Serato

Keyboard Shortcuts

Deck 1 / LEFT

Basically first row of letters plus half of the numeric keys.

KEY	Action	+ alt
`Left`
`Q`	Reverse	Prev Track
`W`	Play/Pause	Next Track
`E / R`	Pitch Adjust	RWD / FF
`T / Y`	Pitch Bend
`U`	Censor
`I`	TEMP-CUE
`O`	LOOP-IN	Prev Loop
`P`	LOOP-OUT	Next Loop
`[`	LOOP-ON/OFF	Reloop
`1`	CUE 1	Auto Loop
`2`	CUE 2	Auto Loop
`3`	CUE 3	Auto Loop
`4`	CUE 4	Auto Loop
`5`	CUE 5

Deck 2 / RIGHT

Second row of letters plus second half of the numeric keys.

KEY	Action	+ alt
`Right`
`A`	Reverse	Prev Track
`S`	Play/Pause	Next Track
`D / F`	Pitch Adjust	RWD / FF
`G / H`	Pitch Bend
`J`	Censor
`K`	TEMP-CUE
`L`	LOOP-IN	Prev Loop
`;`	LOOP-OUT	Next Loop
`'`	LOOP-ON/OFF	Reloop
`6`	CUE 1	Auto Loop
`7`	CUE 2	Auto Loop
`8`	CUE 3	Auto Loop
`9`	CUE 4	Auto
`0`	CUE 5

Sampler

Third row of letters.

KEY	Action
`Z`	Sample 1
`X`	Sample 2
`C`	Sample 3
`V`	Sample 4
`B`	Sample 5
`N`	Sample 6
`M`	Sample 7
`,`	Sample 8

Add alt modifier to stop a Sample. Add alt + cmd modifiers to load a Sample from Library.

Others

KEY	Action
`alt + Up/Down`	(While editing BPM) Double/Halve PBM
`alt + Spacebar`	Beatgrid Edit Mode
`/`	Swap Tracks
`cmd + shift + Left/Right`	Instant Double TODO: check that
`cmd + Backspace`	Remove Track from Library
`cmd + shift + Backspace`	Remove It Also from Disk
`cmd + Z`	Undo Track Load
`cmd + P`	Add track(s) to prepare panel
`cmd + L`	Locate last loaded track (press again for other deck)
`cmd + R`	Reveal track in Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac)

MIDI Mapping

Example mapping play button on both decks

<midi app=" 1.9.10.5170">
    <control channel="1" event_type="Note On" control="28">
        <userio event="click">
            <play deck_set="Default" deck_id="1" slot_id="0">
                <translation action_on="press" behaviour="toggle"/>
            </play>
        </userio>
        <userio event="output">
            <play deck_set="Default" deck_id="1" slot_id="0">
                <translation action_on="any">
                    <alias name="on" value="127"/>
                    <alias name="off" value="0"/>
                </translation>
            </play>
        </userio>
    </control>
    <control channel="1" event_type="Note On" control="26">
        <userio event="click">
            <play deck_set="Default" deck_id="0" slot_id="0">
                <translation action_on="press" behaviour="toggle"/>
            </play>
        </userio>
        <userio event="output">
            <play deck_set="Default" deck_id="0" slot_id="0">
                <translation action_on="any">
                    <alias name="on" value="127"/>
                    <alias name="off" value="0"/>
                </translation>
            </play>
        </userio>
    </control>
</midi>

There is a top tag calles <midi>. Inside we define our mappings using the <control> tags.

Control Tag

Tag parameters define the MIDI message, like the channel, note or control change.

channel
- Integer, starting from 1
event_type
- "Note On"
- "Control Change"
- "Pitch Wheel"
data_type:
- "Relative Binary Offset"
- "Relative 2's Complement"
  - I could pseudo control trim gain knob with a quneo's rotary/jog, jog direction was doing + and - operations on the knob, no control on the knob position
- "Absolute 7"
  - I could control trim gain knob with a quneo's vertical slider, including absolute position by pressing somewhere. No LED feedback.
reversed
- set it to "true" if needed, omit otherwise

One message has an incoming action and/or outgoing reaction or feedback. This is defined by the inner tag <userio>, which has a parameter called event that takes 2 values: click for the action and output for the reaction or feedback.

Control.Userio Tag

Control.Userio.SDJCMD Tag

SDJCMD = Serato DJ CoMmanD, defines what Serato app will to when the control message passes