My whole laptop crashed at a birthday party gig 3 days ago 😅 Hopped on the mic and literally was banging a table, holding a beat, and just singing popular choruses, keeping the crowd singing until it restarted. 👍My whole right hand was absolutely trashed by the time I got it back up from slamming the table so hard lol, but i was kinda proud of myself for managing to keep the energy up and the crowd engaged even with no music 😭
You nailed it! Using a good USB cable with a static bubble built into the cable is a must $30 but so what! Pay the $30 so you don't have to worry. A cheap USB will also make one deck, one side freeze up while the other side will play perfectly. If this is happening to you start with that USB cable. I learned the hard way but I've always have had a backup MacBook Pro plugged in and a jam (119 BPM there bout) ready to go at all times.
MasterP DJ did change usb it worked well for a few then it did it again. Went through system and deleted the old serato after the update everything been ok so far
@@thecapothedon If it does it again it's the cable. I replaced my cable twice and I thought problem solved for a few weeks but I was wrong as it happen again but once I got the cable with static bubble it hasn't happen again in 6 months. Good luck to you cuz that's not a good feeling while doing a gig
@@thecapothedon check and see if you are running effects echo out or echo break because that effect will be on a channel and kill the audio and have you guessing what's wrong.
The skit at 2:00 was very creative and had me dying laughing!!! Loved it!!! LOL ... But yeah, you're right about being prepared and having a backup always plugged in and ready to go. I use my Tablet for that. It did save my butt one time.
DJ 2LEGIT I found it to be hilarious as well. I had just came across him yesterday on the VDJ forums then Bam!!! I see this. I have zero choice but to subscribe now.
Serato decided to crash at the end of the night, and it was a file issues "AFTER" analyzed all files.. It decided to put a lighting bolt of the file I was about to play which caused Serato to freeze... While still playing the file that was already going.. Everything was still playing fine and even the video was playing fine but the program froze and once the song ended that was it.. Why can't serato find bad files when they are analyzed but finds them when I drag the track over to the player????
I always carry extra cables of everything in my DJ bag. Plus an extra 13-inch MacBook pro. Not to mention a flash drive full of crates. And the added benefit of the mcx8000 Denon stand-alone controller.
Plugging a line source into a mic input isn't a great idea. Firstly mics output a very small signal - feeding line level in could cause distortion. Second, mic inputs are mono. Depending on what you're playing, you could lose some of your audio. Aux in is the way to go.
Ok sir am a Dj too my name is Dj KayReflex and I have been into this Dj for years now but thanks for the USB problem I had the same issue too but right now the problem am haven now is, when my USB goes off from laptop my serato will not disconnect and it’s stay like 10 to 15 minutes before disconnect 🤷♂️ and I don’t know what the problem is sir and I really need help on that or maybe when the club djm s9 goes of 🤷♂️ boom it’s happened just like that
Theres a button on decks that says CD/MIDI/USB press USB with a flash drive and you can find out later what happened to Serato or Traktor. I hate playing the Chinese fire drill at gigs trying to figure out what happened. Sure fails don't happen very much but when they do, there wont be any time where there won't be any music. Peace! Here is an example of relying on the laptop. th-cam.com/video/ET0oWK69R4M/w-d-xo.html
Theres a calm in knowing you duplicated the crate on a 32g drive that u can use at any time. It can hold up to 6000 songs. Relax, enjoy your gig without any doubts
Running ddj sz2 an its been glitching for about two weeks. So should I switch from a to b. Or just get a brand new cable from office depot. USB that plugs into the pioneer ddj pro? Oh an im running off of a envy x360 hp i5
I am having the same problem. I use SX3 but i have no issues when I am playing at my club gigs using the same controller even plugging into my power while paying a song triggers this. Could it be a power surge or ? I have tried turning off my wifi etc. I guess i will try the USB cable swap.
I’m having a problem with opening a streaming service and losing my music from my local crates that are running from my external hard drive. Is it safe to say never use a streaming service like Tidal while using my local file crates?
I was having screen freezes on my 2017 MBP Touchbar but only in the club. I bought some expensive usb cables and it didn’t change anything. I found out that it was the lighting in the club messing with the sensors on my computer. I disabled the Touchbar lighting sensor and the problem went away. Now I can use any usb cable and I have no issues.
I hate to say this but Serato DJ Pro has USB issues...It's crashed on me at least 5 times now... I've been trying to help HQ get it right with the Rane 68, I'm doubtful they will ever get the Flex FX sync fixed...
Interesting. You may be on to something, however Rane has legitimate issues with their hardware. I don’t know why it’s so hard for them to get their $#it together. Drivers are all screwed up.
I never had a Crash on Scratch Live ever... So basically it seems to me like they making the newer software way more flimsy at it's core... lol but we're all paying more for the hardware though...
So I have had an issue with my serato crashing almost everytime I start to play music. I generally do weddings so with that being said. I can crash say something move to my phone or iPad via aux cord. Reset the program and begin again. But recently I have been crashing more than once in a set!!!! I have not changed the USB cord out in forever. I will try this now and update if I have anymore issues. Side note I have changed external HD anylized all the tracks several times. Bought new computer while keeping it up to date at all times. None of those things seemed to work. Wait I have also Uninstalled program and re installed as well. Still crashing. I can almost always expect for it to crash with high gain levels meaning with more vibration happening around equipment. So I will change out cord smh never done that yet. Hopefully it works.
Had this happen last year at a school dance. For me, my Mac had a logic board issue and overheated. Guess I was cutting it up too hard. I was able to recover by using (don't judge) Amazon Music so I could reboot the machine and add a fan. Got lucky but it threw off my flow. I totally hear you CTB.
During a set Serato froze on me. Luckily I had my Prime go with already hooked and ready to go. The song that I was playing on Serato didn't stop despite the program freezing. When I did switch over to the Prime go there was no stoppage in the music. I was able to get Searto back up and running after a few minutes. I was told to always have a back up plan.
