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DAWG vs Serato Studio

DAWG

dawgtools.org

Serato Studio

serato.com

Side by side

FigureDAWGSerato Studio
Price from—$9.99/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYesYes
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYes—
AndroidYes—
Plans published14
Spec score · Beat Making Software8.3 (#4)7.9 (#12)
Spec score · AI beat makers8.2 (#9)8.0 (#14)
PurposeDAWG is a music-making game for building beats, shaping sounds and exploring music production.Serato Studio is beat-making software for creating album-quality beats and custom DJ edits.

Plans

DAWG

  • DAWG$5, paid once

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Serato Studio

  • FreeFree
  • Buy$149 a month
  • Subscribe$9.99 a month
  • Buy$149, paid once

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In their own words

DAWG

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Serato Studio

Serato Studio is beat-making software for creating beats and custom DJ edits, with a workflow aimed at producers and DJ users. Its Sample Deck can sync samples to project BPM and key, chop them, separate stems, and apply time stretching, key shifting, reverse and effects. Real-time stem separation can split tracks into acapella, melody, bassline and drum parts. Studio includes a step sequencer and more than 190 instruments, including bass, keys, synths, pads, percussion, guitars and orchestral sounds. It supports VST3 and Audio Unit plugins, MIDI hardware mapping, Serato DJ crates and FX plugins. Users can export tracks, mixes, loops or individual drum pads as separate audio files. Studio runs on macOS and Windows and requires a Serato.com account. Free mode is limited to one audio track, four decks and four scenes, with automation disabled. The Subscribe plan costs $9.99/mo; the separate Buy plan is listed at $149 a month.

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