Serato 3.0 User Tries Serato Stems On a $84 Laptop

Serato 3.0
In this Video I Test out Serato Stems on a $84 Laptop
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[@WahalaboyPromotions]

Its 11years been a dj n i hv never used a macbook, cos i think its over hyped

[@teclairedikoume7266]

Well done 👍🏾 what an eye opener, thank you for the video.🎉

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

Im using Dell Precision I7 with 32 Gb Ram with no anti-virus / firewall..no internet / wi-fi.....only dedicated for audio / serato. Its awesome...no drops...no glitchy stuff.....Its all about Ram + a very decent brand of SSD HD......CPU is not the problem....thats it I recomend 17 inches laptops - because they use to have 2 fans and its better for cooling in long time usage / professionally - cheers from Rio / Brazil !

[@billbangz]

Excellent video & just saved me from unnecessary spending. I just purchased a Zenbook Duo Pro that I was using to dj but was annoyed with unhooking & having to move it for everyday use. I needed dedicated dj laptop & now I know I don't have to break the bank....

[@tobsen_coebeatbbq6559]

Have the same problem on my 2013 macbook ! This is a nice solution without invest 1000 bucks .. thank you mate !

[@TerryBubbler]

I said this for a long time upon making the decision to give up Mac upon their first price increase about 6-7 years ago. Albeit not as cheap as a laptop you bought, I opted to go the route of a gaming spec PC, which outperformed my previous Macbook Pro hands down. I have never looked back since. I now perform on the laptop free Denon Prime 4. Happy days.

[@DJ.LAMANITE-276]

Cheers for that bro.. much appreciated

[@29dj17]

You just changed my life. Been spending all this money on laptops and only using them to play music and nothing else. Have to get a new one and was considering another Mac. I love Mac’s no doubt but I’m never buying an expensive laptop for djing again, even though I can afford it. Thanks man.

[@jmoak311]

I go refurbished now. Got two 8 core i9 32 gb 15” for under $900 each. But $84 is crazy.

[@chillaudiolightsandsounds5991]

Thanks sir for this video, i bought a cheap second hand dell latitude laptop from online store. Works fine in serato dj pro with my numark mixtrack platinum fx.

[@woriwins]

I love this video. Can you suggest a cheap computer for Virtual DJ 2.0 stems?

[@johngombas5308]

Excellent video, make you think before splashing the cash for a new (expensive) laptop 👍

[@DJVarMar]

Thank you for the video.

[@ChildTheDJ]

Excellent VID!!!

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Old windows laptops are fine. I use a old Dell Precision which is an i7 with 16GB. But its about 8yrs old. Runs Windows 7 Pro with nothing on it at all apart from Serato. Its solid. Never had 1 glitch on it. If your a Pro DJ you must have a dedicated DJ laptop with no other apps on it. Especially if your using it for events etc.

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

yes....no internet connections, no firewall...no anti-virus....exactly

[@piregister]

Like other apps are a problem, when they're not running.... So much nonsense amongst computer users.

[@thireshannaicker4078]

I'm surprised. I can't believe it 😮

[@macdjmarco]

​@@ACCOUNTANTBis that what you did? I was thinking about doing the same. But then, i think i'm gonna be using it to download songs too.

[@thetipsyhussle2767]

The first 3.0 beta crashed on my windows laptop 💻 almost constantly. But then the 2nd beta they put out like a week or so later. Works. Way way better. Almost no issues other then my fx an samples don’t save right. But that’s no problem.

[@bboymac84]

Great test video

[@DJCEE_B]

Thanks my bro

[@DJAUDIO1]

That is very promising.

[@WahalaboyPromotions]

I use a core i5 7th gen and it performs really awesome

[@thehistoryofchingfordwater8933]

Love this!

[@nayahope5195]

My mid 2012 MacBook Pro with 16bg and no ssd Hard drive. Serato steam is working great no drop out no Glitches. I’m loving it

[@djkayaoslokaya7137]

crazy ... and good work

[@DJCEE_B]

Thanks bro

[@djtmix4]

I does same thing on my Dell 7480 laptop it's great 👍

[@rayrvidal4199]

I have a similar problem with my 2015 MacBook Pro, but I think it might have been the battery that was going out. In the meantime, I would say to use controller or mixer keypads to use the stems functions and see if it’s still processes and works perfectly on the cheap Dell laptop that you bought from eBay .