My serato dj pro has been doing this same thing serato is pissing me off im going to switch to virtual if this happens 1 more time i cant be at a wedding or any gig and my system freeze up or stop its not professional at all and very embarrassing at the most.
I always use a usb cable with a ferrite on it. It makes a difference. Without one it might work fine at home, but not in an area with lots of RF noise! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead
First sry for my bad english. Hey bro, my controller ddj sb2 freezes up at last party 3days ago, I'm using it for 2years and never had any problems.. but on this party basses and volume was too strong that my controller moves on the table, because of vibrations.. and at one moment controller just freezes up, NO SERATO BUT CONTROLLER, I just could not do anything.. so I reconnect usb cable and set volume little lower, and to the end of the party everything was fine. It can be possible that controller freezes up because of strong vibrations? Because laptop works perfectly, or maybe usb cable is the problem..
@@ClevelandTerry No, controller was connected but I can't do anything, even channels level freezes up, crossfader, everything.. I just can turn on effects but nothing to do with them.
Another good back up I use is to set the computers audio output to the sound card of the mixer. When I get a software issues or a crash of my DJ software it’s very rare for my whole computer to crash. At this point I just task over to iTunes/Spotify and hit play. This is a lot faster than messing around trying to get a phone up and running while you restart the DJ software. Or a great buffer to do so if you need to restart the OS. You have the same tracks you play with and you don’t need a internet connection. For the people that don’t keep music on their phones and stream.
This isn’t recommended for a few reasons. First, his issue was cable. You would not be able to play sound from the laptop if the cable fails. Second, if you have to reboot to recover your DJ application, you’re not going to be able to play music from that same laptop. Third, you may have other OS sounds play when you don’t want them to. Fourth, some audio devices will not work properly in real time if they are not under exclusive use from the DJ application. I would always recommend having a backup computer and a backup audio source. If needed I could go directly from my iPad to my active speaker. This means if the controller, laptop, mixer, whatever fails, there is still music.
I was doing a wedding and my virtual dj froze up on me. And I had to reboot my laptop just like you did several times. I've always kept my turntable qued up with wax incase I have an issue and I can fade over to it, I use a pre-mixed boot legged mix-it single, radio DJ's used in the late 80's. I still have several of them. They had a ton of songs on them and they sold then for about 30 dollars a pop!! I also played a middle school and the same thing happened again. We took my iPhone and I did not have the jack you mentioned so I took my cordless mike and pulled my iTunes account up and played the rest of the night thru that. In a pinch it worked. I buy my music thru iTunes so it was easy to pull it up and search out songs the kids wanted to hear just like using Serato or Virtual DJ. I will get the RCA to plug from now on. Thanks for the info.
Something happened to me this weekend... using new controller for first time at a party... hit backloop... started playing hole song in reverse... lucky I have phone plugged in.....one song and a restart later..... all fine...lucky I always have something else plugged in.
We run the DDJ-SZ2 with Alienware i7 (overkill) but always a second laptop, the Alienware i5 4k all loaded and ready to go plus a must is old faithful CDJ 1000Mk3 on pause. Our main gripe is Serato video crashes quite often , for some reason we suddenly get multiple ffdshow opening and nearly as many splitters opening up! failing everything my colleague sings which is not a pretty sight! Great videos, keep up the good work
I don't know about other people but my practice sessions sometimes end with a mood killing Serato crash. It's not rare but I wouldn't bet money each time either. Tidal loads a portion of the track then blackness... Upon the next change it crashes. I'd give anything to be able to confidently trust this
I've had the same issue and I'm so lost. I've even tried loading another song in the deck but a complete fail. Also I re analyzed several tracks but seems that serato isn't detecting those corrupt files...meaning I never see a lighting bolt only says writing tags🤦🏾♀️
@@aniyafranklin3087 Serato decided to crash at the end of the night, and it was a file issues "AFTER" analyzed all files.. It decided to put a lighting bolt to the file I was about to play which caused Serato to freeze... While still playing the file that was already going.. Everything was still playing fine and even the video was playing fine but the program froze (Mouse teadering) and once the song ended that was it.. Had to "control command esc" to close, and then when I reopen the file "Lighting Bolt" was gone, So I tried to re encode the file wav, and back to flac.. It would freeze still, so I decided to try the wav encoded file, and now it plays fine.. Why can't serato find bad files when they are analyzed but finds them when I drag the track over to the player in the middle of a gig, and why can't it correct the file after re encoding it, but have to change the format of the file????
I’ve been having issues at gigs where my console (Roland Dj 808) will just dropout the main audio randomly, but serato is still responsive to the controller (you can still play/cue songs, just no audio), and the Mic output still works, only fix is to turn it off and on, help?
Cleveland Terry Bowens I’ve got an early 2015 MacBook Pro with 8GB, I keep all my music on an external 2 TB hard drive. I’ve already exchanged the Roland for a new one but the problem consists (must be something with the computer)! Btw I don’t expect you to know exactly how to fix my problem, but I do really appreciate you reading this! Anyone other DJs ever have this issue?
Thanks so much...u helped me stay calm... and helped me find my problem..it happened to me.. Saturday... very I'm embarrassing.but my little mp3 player helped till I rebooted.
And I thought I was the only DJ doing clone videos lol. Love the Skit and thanks for the tip. Recommendations for USB cord brands would be highly appreciated.
I had similar issue once. It was caused by loose contcts between USB port and cable. Since then, I occasionaly rock USB in port a little bit before set, to see if it loses connection
The same thing happened two weeks ago with my SB and a friends SB2, Serato DJ Pro kept working but it wouldn't recognize any Midi signal. I switched to my cable, the original cable that came with my SB and no problems happened after that.
Lol... nice vdj intermission... But this happened to me also in my early days of getting to know serato. As time went on i saw the lag more and more and then i came to realize serato was using more of the computer resources in comparison to vdj. I had 2 crashes from serato while none from my use of vdj (thus far- which is a few yrs). This is 1 of the main reasons i stuck with vdj. Good advice on the possibility of a crash. Always be prepared cuz i know it can hapn to anyone.
