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Pre-Reviewed: Image-Line Deckadance 2 Beta DJ software Price: $179 (Club Edition) / $99 (House Edition) Available: Beta available now to registered users; commercial availability TBA Supported Audio Formats: MP3, Ogg, M4A, WMA, FLAC, AIFF, WAV (records to WAV) It’s been more than six years since Image-Line launched Deckadance 1.0. After many incremental updates, the version 2 beta has now reared its head to registered users. With a redesigned modular interface, 4-deck support, Smart Knobs, the slick Gross Beat rhythmic effect and other enhancements, Deckadance looks to give the giants of DJ software a run for their money for a second time. NEWLY DECKED-OUT: The cleanly redesigned, modular Deckadance 2 interface feels more in line with the modern feel of Image-Line’s flagship software, FL Studio, but with an even better handle on clutter that can populate the FL Studio screen. On the Deckadance 2 top menu bar, buttons let you quickly toggle from 2 to 4 decks, and loaded songs get the delicious multi-color waveform treatment. You can set the decks to include 0-8 Smart Panels, which are small control panels for segments of deck functions, including Loop, Cue, Grid, DVS, Key, Smart Knobs and Tempo. Within a small space, the Smart Panels offer a full complement of looping controls, 8 cue points to set/trigger per track, a convenient set of beat grid editing controls, etc. Like Deckadance’s other software controls, each Smart Panel control can be mapped to a MIDI controller from Preferences > MIDI Learn. SMART KNOBS – CUSTOMIZABLE MACRO CONTROLS: Deckadance 2's Smart Knob editor window The Smart Panels of Deckadance 2 decks are a nice new cosmetic addition to the software’s interface, but one of the particular Smart Panels, the Smart Knobs, represent a giant leap forward in Deckadance’s programmability and real-time performance potential. Each deck can have two Smart Knobs active. Basically, Smart Knobs group 2 or more functions onto a single knob, and Image-Line has included dozens of useful presets related to effects, EQ, the dedicated channel filter, track volume and the crossfader. You can also while away hours of your time (or seconds, if you’re fast) creating your own Smart Knob settings, which you can then save to disk. You can choose any number of 20 parameters to assign to a Smart Knob, and each parameter has an editable x-y curve that determines the relationship between the knob input to the control output. You can also insert any number of control points to the x-y curve, and assign them shapes like Pulse, Stairs, or Half Sine. Editing the Smart Knobs could be a brain-melting affair if you go really deep with it, or if you just want to do something simple like make an effect parameter go up while the dry/wet mix goes down, you can do that fairly easily. GROSS BEAT: Definitely one of the coolest new additions to Deckadance 2, Gross Beat is a stand-alone plug-in from Image-Line that’s been built into the new DJ software. It’s a pattern-based effect that manipulates the pitch, playback position and volume of audio in real time to create a vast variety of stutter, repeat, reverse, gating, scratch, and other turntable-style effects in 4-beat (1-bar) chunks. You can access Gross Beat from one of the six tabs on the Function Panel, which is the center section of Deckadance 2, comprising the mixer, effects, sample, Peakscope (vertically scrolling waveforms), VST plug-ins, and Gross Beat. Each deck gets 8 Gross Beat slots for different effects, and there are well over 100 Gross Beat presets of different effect styles. You can simply click on the slots or assign them to controller pads/buttons to trigger the effects in real-time. You can even trigger Gross Beat effects from a paused deck, and they will play back in sync with the master track. This is a really quick and fun way to add plenty of rhythmic flavor to your music, and of course you can create, edit, and save your own Gross Beat settings from the editor window, which uses pretty much the same x-y axis editor that the Smart Knobs settings use. You can click and drag the Gross Beat curve along the x and y axes, add Control Points, and even flip the curve vertically to see what wildness ensues. If the Gross Beat grid doesn’t make sense right away, you can just observe the grid while the effect plays back, and you’ll soon understand visually how it works. Gross Beat settings can play back in one-shot, re-trigger, or loop modes. SAMPLER: Another section of the Function Panel, the Deckadance 2 16-pad sampler almost speaks for itself with its standard 4×4 grid that you can launch in one-shot, trigger, re-trigger or loop modes. You can load up the sampler by dragging and dropping audio from the desktop, right-clicking and loading them from a menu, or recording them from one of the decks. You select the deck and the length of a sample, and then record a sample from an active deck, or drag it from a paused deck, and the sample will start from the current playback position. Deckadance reads the tempo of a sample and can then sync it to the master tempo. You can assign pads to MIDI controls and save sample sets as an .xml file to be reloaded later. The sampler is a great addition, but still a bit basic compared to some other DJ software samplers. The level control and headphone cue button apply to the whole sampler, rather than each individual pad. If you load a sample from your hard drive, it doesn’t keep the file name; you have to rename it to know what it is. Also, the sampler routes straight to the master output; you can’t run it through any effects EFFECTOR VST PLUG-IN: Effector VST plug-in, to be included with Deckadance 2 Effector includes 12 effects — many basics, as well as a ring modulator and vocal resonance effect — that can be used one at a time. To get more effects out of Effector on a single deck, you can load more than one instance of the plug-in from the VST Host section of the Function Panel. A Kaoss-style x-y pad dominates Effector’s interface, and the effects’ tweakability hedges on X and Y parameters, as well as the modulation of the X and Y position. In Deckadance 2, you can link Effector or any other VST effect to a controller by first assigning a VST control to one of the VST Host controls, and then MIDI-mapping that control to your hardware. - System Requirements: PC: Windows 7, Vista, XP (SP2); Intel PIII 1 GHz or Althon XP 1.4 GHz; 512Mb RAM; DirectSound or ASIO compatible soundcard. Mac: OSX v10.4 (Universal Binary) or later; G4 1.5 GHz or Intel Core Duo family; 512Mb RAM; CoreAudio drivers. Source: djtechtools.com