[@djrivaldo]

what is the issue with your battery? because i have a chinese replacement battery and it gives me problems aswell

[@JONQPiD]

Why is this possible? I’m curious as to how many tracks that laptop can carry in its storage as well as how it performs with multiple applications. Not to knock this video or anything, I love your channel bro. I just think this test was not a proper representation of a fully loaded laptop. Many of us DJs have a ton of tracks both audio and video. Some of us need to run SoundSwitch and Phase DJ. I wish you had really gone out of your way to load this laptop up with applications and functionality that would really show a balanced result. In any case, this video is a greatly augmented as to why there no excuse for not having a backup laptop in this day and age of Disc Jockeying. Great videos anyway bro. Keep up the great content. One love from Canada. 🇨🇦

[@juicemanirving]

In fairness I was using a laptop with 4gb ram on rekordbox with loads of songs without issue. The minimum specs to use rekordbox is 8gb ram

[@scratchgonzo]

This is possible because old laptops have lower dpc latency as they don't use the modern standby and power settings that current laptops use. If you watch the video closely tho he did get usb warning lights flashing up so if you performed with this and continued to use stems you absolutely would hear audio glitches.

[@kudamah]

Windows hv been holding their in dj software. I've moved from macs to budget gaming laptops that tend to hv room for a 2nd hard drive and i hv no regrets.

[@declanbyrne2808]

I haven’t made the Jump yet. Can you please do a video on how to use a an EXTERNAL HD to cover the stems tracks as I don’t want to save them on my main laptop as short enough on storage.

[@bitterXboifren]

that's crazy. my macbook air struggles and I can hardly play stems on the fly with any songs. it has all the things ,, i5, 8gb, 512gb but it hates stems. it also had crashed a few times before i switched to 3.0. ita a potato.

[@alphaza76]

I did this same test. I was running a MacBook pro retina 2015 and it performed as bad your MacBook did. My windows laptops (Lenovo Thinkpads) performed flawlessly. I ended up getting rid of my macbook pro and replaced it with a ThinkPad x390 with an 8th Gen i7 CPU and 16GB RAM. It costed significantly less than my macbook and performed flawlessly with the Serato 3.0 beta.

[@nr-xi8sr]

How does your 2015 not handle it when my 2012 i5 can handle it? Might want to look into your laptop issues as it’s not functioning right. If it was it would be able to handle it

[@alphaza76]

@@nr-xi8sr I got rid of the macbook. I know other Mac users with similar spec'd laptops with the same problems (high temps, high CPU usage, tracks take too long to analyze stems, choppy waveforms). I use both Mac and PC for Serato, but the poor performance of stems on my Mac on stems made me move exclusively to higher spec'd PC laptops for the same money. What gear are you running on your 2012?

[@nr-xi8sr]

@@alphaza76 you just mentioned your issue then. If it going to high in temp then it makes the cpu throttle. If you’re not going to clean out the dust in the case then it’s not the Mac’s fault you’re having issues. This will happen on a windows laptop as well. This is something that should be done about once a year and people wonder why they have issues.

[@alphaza76]

@@nr-xi8sr The laptop's cooling system was dust-free, I clean my stuff quite often. What gear are you running on your 2012 and SDJ 3.0?

[@nr-xi8sr]

@@alphaza76 then the thermal paste had to have dried up. and the 2012 is a intel i5 on 8gb of ram.

[@yowbadindian]

I have a Dell Latitude 8GB ram core i5 and it’s running pretty 😊 good

[@bkeshena]

I have a latitude as well. I can run 3.0 and record mashups for gigs. 3.0 usually crashes on me after 1-2 hours of use. I will probably upgrade my Ram from 8gb to 16gb

[@djrobgons2112]

Time to pull out my old Dell laptop!!!!

[@thehistoryofchingfordwater8933]

Subscribed.

[@roxyhot7233]

Awesome! but I am sad. New Thinkpad P15s , core i7 10th generation type U, and unable to stop the drop light to show. Stems on load wont work with windows! every step followed, still wont work.

[@AngelFeliciano23]

This comparison is ridiculous. Load that hard drive up, on the windows computer and try stems on files that haven’t been pre-analyzed and have it do it in real time. Also that computer is empty. And I’m sure the Mac was full. Use a full windows computer that has tons of services running in the background and you will NEVER get that kind of performance out of the windows machine. This video is a clickbait trash comparison. 1 folder with 6 tracks in the whole computer. It better run good. Put 2k files and 20 folders and all of a sudden the 84£ computer isn’t looking that great.