Yo thank you so much!!! My serato DJ keeps crashing on me and I don’t know why. I’ve updated the software. I’ve updated my operating System I’ve updated everything and analyzed my whole library and it still crashes on me.
Thanks for the in depth.... I have had one channel to freeze on me. It's is the worst... Almost... I have also has that back up to fail.. Rca to 1/4 inch hooked to the phone but no sound... I'm almost positive it's the cable ... I will be prepared next time.
My boy had similar issues, but he was using chroma cables. He thought one of his USB cables was going bad, so I tried my cable, and it still had the same issue with the different cable and different laptop. The only common denominator between all the setups we had, was the S9 mixer. It looked like it was the B source, but he uses A on his solo nights, and it was still an issue.
I have the Rane 72 and last week Serato kept crashing on me when ever I would try to delete one track that was corrupt. I never thought to try and delete without the mixer plugged in. I did find on the forum that reinstalling Pro DJ would fix some new issues.
This is why I stopped using Laptops for gigs, especially when playing back HD music videos. I now use a custom built computer with a ATI Radeon performance grphics card with USB 3.0 ports which helps out the reliability a lot. I also installed a Sound BlasterX AE-5 sound card and set my software to play back through it. Laptops are starting to lag behind the software these days. The more power and resources you have on your computer the better.
Hey Cleveland, that happened to me also. I'm a mobile DJ and was doing an anniversary party using my Denon MCX8000 and Serato. Early in the gig, my left deck begin playing backwards!! Fortunately, the 8000 also plays stand alone using USB drives. I switched to USB and realized it was the USB cable. I always carry extras to disaster avoided. Love your vids. Thx.
Usually if 1 deck reverses it's because you hit a shortcut key by mistake. It happened to me. Went to type in a song but the cursor wasn't in the search window. So it activated the reverse feature
I experienced a crash during a gig. Fortunately Serato restarted quickly and I was able to continue. It was one of my first times using the software. Only backup was to put a disc in the CDJ (that's how long ago this was). I think the crash was caused by a lack of available memory on my Windows laptop. One suggestion was to not have any other apps running (like a web browser) while using Serato. Since using a controller, I haven't had a crash during a gig, but I have had it crash at home. I think it was again due to the lack of available memory for the app. I play around with the settings to find the right balance (the 5ms setting doesn't seem to work for me), but in the meantime, I try to monitor the memory limit indicator.
Things happen on every job ...Dj or 9to5... Don't panic find the issue and do your best to work it out.. If anyone in the crowd has a problem just wish that there car breaks down on there way home.....
Not a club failure but a wedding failure. Plugged my equipment into an outlet that felt loose. Went to start Serato in it would not see my DDJ SX2. Changed cables, computer and nothing worked. Had to plug in my phone and do the introductions using a streaming service t o play the songs. I forgot to turn off notifications so that was interrupting the audio. Good thing my speakers had a mixer since I had my phone on one channel and the Mic on a different channel. During all of this I had unplugged the SX2 let it sit for half an hour and restarted and it worked and I did the rest of the wedding without further issues
Virtual DJ 8 never crashes, Serato Pro is so trying to be Virtual DJ that that they put so much in one software to be so much like a another software #VDJ8
Kirk Xqlusiv i second this not matter what happens VDJ never crashes. I can’t trust serato for video mixing because it will crash for no reason. There is something very wrong with serato Dj and they just can’t fix it
Same here no freezing using virtual dj 8, and I have done Video-Karaoke- and music on one show and never missed a beat. Virtual DJ 8 is so powerful! I left serato and have not looked back. Had to pay for plugins that Virtual dj offers for free. SMH But to each his own, i wish all DJ's the best in which ever software they choose. At the end of the day the people just want to dance, they could care less about what software i use. Keep em dancing!
While I’ve never had VDJ crash in 9 years during a gig, I have had cable issues. I’ve also made VDJ crash while testing out new things. If you pull the USB cable from your controller, sound is going to stop. No software can play the sound of the hardware is disconnected.
My ASUS shut down twice during two songs....figured out that it was the harddrive plugged into the USB drive was possibly causing it to freeze. During the crash I had to quickly trouble shoot the problem and found it to be just easier to get rid of the external hard drive. I used a basic extra phone to plug in some music for about 2 songs. After the reboot and visual ok without the laptop shutting down I had to go hard into bring the dance floor back! Absolutely killed it but I was upset about the freeze! My managers was like you need to double check everything next time...which infuriated me because they don't understand this is why I need to test equipment before my actual gigs. But yeah i hear ya and it's good info! Never had a major issue like this again....
2 of my worst was when i started my set. none of my cue points showed up smh...and i wasnt able to restart the program because the place was full. i didnt want to kill the mood 2nd was my computer should off in the middle of my set lol.. after staying calm and trouble shooting. my power cord wasnt plugged in . sometimes it can be something simple but like you said.. GOTTA STAY CALM
My laptop crashed doing a gig in front of 650 people not a good feeling when you are experiencing this, it seems like an eternity waiting for you pc to come back to normal, will never forget that smfh
Bad USB cables could be an issue for some so I’m happy you were able to determine the problem. However, there could be a number of other reasons computers crash. It’s highly recommended that users check out Serato’s support page for ways to optimize their computers. Serato’s recommendations could be applied for any DJ related software.
