Serato DJ Pro 2.1 and Serato DJ Lite 1.1 introduced music streaming. DJs could access millions of tracks from TIDAL and SoundCloud.
The integration felt like playing regular tracks. Serato kept your own playlists separate from followed playlists in the DJ Library.
In addition, you could perform several actions directly in Serato DJ:
- Search for TIDAL and SoundCloud tracks.
- Create new playlists.
- Like or follow playlists and albums as you discover them.
Want to try TIDAL and SoundCloud Go+ ?
At the time, both services offered new customers a 30-day trial. You could start a TIDAL trial or try SoundCloud Go+.
Serato also offered exclusive curated playlists on both services. You could find them on the Serato x TIDAL and Serato x SoundCloud partner pages.
Import Spotify / Apple Music playlists to Serato DJ
At the time, Serato DJ integrated only TIDAL and SoundCloud. However, Soundiiz let you transfer playlists and favorite albums from other music services to those platforms.
For example, you could import followed Spotify playlists into TIDAL. You could also export Apple Music tracks to SoundCloud.
Soundiiz matched tracks across music catalogs to recreate as much of your collection as possible. See how to import playlists into TIDAL or import playlists into SoundCloud.
As a result, you could collect playlists, albums, and tracks elsewhere. Then, Soundiiz could bring them to the services integrated with Serato DJ.
Future of DJing with streaming tracks
This created real opportunities. It reminded us of our 2017 partnership with Pulselocker. Beatport later acquired Pulselocker, a pioneer of streaming technology for DJ software.
Many DJs used music services every day to find new tracks, trends, and inspiration. Now, they could play those discoveries directly in their favorite DJ software.
Finally, we expected Serato and other DJ software to add more streaming services in the following months.
