Music for a Party

[WIL35]

A friend of mine is having a party at a small hall for about 40 people, not having a DJ, but wanted to have some selected tracks playing in the background for about 4 hours.

What would be the best way to get the songs together (download onto a laptop?), what software could randomly play the tracks without much gap and then use what to amplify the sound?

My last parties I used to burn a CD with some software that merged the last 5 seconds of one track with the first 5 seconds of the next track. Sometimes it worked, but at least there weren't any silences!

Thanks!

[ManicMunky]

Good old trusty WinAmp - has a crossfade plugin

[badgerade]

Spotify has cross fade as well - depends what sort of music it is though, as not everything is available!

[Tom_C76]

Think iTunes would work too. For amplification take either a reasonable hifi and a 3.5mm to twin phono lead or see if you can scrounge a small PA. our local music shop hires a rig plenty big enough for £55 a day.

[chasingracecars]

Download a free napster trial for 90 days and select one of the genres. It then plays constant music with no gaps from that selection. There are hundreds of genres.

"Friday Night" might work well.

Or there is too 100 played. However it is international.

[WIL35]

Thanks all, this is very useful. I didn't know where to start, so I shall have a look at the options given.

[Username888]

MIXXX - dj software - it's free... - very easy to use, very reliable, - you can "queue" up the tracks into the "Auto DJ" folder, - Enable it, and even set the time to cross fade each track