Absolutely. As for cables, I used to tell DJs that musicians always had it on lock. Like guitarists, you should always grab good cables. Why connect your gear with dental floss? You wouldn't. Spend the money on cables. It's the lesson that you shouldn't have to learn the hard way. And when you do, you'll never make that mistake again.
so i work off two V7's that i sometimes link with my Rane 62, and years ago my serato had a period when it would crash on me either during practice or live in the club i Dj'd at. that or it would do the thing and play the music back really fast. It was embarrassing, id have to Restart serato and i try to get the club vibe back to where it was. i was getting boo'd. [Luckily i picked up the habit of having all types of aux adapter cables, from a fellow dj friend, for the ipod/phone trick]. After a couple weeks of uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and serato with no luck, it turned out the ethernet cable i used to link my two V7's together was bad on one of the link ends which was preventing signal from reaching the software properly . after i replaced it, it worked without problem. i always replace my link cables every two years or so and have spare usb's just in case. The DJ Life is stressful haha
yes things happen it happen to me once i use external hard drive i use a pc never had an issue. until one night i had the ttm57l what happend you ask? movable parts - my brother whom works for IBM like 32years at that time - explained To me the next day I picked up 5 hd it took 72 hrs at that time to make new copies. and i always have one (at that time) xtra with me. today ... no serato i use traktor to date .... but i have the 9 hard drives one at my mother's house. and i just moved to SSD it cost a bit more but much faster to transfer 1-1/2 hr. and reported to last 17,560 days . so keep on top of info and help a brother or sister out with this type or DJ INFO. thanks brother
I have a S9 & go through the freeze ups and crashing often. Luckily, I spin at home. I’ve changed USB cables.... still going through the same problems. All S9’s aren’t built alike. I guess I have one w/ the ‘bugs’. My solution- either a 900 nxs or 72.
This is sad but true. I’ve got a bad one too. Never an issue with anything other than my s9. I have a love hate relationship with it, I love using it but I have no faith in it.
One of the craziest DJ fails I had was doing a party for a frat at USC Halloween party I live in San Pedro the party was in downtown LA I forgot my hard drive this is when Serato just came out didn’t know that you could use internal music so I had my friend get the hard drive I had to load CDs through my hard drive do you know how long it takes to load a CD and to play maybe three songs out of the CD back to back everybody was dressed up at least 300 people , Sidenote we did a party for them a month earlier rocked it for like 100 bucks this time they gave us 300 but they already gave me the check before the party started they were pissed they demanded the check back I told him he would have to get it from my cold dead grip hands , lol , another thing is that I told one of the frat boys while I change CDs to speak on the mic and get the crowd hype ‘ all he said was” Wait for it ….. Go !!! USC …. And gave the mic back, It takes about 30 seconds to load a CD that’s forever in the DJ life world Then this girl actually bumped my table knocked my power out from my computer back in the days I was running a PC now it’s all day Mac but everything shut down I tried to blame everything on her she ruined the party she messed up my stuff you owe me money laid it on thick…. Was just really stalling for my friend to bring the hard drive which it took him about an hour then I got it then I was killing it but but they still wanted to check back they were complaining that everybody left there about 100 people left, Ended up just killing it but my friend that’s in the frat still gets shit about it … Lol Doesha
my serato also crashed at my gig and i have noticed that my usb cable is lose on my laptop so after seeing this video ill buy a new cable for my dj equipement
My whole laptop crashed at a birthday party gig 3 days ago 😅
Hopped on the mic and literally was banging a table, holding a beat, and just singing popular choruses, keeping the crowd singing until it restarted. 👍My whole right hand was absolutely trashed by the time I got it back up from slamming the table so hard lol, but i was kinda proud of myself for managing to keep the energy up and the crowd engaged even with no music 😭
Delano Callender u so extra
Change your Hard Drive on the laptop to Solid State Drive....Vibration from subs makes Hard drive go crazy!!! Just my two cents!!
Not the drive my friend. I have solid state. They tables don’t do as well with vibration.
You nailed it! Using a good USB cable with a static bubble built into the cable is a must $30 but so what! Pay the $30 so you don't have to worry. A cheap USB will also make one deck, one side freeze up while the other side will play perfectly. If this is happening to you start with that USB cable. I learned the hard way but I've always have had a backup MacBook Pro plugged in and a jam (119 BPM there bout) ready to go at all times.
MasterP DJ did change usb it worked well for a few then it did it again. Went through system and deleted the old serato after the update everything been ok so far
@@thecapothedon If it does it again it's the cable. I replaced my cable twice and I thought problem solved for a few weeks but I was wrong as it happen again but once I got the cable with static bubble it hasn't happen again in 6 months. Good luck to you cuz that's not a good feeling while doing a gig
@@thecapothedon check and see if you are running effects echo out or echo break because that effect will be on a channel and kill the audio and have you guessing what's wrong.
Can u recommend which cable you bought?
The skit at 2:00 was very creative and had me dying laughing!!! Loved it!!! LOL ... But yeah, you're right about being prepared and having a backup always plugged in and ready to go. I use my Tablet for that. It did save my butt one time.
DJ 2LEGIT I found it to be hilarious as well. I had just came across him yesterday on the VDJ forums then Bam!!! I see this. I have zero choice but to subscribe now.
Serato decided to crash at the end of the night, and it was a file issues "AFTER" analyzed all files.. It decided to put a lighting bolt of the file I was about to play which caused Serato to freeze... While still playing the file that was already going.. Everything was still playing fine and even the video was playing fine but the program froze and once the song ended that was it.. Why can't serato find bad files when they are analyzed but finds them when I drag the track over to the player????
I always carry extra cables of everything in my DJ bag. Plus an extra 13-inch MacBook pro. Not to mention a flash drive full of crates. And the added benefit of the mcx8000 Denon stand-alone controller.
Plugging a line source into a mic input isn't a great idea. Firstly mics output a very small signal - feeding line level in could cause distortion. Second, mic inputs are mono. Depending on what you're playing, you could lose some of your audio. Aux in is the way to go.
True but this is for an emergency. You can switch your phone to mono, at least the iphone can. RCA is definitely the best option.
Be careful with mic inputs that have phantom power as well. iPhones do freaky things when you put 48v on the headphone jack. Lol
This video is so creative in many ways, subbed 💯
Just thinking on this last week...i should to prepare some small mix to ha on my phone...may be just tracks?
