{"id":704695,"date":"2025-12-22T20:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alphatheta-and-serato-built-slab-for-djs\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:35:11","slug":"alphatheta-and-serato-built-slab-for-djs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alphatheta-and-serato-built-slab-for-djs\/","title":{"rendered":"AlphaTheta and Serato built SLAB for DJs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24919a0dd74\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24919a0dd74\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alphatheta-and-serato-built-slab-for-djs\/#Giving_DJs_the_ability_to_start_producing\" >Giving DJs the ability to start producing.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Giving_DJs_the_ability_to_start_producing\"><\/span>Giving DJs the ability to start producing.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276614\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/trackgirl_mpzgvz\/trakgirl.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"AlphaTheta and Serato built SLAB for DJs\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      TRAKGIRL<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276615\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            TRAKGIRL has been making beats on hardware since before most of the producers she\u2019d eventually work with knew what a DAW was. Her credits read like a cheat sheet for contemporary rap \u2014 JID, Metro Boomin, Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Vic Mensa \u2014 and her work on <i>God Does Like Ugly<\/i> just earned her a 2026 Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. So when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/alphatheta.com\/en\/product\/production\/slab\/gray\/\">AlphaTheta<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/serato.com\/studio\/slab\">Serato<\/a> came looking for someone to front their first-ever hardware collaboration, she was the obvious call.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276621\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cI love the tactile feel, touching sounds, playing pad effects, chopping samples, just having fun,\u201d TRAKGIRL says. \u201cI could make a whole album with just SLAB.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276616\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SLAB: The First Controller Made for Serato Studio\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FnTZ2L_cLXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276622\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276626\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            SLAB is a pad controller, made for production rather than DJing. AlphaTheta, the Tokyo corporation behind Pioneer DJ gear that\u2019s been club-standard since the CDJ-1000 era, partnered with Serato, whose software has soundtracked roughly two decades of DJ sets and sample-based production. The two have worked together since 2011, but this is new territory: a device that treats the booth and the bedroom studio as the same room.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276617\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The thing is small, it fits in a backpack next to your laptop and is USB-powered. It&#8217;s made up of 16 velocity-sensitive pads, a touch s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> for filter sweeps and pitch bends, and four encoders. The pads have exclusive effects baked in: Lo-Fi Crusher, Wah Filter, Inverse Reverb, Pitch Looper. If you\u2019ve ever used a Maschine or an MPC, the layout will feel familiar. SLAB talks directly to Serato Studio and Serato Sample without m<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing anything.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            For DJs who\u2019ve been curious about production, they&#8217;ll find that the touch strip that sweeps a filter during a mix can do the same thing while building a beat. \u201cSLAB brings that classic hardware feel to Studio, real pads, real knobs, without touching my trackpad,\u201d says DJ Epik. \u201cIt just feels like home.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            LA producer Dibia$e puts it more simply: \u201cWith SLAB and Studio, you\u2019re cookin\u2019 up straight out the gate. Just plug in, and get chopping.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276618\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2025-12-22_at_10.02.11_AM_arjux2\/dibia-e.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"AlphaTheta and Serato built SLAB for DJs\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Dibia$e<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276619\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Over the past few years, the line separating DJ and producer from performer has more or less disappeared. Kaytranada\u2019s DJ are also live-production displays; Kenny Beats\u2019s popular <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <i>The Cave<\/i> made production the main show; Madlib treats the SP-404 like an instrument. SLAB was made to meet a new generation of music-makers who know how to work a crowd and need a bridge to start making their own sounds.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Below, watch a full overview of what\u2019s possible with SLAB:\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-276620\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SLAB Overview\u2014The Serato Studio-Native Pad Controller\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPhpWOMr86A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">The FADER<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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