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Why has Serato made ITCH?
For several years Serato has wanted to provide a way to DJ without the hassle of carrying around 1200s, or in places (like the back of a car on a road trip) . We would have loved to have made ITCH with Rwhere turntables are impracticalane, but like it says in the FAQ, "Rane do not currently make any controller products that are suitable for the ITCH system".
Given that, a couple of years ago we approached a variety of hardware companies about fulfilling the vision we had for ITCH. Vestax were an obvious choice, since their VCI-100 MIDI controller has the right form factor and really just needed the addition of a soundcard to be most of the way to being a fantastic ITCH controller. The result of that development is the VCI-300 launched at the NAMM 2008 show. See
http://www.vestax.com
In addition, we chose to work with Numark because they "got" our vision and bring an interesting twist with their motorized platters which allow many interesting mixing techniques not otherwise possible with a portable controller. Their offering is the NS7. See
http://www.numark.com
So ITCH is not about "selling something to microwave DJs". It's about a more portable way to work with Serato software, enhanced with custom designed controllers that put every function at your fingertips.
We still love vinyl and we still love Rane! Serato and Rane continue to work very closely on future hardware developments, and we'll work hard on improving Scratch LIVE for years to come.
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Does ITCH use MIDI?
MIDI based DJ systems are often reported as being slow or latent compared to CD and Vinyl. By being involved in the hardware design from concept to finished product, Serato are able to ensure the speed of communication between the hardware and the software is optimized for live DJ performance.
Setting up a MIDI controller with bundled software can be a complicated process. Serato decided to remove this setup process with built-in configuration for ITCH hardware in what we call “one to one mapping”.
To get started, simply install the Serato ITCH software and then connect the ITCH hardware. There is no need for cardboard overlay templates for Serato ITCH for you to learn the functions. All the knobs, buttons and lights work as they should - “out of the box”.
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Can you control ITCH with turntables like Scratch LIVE?
No. The ITCH hardware has built in platters for playback control. Vinyl control is an exclusive Scratch LIVE feature.
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Me reservo mi opinion sobre los protocolos cerrados esta vez para remarcar un detalle:
ITCH controlará Live y (espero) que SSL también. Ambas cosas son perfectamente posibles.
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