Ok sir am a Dj too my name is Dj KayReflex and I have been into this Dj for years now but thanks for the USB problem I had the same issue too
but right now the problem am haven now is, when my USB goes off from laptop my serato will not disconnect and it’s stay like 10 to 15 minutes before disconnect 🤷♂️ and I don’t know what the problem is sir and I really need help on that or maybe when the club djm s9 goes of 🤷♂️ boom it’s happened just like that
How about using a usb flash drive instead of hooking up 2004 era audio devices
Because not everyone is you…and nice dig, except digital media has been used on dj devices since BEFORE 2004. 🤷🏾♂️
Theres a button on decks that says CD/MIDI/USB press USB with a flash drive and you can find out later what happened to Serato or Traktor. I hate playing the Chinese fire drill at gigs trying to figure out what happened. Sure fails don't happen very much but when they do, there wont be any time where there won't be any music. Peace! Here is an example of relying on the laptop. th-cam.com/video/ET0oWK69R4M/w-d-xo.html
Theres a calm in knowing you duplicated the crate on a 32g drive that u can use at any time. It can hold up to 6000 songs. Relax, enjoy your gig without any doubts
Running ddj sz2 an its been glitching for about two weeks. So should I switch from a to b. Or just get a brand new cable from office depot. USB that plugs into the pioneer ddj pro? Oh an im running off of a envy x360 hp i5
Been hearing a lot of complains on Serato crashing on Djs.. Dj Konflikt is also been having issues.. How has your Virtual Dj Trial been going?
Nice skit!!! Love your videos Cleveland Terry.
Did you ever have a problem with serato video not working
I am having the same problem. I use SX3 but i have no issues when I am playing at my club gigs using the same controller even plugging into my power while paying a song triggers this. Could it be a power surge or ? I have tried turning off my wifi etc. I guess i will try the USB cable swap.
Great video. It is a good idea to have the Djay app loaded in your phone so you can continue to DJ just in case.
Hi, I couldn't find a video of yours talking about the DDJ SX2. Do you have any suggestions on how to add efx to the microphone audio? Thanks.
I’m having a problem with opening a streaming service and losing my music from my local crates that are running from my external hard drive. Is it safe to say never use a streaming service like Tidal while using my local file crates?
Where can I purchase those usb cables and how do they look
store.djtechtools.com/products/chroma-cables-usb
There's also the Type-C cable, choose one to your liking
I was having screen freezes on my 2017 MBP Touchbar but only in the club. I bought some expensive usb cables and it didn’t change anything. I found out that it was the lighting in the club messing with the sensors on my computer. I disabled the Touchbar lighting sensor and the problem went away. Now I can use any usb cable and I have no issues.
Yeah, that's a huge problem, specifically Serato really has a hard time with the Touch Bar. I don't have issue with either rekordbox or VDJ
I hate to say this but Serato DJ Pro has USB issues...It's crashed on me at least 5 times now... I've been trying to help HQ get it right with the Rane 68, I'm doubtful they will ever get the Flex FX sync fixed...
Interesting. You may be on to something, however Rane has legitimate issues with their hardware. I don’t know why it’s so hard for them to get their $#it together. Drivers are all screwed up.
I never had a Crash on Scratch Live ever... So basically it seems to me like they making the newer software way more flimsy at it's core... lol but we're all paying more for the hardware though...
It’s definitely started in sdj. It’s just weird that only Rane was affected. I have 4 62s and I’m worried anytime a new dj has to use it.
All I know is they need to update the USB stabilization & Flex FX synchronization for all Serato Ready Products... Sad, but true story...
Would you recommend a standalone controller going forward to avoid laptops?
Hey my serato dj has been loading slow when I load the tracks, I was wondering if you could help ?
I was curious on your view with the new or current MacBook pro laptop keyboards, some say some keys stop working I wanted to upgrade my 2009 MacBook
Getloosewitdagoose 247 I have a review on the new macs vs the old. Check it out in my gear review playlist.
So I have had an issue with my serato crashing almost everytime I start to play music. I generally do weddings so with that being said. I can crash say something move to my phone or iPad via aux cord. Reset the program and begin again. But recently I have been crashing more than once in a set!!!! I have not changed the USB cord out in forever. I will try this now and update if I have anymore issues. Side note I have changed external HD anylized all the tracks several times. Bought new computer while keeping it up to date at all times. None of those things seemed to work. Wait I have also Uninstalled program and re installed as well. Still crashing. I can almost always expect for it to crash with high gain levels meaning with more vibration happening around equipment. So I will change out cord smh never done that yet. Hopefully it works.
Did a new cable fix the issue?
And if you do connect to your phone or iPad it’s always good to keep a pre recorded mix
Had this happen last year at a school dance. For me, my Mac had a logic board issue and overheated. Guess I was cutting it up too hard. I was able to recover by using (don't judge) Amazon Music so I could reboot the machine and add a fan. Got lucky but it threw off my flow. I totally hear you CTB.
No judging. You do what you gotta do to get through the event.
During a set Serato froze on me. Luckily I had my Prime go with already hooked and ready to go. The song that I was playing on Serato didn't stop despite the program freezing. When I did switch over to the Prime go there was no stoppage in the music. I was able to get Searto back up and running after a few minutes. I was told to always have a back up plan.
I dont usually have issues with crashing unless I start using Tidal for streaming songs I might not have 😬
My serato dj pro has been doing this same thing serato is pissing me off im going to switch to virtual if this happens 1 more time i cant be at a wedding or any gig and my system freeze up or stop its not professional at all and very embarrassing at the most.
USB with ferrite core ALWAYS!
I always use a usb cable with a ferrite on it. It makes a difference. Without one it might work fine at home, but not in an area with lots of RF noise! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead
Good advice
Give USB chroma cables from DJ Tech Tools a try... they have ferrites built in.
Nice!! Vid Bro✌🏾👊🏾..Luv your DJ Backdrop Picture Set Up In Your Wall Where Did You Pick Those Up @ Please!!!
First sry for my bad english.
Hey bro, my controller ddj sb2 freezes up at last party 3days ago, I'm using it for 2years and never had any problems.. but on this party basses and volume was too strong that my controller moves on the table, because of vibrations.. and at one moment controller just freezes up, NO SERATO BUT CONTROLLER, I just could not do anything.. so I reconnect usb cable and set volume little lower, and to the end of the party everything was fine. It can be possible that controller freezes up because of strong vibrations? Because laptop works perfectly, or maybe usb cable is the problem..
