djay3 released – awesome software, just waiting for the iPhone version!
By Ben Robinson on Saturday, October 10th, 2009 at 12:03 PM PST In Announcements, Applications
algoriddim has announced the release of djay 3, a completely revamped version of its awesome music software application for Mac and iTunes. There’s a stack of new features, including an Automatic Tempo & Beat Detection, Auto-Cut Scratching and extensive MIDI Support, and a new UI!
djay 3’s Top New Features Include:
- Automatic Tempo & Beat Detection: Easily matches two songs for a perfect transition;
- Auto-Gain: Automatically adjusts the volume of two songs to the same level;
- Beat-matched Looping and Audio FX: Spices up your mix with new stunning, high-quality effects;
- Auto-Cut Scratching: Lets you scratch like a pro in sync with the song’s beat and rhythm;
- Enhanced Automix: Let’s you queue up your favorite tracks in advance; and
- MIDI Learn: Allows you to plug in your favorite MIDI controller and easily map all features in djay.
djay 3’s Improved and Updated Features Include:
- Multi-Touch Trackpad Scratching: Lets you use a mouse or two-fingered gesture on a notebook trackpad to mix and scratch songs with pristine sound quality;
- Automix: Automatically mixes playlists with seamless DJ-style transitions that require no supervision;
- Seamless iTunes Integration: Automatically pulls songs, cover art and playlists from iTunes when launched; and
- Drag & Drop Mixing: Lets you easily mix tracks from iTunes that are dragged and dropped onto the virtual turntables.
djay 3 is available for a free 15-day trial or for purchase from www.djay-software.com. It is also available for purchase from Apple retail locations for $49.95 or EUR 39.95 (+ VAT).
I guess so far you might be thinking ‘well that’s cool but what does it have to do with my mobile?’ – well, if you own an iPhone it has rather a lot to do with it! The iPhone, as we know, shares many of the same components in software as your regular Mac – even down to the multi-touch user input! So IF there were an iPhone version of this awesome application, then we could expect something quite special.. now if only that were happening soon …
@Ben
It’s not possible because the iPhone SDK does not give a developer access to the music library on a file level. The only workaround would be to let users import their music library a second time, from PC/Mac to iPhone, via WiFi, to the application folder. We have tried develop this idea for iPhone and gave up, it was too cumbersome for the end-user. We decided to take the app idea to Windows Mobile: http://www.makayama.com/djmixer.html