MacLife - USA (2020-09)

dJay Pro is incredibly powerful, but it’s suitable for

absolute beginners too. We love its AutoMix AI DJ.

DJAY PRO IS an extraordinarily

useful app for DJs at every

level, from high school prom

to superstar. It enables you to

connect hardware controllers for onstage

mixing and scratching, it works with 4K

video as well as music, and it uses

artiĽcial intelligence to take a lot of the

guesswork out of mixing. For example, if

you wish, it can automatically detect the

beats and tempo of a track and sync it

Infinite music to your DJ box

Use Tidal, Spotify and SoundCloud tracks in djay Pro

with another so they play in perfect time,

or you can use its Automix feature to do

the DJing for you if you’d rather be

socializing than spinning up records. It’s

also packed with power features that can

completely transform tracks in real time.

The latest version of djay Pro is the

most impressive yet, not least because

it eļectively gives you access to all the

music ever recorded. The existing Apple

Music and Spotify integration has been

supplemented with support for Tidal and

SoundCloud, and that’s available on the

Mac app and on iOS too. You’ll need the

appropriate subscription to take full

advantage so, for example, to access Tidal

Hi-Fi you’ll need to be a subscriber to it.

In this tutorial, we’ll use our Spotify

account to show you how things work,

but the process is identical for Tidal and

SoundCloud: djay Pro’s clever match

feature, which auto–suggests tracks based

on what you’ve already played, works

across the streaming services as well as

your local library. CARRIE MARSHALL

REQUIRES

djay Pro and a Spotify,

Tidal, or SoundCloud

subscription

YOU WILL LEARN

How to use streamed

audio in your mixes

IT WILL TAKE

20 minutes

GENIUS TIP

If you’d rather mix on a

touchscreen, which is tons

of fun, there’s a version

of djay Pro for your

iPad — it’s free, with

in–app purchases.

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