Professional DJ Software
Serato DJ Pro is legendary DJ software that is designed to be intuitive, reliable and feature rich.
From the unknown to the greatest, Serato DJ Pro is the most popular DJ software globally. When you’re talking about Hip-Hop, Dance, and everything in between, you’re looking at the standard.
Use with Turntables, CDJs, Controllers, Mixers and Interfaces from entry level to pro, from the world’s best DJ Hardware manufacturers. Or, without any hardware connected in Practice Mode.
The purchase of a licence for Serato DJ Pro will allow you to use DJ Pro with all supported Serato DJ Lite controllers and Serato DJ Essential mixers.
Serato Stems
This mind-blowing new feature will set you apart from the rest.
Create acapellas or instrumentals at the click of a button or deliver smooth transitions and mashups on the fly by isolating the Vocals, Melody, Bass or Drums. Use Stems Pad FX like Echos and Brakers to add even more creativity.
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Rock solid reliability
Serato DJ Pro is renowned for its reliability and trusted by DJs to deliver incredible performances. That’s why it powers the world’s top artists on some of the biggest stages.
The best hardware
Serato DJ Pro officially supports over 90 pieces of hardware by industry leaders. Every piece is tightly integrated to ensure the best experience possible.
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Access millions of tracks
Finding new music is no longer an issue.
You can now stream everything from the freshest underground sounds to certified classics directly in Serato DJ Pro.
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Live stream your DJ sets
We’re here to help take your live stream productions to the next level. Follow our tips and grab everything you need to make your at-home productions look like a million bucks.
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Features
Performance mode
- Day Mode – Change the colors of Serato DJ Pro by simply clicking the Day Mode icon to toggle on and off.
- Link – Ableton Link is used for syncing serator DJ Pro with other devices, usually over a local network
- Record – Record your mixes to upload online or listen back later
- FX – Up to 46 different FX that range from simple to complex so you can mess with your music
- Sampler – Load up to 8 samples into the Sampler to play during your set
- Cue Points – Set 8 Cue points per track which can be triggered from your hardware and are visible on the waveforms
- Beatjump – Instantly jump forward or backward in you track by a predetermined amount, perfectly in time
- Colored Waveforms – Colors in the waveforn show the frequency of the sound: bas is red, mids are green, treble is blue
- Sync – Sync will match the BPM of your tracks to free up your time, opening up a new range of possibilities
- Serato Stems – Create acapellas or instrumentals at the click of a button or deliver smooth transitions and mashups on the fly by isolating the vocals, melody, bass or drums. Use Stems Pad FX like Echos and Brakers to add even more creativity.
- Virtual Decks – See important track info sucha as BPM, elapse/remaining time and tempo adjust
- Key Analysis – Analyze the key of your tracks. This can be displayed in a number of different formats
- Loops – Set and use Auto loops, Saved loops and Manual loops
- Prepare Crate – Add tracks to a holding are to prepare your set. Once played, the track is removed from the area
- Library – All your music in one place. You can use iTunes, Crates, and other features to organize your sets
Practice Mode
- Day Mode – Change the colors of Serato DJ Pro by simply clicking the Day Mode icon to toggle on and off.
- Onscreen Crossfader – Play two songs in practice mode – you don’t need hardware connected
- BPM Controls – Use Sync and the onscreen Pitch Slider to control the BPM of your tracks with no hardware connected
- Serato Stems – Create acapellas or instrumentals at the click of a button or deliver smooth transitions and mashups on the fly
- Plays – Keep track of both streamed and locally stored tracks’ individual play count in Serato DJ Pro.
- Cue Points – Set 8 cue points per track which can be trigger from your keyboard and are visible on the waveforms
- Beatjump – Instantly jump forward or backward in you track by a predetermined amount, perfectly in time
- Loops – Set and use Auto loops, Saved loops and Manual loops
- Library – All your music in one place. You can use iTunes, Crates, and other features to organize your sets
We’ve got your back
Our support team is full of DJs that know our software inside out, so if you need help, we’ve got you covered. Not only that, they get back to you fast, seven days a week.
Learn new skills
We’ll send you tutorials, artist videos, workshops and more, doing our bit to help you increase your skills and improve your performance.
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Expand your setup
Our wide range of Expansion Packs let you create your own unique experience. From FX packs to creating re-mixes on the fly, you’ll be giving your crowd something new.
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Description
System Requirements
Mac
Recommended specifications
- Year: 2017 or later
- Processor: Intel core i5 or Apple M1/M2 or higher
- Memory: 8GB or higher
- Storage: 15GB or more of spare local disk space (SSD)
Operating System
- 14 Sonoma
- 13 Ventura
- 12 Monterey
High performance specifications
- Year: 2018 or later
- Processor: Intel core i9 or Apple M1/M2 or higher
- Memory: 16GB or higher
- Storage: 15GB or more of spare local disk space (SSD)
- Video Memory: 4GB or 14-core GPU or higher
Operating System
- 14 Sonoma
- 13 Ventura
- 12 Monterey
Read our Mac optimization guide for best performance across both recommended and high performance tiers
Windows
Recommended specifications
- Processor: 6th generation Intel core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 3000 series or higher
- Memory: 8GB or higher
- Storage: 15GB or more of spare local disk space (SSD)
- Video Memory: Dynamic/shared 512MB (dedicated 1GB or higher for Serato Video)
Windows:
- 11
- 10
High performance specifications
- Processor: 8th generation Intel core i9 or AMD Ryzen 7 5000 series or higher
- Memory: 16GB or higher
- Storage: 15GB or more of spare local disk space (SSD)
- Video Memory: Dedicated 2GB or higher
Operating System
- 11
- 10
Read our Windows optimization guide for best performance across both recommended and high performance tiers
Change Log
Serato DJ Pro 3.2.0
28 July 2024
New Serato FX
- Experience a Full Suite of New FX: Powerful, custom-built enhancements are here. Dive into the mix with the high-quality FX you know and love—now significantly upgraded and carefully crafted by Serato.
