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Get to know

Hone your mixing and beat-matching skills using

Djay 2’s impressive array of helpful tools and effects

Spotify integration

Link up to Spotify to access

millions of tracks. The helpful

Match tab suggests suitable

matches for the current song.

Recording of mixes is restricted

to locally stored music, however.

HD waveforms

The waveforms view highlights

similar sounds with similar

colours, as well as showing the

beat markers for precise

matching. The beat grid can

also be edited if required.

Sample pads

Switch to the sample player

view and then tap the pads (12

in landscape view) to play

various samples. Three preset

packs are available, but you

can’t create custom ones.

Tempo syncing

Hit the Sync button to autosync the

tempo to the other track, or use the

slider for manual adjustment. Tap the

note below it to lock the song’s key

DJ tools
Tap the settings icon to open this
panel, then switch between the
sections for EQ, audio effects, loops
(including bounce) and cue points

Check out the scores for other devices to

see how they compare

PCMark for

Android

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