Serato DJ Pro has a Sampler, which can be
opened by pressing the air horn symbol above
the left playing deck.
When you press the air horn symbol, the Sampler
will display on the screen directly below
the playing decks.
The Sampler has 8 sample slots and 4 banks
to use to load samples, drops and loops.
To load a sample into the slot in the bank
of the Sampler, you can drag and drop sounds
from your library.
I prefer to keep a crate organized with all
of my samples so I can drag and drop from
one place.
So here in Serato DJ Pro, I have a sample
FX crate that I’ve created and I actually
have subcrates for bank A, B, C and D. I’m
going to go to bank A and start to load the
samples in by dragging and dropping.
Once you have the samples loaded into the
slots in the bank, you can trigger them in
a couple of ways.
If you are using a mixer like the Pioneer
DJM-S9, you can press the Sampler button to
control the performance pads for each of the
Sampler slots.
So here on the Pioneer DJM-S9, I’m going
to press the sampler button and now I have
access to the samples.
The top row will control the first 4 sample
slots and the bottom will control the additional
4 sample slots.
Here, I’ll do a demonstration.
You can also trigger each of the Sampler slots
on your computer’s keyboard.
Here, I’m going to show you how you can
trigger them on the bottom row of your keyboard.(Z,X,C,V,B,N,M,<)
You can control the volume of each Sampler
slot by using the mouse to adjust the level.
So here in the computer, if I press the Sampler,
I can decrease or increase the volume in the
sample slot.
If you’d like, you can also MIDI map the
volume faders for the slots to an external
MIDI controller that has up and down faders.
You can learn about MIDI mapping with Serato
DJ Pro in other videos like this.
You can also control Sampler slot playing
modes such as Sampler Player Repeat, Sampler
Play Mode, SYNC, Sampler Play From Selector,
Sampler Slot Mute, Sampler Slot Key Lock,
Sampler Bend and Nudge, Sampler Slot Pitch
Adjust, Individual Sampler Gain
If you’re plugged into a mixer or controller
via USB, that has four channels, you can route
the Sampler to a channel to control gain,
EQ, filtering and FX directly on the mixer’s
channel.
So here inside of Serato DJ Pro, inside the
Sampler, if I go to output I can route the
Sampler to channel one, channel two, channel
three, channel four, A - in this instance
the auxiliary going to the Sampler volume,
and also to the master.
Some good reasons to use the Sampler include
DJ drops, transition FX, loops, one hits,
and more.
If you want to use one-shot samples like kicks,
snares, and high hats, you can finger drum
along to the track that is playing.
So here, I’m going to use a transition FX
with the Sampler, to show how I can do a mix
from one track to another with the Drop Cut.
You can also drag loops from the playing deck
into a Sampler slot and sync it with the tracks
that are playing in the decksor to other loops
in the Sampler slots.
So here, I’m going to take the loop that’s
in the right deck and drop it into the Sampler
slot and have it sync with the track that’s
playing.
Here’s a quick little tip.
When you’re making a crate with samples
for the Sampler, you can organize the samples
in the order that you want them to be in by
number.
Then when you select all of the samples and
drag them into the first slot of the Sampler,
they will all load in the order you have them
numbered.
So that’s the Sampler inside of Serato DJ
Pro.
For more information, log onto serato.com
