DJ Software

[steviebee]

Can anyone reccommend a decent DJ software - running on a Mac.

iTunes has Party Shuffle but you can't do overlaps (or can you?). I think you can do something in Garage Band but seems a bit long winded.

Cheers

[wildeep]

Tactile 2000 probably the best free software for this http://tactile12000.sourceforge.net/i

or try Baytex for commercial www.baytex.net/

Edited by wildeep on Monday 28th August 18:35

[Bodo]

Looks geeky, is geeky:



GDAM, a Unix style open source DJ-mixer http://gdam.ffem.org/

Once installed, it is intuitive to use, however using it to full extend requires some deeper understanding...

[Plotloss]

MixVibes Pro

[PJR]

DJ Traktor Studio is extremely impressive, and really not too difficult to use. If i can get to grips with it, then any numpty can do it.
Not free nor cheap however, but you know how it is, if you want the best...
Me and some friends have dabbled with other DJ apps on Macs, but none really came close to DJ Traktor.
Its also one of those apps which is as easy to use as you want it to be, but also amazingly deep if you like to dig around and really get stuck in. You can do mixing with 4 decks if you want! Its definitely on the Pro side of things..

Btw, iTunes does have a crossfade (overlay) feature. But its crude at best, and you certainly cant do beat matching with it. DJ Tractor on the other hand makes beat matching pretty easy. Probably easier in fact than it is with a real pair of decks.

I had a quick look at that Gdam app.. I dont care how bad an app looks if it does its job well. But i noticed this one hasnt been updated in 4 years!? Unless I missed something.

There is a few more DJ apps also that might be good enough for you.. Have a look on www.versiontracker.com
Cheers, P

[PJR]

Plotloss said:

MixVibes Pro

Thats for PC's, not Macs.

[victormeldrew]

Mixalbum.com?

[Plotloss]

PJR said:

Plotloss said:

MixVibes Pro

Thats for PC's, not Macs.

Ahh bugger, missed the Macs bit.

[big_treacle]

Tractor is the way to go. Driving down to Cornwall last Friday, I had a mate with his laptop plugged into the stereo mixing all the way - it was the smallest, fastest club in the world.

[wanty1974]

Traktor doesn't yet work on Intel Macs, as I found to my cost. Baytex Party didn't work on my iMac either.

[paul26982]

virtual dj is the best

[PJR]

paul26982 said:

virtual dj is the best

Its not the best if it doesn't even work on the computer in question. Read the thread
Cheers, P

[steviebee]

Thanks!

Anyone see Dragon's Den last night?

Seems that bloke should have visited PH first!