Ableton x Serato "The Bridge" Official

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Those with a passion for music making already know who Ableton and Serato are, what they may not know is that the two companies have been working together since October 2008 to come up with a new product, The Bridge, that they promise to be “the future of digital DJing”.

Narrowing the gap between music production and DJing, the new product sits somewhere between the full versions of Ableton Live and the Serato Scratch Live (or ITCH). That’s because using The Bridge now allows you to import DJ sets in Ableton and control the tempo or the pitch, while Serato allows you to import your favorite Ableton instruments and gives you turntable-style control of your own multitrack productions.

What’s even more interesting is that The Bridge won’t cost you a dime if you have both the registered version of Serato Scratch Live or ITCH hardware and the Ableton Live 8 or Suite 8. Regarding availability, there’s nothing official other than coming soon, but we’ll make sure you know more when there’s more.

Meanwhile here’s stuff from their websites:

Ableton to Serato: The Bridge gives you the ultimate mixtape creation tool. Perform your mix in Scratch Live or ITCH and save it as an automated Ableton Live Set. Play your mix rather than cut and paste in a DAW. Forget about having to start a mixtape from scratch because of a mistake at minute fifty-nine. Each song is recorded and laid out on a track in Live separately, and any moves you’ve made with your hardware are recorded along with the track. Edit, add beat synced loops and virtual instruments, stretch, chop and manipulate your mix as required – with Ableton Live’s production tools at your fingertips

Serato to Ableton: The Bridge gives you the ultimate mixtape creation tool. Perform your mix in Scratch Live or ITCH and save it as an automated Ableton Live Set. Play your mix rather than cut and paste in a DAW. Forget about having to start a mixtape from scratch because of a mistake at minute fifty-nine. Each song is recorded and laid out on a track in Live separately, and any moves you’ve made with your hardware are recorded along with the track. Edit, add beat synced loops and virtual instruments, stretch, chop and manipulate your mix as required – with Ableton Live’s production tools at your fingertips