Just got my first ever MacBook. It's a spec'd out 2015 model. 16 RAM, i7 and I changed out the thermal paste and put in a 1TB PCI-E SSD. 90min mix takes under a second to load, stems are instantaneous and without dropouts most importantly. Love it!

I have a 2012 MacBook and it definitely was laggy on it and the fan was going crazy, so I just bought a 14in MacBook Pro M1 Max 24 Core , 1TB. Cost me $3,800, but so worth it! Works smoothly with STEMS. Used it in a live setting twice so far and no issues!

BTW, brother I truly enjoy your vids; that's why I'm a subscriber to your channel.

Yeah i have a mid 2012 13" inch MBP with similar specs 16gb of ram and 2 hard drives 1 TB and a 2tb for videos and i have same issues with the stems beta, i tested it at home and it shut down the whole serato program i had to restart it. i got a 15" mid 2015 with the quad core faster I7 processor and it made the processor fans put in work to keep it cool. serato takes up alot of processing power now than it did with scratch live, shood you could run that program on anything

Considering its an old 2 Core machine with 8GB Ram and Serato stems is Beta it did pretty good man. Yeah don't use it at a paid gig sure, serato even recommends currently you don't even if you have a top spec machine but i reckon when its out of Beta if you do a Fresh OS instal and keep it with Zero bloat and stick to 2 Deck mixing your probably gonna good. Especially if you try and keep to using tracks you added to your Stems before and don't analyse them on the fly.

Green bar looks good, but for some reason t the the red/yellow dot in the top right was appearing, stating an audio drop is likely. Wonder why if the CPU is fine, and you have plenty of Ram 🤔

I have a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. 16gb Ram, 870 2TB Samsung SSD , 3.1 i7, Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB, Monterey iOS. Serato 3.0 (Non-Beta) with Analyze Steams off. USB Buffer Size (Latency) at 10ms, S9, Technics 1210 M5Gs. Works great!

Wow !!! i have a 2012 mid macbook pro which i only used for serato & rekordbox, i am curious if this will run on it, i7 16gb, 1tb ssd, i have patched it to big sur, i will have a go later and advise.

Same here my MacBook Pro 2013 can’t keep up so I went back to serato 2.6 😢 need a new Mac so it can run smoothly

really don't want to get rid of my macbook mid 2012 (allegedly the best mac ever created and very loyal to me over the years djing). hopefully overtime serato comes up with a work around where its not intense on the older macs.

MacBook Pro 2009 , I also tried to download serato Dj 2.6.2 & 3.0 not allowing me to maybe my memory is full I’m not sure . Thinking of changing my MacBook

Mine is the same year and I have a issue for anyhow I can’t read the music on my computer. I had the service tidal but the rest of my songs, I cannot see on the screen. For example, if I have it, 60 usher songs the computer is show me only 10 what I can do.?

Firstly you need to keep your laptop in pristine condition!! I have a cooling mat with 3 fans under my laptop at every gig. I just installed the stems beta and the only issue on my 2014 MBP with 16GB memory was waiting for the stems to process. And that's just a few seconds. Bear in mind I ALWAYS power on my laptop and run Serato - never while it was on for a long period. Also I do not keep TSRs running on my laptop. Background stuff like antivirus programs will reduce your operational memory. On occasion when I know I'm going to go hard at a gig I will even turn off WiFi. Also I turned off auto analyze so I only get it processing stems when I actually use the feature. But it is INSANE what you can create on the fly!! But keep your computer clean and you will be rewarded 💯💯👍🏽👍🏽

DJ Cee B, would you think a Macbook Air M1 8gb ram would have no problems using stems? (For Rekordbox and Serato)

Thank you for a true Analysis a not the industry Non-sense

Im using a MacBook Air 2015 and it has all of those problems. I'm thinking about getting a 2017 MacBook Pro 512 GB. the new MacBooks are really expensive lol. Do you think it would work better with Stems and Serato? bc it said 2017 or later please let me know. Thank you.

Hi I wanted to know if this Apple 13.3" MacBook Pro M1 Chip with Retina Display (Late 2020, Space Gray) 16GB Ram 1TB SSD Would handle the new version Serato Dj Pro 3.0.10 with stems?

