The world's first motorised standalone DJ system can now run Serato DJ Pro alongside every other source it already supports, and the integration goes deeper than you'd expect.
If you’ve ever wished you could have the freedom of a standalone setup without giving up your Serato library, RANE and Serato have answered that prayer. RANE SYSTEM ONE now officially supports Serato DJ Pro — and thanks to the SYSTEM ONE’s OmniSource architecture, switching between it and your USB drives, SD cards, internal storage, or streaming services happens without dropping a beat.
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OmniSource is the piece of engineering that makes this all work. Each deck can pull from a completely different source at the same time, so you could be playing a Serato DJ Pro track on one side while running something off a USB on the other. A Serato DJ Pro icon appears directly on the hardware touchscreen as a selectable source when your laptop is connected.
DJs can use the SYSTEM ONE’s touchscreen to navigate through crates, sort by BPM and key, swipe to load tracks to a deck, zoom in or out on waveforms, adjust key syncing, and quickly jump through tracks with a tap. Serato’s waveform orientation can even be adjusted through the layout manager to sit neatly alongside standalone and streaming tracks. RANE and Serato are calling this the deepest hardware/software integration ever shipped on a Serato-supported device, and looking at the feature list, it’s a hard claim to argue with.
Performance-wise, the SYSTEM ONE unlocks access to Serato DJ Pro expansions, including Serato Video, plus features like Serato Stems, Pitch Play, and Scratch Bank. Combo Pad mode lets DJs run two pad modes simultaneously on any Serato-enabled deck — handy for anyone who likes to layer their performance tools. All four of the SYSTEM ONE’s internal FX options work with Serato DJ Pro tracks with BPM sync intact, and Serato’s own software FX are accessible via the Control Centre.
The SYSTEM ONE unlocks Serato DJ Pro for free. Serato DJ Pro version 4.0.3 is available now at serato.com, and the Engine DJ 4.6 update can be grabbed via enginedj.com or as an over-the-air update directly on the unit.