IssAlexXander I would say it’s more likely that your USB disconnected because of the vibration.
@@ClevelandTerry No, controller was connected but I can't do anything, even channels level freezes up, crossfader, everything.. I just can turn on effects but nothing to do with them.
Another good back up I use is to set the computers audio output to the sound card of the mixer. When I get a software issues or a crash of my DJ software it’s very rare for my whole computer to crash. At this point I just task over to iTunes/Spotify and hit play. This is a lot faster than messing around trying to get a phone up and running while you restart the DJ software. Or a great buffer to do so if you need to restart the OS. You have the same tracks you play with and you don’t need a internet connection. For the people that don’t keep music on their phones and stream.
This isn’t recommended for a few reasons.
First, his issue was cable. You would not be able to play sound from the laptop if the cable fails.
Second, if you have to reboot to recover your DJ application, you’re not going to be able to play music from that same laptop.
Third, you may have other OS sounds play when you don’t want them to.
Fourth, some audio devices will not work properly in real time if they are not under exclusive use from the DJ application.
I would always recommend having a backup computer and a backup audio source. If needed I could go directly from my iPad to my active speaker. This means if the controller, laptop, mixer, whatever fails, there is still music.
I was doing a wedding and my virtual dj froze up on me. And I had to reboot my laptop just like you did several times. I've always kept my turntable qued up with wax incase I have an issue and I can fade over to it, I use a pre-mixed boot legged mix-it single, radio DJ's used in the late 80's. I still have several of them. They had a ton of songs on them and they sold then for about 30 dollars a pop!! I also played a middle school and the same thing happened again. We took my iPhone and I did not have the jack you mentioned so I took my cordless mike and pulled my iTunes account up and played the rest of the night thru that. In a pinch it worked. I buy my music thru iTunes so it was easy to pull it up and search out songs the kids wanted to hear just like using Serato or Virtual DJ. I will get the RCA to plug from now on. Thanks for the info.
Something happened to me this weekend... using new controller for first time at a party... hit backloop... started playing hole song in reverse... lucky I have phone plugged in.....one song and a restart later..... all fine...lucky I always have something else plugged in.
Using my gig bar on the same breaker has made my serato glitch in the wave shutter
+joe pope which MacBook are you using? The one with Touchbar?
Cleveland Terry Bowens yup I think when I use same breaker it happens
We run the DDJ-SZ2 with Alienware i7 (overkill) but always a second laptop, the Alienware i5 4k all loaded and ready to go plus a must is old faithful CDJ 1000Mk3 on pause. Our main gripe is Serato video crashes quite often , for some reason we suddenly get multiple ffdshow opening and nearly as many splitters opening up! failing everything my colleague sings which is not a pretty sight! Great videos, keep up the good work
This is why i can’t trust serato for gigs longer than 3hrs with video . I always crashes on me and I’m running a macpro2017 i7 i just don’t get it
I updated my iTunes and always have with no issue but this last time my Dj library was completely wiped!!! Anybody no how to reverse this???
I don't know about other people but my practice sessions sometimes end with a mood killing Serato crash. It's not rare but I wouldn't bet money each time either. Tidal loads a portion of the track then blackness... Upon the next change it crashes. I'd give anything to be able to confidently trust this
I've had the same issue and I'm so lost. I've even tried loading another song in the deck but a complete fail. Also I re analyzed several tracks but seems that serato isn't detecting those corrupt files...meaning I never see a lighting bolt only says writing tags🤦🏾♀️
@@aniyafranklin3087 Serato decided to crash at the end of the night, and it was a file issues "AFTER" analyzed all files.. It decided to put a lighting bolt to the file I was about to play which caused Serato to freeze... While still playing the file that was already going.. Everything was still playing fine and even the video was playing fine but the program froze (Mouse teadering) and once the song ended that was it.. Had to "control command esc" to close, and then when I reopen the file "Lighting Bolt" was gone, So I tried to re encode the file wav, and back to flac.. It would freeze still, so I decided to try the wav encoded file, and now it plays fine.. Why can't serato find bad files when they are analyzed but finds them when I drag the track over to the player in the middle of a gig, and why can't it correct the file after re encoding it, but have to change the format of the file????
I’ve been having issues at gigs where my console (Roland Dj 808) will just dropout the main audio randomly, but serato is still responsive to the controller (you can still play/cue songs, just no audio), and the Mic output still works, only fix is to turn it off and on, help?
That sounds like a memory issue. What is your ram at?
Cleveland Terry Bowens I’ve got an early 2015 MacBook Pro with 8GB, I keep all my music on an external 2 TB hard drive. I’ve already exchanged the Roland for a new one but the problem consists (must be something with the computer)! Btw I don’t expect you to know exactly how to fix my problem, but I do really appreciate you reading this! Anyone other DJs ever have this issue?
Thanks so much...u helped me stay calm... and helped me find my problem..it happened to me.. Saturday... very I'm embarrassing.but my little mp3 player helped till I rebooted.
Bro where did you get that artwork behind you?
IG of all places. I haven't seen an ad sense.
And I thought I was the only DJ doing clone videos lol. Love the Skit and thanks for the tip. Recommendations for USB cord brands would be highly appreciated.
I had similar issue once. It was caused by loose contcts between USB port and cable. Since then, I occasionaly rock USB in port a little bit before set, to see if it loses connection
The same thing happened two weeks ago with my SB and a friends SB2, Serato DJ Pro kept working but it wouldn't recognize any Midi signal. I switched to my cable, the original cable that came with my SB and no problems happened after that.
Cleveland you are the man keep the vids coming bro
Lol... nice vdj intermission...
But this happened to me also in my early days of getting to know serato. As time went on i saw the lag more and more and then i came to realize serato was using more of the computer resources in comparison to vdj. I had 2 crashes from serato while none from my use of vdj (thus far- which is a few yrs). This is 1 of the main reasons i stuck with vdj.
