Hi list, Just spent a fun night playing around with dj3
So, as i spoke about the intuitivity of the keyboard layout, i will add that one can after a while, turn voice over off and feels his way through the commands. The layout is as follows: left side of keyboard has all the commands for the first turntable such as: start stop reverse skip wind rewind sound effects pitch bend hold pitch fade up mid and down gain up and down equalizer low mid and tweet up and down cue start and end loop start synch tempo to opposite table bmp check The same commands are available on the opposite side of the keyboard for the second turntable. There is an automix feature which allows for one click mix of your playlists All songs come from itunes and can be arranged in order in the playlist. An extra headphone can be connected via usb for song preview before mixing A mic can be integrated for voicing over while recording a live session After soldering the key commands in memory, i proceeded to do live testing. What i can say is that the application is extremely responsive, provided one works on a dual core at least 1.8 ghz, with 1gb of ram. The scratch features are quite good, though sometimes we can hear that its a digital turntable. If you hold the shift key and scratch, the clip technique is available and makes the scratch feel professional. depending on the combo of trackpad and shift, and some other effects on the numbers keys, i was able to do some quite impressive, considering the size of the program. the left and right arrows allow you to fade nicely from track to track with transitional effects you can choose from a variety of styles, either set by you or randomly generated. Those include echo snap fade out, classic fade out, a rewind fade (i don't like this, as it makes it sound like a village dj going nuts on the track) and a few others. One thing i haven't delved into is the hotspot on turntables and mixer for trackpad sensitive tune scratching. Also, i haven't played with the set loop feature, but i believe it is the same as on the dual pioneer cd player set, where you have a key for start loop and other for end loop, and you can play from cue or make it loop automatically. One advantage of this set is that since it takes from digital tunes, a lot of processes are automated, such as synch to opposite channel, and you can scrub through the previous or next beat for mixing corrections, and gains and equalizers are automatically adjusted track by track so all songs sound at the same level. This program is pretty funky, and a fun toy to have. Some can probably rock a party with shades and a wooden oak varnish cane with a dog's head as holder. Who said vi people can't be hip? Guys i recommend you check the 15 day trial, with certain limitations such as no recording and 30 minute limits for each sessions. It's a 9 meg download as well, so good for everyone :) Best Yuma --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
