After the DJ battle in Wellington this weekend, I have been thinking about Serato and the use in a DJ battle.
In Wellington during the weekend you were allowed to use Serato. In the battle were also DJ’s who used records. The unfair advantage to the Serato users in the battle was Reletive Mode. DJ’s using records were prone to needles skipping and the likes. As we all know, if your shit skips then you get marked down on the points.
I think that it is cool to use Serato especially in the sense that you can make your own Custom battle routine. DJ’s in the DMC’s, IDA’s and other battles make custom 12″ records for their routines because they can’t use their Serato setup.
The only issue here is I think that if you are allowed to use Serato in a battle, then you should only be allowed to use it in Absolute Mode to make it fair all around to all the DJ’s involved. The only exemption here would be a DJ battle where everyone is using Serato.
I am in no way having a moan because I don’t have Serato, I’m just taking a look at the bigger picture of it’s place in future battles.
What do you think?