Good advice on the possibility of a crash. Always be prepared cuz i know it can hapn to anyone.
Serato is definitely a resource hog.
My first time watching one of your videos, really enjoyed it, informative and fun! Great tip 👍🏻 Subbed!
Yo thank you so much!!! My serato DJ keeps crashing on me and I don’t know why. I’ve updated the software. I’ve updated my operating System I’ve updated everything and analyzed my whole library and it still crashes on me.
Mac or pc, I really wish apple can bring back the same MacBooks the made 2011 to early 2016.
Hi I use numeral NVll in my serato pro freeze up also , with HP laptop do do anyone have a answer. for me
Have you updated the drivers in the Numark? They are notorious for having issues when things update. Check the Serato forums.
Ok thanks
My program froze last week I noticed a few visual hesitations an hour before. Luckily I had a track cued on other Dj’s laptop
great to know. thanks for heads up
Didn't you say you would test virtual DJ last week?
Yes I did and I am. I’m giving it another week after my last several software tweaks before my evaluation.
Thanks for the in depth.... I have had one channel to freeze on me. It's is the worst... Almost... I have also has that back up to fail.. Rca to 1/4 inch hooked to the phone but no sound... I'm almost positive it's the cable ... I will be prepared next time.
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Brother Terry you didn’t use number four Dj software
My boy had similar issues, but he was using chroma cables. He thought one of his USB cables was going bad, so I tried my cable, and it still had the same issue with the different cable and different laptop. The only common denominator between all the setups we had, was the S9 mixer. It looked like it was the B source, but he uses A on his solo nights, and it was still an issue.
My sdj only crashes if I delete a track while hooked up to my s9
I have the Rane 72 and last week Serato kept crashing on me when ever I would try to delete one track that was corrupt. I never thought to try and delete without the mixer plugged in. I did find on the forum that reinstalling Pro DJ would fix some new issues.
This is why I stopped using Laptops for gigs, especially when playing back HD music videos. I now use a custom built computer with a ATI Radeon performance grphics card with USB 3.0 ports which helps out the reliability a lot. I also installed a Sound BlasterX AE-5 sound card and set my software to play back through it. Laptops are starting to lag behind the software these days. The more power and resources you have on your computer the better.
I am going to be using a HP intel core i5 for my birthday gig I really hope is dose not crash I use it for stream and it’s never crashed.
Hey Cleveland, that happened to me also. I'm a mobile DJ and was doing an anniversary party using my Denon MCX8000 and Serato. Early in the gig, my left deck begin playing backwards!! Fortunately, the 8000 also plays stand alone using USB drives. I switched to USB and realized it was the USB cable. I always carry extras to disaster avoided. Love your vids. Thx.
Same here, the standalone can save you a bit of shame
Usually if 1 deck reverses it's because you hit a shortcut key by mistake. It happened to me. Went to type in a song but the cursor wasn't in the search window. So it activated the reverse feature
Me too Kevin my left deck started also playing backwards
I experienced a crash during a gig. Fortunately Serato restarted quickly and I was able to continue. It was one of my first times using the software. Only backup was to put a disc in the CDJ (that's how long ago this was). I think the crash was caused by a lack of available memory on my Windows laptop. One suggestion was to not have any other apps running (like a web browser) while using Serato. Since using a controller, I haven't had a crash during a gig, but I have had it crash at home. I think it was again due to the lack of available memory for the app. I play around with the settings to find the right balance (the 5ms setting doesn't seem to work for me), but in the meantime, I try to monitor the memory limit indicator.
Things happen on every job ...Dj or 9to5... Don't panic find the issue and do your best to work it out.. If anyone in the crowd has a problem just wish that there car breaks down on there way home.....
Not a club failure but a wedding failure. Plugged my equipment into an outlet that felt loose. Went to start Serato in it would not see my DDJ SX2. Changed cables, computer and nothing worked. Had to plug in my phone and do the introductions using a streaming service t o play the songs. I forgot to turn off notifications so that was interrupting the audio. Good thing my speakers had a mixer since I had my phone on one channel and the Mic on a different channel. During all of this I had unplugged the SX2 let it sit for half an hour and restarted and it worked and I did the rest of the wedding without further issues
Wow.
DON'T FEEL TO BAD traktor has done that as well,i take 2x traktor laptops or take pioneer xdj-rx that doesn't use pc etc . DJFREECAN MUCH LOVE
Virtual DJ 8 never crashes, Serato Pro is so trying to be Virtual DJ that that they put so much in one software to be so much like a another software #VDJ8
Kirk Xqlusiv i second this not matter what happens VDJ never crashes. I can’t trust serato for video mixing because it will crash for no reason. There is something very wrong with serato Dj and they just can’t fix it
Same here no freezing using virtual dj 8, and I have done Video-Karaoke- and music on one show and never missed a beat. Virtual DJ 8 is so powerful! I left serato and have not looked back. Had to pay for plugins that Virtual dj offers for free. SMH But to each his own, i wish all DJ's the best in which ever software they choose. At the end of the day the people just want to dance, they could care less about what software i use. Keep em dancing!
While I’ve never had VDJ crash in 9 years during a gig, I have had cable issues.
I’ve also made VDJ crash while testing out new things.
If you pull the USB cable from your controller, sound is going to stop. No software can play the sound of the hardware is disconnected.
My ASUS shut down twice during two songs....figured out that it was the harddrive plugged into the USB drive was possibly causing it to freeze. During the crash I had to quickly trouble shoot the problem and found it to be just easier to get rid of the external hard drive. I used a basic extra phone to plug in some music for about 2 songs. After the reboot and visual ok without the laptop shutting down I had to go hard into bring the dance floor back! Absolutely killed it but I was upset about the freeze! My managers was like you need to double check everything next time...which infuriated me because they don't understand this is why I need to test equipment before my actual gigs. But yeah i hear ya and it's good info! Never had a major issue like this again....
Good story.
Cleveland Terry Bowens I’ll try to do a short video on it and I’ll mention you in it! Was humiliating but what can we do...