not in the pic above. but this 1 he does.

thanks.

you can go to uni and do a sound production course. also, Youtube has tons of tuts to help you out. And our production section has lots of great tips

Algoriddim djay 2: (Munich, Germany) – July 25, 2013 – Today, the creators of the world’s best-selling iOS DJ software, Algoriddim, release djay 2, the next generation of their highly acclaimed djay app for iPhone and iPad. Retaining the simplicity of the traditional DJ turntable look-and-feel, djay 2 adds a stunning new waveform layer, which allows users to touch and interact with their music at an unprecedented level of detail and clarity. HD Waveforms provide users with precise visual cues that highlight similar sounds with similar colors, leveraging the full resolution of the Retina display on iPad and iPhone. The all-new built-in sampler adds another dimension of creativity that allows users to trigger sounds and create drumbeats on top of their music. In addition to djay’s extensive pre-bundled content ranging from “Sound FX” to “Dubstep”, users can sample their music from iTunes on the fly to create and save their own sample banks that can be quickly loaded during a performance. The all-new music browser makes finding and queuing songs in the iTunes library easier than ever before. With intuitive swipe gestures, users can now quickly build playlists based on song requests and upcoming tracks on the spot. It also includes a history playlist that automatically tracks played songs. This allows users to see what has already been played during their session, making it easy to recreate a great mix. At the heart of djay 2’s features is a cutting edge new analysis technology that associates musical patterns and sounds with color. This allows users to visually identify the chorus, verse and similar sounding parts within a song. Moreover, it accurately detects BPM, beat grids, loudness, frequency, and other information about the audio, which lays the foundation for Perfect Sync™ – a function that allows users to seamlessly blend songs together with the tap of a button and ensures they always stay beat-synchronized for a perfect transition or mash-up. Additionally, djay 2’s turntable interface now offers virtual grooves, which are individually mapped and rendered for every song on djay’s virtual records. The unique peaks and valleys are visible just like on traditional vinyl, which allows users to quickly identify breaks within a song. NEW FEATURES: • All-new user interface: · Turntable view: Hyper-realistic “two turntables and a mixer” DJ setup for intuitive mixing and scratching · HD Waveforms view: New layer featuring scrolling parallel waveforms with advanced performance capabilities · Single deck view in portrait orientation: Single deck view allows focus on an individual deck and provides larger controls · Sampler view: Allows the user to add sounds to their live performance, comes with high-quality pre-bundled content • All-new music library: · Queue: Perfect for upcoming songs and requests · History: Offers a catalog of previously played songs with auto-saved playlists · Light/dark mode: Adjust to a bright day-light setting or a dark-club lighting · Expandable full-screen view: Dynamically switch from popover to full-screen view · Advanced sorting: Easily browse music by BPM, Title, Artist, Time · Instant preview: Quickly preview a track in the library before loading it to the deck · Analyze library: Pre-analyze entire iTunes music library (BPM, Beat Grids, Gain, Color, etc) • Built-in Sampler: · Pre-bundled content: Comes with built-in sample packs (Essentials, Sound FX, and Dubstep Pack) · Color-coded drum pads: Assign a color to each pad for easy