Patch wrote:JohnDP - thanks for your input. The reason I've said what I've said was personal experience. I've tried FS a couple of times, and at different versions, and didn't feel it was quite up to the job.
I've never tried SSL, Ms. Pinky or DJDecks.
I'm just hoping someone can give me advise based on their personal experience.
In your experience, JohnDP, which system works best? I'd be interested to find out what differences there are between them.
I think a good test for these systems would be scratches like Lazers, Rubs, Trubs, Uzis, Phazers and Swipes. Until I've had a chance to try these scratches on each system, I can only compare them theoretically...
A couple of months ago I would have said 100% Serato only since I have it and along with me a million users in every town of this world, but I have to say that other systems are good as well BUT only if these said systems are perfectly calibrated on perfectly clean computers that are also very fast.
SSL works on a G3 mac which is the equivalent of a 1 Ghz PC or even less. FS2 works a charm on perfect, latest computers...On all other systems it fails.
I remember that when I bought SSL two years ago (or maybe two and a half) the seller (a DJ Store in Switzerland) told me that of the latest 17 units of FS2 he sold, 15 came back and I incidentally knew of a "customer" of his that was unhappy but didn't bring back the unit yet...
So if I had to choose I'd go for Serato, also because in the very near future it will implement the Pitch & Time plugin which is one of the ebst, if not the best producer timestretch plugin available on the market today...
p.s. one last thing. check out
www.scratchlive.net for videos and if you happen to come across the FS2 video by DJ Solomon please beware than the very "actor" in the movie switched to SSL as did also Richie Hawtin, a leading EDM pioneer that kind of supported FS since its birth...