DJ-1800, professional DJ software for the Mac, has been updated with significant new features and enhancements.
DJ-1800 is a professional DJ system for the Mac – no need for a mixer, CD players, or heavy record boxes, just plug in your Apple Mac and some speakers. v3.0 adds pitch lock and automatic BPM calculation. In addition, v3.0 enables users to plug in an iPod and go – immediately making music on any iPod available to mix and play at a gig.
“This is a significant leap forward for DJ-1800,” said Dave Addey, CEO of DJ-1800. “These new features deliver a superb experience, building on the rock-solid foundation which has established DJ-1800 as the tool of choice for professional DJs.”
Other new features:
- Support for new controllers, including the PCDJ DAC-3
- New Setup Assistant
- Universal Binary for native Intel support
Pricing and Availability:
The full version of v3.0 retails at $80. Users who have previously bought DJ-1800 can upgrade to version 3 of the software for $20. A demo version is available for download at the site.
I tried this out on Tiger and found the playback quality to be bad, even with the pitch adjustment slider at 0.
Is there a way to view the waveforms of the files, and adjust the start point on the waveform? There’s a track in my library that is starting too late, making cueing difficult.
Searching for songs could be a lot faster, it seems, although maybe CPU usage on my intel iMac was very high during playback – I didn’t look. I was using my local iTunes library as the source of songs.
Hi there two_ears_good,
Dave here (from dj1800.com)… did you try turning off Pitch Lock altogether, and if so, did that speed things up / improve the playback quality? Not all Macs are up to the job of Pitch Lock.
We don't have a waveform feature yet, but you can cue using the shuttle wheel on each CD Player. Also, check if you have a Start Time set in iTunes, as DJ-1800 uses these if they exist.
Hope this helps!
Dave.