Great advice... Can you load your library just as you have it set up in Serato creates on a hard drive or a jump drive.
Yes
Great video man! Love the comedy routine.
2 of my worst was when i started my set. none of my cue points showed up smh...and i wasnt able to restart the program because the place was full. i didnt want to kill the mood
2nd was my computer should off in the middle of my set lol.. after staying calm and trouble shooting. my power cord wasnt plugged in .
sometimes it can be something simple but like you said.. GOTTA STAY CALM
The 🔌 tho....we’ve all been there. 😂
You practice 6 hours! Gotta quit my day job! Thanks for the tips and motivation
Not everyday lol. But, I am making it a point to practice at least 1 hr a day.
This was an awesome video , thank you. My program always freezes up
Nicely Done! Informative & Hilarious. Thanks for Sharing.
New subscriber
Same
Hey thanks a lot very helpful information i appreciate you.
Just use vdj. The load up time is seconds compared to serato if big if you crash
Wow, I thought about everything except an extra USB cord. Thanks bro!
Thank you!! This happened to me and it was totally my cords!!
My laptop crashed doing a gig in front of 650 people not a good feeling when you are experiencing this, it seems like an eternity waiting for you pc to come back to normal, will never forget that smfh
I bought a "Moat" cable/ wire tester from NLFX Pro. Fast testing and no more bad connections.
Bad USB cables could be an issue for some so I’m happy you were able to determine the problem.
However, there could be a number of other reasons computers crash. It’s highly recommended that users check out Serato’s support page for ways to optimize their computers. Serato’s recommendations could be applied for any DJ related software.
Absolutely. As for cables, I used to tell DJs that musicians always had it on lock. Like guitarists, you should always grab good cables. Why connect your gear with dental floss? You wouldn't. Spend the money on cables. It's the lesson that you shouldn't have to learn the hard way. And when you do, you'll never make that mistake again.
so i work off two V7's that i sometimes link with my Rane 62, and years ago my serato had a period when it would crash on me either during practice or live in the club i Dj'd at. that or it would do the thing and play the music back really fast. It was embarrassing, id have to Restart serato and i try to get the club vibe back to where it was. i was getting boo'd. [Luckily i picked up the habit of having all types of aux adapter cables, from a fellow dj friend, for the ipod/phone trick]. After a couple weeks of uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and serato with no luck, it turned out the ethernet cable i used to link my two V7's together was bad on one of the link ends which was preventing signal from reaching the software properly . after i replaced it, it worked without problem. i always replace my link cables every two years or so and have spare usb's just in case. The DJ Life is stressful haha
For CDJ users a spare LAN cable is always a good thing to have with you
Excellent video!
Greats heads up information!
Thanks for the video.
Standalone is the answer to all of those probs. Get the prime 4 when it comes out and u won't have to worry about that again
Love the skit , great video, thanks!!
yes things happen
it happen to me once
i use external hard drive
i use a pc never had an issue. until one night
i had the ttm57l
what happend you ask?
movable parts - my brother
whom works for
IBM like 32years at that time - explained To me
the next day I picked up
5 hd it took 72 hrs at that time to make new copies.
and i always have one (at that time) xtra with me.
today ... no serato
i use traktor
to date .... but
i have the 9 hard drives
one at my mother's house.
and i just moved
to SSD it cost a bit more
but much faster to transfer
1-1/2 hr.
and reported to last
17,560 days .
so keep on
top of info
and help a brother or sister out with this type or DJ
INFO. thanks brother
🤣🤣🤣good funny/informative vid bro👍🏿
I have a S9 & go through the freeze ups and crashing often. Luckily, I spin at home. I’ve changed USB cables.... still going through the same problems. All S9’s aren’t built alike. I guess I have one w/ the ‘bugs’. My solution- either a 900 nxs or 72.
This is sad but true. I’ve got a bad one too. Never an issue with anything other than my s9. I have a love hate relationship with it, I love using it but I have no faith in it.
Yeah Serato has flaws like everything else in life... whats new, I've had Serato crashed on me so many times before.... Just be prepared!
One of the craziest DJ fails I had was doing a party for a frat at USC Halloween party I live in San Pedro the party was in downtown LA I forgot my hard drive this is when Serato just came out didn’t know that you could use internal music so I had my friend get the hard drive I had to load CDs through my hard drive do you know how long it takes to load a CD and to play maybe three songs out of the CD back to back everybody was dressed up at least 300 people , Sidenote we did a party for them a month earlier rocked it for like 100 bucks this time they gave us 300 but they already gave me the check before the party started they were pissed they demanded the check back I told him he would have to get it from my cold dead grip hands , lol , another thing is that I told one of the frat boys while I change CDs to speak on the mic and get the crowd hype ‘ all he said was”
Wait for it …..
Go !!! USC ….
And gave the mic back,
It takes about 30 seconds to load a CD that’s forever in the DJ life world
Then this girl actually bumped my table knocked my power out from my computer back in the days I was running a PC now it’s all day Mac but everything shut down I tried to blame everything on her she ruined the party she messed up my stuff you owe me money laid it on thick….
Was just really stalling for my friend to bring the hard drive which it took him about an hour then I got it then I was killing it but but they still wanted to check back they were complaining that everybody left there about 100 people left,
Ended up just killing it but my friend that’s in the frat still gets shit about it …
Lol
Doesha
Damn. That sucks
People have asked about USB Cables. Check out Mojaxx from DJ City's review of Chroma Cables. th-cam.com/video/zKQRNBF-NzM/w-d-xo.html
Great video, that skit was hilarious. "Smart Brother" Hahaha
That happened to me last night . Now that i know , i will definitely be changing my USB cable
I learned something new on my thrown. Thanks ma man 🍻😎🍻 #GetProperUSBCables
my serato also crashed at my gig and i have noticed that my usb cable is lose on my laptop so after seeing this video ill buy a new cable for my dj equipement
Good call
Thanks for the advice man, currently online picking up some backup cables. Pig hog makes some great cables too btw