DubStemMix is built for the dub version: one tune, its stems on six faders, a tape echo and a spring on sends, the throws on the buttons of the Akai MIDImix. Free. Serato DJ Pro is a leading DJ app, with real-time Stems to remix while you mix tracks.
Facts about Serato DJ Pro come from serato.com (Serato DJ Pro 4.0), checked in October 2026.
Why DubStemMix for a dub version
- Six faders for the parts: drums, bass, skank, keys, horns, vocal from your own multitracks (a split gives four): each part with its own level, mute and sends. The board.
- Dub sends on every stem: three sends per strip into a tape echo, a plate or spring reverb and a phaser, on shared buses: tails ring on after the cut.
- The dub moves: throw, drop to the riddim, hold the echo, crash the spring, pull-up.
- Free and open source: MIT.
At a glance
| DubStemMix | Serato DJ Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | a dub console for one tune’s stems | a DJ app for mixing tracks |
| Stems | up to 6 strips; split built in (4 stems) or your own files | real-time, 4 stems: vocals, melody, bass, drums |
| Effects on stems | 3 sends per strip: tape echo, plate or spring, phaser | Stems Pad FX (echoes, brakes) triggered from pads |
| Akai MIDImix | factory mapping, nothing to set up | MIDI Assign |
| Platforms | macOS 15+, Apple Silicon | macOS and Windows |
| Price | free, open source (MIT) | $299 once or $11.99/month; Serato DJ Lite free |
What Serato DJ Pro does well
Club-proven DJing on two or four decks, scratch and DVS, wide hardware support, and Stems that separate any track in real time to remix it on the fly.
Which one for you
- Pick DubStemMix to dub one tune at a time, part by part, with sends and throws, for free.
- Pick Serato DJ Pro to DJ: mix many tracks, beatmatch, scratch, on club or controller hardware.
Prepare your dub versions in DubStemMix, record them as WAV, and play them in your Serato sets.
Try DubStemMix
Free, one line in the Terminal, on an Apple Silicon Mac:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yoanbernabeu/DubStemMix/main/install.sh | shThen follow your first dub, step by step: ten moves, from the stems to your recorded version.