[@juicemanirving]

No everyone uses stems

[@silverback1017]

REAL TALK: I was about to drop over $1K on a new gaming laptop. Twice within a couple of weeks, my Serato froze while streaming and doing some STEM tricks (luckily I had some vinyl to keep the music going). So I thought my 3yr old 8th gen i7 HP Pavilion was getting over worked by Seratos update. BUT, I saw somewhere else and now confirmed here, I just need a decent standalone computer. The laptop I use now has not only Serato, but the Adobe suite, Open Office, anti-virus and all of the internets...lol! Not going with a $84 one, but most def will save a few hundred with a standalone machine.

[@marcellomercuri3703]

its the Hp antivirus that courses the significant drop of resources as it is compressing and reading the .dll files

[@biggzentertainment8236]

I have a dell i7 16gb laptop running Serato Dj Pro 3.08. I use a WD 2TB External. I have no other apps and its cleaned. If i put a song on and play. I load up track 2 on the other deck. It freezes for a few seconds and then the second track shows up but the music doesnt stop. The program just freezes intil the second track pops up. Any suggestions.

[@johnnylabon1130]

This is DJ boogie from Roseville Michigan I was wondering can you help me find one like that I need some about that fast too and I don't know how to go to buy do not know you show me on the video but it's I'm not too savvy on it thank you

[@johnnylabon1130]

I'm DJ boogie from Roseville Michigan I was wondering could you please help me find out top like that can you walk me through it again

[@k3n12ock]

Gotta love minimum specs. Thats why when I see suggest newcomers to spend thousands on a Macbook Pro when they can spend a few hundred to get started

[@ste8701]

it's not about the price, it was cheap because it's an old model..dell is normally expensive because it's a manufacturer for professionals and businesses..

[@WahalaboyPromotions]

Just get a core i5 of a new gen and 8gb ram mini your good to go. I even play video dj and it never hangs

[@andrey.tkachev]

What gen of i5 exactly?

[@frankieg3296]

Hey Cee B how are you, maybe you or someone in here could assist me. I have a fairly new HP PROBBOK i-5 (12th GEN) (1235U) 1.30 GHz, 32 GB RAM and 1TB Samsung M.2…and it wont even open Serato Pro DJ. Any idea or suggestions as to why? Thank you…Im an old school home DJ !!!

[@stunnajoseph6777]

I’ve literally JUST downloaded Serato 3.0 Beta on my MacBook Pro Mid 2012 i5 and it’s perfectly fine no and I mean NO audio dropouts nor glitches on virtual decks and my MacBook Pro early 2015 i7 can hardly handle Serato 2.6.1 when it’s down to 1ms but the 2012 MBP handles the 3.0 at 1ms 🤷🏾‍♂️ and both are 16Gb ram.

[@nr-xi8sr]

You have issues with the laptop. I have the same setups and they both work great

[@felixwalther9527]

how did you download that version? I can't download shit with mine as its too old for everything

[@stunnajoseph6777]

@@felixwalther9527 what OS you running on your MAC?

[@2venuz]

So why if i have a "better" computer serato always glitch and more now that i bought the numark platinum fx

[@thanoskalentinis826]

How is it possible? It is amazing. I think that you have to test it more hours with hard use, effects, scratches etc. and tell us the results..

[@DJCEE_B]

That’s what I am going to test over the next few weeks

[@lukwagobrian5767]

Very good 👍

[@WahalaboyPromotions]

It performs wells

[@nr-xi8sr]

Issues would be present with in 5 minutes don’t need to go that long.

[@angeld7689]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@roussiathierry2myears271]

Hello grate Do you know if it's working with the surface pro? Best regard thierry

[@DJCEE_B]

Haven’t tested but I can try

[@hollywoodthedj1673]

So wich MacBook non M1 can handle this situation?

[@MrAnmar805]

Anyone have a link to a laptop that has all these requirements?

[@hollywoodthedj1673]

Will this work I know someone who has 3 of these business laptops for $165 each….HP ELITE BOOK I5 8TH Gen Processor - 8GB Ram - 256GB M.2 SSD - Intel UHD Graphics - Windows 11 - Smart Card Reader - Web Cam - Bluetooth

[@mm-2018]

You have some sort of voodoo going on my alienware sucks

[@enrique4615]

Yet my brand new Ryzen 5 6 gen with 16gb ram can’t handle stems and constantly had audio dropouts

[@asalvio]

People pay the price to advertise the Apple logo on the back of a screen. It's like completing the look of a pro-DJ.

[@kevinelliott8972]

That’s what I have been doing, but I prefer apple Mac

[@CheckitOutYaw]

Next to the i5 6th gen a minimum of 8gb of mem is just as important.

