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djay for Mac Gets A Major Update

Posted November 17, 2011 at 4:50pm by iClarified · 6352 views
djay, a popular app that turns your Mac into a full DJ system, has received a major update which brings Waveforms, Audio FX, Harmonic Match, and more.

djay transforms your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system, allowing you to mix your iTunes music library on a hyper-realistic turntable interface. Perform live, record mixes on-the-go, or enable Automix mode and let djay mix your favorite playlist automatically. With unprecedented ease-of-use and innovative features like Harmonic Match™, djay takes DJing to the next level and offers a unique experience for beginners and professionals alike.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS:
✔ Seamless iTunes integration
✔ Easy-to-use drag and drop interface
✔ Automix mode
✔ Harmonic Match™ (Key detection and matching)
✔ BPM Sync: automatic beat and tempo matching
✔ Mix Recording
✔ Sampler (with built-in sound pack)
✔ Pre-cueing with headphones
✔ Live Microphone
✔ Audio FX: Flanger, Phaser, Echo, Gate, Bit Crusher, Filter (High Pass, Low Pass)
✔ Beat-matched Looping
✔ Multiple Cue Points
✔ Key Lock / Pitch Shifting
✔ Auto-Gain (automatic volume normalization)
✔ Visual wavefroms
✔ High-quality scratching
✔ Mixer, tempo, and EQ controls
✔ Song history (with export to iTunes + PDF)
✔ iCloud integration
✔ Multi-Touch trackpad control
✔ MIDI learn
✔ Support for external audio interfaces and controllers (USB, Firewire, MIDI)
✔ Support for all major audio formats including MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF (restricted support for DRM protected songs)
✔ Fully optimized for OS X Lion

What's New In This Version:
For the past two years we've listened to all of your feedback and we've been hard at work making the best djay ever. Today, we're proud to announce that djay 4 is now available! This is, without a doubt, the biggest update and best djay ever, including incredible features like Harmonic Match™ which lets you create perfectly matched mixes with a simple click. djay 4 also includes an awesome new audio engine with precision scratching, visual waveforms, iCloud integration, Audio FX, MIDI learn, and much, much more. These are the highlights:

- Redesigned single window UI
- Visual Waveforms
- Harmonic Match™: key detection and matching
- New Audio FX: Gate, Flanger, Phaser, Reverb, Echo, Filter (Low Pass + High Pass)
- Instant FX: Absorb, Drift, Sway, Crush, Punch, Twist
- Multi-touch FX Pad
- New integrated sampler (with an awesome built-in sample pack)
- New loop modes: Bounce looping
- iCloud integration
- Built-in organizer of recordings with instant preview
- New music library with dark/light mode
- New audio engine: high-quality key lock, low-latency scratching
- New stunning OpenGL graphics engine
- New Auto-Gain/Audio Normalize based on the Loudness Recommendation EBU R128 standard
- Enhanced MIDI support and MIDI learn including jog wheel mapping
- Enhanced Audio Hardware support and configuration options: Split Output Mode, option to disable mic input
- Enhanced Multi-touch control
- Enhanced preferences, e.g. option to adjust start and stop brake of turntable individually
- Improved fullscreen mode
- Improved iTunes library integration: support for playlist folders, improved sorting, integrated history, integrated key info

You can purchase djay from the App Store for a limited time price of $20.99.

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