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Jun 24, 2015 Click on the My Mac icon (looks like the Finder icon) in the lower left side of the screen. Click Add Folder and locate the folder of songs that you want to add, or drag it into the window. The songs within that folder appear in the middle browser window. Drag the song you want on any deck to play. Built specifically for Windows 10, djay Pro seamlessly integrates with your music library, giving you instant access to millions of tracks. Pristine sound quality and a powerful set of features including high-definition waveforms, four decks, audio effects, and hardware integration give you endless creative flexibility to take your sets to new heights. The best way to DJing is to own the music or to have it offline for the case a streaming service like spotify is used. On the algoriddim forum page there is a another discussion running regarding this feature and the feedback from algoriddim djay2 developers looks like that spotify has to provide some functionality in such a way that algoriddim can make it happen. May 06, 2013 There’s a lot to consider when deciding how to become a DJ. It can be intimidating to take all of this in. But, we’re here to help. At the Passionate DJ Podcast, we strive to become the best DJs we can be. We hope that you will join us as a listener. Because together, we’re becoming better DJs through passion and purpose.
Algoriddim just launced djay Pro 2, the latest version of its flagship digital DJ software for the Mac. The update adds a splash of artificial intelligence: Automix AI is an advanced automixing feature that uses machine learning to identify mix in / out points in a tune and automatically creates EQ / filter changes to create seamless transitions between songs across genres. djay Pro 2’s Match is another AI-assisted feature that gathers data from Spotify to suggest tunes based on BPM, key, genre, and “danceability”.
Improved library management also makes its way to djay Pro 2: You can now create and edit playlists using music from both your iTunes library and Spotify’s 30 million-plus song catalogue, and filter categories are available to help you quickly zero in on the tracks that you’re looking for. The improved Split Library shows your iTunes, Spotify, Finder and custom playlists side by side.
For DJs who mix with visuals, the new PhotoBeat feature lets you create slideshows that cycle in time with a currently playing song. You just drag any number of photos to a deck, specify the duration, and you’ve got an automated beatmatched slideshow while you DJ.
Graphic tweaks, user interface improvements, and a new audio engine round out the highlights of djay Pro 2, among other spec bumps under the hood.
It’s been almost three years since we first reviewed djay Pro for the Mac. We loved its look, simplicity and then-innovative Spotify integration, and it’s nice to see the app continue to grow and mature, fine tuning its core and adding AI-assisted / data-driven options to its feature set. At the moment, it’s the only laptop DJ app for the Mac that lets you spin with tunes off of Spotify, and having the ability to create unified iTunes and Spotify playlists brings us closer to the “DJ streaming library” scenario, though it’s we’re still a ways off from that becoming a reality. Regardless, djay Pro 2 seems to be a step in the right direction thanks to its streaming integration, Automix AI and Match features, and unified playlisting.
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• djay Pro 2 for Mac is available now at a time-limited price of US$39. Grab your free trial here, and check the djay Pro 2 site for more details.
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Algoriddim's djay is a name that is best known for the rather excellent iOS app, which has gone from strength-to-strength, even winning an Apple Design Award in 2011, but this software has actually been around since 2006 when it was first released for OSX.
The ethos behind djay has always been to make a DJing platform that is fun to use and very easy to learn, as well as being easy on the pocket. It has been marketed towards casual mixers and the 'mix curious', but that is about to change.
The latest incarnation of djay, djay Pro, is clearly aimed at taking this software out of the amateur leagues and into the majors, which means taking on the big boys like Serato and Traktor.
Algoriddim are making the bold claim that djay Pro is a complete toolkit for performing DJs, but does this software have what it takes to make it in the cutthroat world of professional DJing?
The biggest game changer that djay Pro has on offer is without doubt the fact that it has Spotify integration, something that is going to be of huge interest to DJs both new and old.
Not only does this mean DJs have access to over 20 million tracks but thanks to the slick job Algoriddim have done, all of these tracks have BPM and key information already entered. A slight fly in the ointment is that the audio quality is not fantastic, as tracks streamed from Spotify are encoded at 96 kHz using the Ogg Vorbis format.
While acceptable for parties and possibly bar gigs, it just won't cut the mustard on the kind of soundsystems found at big clubs.
Another nifty trick up djay Pro's sleeve is the Echonest powered recommendation feature, which suggests which tracks should be played next choosing from tracks stored on user's computers, as well as from Spotify's library. It also works very well with iTunes, with all of the relevant data associated with tracks displayed within djay Pro.
Best of all, there is no need to import the tracks from iTunes — it works seamlessly from the moment djay Pro is first opened.
When it comes to the business of mixing, DJs can choose from either the traditional two decks and a mixer layout, which djay is famous for, or a waveform view which supports up to four decks.
Djay Pro also has the bases covered when it comes to effects, with a decent selection available from the get-go, and more advanced effects available as a paid upgrade. A generous amount of loop controls are also on offer including Bounce, which is similar to Serato's Slip Mode.
Manual looping and pad looping assigns loop length and filtering to an X-Y pad control. Three cue points can be assigned per track, and there is also a sampler section available, which has 12 sample slots on offer.
Djay Pro has kept all of the best features of the original djay software and added an awful lot of very cool new features, some of which are groundbreaking enough to potentially ensure that DJs will flock to this software and ignore other titles completely.
However there are some features missing in djay Pro that are standard for Traktor and Serato, such as DVS vinyl support, which means the old skool are more likely to stick with what they have, while the newcomers eat up djay Pro and all it has to offer them.
Overall djay Pro is a great piece of software that manages to pack in a lot of very slick features while keeping the price very low. This software is very easy to use and could be the perfect way for users to take their first steps into the world of DJing, especially given the huge music library on offer from Spotify.
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