- Create Your Signature Sound With Custom FX: For the first time in Serato DJ, take full control over your FX. Exclusively available to Suite, Expansions, and FX license holders, create, save, name, and manage an unlimited amount of custom presets, tailored exactly to your style.
- Creative Channel FX: Assign four different sounds with a new Channel FX section, allowing you to move beyond a default filter knob effect.
- Enhanced View Modes: Explore our redesigned interface with advanced parameters, designed to enhance your control and flexibility. Utilize the slim view mode for more library viewing.
Native Apple Silicon Support
For Mac users, Serato 3.2.0 introduces native support for Apple Silicon processors (M1, M2, M3 machines). This update ensures optimal performance and full utilization of your device’s processing power.
New Features
- Native Apple Silicon Support.
- New Serato FX.
- New Effect Presets.
- A New FX Panel includes 3 view modes: Slim View, Default View, and Advanced View.
- Advanced View mode is exclusively available to Suite, Expansions, and FX license holders. This mode unlocks sophisticated parameter adjustments and the ability to save custom FX presets.
- 4x Favourite FX Banks.
- Channel FX (for supported hardware) gives you the ability to change the effect applied using your hardware’s Filter knob.
Other Changes
- Manual Loops now respect Quantize value.
- Improved Unicode support.
- Improved international character handling.
- Removed support for Serato Remote & Remote Mini apps.
- Stopped Serato DJ Pro trying to launch when being run on a Mac that does not have Metal Rendering.
- Improved crash reporting for Windows users.
- CPU & memory optimizations.
- Performance & stability optimizations.
- Added Rane FOUR 1.0.3 Mac Audio Driver to Serato DJ Pro installer
Hardware Changes to FX
- Hardware with FX MODE buttons now toggle between Slim and Default FX views.
- Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX6 Merge FX presets have been updated:
- Preset 1: Slot 2 is now Echo instead of Tape Echo. Slot 4 is Stretch instead of Time Freeze.
- Preset 2: Slot 1 is now Infinity Tone instead of Noise Sweep. Slot 4 is Roll instead of Looper.
- Preset 3: Slot 1 is now Infinity Tone instead of Noise Sweep. Slot 5 is Ping Pong Delay instead of Side Delay.
- Preset 4: Slot 3 is now Vast Reverb instead of Space Reverb.
- MASTER FX channel assign is now supported for the following devices:
- Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX10
- Roland DJ-202
- Roland DJ-505
- Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX4 can now apply Smart CFX and Smart Fader FX simultaneously.
- Denon DJ MC6000MK2 now has independent On/Off control for Channel FX.
- Vestax VFX-1 FX now selects Tremolo when Tremolo is selected via hardware.
What’s new in DJ Pro 3.1.5?
- Added support for the RANE PERFORMER, a popular 4-channel motorized DJ controller featuring RANE’s industrial build quality and legacy sound.
Serato DJ Pro 3.0.11
August 28, 2023
Added support for the Pioneer DJ PLX-CRSS12 and DDJ-REV5.
What’s new in v3?
New Features
Serato Stems
Separate your music into individual stems in real-time! Drop every jaw in the room when you mashup your tracks on the fly, with just a few clicks. No more digging through tracks or putting together custom edits.
- Acapella & Instrumental Buttons added to the Virtual Deck
Create instrumentals or acapellas at the click of a button, isolating or removing parts to create the smoothest transitions.
- Stems Performance Pad Mode
Go deeper for more control of Stems with Vocal, Bass, Melody and Drums controls and Stem Pad FX. Supported Hardware: https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/5705426039695
- Dynamic Waveforms
Instantly see Serato DJ’s world-famous colored waveforms dynamically change as you trigger the
real-time audio source separation.
- Stems Prepare Crate
Drag and drop tracks into the Stems Prepare Crate, and the Serato Stems algorithm will analyze
them in advance. This means you’ll save on CPU and access stems even faster during complex
routines.
macOS Ventura Support
Official support for macOS 13 Ventura, please read our supported hardware article: https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/5766525973647
Other changes
- MP3 decoder refactor.
- AIFF decoder refactor.
- WAV decoder refactor.
- Updated third party QT library version.
- Video Preview Panel Optimised when using Metal on Mac.
- New WASAPI connection logic used for the Pioneer DDJ-REV1 on Windows.
- Blocked Serato DJ installer running on Windows 7.
- Loop tab and Auto Loop length button tooltips have been updated.
- Improvements to the Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX4 Reverb Pad FX
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where some TIDAL playlists are duplicated.
- Fixed an issue where full screen mode does not work correctly for Apple MacBook “notch” machines.
- Fixed an issue where Beat Grids are not rendered correctly in Hi-DPI display mode.
- Fixed an issue where the Serato DJ was adding extra gain to a mic/aux input when connected to software mixed hardware.
- Fixed an issue where the Loops tab could scroll past its boundary.
- Fixed an issue where Beat Matching display markers are not rendered correctly.
- Fixed an issue where Serato DJ could hang when loading Beatport tracks to the deck.
- Fixed an issue where Phase would not connect.
- Fixed an issue on Mac where restoring from a sleep state resulted in a loss of audio.
- Fixed an issue where crates could not be moved or reordered
- Fixed an issue where the Pioneer DJ DJM-REV7 or Numark NS4FX would crash on connection for Windows DJs if the microphone OS permissions were not enabled
- Fixed a crash on Windows when certain ASIO device drivers were connected to Serato DJ