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Serato has just announced that the official version of Serato DJ 1.8 is now available for download. Serato DJ 1.8 adds built in key detection and display, an update to Pitch 'n Time DJ, hardware remapping and support for the Pioneer DJ DJM-S9 mixer.

The update is free for users with supported Serato DJ hardware or licenses. Any DJs using Serato DJ trials, the upgrade will restart the trial period, granting users another 14 day trial period to test out the new features.

Serato DJ 1.8 can be downloaded by clicking here.

By now you've heard of the new features coming in Serato DJ 1.8. Now you can see them in action as Serato's Head of Products, Nick Maclaren, shows off the new key shifting and hardware remapping features while using a remapped Rane TTM57MKLL mixer.

For those who are itching to get their hands on the new features, a public beta version is available on Serato's website.

Check out the video and leave your thoughts in the comment section.

Music featured in demo:

1. Grandtheft & Sleep Tom - Hold On
2. Lazy Nick - Peeling
3. Ohio Players - Funky Worm

In Serato DJ, version 1.9, DJs will have access to unlimited downloads, offline storage and streaming in Serato DJ through a partnership with Pulselocker. DJs with a Pulselocker Pro account will have access to around 44 million tracks from nearly 500,000 independent and major labels. Users will get a free two week trial before deciding if they want to subscribe.

Check out the video below and sound in the comment section with your thoughts on streaming in Serato DJ.

Former Serato CEO, Sam Gribben, has launched a new software application named Melodics, that helps people improve their finger drumming (pad drumming or cue point drumming) skills. Melodics "adapts your abilities and music tastes to help you get better at pad drumming, faster."

To help launch the application, Melodics has recruited artist such as DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jeremy Elis, Tall Black Guy, Thugli and Gaslamp Killer to make lessons.

Melodics is currently available for free download for Mac OS X 10.9 or higher and will come to Windows soon. With the free download comes 20 free lessons then the option to subscribe for unlimited access to updated premium lessons and content.

Check out Mojaxx's review of Melodics in the video below:

With a two million-stong-user-base, Serato has been at the forefront of DJ culture and technology and has become the industry standard for world famous DJs. Known for their groundbreaking Pitch 'n Time stretching algorithm and audio mixing software product, Serato DJ, the Kiwi DJ-tech company has unveiled the release of their first mass-consumer product, Serato Pyro.

Serato Pyro is a music player app for the iOS platform that beat-matches and mixes user playlists, making use of Serato's Pitch 'n Time and Scratch Live.

In an interview with New Zealand magazine Idealog, Serato CEO and founder AJ Bertenshaw had this to say:

“The purpose of the app is to have your music play back-to-back, seamlessly and never skipping a beat. The first concept of this design was to have it playing the music for you at parties. In fact we’ve been referring to it as Houseparty, because it’s an app for continuous listening, but there are a lot of applications there.”

Currently, the app is free in the App Store - though exclusively available to New Zealand residents. You can sign up for email notifications at the Serato Pyro Website.

What do you think of the Serato Pyro? Good or bad thing for DJs? Sound off in the comment section with your thoughts.