mouse.

If there's anything you want to know specifically, I can try to answer, though like I said, I'm pretty new to Torq.

Jeff

gubenhinden · Post by **gubenhinden** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:49 am

thanks jeff :-)

i only read positive comments about torq but still curious why its so cheap