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Serato Itch available as public beta, official release planned for August
Now that Native Instruments Traktor 2 is out, replicating all benefits from Serato Itch over its predecessor (and more), Serato has to release a new version to be back in the game. Existing Itch users are invited to test the public beta, and see if it comes closer to Serato Scratch Live, as expected by users. Here is the official list of improvements and fixes.
Features:
* SP-6 Sample Player: serato.com
* Brand Spanking New Look and Feel.
* Performance Modes (Library View, Vertical Waveforms and Stack Mode): serato.com
* Day & Night Mode: serato.com
* Album Art Views: serato.com
* Smart Crates: serato.com
* File Migration: serato.com
* Serato Playlists: serato.com
* New & Improved Serato Smart Sync. serato.com
Other Changes / Smaller Features:
* Beatgrid Lock: serato.com
* View buttons for (Xone:DX, NS6 and Twitch) now cycle through the performance modes.
* 4-deck Instant Doubles.
* Hot Cue Fader Start (When fader start is enabled and a cue point is set or triggered, the temp cue is set to that cue point's position).
* Slider added for font size.
* Shared Preferences.
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed Crossfader Reverse Keyboard shortcut (ctrl-shift-r).
* Changes made to minimize distortion in recordings when playing at loud levels.
* Corrected Continuous Mode behavior so that when you move past the beginning of a song while in this mode, the previous song doesn’t load.
* Fixed Play button to flash at half the speed of the Cue button for all controllers supported with 1.7.
* You can no longer drag a deck onto itself to reload or instant double the song.
* Fixed miscellaneous crashes experienced by some users including when: relocating lost files, loading songs and exiting ITCH.
* Fixed bug where the scroll bar arrows would be slow to react when ITCH is reading large libraries.
* Fixed "[" and "'" keys for looping.
* Fixed Windows crashes on start up when a database/crate contained a file with a file path greater than 259 characters.
* Fix for sleeping, disconnecting controller and then waking up Macbook incorrectly whilst staying in connected mode.
Numark Controller Specific:
* Decreased probability of spontaneous firmware updates with the NS7/V7.
* Fixed shift shortcuts to jump to a specific loop slot.
* Fixed Loop Select shift function to reloop as it did in ITCH version 1.5 and to turn off the shift/delete button.
* Stopped selected track from being added to the Prepare crate when hot-plugging or starting up with the controller connected.
NS6 Specific:
* Fixed bug where switching between Platter modes (Scratch and Jog) while using Skip could give unexpected results.
* New NS6 Firmware Version 1.18 with improved performance
V7 Specific:
* Fixed limiter triggering on the V7 when playing full scale tracks with 0db headroom
Xone:DX Specific:
* Fixed issue where Shift button goes into the wrong state if holding it down while switching layer.
* Beat Grid Enable option is able to be enabled/disabled instead of always being on.
DDJ-S1 Specific:
* Fixed bug where the Vinyl Speed Adjust knob would instantly be applied to braking, but not acceleration.
* Fixed bug where Slip mode would not deactivate when moving to hardware disconnected mode.
* Fixed problem with Slip mode where ghost playhead could sometimes be using the wrong velocity while scratching.
FX Specific:
* Reduced pops created when switching effects and turning them on and off.
Known Issues:
* A crash may occur when hotplugging between ITCH Controllers.
