Digital DJ Buying Guide: Pioneer DDJ Controllers for Serato For ages, Pioneer dominated the pro DJ gear game with CDJ decks and DJM mixers. Today, with their series of DDJ-S controllers for Serato DJ controllers, Pioneer continues to stay on top of the trend toward all.

The Pioneer DJ DDJ-SB2 is a super-compact, 2-channel 4-deck controller. The DDJ-SB2 builds on the layout of the original DDJ-SB with a dedicated filter and gain knob per channel, filter fade crossfader setting and pad transform FX.

• 16 rubber pads for triggering Hot Cues, Auto Loop, Manual Loop, Sampler, Play, Cue, Sync and Shift
• Large, low-latency jog wheels
• 4-deck control
• Trim knobs with 3 band EQ on each channel
• Independent low/high pass filter dials enherited from the premium DDJ-SX2 and DDJ-SR controllers
• Filter Fade for adding filters to cross-fader movements

Where to buy

This hardware unlocks Serato DJ Lite for free when plugged into the software.

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This hardware controls Serato Studio when plugged into the software. Download for free or buy now.

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Serato DJ Pro 2.0.2

Serato DJ Pro is a free upgrade for Serato DJ users who have an existing license or supported hardware. Alternatively, anyone can download and use Serato DJ Pro in Practice Mode without a license or hardware connected.

As well as the major updates in version 2.0 (see below), version 2.0.2 now includes support for the Rane SEVENTY‑TWO and the Rane TWELVE.

Rane SEVENTY‑TWO

A premium 2-channel mixer built for the professional club and scratch DJ, the Rane SEVENTY-TWO unlocks Serato DJ Pro and DVS.

• 4.3-inch touchscreen to display Serato’s waveforms and control your library and FX
• Adjustable MAG THREE cross and upfaders
• Dual FLEX FX engines, one for each channel
• Dual die-cast aluminum FX paddles
• 16 RGB performance pads to control Serato DJ Pro pad modes
• Dual USB ports
• Assignable USB controller inputs for the Rane TWELVE motorized battle controller

Rane TWELVE

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Official Serato Accessory support for the Rane TWELVE. A motorized DJ controller with 12” vinyl platters.

• Replicates the look and feel of a turntable, but eliminates the need for needles and tonearms
• Multi-function touch strip for track searching and setting or triggering hot cues
• Each TWELVE has four separate layers of deck control (hardware dependant)
• USB can be connected directly to the SEVENTY-TWO or your computer
• 5.0 kfcm high-torque motor with adjustable high/low option
• 8/16/50% adjustable pitch slider

Practice Mode

Practice Mode allows you to DJ for free on your laptop with no hardware plugged in.

• Free for anyone to download
• Easy to use and has all the features required for learning to mix
• 2-deck player with onscreen crossfader
• Access to Cues and Loops
• Sync with onscreen pitch slider/BPM adjust
• Full functionality with your crates and iTunes library
• Access to Serato Help and Support from within the interface

New UI with Performance Pad view

Serato DJ Pro has refreshed user interface, along with a new Performance Pad view.

• Display your cue points in a new but very familiar layout
• This new layout will make planning and performing your routines more efficient

Optimised for high resolution screens

Serato DJ Pro has been optimised for high definition Retina, 4K and UHD displays.

• Experience a refined look and feel with Hi-DPI screen support and scalable interface

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Bigger Libraries and rock solid reliability

Serato DJ Pro includes 64-bit support which dramatically increases power and reliability.

• The size of your library now has virtually no limits
• If you have a huge number of crates and thousands of songs, you will be able to search for them and load the tracks even faster

Improved help and support

Serato DJ Pro includes a new and improved Help and Support section.

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• Includes tooltips, shortcut keys and tutorials
• The option to contact our support team, and the ability to search our knowledge base in-app

Pioneer DJ DDJ-SB3

Official support for the Pioneer DJ DDJ-SB3. An evolution on the extremely popular DDJ-SB2.

• 2-channel/4-deck controller that unlocks Serato DJ Lite for free
• World-first Scratch Pad mode with eight different scratch techniques recorded by DJ Jazzy Jeff
• FX Fade so you can reduce the volume and apply FX to a track at the same time
• USB powered
• Paid upgrade to Serato DJ Pro

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Read the full Serato DJ Pro 2.0.2 release notes.