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'djay' Application for iPad Released
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playing around with sounds. I would say it's more akin to music creation than actual DJing.
Just an opinion from someone that does it every week. I'm not judging her. It's cool what she did, but DJing is more than a setlist.
This would really not work with my music library.
Haha yeah I don't think megadeth, slayer, the offspring or scorpions are meant to be mixed together
As Mitch Hedberg once said "I remixed a remix, it was back to normal"
Wouldn't putting it in "Airplane" mode solve this? I don't own an iPad so if I am incorrect forgive my ignorance. ....or turning off notifications during play should also correct this??
Correct. You can disable notifications (just in case you have programs throwing local notifications that wouldn't be affected by airplane mode).
What would also be great is if the iPhone/iPad music library imported the BPM field in iTunes so most of your BPM's would already be intact, that's assuming that is all thats done during track analysis.
Now, I am probably getting ahead of myself but iPad 2 would be great if it had balanced 1/4 out but a simple USB 2 would allow for many soundcards to allow I/O for both incoming, outgoing, and monitoring.
I've seen others DJ with two iPads - I'll see if I can find the link because I can't remember the software used.
Now, I am probably getting ahead of myself but iPad 2 would be great if it had balanced 1/4 out but a simple USB 2 would allow for many soundcards to allow I/O for both incoming, outgoing, and monitoring.
I've seen others DJ with two iPads - I'll see if I can find the link because I can't remember the software used.
Who cares, seriously? Maybe 2d page, iPad forum but front page...? Not to offend the few who will really make use of it...
This looks like a fun little app and I certainly wouldn't mind giving it a try. As someone who has been a DJ for more than 20 years, however, there are a few too many compromises for me to take it seriously, even for something like a house party. I like my mixes to be spot-on every time which means I need complete control. The interface for this isn't quite there, although it is very close.
What do MP3s have to do with anything?
All this arguing about MP3s and not one person made the obvious correction, that iTunes neither rips MP3s or sells them. Everything is done in AAC, which are much better than MP3s.
Not that it really matters, since of course all of Apple's products can play lossless.
All this arguing about MP3s and not one person made the obvious correction, that iTunes neither rips MP3s or sells them. Everything is done in AAC, which are much better than MP3s.
Not that it really matters, since of course all of Apple's products can play lossless.
I'm not saying that. I'm saying that anyone can go to a piano and tap tap out a melody. That's music creation. That's kinda like what the lady in the video was doing. Playing prerecorded pre beat matched samples with fades in and out. Anyone can do that. That's not DJing. Now take 2 live recorded motown tracks and attempt to mix those with beat matching software. It doesn't work. A drummer isn't a metronome and is prone to timing variations. It's the nature of DJing. Understanding your music. ALL OF YOUR MUSIC. Not just a couple of Black Eyed Peas house track with a 8 bar "hook" lead in.
You can turn off notifications, yes, badges, boxes and sounds. That would solve it.
I believe djay for iPad does support Airplay, which also solves the cueing issue. Splitting to mono for cueing is a problem if you want real stereo, not mixed-down to one channel, output of your mix, unless you cue with split headphones and output the mix via Airplay. Although that has it's own issue. What if the network drops?
Besides which the setup is less than ideal: the mix goes out in stereo to an Airplay receiver patched up to speakers, amp, whatever. Presumably, you cue via headphones and splitter, hearing the cued track in one ear and the full mix in the other and you can hear it from the speakers. Hmm. I'd rather hear the cued track in stereo via headphones while the mix pumps out to the speakers in stereo as well. However, I suspect this is not technically possible, thus the requirement for the splitter. djay can control on the iPad what goes out what channel via the headphone jack, and perhaps even control what goes out what channel over Airplay, but it can't due to limitations of the API do four channels, that is put out two discrete channels to Airplay and two DIFFERENT discrete channels to the headphone jack.
Someone said something about too many tradeoffs, and I agree. I'd still like to play w/ it. I don't think 20 bucks is a lot to charge, but I don't want to spend 20 bucks just to play w/ it and find it awkward. Someone else said, and I also agree, this needs a "lite" version so each individual can determine if they can live with the tradeoffs and somewhat awkward audio routing.
This is what I meant about the term DJing becoming so Balkanized as to be difficult to define. The type of DJing you refer to is a type of artistry, not music creation artistry per se, but still just as much artistry. Playing complementary tracks out of a large collection, like a wedding DJ, that's more of a skilled profession than an art. But in common language we use the same term, "DJ."
That said, don't you think djay is more of a DJing toy than it a tool for DJing artistry? It's cute and fun, but it's automation is too great and its limitations too strict to meet the standards of DJing artistry. You can probably impress your friends and neighbors with it, but you can impress you friends and neighbors just by fading, manually or automatically, between tracks that sort of go together and have like BPMs at the end of one and beginning of the next.
Well I currently have a couple of Pioneer CDJ's and a large collection of music CD's with all sorts on them.. I Just don't see the use in this except for maybe small parties or gatherings, or just to show of to your friends.
I suppose despite this, that I will probably still buy the app, just to keep me DJing whilst on the move.. or maybe in the car
However, how would you split the audio so i can listen to my mixing in headphones whilst the app is playing the current track to another output?
I suppose despite this, that I will probably still buy the app, just to keep me DJing whilst on the move.. or maybe in the car
However, how would you split the audio so i can listen to my mixing in headphones whilst the app is playing the current track to another output?
LOL at people arguing about what a "real DJ" is. The Mac vs. Windows debate of the music world.
I'm old enough to remember when "real DJs" didn't use CDs.
I'm old enough to remember when "real DJs" didn't use CDs.
I also think it's about hardware limitations though. Seriously I much prefer to use my £1,200 Pioneer CDJ's.
You use a stereo-mono splitter - not perfect but does the job perfectly well for a party situation. Full details are in my review at http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2010/12/djay-for-ipad-review/