Virtual DJ 2023



Click your way into being a DJ



Have you ever dreamed about manipulating audio tracks to create kick-ass mixes and entertain hundreds of people? Imagine the crowd jumping to your beats and reveling in the psychedelic ambiance while you stand high as a god, taking everybody with you on your musical journey. Do you aspire to that? Well then it's time to take up practice. Before putting money aside for a deck and mixer though, you should probably check if you can even handle this kind of musical contraptions. In comes Virtual DJ 8.

Virtual DJ

Sliders, dials and knobs

If you never experimented being a DJ then you might become intimidated by the interface. It's actually not that complicated. By the way, this piece is not catering to those thinking about migrating from Virtual DJ 7 to 8, nor to those that ponder on the benefits versus disadvantages against other DJ software out there. This is intended for people who don't have a clue about what is required to start practicing as a DJ, people like me. Now that I have deconspired myself, I must tell you that it's not really that hard to make heads and tails of the interface and how you are supposed to use it.

It is somewhat like a sound editor, but since you will need to edit in real time, you need quick access to all of the controls. Hence, everything is on the screen at once. The bottom half of the interface concerns the audio files themselves. From there you can select which one you want to use and store them in a playlist of sorts. The top part consists mostly of mirrored controls. There are two virtual vinyl decks with associated controls, while at the very top there is a mixed visual track and a beat detector.

To begin doing anything you need to load songs by dragging them from the bottom to the desired deck. Once loaded you can begin playing them. Clicking on the track will jump directly to that time and dragging over the disc will slowly roll the track forward or backward associated by the well known noise. The vertical slider next to the disc controls the track speed, measured in beats per minute (BPM). You can designate cue points to remember and setup a loop interval among other things. There is also a crossfader that is used to increase volume to one track while decreasing the volume on the other.

This does not do much with only one track. Loading a second one and playing them simultaneously will ramp up the possibilities however. Mixing tracks so that one seems to evolve to another means that you need to find a specific moment for starting a transition as well as synchronize their BPM so that you can maintain the rhythm. Finding compatible tracks and practicing this while trying some more interpolation stunts can be fun and could probably make you want to further explore this avenue.

Virtual DJ

Features

  • Visual control for up to 6 decks
  • Broadcast options (peer to peer, radio server, podcast)
  • Local recording to mp3
  • Remote connection to VIrtual DJ on other devices

Pros

  • Clear interface, and great colours (a great improvement over version 7 and especially over 6)

Cons

  • It somewhat requires you to work with two mouse cursors at the same time.

Conclusion

Virtual DJ is a great tool for learning about mixing music and a t the same time a useful tool for seasoned DJ's.



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Updated At: 2024-02-20
Publisher: Atomix Productions
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