This is standard among Serato controllers at the price point, and is fine for getting started on. The DDJ-SB3 is powered by a cut-down version of Serato’s Pro package, called Serato DJ Lite. But in reality, it’s a small part of this controller. The Pioneer DJ DDJ-SB3 is simply a beginner DJ controller, and a damned fine one at that, that also just happens to have a neat little feature that indeed let you mess around with some classic, simple scratch patterns if you so wish.
Oh, the fuss! Oh, the uproar! How dare Pioneer DJ put a button on a controller that – Heaven forbid – scratches for you? What on earth was Jazzy Jeff thinking endorsing it, and even lending his scratch patterns for Pioneer DJ to use? Surely this signals the end of DJing?
