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  • #16715
    Stavros Spartalis
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    None? Did I say something wrong? Anyways, ive been practising a little trying different programs and so far im between three: virtual dj (which as i said i found a bit glitchy, might be my system tho), pcdj dex 2 ( is it true they ve been bought by virtual dj? is that bad?), xylio future decks dj pro (suspiciously similar to dex2, runs ok but funny enough puts a tiny little bit more strain to the system than dex2, might just be me tho)

    During practise i also realised i would have an advantage if id purchased a controller with four deck support. didnt think about it before. but with four decks i could have:
    1) the karaoke track of the current singer running
    2) the normal mp3 to put between singers
    3) the karaoke track for the next singer
    4) the karaoke track for the one after that, cuz sometimes you announce people and they re in the loo, or they chicken out and so on.

    Would be nice to have em all cued up ready to go. ts just a convenience but something to consider next time

    And wat about this itunes? any good to an non mac user? or should i carry on with media monkey/winamp that i currently use for that? by the way a good program for creating id3 tags is tagscanner. very overlooked but worth a try.

    #16747
    VinnyBlanc
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    A + B automatically rules out any Serato software as only Serato Intro supports the Mixtrack Pro and that does not support video.

    #16748
    Stavros Spartalis
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    Yes i know :-(. looked into Serato and Traktor but no video. Im leaning towards xylio future decks dj pro at the moment, also because of the slightly cheaper price. When i was buying the controller i was hoping to use virtual dj. shame my machine doesnt like it too much. do you reckon a format or a minor upgrade (max out the Ram) might help? My “older” laptop is an Aspire 5102, Turion 64×2 1,6ghz 2gb ram.

    #16757
    Todd Oddity
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    What version of Virtual were you using? If you want to do video, karaoke, regular dj’ing and have access to pretty much any controller to boot, your best bet is probably going to be Virtual. It has all of these in one package. As for your computer, it sounds like you are way underspec’ed for doing anything with video which could be a big part of finding it glitchy (I’ve been using Virtual for about 2 years now without so much as a hiccup). More ram will probably help. A dedicated video card is also needed to properly handle video mixing.

    FYI, Virtual is not buying PCDJ. They bought out the company that makes DJ Decks and that company used to make the coding for PCDJ.

    #16772
    Stavros Spartalis
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    Yeh ur probably right on that. ill format the newer laptop. its an aspire 5538g, 4gb, athlon 64 l310 and give virtual dj another chance. i know its not brand new spec but it should handle it. if it works right ill build me a desktop for my allround pc. i dont need to be much portable apart from the music these days anyway….god i havent had a desktop for years lol. Shame most laptops dont have a dedicated graphics card. most just got a chip tha shares the ram. by the way ive tried vj le that came with mixtrack and the “cracked pro version”. dont worry i always pay for things if they are to be used for a commersial use, even if it’s only for part time/hobby. my next karaoke is at the end of the month. if ive mastered it my regulars are in for a treat….hopefully!!

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