Ableton and Serato – The Bridge Announced

Raj Lovesoul — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:30:31 +0000

Ableton and Serato present The Bridge—the first result of the partnership announced in October 2008.

The Bridge spans the gap between music production and DJing, creating a natural link between Ableton Live and Serato Scratch Live or ITCH. The Bridge provides a powerful fusion of DJ and production tools, opening a world of opportunities for DJing, remixing and live performance.

You can cross the Bridge in either direction. either from Serato to Ableton, or vice versa. Here’s the link to see more.

DJ Jazzy Jeff
“For DJs who don’t make beats yet, that turns into ‘Hey, I can make beats in here, too.’ For the guys who are beatmakers already as well as DJs, it’s great because it’s almost like you’re DJing with multitracks. And the mixtape feature was probably the best thing I’ve ever seen. People are going to get really creative, I know my brain is working already, there’s stuff that I’m going to do that I choose not to disclose right now because it’s top secret.”

?uestlove
“My initial reaction? I was absolutely elated. As with most DJs that are Ableton friendly, a lot of us have been utilizing Ableton’s warping to quantize and straighten out records that otherwise fluctuate. Now that we have the opportunity to play with the actual files… and use them in DJ gigs and live shows, the possibilities are absolutely 100% endless. Being as I just saw [The Bridge], my mind is racing with endless ideas…”

Kenny Dope
“Seeing where Ableton is at, this state of technology, and all the stuff that’s in there, and thinking about Ableton and Serato together is mind boggling. I know there’s a lot of stuff that can happen… we’re all producers, we’re all DJs, your mind starts to wonder what’s coming. Everybody’s gonna get excited.”

Rob Swift at the DMC World Championships 2009

Raj Lovesoul — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:59:26 +0000

Legend Rob Swift at The DMC World Championships 25th Anniversary 2009. Rob speaks on what the championships mean to DJ culture, and what it means to him personally. He also speaks on traditional vinyl versus digital DJing, and what touring Europe means to him. Shout to Lothar at Hot Wheelz, Sally at DMC, and check out Rob Swift’s website.

We got a whole series of DMC World Championships 25th Anniversary videos coming up, please use this this link to find all the ones we’ve posted to date.

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Ableton and Serato – The Bridge Announced

Rob Swift at the DMC World Championships 2009