[@DJL1NK]

Jeeeezzzz that KZbin money be coming in now yeah 😂

[@DJCEE_B]

👀👀👀👀

[@DJL1NK]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@777trumpets4]

Hey. Bro gd day do you have a serato 3.0 crack can you gave me please

[@SupaFame_]

Old pcs are built different

[@djfreshkutt]

Yow bro stems are not compatible with those operating system it works with Mac 2017 and up that's for those that can update the iOS

[@marvinsalangsang8105]

hi sir .i used t420s thinkpad lenovo i5 8gb ram windows 10 but my sounds is laggy. maybe you have solution on that

[@juicemanirving]

Theirs a video on crossfader to put your laptop into high performance mode that might help

[@scriptguru4669]

£1000 mac book... from 2014... against a 6th gen intel, released August 2015...

[@larrypatterson2410]

Looking for that laptop can’t find that one

[@DJCEE_B]

I think I got lucky finding this one on eBay to be honest loooool

[@djash7161]

This example is bogus if the memory on the Mac isn’t as empty as the $84 Crap

[@troygardner8870]

Should've changed the key of sexy love

[@Crump1980]

Are you running latency buffer on lowest setting in these tests?

[@DJCEE_B]

Running on 5ms which is the default for serato

[@eriki58]

I update my Mac book pro to vdj 2023 and the laptop start lagging after 45 minutes playing video mix live, so I turn off the steam and I keep mixing. If you play video this dell won’t work with serato because I already tested in my Mac Pro 2014, 16ram, i7 9cores

[@cesnav7593]

If your mac can’t handle it, your mac maintenance is pretty bad. There’s no reason it shouldn’t be handling it

[@djkidbrooklyn]

Yeh all good until ya start scratching and hook up a controller

[@DJCEE_B]

My mixer and decks were connected lol

[@WahalaboyPromotions]

Nothing like that happens

[@eriki58]

If you are playing video during 6 hours in a club, you will need a good laptop

[@vonzel7328]

Bro I’m new to DJing. What is Serato Stems

[@ScojoDak]

Google it.

[@djfazher]

Welcome to the wonderful world of DJing! More than just googling, KZbin videos for tips and tricks! I’d be interested in knowing what software you are using and what hardware. I’m not a professional but I use both Traktor and Serato.if there’s anything I can help you with let me know. Cheers!

[@vonzel7328]

Thanks Bra

[@vikramaditya3856]

Have you tried this with DVS ?

[@FBA_AllTHEWAY]

The Dell!🤣😂

[@DJCEE_B]

The computer performed well I can’t even lie lol

[@FBA_AllTHEWAY]

@@DJCEE_B I’m curious what would happen if you use some of the other ports. How many ports it has?

[@DJCEE_B]

@@FBA_AllTHEWAY laptops got like 3 usb ports

[@FBA_AllTHEWAY]

@@DJCEE_B it would be interesting seeing a video of you running 2 USB ports with that machine . That would be the ULTIMATE test bro! Thanks for sharing👍🏾

[@djdoxblox]

Another example of Apple overcharging for their logo

[@ssnatchlife360]

MacBook over hyped 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@djvalpacinolewis5315]

The real test would be to plug in your dj set up

[@DJCEE_B]

My s9 and rane 12s were plugged in

[@djvalpacinolewis5315]

@@DJCEE_B That’s crazy say no more…

[@DJCEE_B]

@@djvalpacinolewis5315 I had a clip in where I was plugging the equipment in but the quality was terrible to I removed it

[@FBA_AllTHEWAY]

@@djvalpacinolewis5315 how long did u DJ ? External Hard Drive? Hard Drive size? Etc

[@djvalpacinolewis5315]

@@FBA_AllTHEWAY 2tb ssd external to this day with a M1 Air..

[@djprincetv1007]

Of course the dell gonna perform better lol it’s not loaded with music 😂😂

[@TheSFFV]

The issue is people buy cheap windows machines that are usually underpowered, under spec'd and terrible. A competent windows machine with a i5, 8-16GB RAM and an SSD will crush a macbooks performance. For this use case. Forget it if you took a solid $1000 pc vs a $1000 mac. There is a reason gamers game on windows.

[@Skelly.B]

I have both mac and windows, and windows perform a lot better than macs, no need to spend thousands on a laptop to DJ with, which you've just proved. A top producer told me that macs are over hyped and windows is the better PC for music.

[@DJCEE_B]

I’m going to do a few more mac/windows comparisons over the next few months. The barrier of entry for DJs shouldn’t be so expensive!

[@DocFUNKist]

@@DJCEE_B well done, it’s this sort of tests that are missing on KZbin. Go for it And this would take you where you deserve to be