Very helpful and informative video 👍🏾do you sell hard drives with music of different types? If so how much would you charge me? I'm new at this and just getting started. Let me know please and thank you.

Don’t forget to turn off you automatic Wi-Fi connection and also any auto Bluetooth connections. I also had to disable my Spotify or any programs that were on the start up settings.

What laptop edition would you recommend then to do stems with? Something affordable

I dont see the new update 3.0.0 on the serato website, the latest version is 2.6.0, any explanation for that. I live in Canada

What ever you do, do not use HP laptops. There is a glitch with the sound card. I used HP Envy, the latest model and had sound issues. Went with Acer, brilliant!!

Also if you use a controller with a soundcard you are off boarding audio processing so that will also negate the problems

Great video...yeah the green bar scares me.... I have a 3TB SSD and 16GB of RAM.... sadly the feature is so dope it almost makes you want to go out and by a new $4K MBP..... I'm cool on that for now.... I'll stick with my other skills to keep the crowd entertained. Tempting though......

Mr. CEE B kindly thanks for your help but i think i have a problem regarding this new software. all process of downloading and installing were successful but unfortunately whenever I try to open the software it showing me 👉(WARNING-POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE) and it says that am not supposed to use a performance or any live scenario. What to do for that. Thanks 🙏

Will a 2018 macbook pro16ram 500 ssd work with serato stems flawlessely

That green bar on the top right is the best indicator 😂

i have macbook pro Retina mid 2014 13 inch 16GB of Ram and 1TB SSD Drive i havent downloaded it cause i never use Beta Programs cause its never the final touch so ill wait a while after the full version is released

Serato was already a power hungry program before this update and even Virtual DJ which isn't as intensive struggle when it computes the stems, so this is no surprise.

how do i setup my mac book to record my mix using serato

Great vid

I use a 2015 15" i7 hows it work with that?

I have a 2015 MacBook pro with i7 16 go ram with monterey and I have the sames problems glitches and audio dropouts when stems is engaged during the analisis of the track

What if you have 16gb ram 256gb internal Intel core i7 2.2ghz Is it still gonna be slow and lagging

I have early in 2011 MacBook Pro.12 Gb ram,1Tb graphics intel Hd 3000 512mb

HOW CAN I REMOVE SERATO STEM 3.0ON MY MACBOOK PRO MID 15 RETINA

Mid 2012 m pro 😱 500 gig ssd plus 16 GB RAM , not tried the or any of the betas yet / stems , 🤷🏻‍♂️ Edit my MacBook is laggy already on serato as it is , tbh this has been since the Catalina update or Catalina full stop even tried different serato versions out of archive , new computer needed 🙇🏻

I’m running a 2013 MacBook Pro it’s giving the spinning wheel

I have a late 2011 MB Pro with a 2.2 GHz i7 and 16 GB of Ram, I don't DJ much anymore so I'd like to try Serato 3.0 out, if it't laggy i'm not too concerned s I'll be just fooling around in my home studio. If I do decide to do a gig I've made a copy of the older version of Serato DJ for any potential gigs. You think this would work?

You may need to disable "Pitch 'n Time Dj" to reduce the work load.

Lol I remember this happened to me!! I had a 2012 MacBook Pro and I didn’t read the specs before installing and I literally had to go by a brand new MacBook Pro 😂

2018 15" MacBook Pro. Specs: i7-8850H 6 cores/12 threads 16GB Ram 512GB SSD Radeon Pro 560X graphics WILL IT WORK WITH Serato Stems

Will it work with a 2020 MacBook Air

What's Up DJ CEE B, I appreciate your knowledge and I thank you for posting these videos featuring the 3.0.0. I'm running the Beta on a mid-2014 MacBook Pro Mojave 10.14.6. 2.5 ghz intel core i7 16GB 1600MHZ DDR3. Serato will crash sometime if "I'm getting Jiggy Wit IT" ,practicing playing with all 4 decks using the stems. I will say that it just crashes when I load a song from 1 deck to the other during the mix.Another DJ friend of mines suggested that it might be a memory issue, but I have plenty memory.Other than that, I haven't had any other issues while using the Roland DJ 808. I also used it with my portable Hecules Starlight. Now this carries another issue which is a sound delay. Sound is about a second off from what you see on screen or say after you hit a cue. This doesn't happens all the time, it starts off that way but it will eventually catch up and be on cue after a little while of playing.