identification of samples · Live sampling: Create custom samples recorded live from the two decks · Custom sample banks: Reassign samples to buttons and save as custom presets • HD Waveforms: · Parallel Scrolling Waveforms View: Touch and interact with two tracks side-by-side · Beat Grids: Visualizes the beats and bars of a song · Spectral Timeline: In overview mode this shows the structure of the song (e.g. verse, chorus). In detail mode it allows the user to distinguish bass drums, snare drums, hi-hats, etc. by color · Slice Mode: Slices waveform into four-beat bars and allows the user to trigger each beat individually for stunning live remixing • Enhanced Performance Modes: · Slip Mode: Scratch without interrupting the flow as the music snaps back in time seamlessly · Loop-FX: Beat-matched looping with simultaneous XY-style filtering • Enhanced Audio Analysis: · Full color waveforms: Identifies similar musical patterns within a song and associates them with color · Beat grids: Editable and shared via iCloud across Mac, iPad, and iPhone · Real Vinyl: Virtual grooves are individually mapped and rendered for every track on djay’s virtual records. It allows to quickly identify breaks within a song, as if the vinyl was fresh off the press · Perfect Sync: Keeps songs perfectly in sync by time-stretching their beat-grids in real-time • Enhanced Support for DJ Hardware Controllers and Multi-Channel Audio Interfaces: · Improved MIDI integration: officially supported hardware controllers with new pro-level features: Vestax Spin 2, Numark iDJ Pro, Numark Mixdeck Quad, Numark iDJ Live, Numark iDJ Live II, iDJ 2 Go, Pioneer DDJ-WeGo, and Pioneer DDJ-Ergo · All-new portrait interface: Optimized for Numark iDJ Pro djay 2 is now available on the App Store for a one-week special introductory price of $0.99 on iPhone and $4.99 on iPad. djay 2 for iPhone supports iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch 4th and 5th generation running iOS 6 or later. djay 2 for iPad supports iPad mini, iPad 2, iPad 3 and the new iPad 4 running iOS 6 or later. Source: djworx.com

nope. i can have mine working with traktor ..even though i wont

im always down to help out

rack gear!

slow loading this morning. & SQL last night.

welcome mate

you should try and find a recycling drop of point near you. PlanetArk usually has something. landfill

flights from hobart to melb are always cheapo as

So we know what he brought ofcause

i understand that there is a need for charge at the door, to pay artists etc. etc. but they charge waaaay to much. at least down here they do. most clubs are roughly $30 at the door.

that is a very nice setup m8 welcome

golly

welcome m8 you have any gear yet to start on your digital dj'ing jurney or starting out with a clean slate?

eh, i don't really agree. The X1 is a pretty straight forward controller. basics really. The sales of that seem fine. Even though there are tons of cheaper midi's out there that can be mapped to do that exact same thing. The remix decks have a fair bit of stuff going on in them. (if your are looking at all the things it can do (besides just play/stop the 4 banks)) The F1 has a fair bit going on in it, took me some time to get my head around.

also, what makes you think that?

never crossed my mind to map the remix decks. but that's prob cause i have an Kontrol F1..

hi mate, welcome

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this legal shit can get really problematic. companies for a long time have copyrighted sounds, smells & colours. might seem stupid to us, but its something you will prob face in the future being creative and 'putting it out there' with no consent from the 'owners' [edit] epically is it makes money