Just got a MacBook Air m2 16gb and 1tb SSD.

I just gave up a $500 gig. When I download 3.0 none of my music showed up and all my songs have a locked on them saying read only

Mac book pro 2021 - apple M1 pro - 16 GB and Serato 3,0 is working just perfect without any problems

Hav 2016 pro i5 1tb hhd run frist beta version freeze after 6 hrs using serato play use second beta version get ah 8 hrs no freeze wit serato play

Hmmmm....Got me thinking that I might need to upgrade!!! I got a 2014 Mac Pro I.7 Pro

Played it on a 2012 and it’s flawless. I wonder what the different specs are… where’s your RAM?

Would stems work on a 2016?

Get the S11 or S7. They have usb hubs👍🏽😁

I tried it on a 2013 MBP. It was fine. People need to think about having a dedicated computer for DJing. That means fresh install of the is after a full erase, DONT sign in to iCloud, do your updates and only install your DJ software. Last night I streamed a radio show from a 2007 iMac with 4gb ram under those conditions and it was fine. It’s all about maintenance

still use 2013, 2012 and 2008 Macbook Pros ..wont change them. I'll use Steams & Video on video gigs with my Alienware M51 but regular gigs ...2013 Macbook Pro

I have 2013 Mac book pro i7, it dose the same thing.

Serato will have some optimisations coming as time goes on no doubt, but the painful reality for all of us with older MBPs will either have to do without stems, or reluctantly get more modern machines. My 2010 MBP is well out of the game so I’m considering getting a standalone for DJing instead.

Are these processed or unprocessed stems?

I have the same MacBook Pro 2014

Bro when do you think the full updated version will come. i am using 2015 Macbook pro but am facing the same problems as explained in the video.

I have a 2015 Mac Pro my fan is running hard with i use serato stems. I want it to stop what should I do?

Did you add tracks to the stems folder for more stable effect?

running a 2012 MacBook Pro. I guess I won’t be updating to Serato 3.0 when the full version is release.

Macbook pro 2015. IOS catalina. 8gb ram, 120gb, i5

I have a 2017 MacBook Air . I don’t suppose il use stems on it due to the load . I have an Asus windows laptop. I’m under the impression that it will handle stems with a I5 processors that will go up to 3.14 ghz . Will see what happens.

CEE B yoooo i had a 2011 17” and just purchased a 2021 16” M1 16gb ram 1TB U think ill be good?

I tried this using Serato stems on my 2015 mbp and it sounded like it was about to take flight

At least some of you guys can load and play tunes; I can't even get my songs loaded and analyzed. I've got over 35k songs. I have a Dell 64 bit computer with an Intel i7-6700 CPU @3.4 GHz, 4 cores with 16 GB memory, 1.5 TB regular storage and a 2TB external hard drive, and I can't even get all my songs stored and analyzed in Serato 3.0. I'm not exactly sure what to do in order to solve this problem. Pls help a brother out DJ Cee B.

I thought virtual dj had stems first sea rato is like apple when Samsung comes out with new futures

I’m using a MacBook Pro 13” 2020 i5 16GB Ram

Looks like I won’t be updating my 2015 MacBook

2015

Now I know why Serato is acting weird and my computer fans are always kicking in on my 2015 MacBook…🤔

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Virtual 8

I played serato dj pro 3.0 on a Comodore 64 without problems!😜

not a fan of the new wayforms

Mac book Air 2013 😢

2012

Intel chips are rubbish. Come over to the m1 m2 chips.

by a pc your mac is too old. Acer Predator Helios 300 is a better deal. memory and hard drive upgradable you are also able to control the fan speed.

What IS the processor ?

yeah thats not going to work.Serato and its new features will probably work best on the new m1,m2,on wards but at least 2019 and later machines might be ok but below that maybe not

I have early in 2011 MacBook Pro.12 Gb ram,1Tb graphics intel Hd 3000 512mb

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