DJay2

Hi

I’m pretty new to DJay2 but I think it can only access your Spotify account or tunes that are stored on your Ipad/ITunes.

If you have a Mac you can download the Djay Pro – so you can use the tunes stored on your Mac and spotify…..but I guess this defeats the object of travelling light! Also DJay Pro does not support Windows, which is abit of a kick in the teeth.

JC

Very familiar with djay 2 on the iPhone and iPad and djay pro on the mac… You can easily switch between your local library and Spotify in the middle of a set. It’s just a matter of selecting library’s when you load a song to a deck and it’s seamless. I had to flip my iPad towards my new iPhone so never used djay pro on the iPad but used it on my MacBook for a year-long residency where I had to play Top 40 songs that I was never gonna buy (thereby Spotify saved my bacon when I inherited the gig after another dj quit). The streaming versus buying debate is as pointless as vinyl versus cdj so I’m not going to debate it. Most importantly, if you are using an iPhone you can’t buy djay Pro and are stuck with djay 2. That’s a problem as you cannot select the high bitrate song option under the Spotify settings within djay 2. It’s an arbitrary and annoying limitation as my iPhone 6s is more powerful than many of the iPads that support djay Pro but good luck getting anyone at algoriddim to do anything about it. Do not subject your audience to the massively compressed low bitrate Spotify songs that djay 2 on the iPhone forces you to use and if you’re on anything else from iPad to MacBook Pro, make sure to adjust that setting before you play out.

Finally, I highly suggest trying DJ Player and your local (on the device) library because DJ Player is awesome even if it doesn’t have Spotify integration. I use the old school 2 decks and a mixer layout and it’s just so sweet. Buy the pro version though because the light version is missing some options that you’ll need.

You should also pick up a Traktor audio 2 so you can mix properly instead of using a y-adapter like it’s 2007.

The streaming versus buying debate is as pointless as vinyl versus cdj so I’m not going to debate it

Not sure if I read this right, do you mean that streaming or buying is a matter of taste/preference?

If that is the case, I think you are mistaken. With very few exceptions streaming services (especially Spotify) simply do not allow you to play tracks (high quality or not, Premium subscription or not) in a performance setting (i.e. anywhere but at home). As such it’s equivalent to playing illegally downloaded music and something we take a stand against.

Pulselocker for example (integrated in Serato) DOES offer the right to play tracks publicly as well as download tracks for off-line use. Also a subscription service, it can be had for 19.99 or so per month (Pro version).

Apart from the legal issues and the potential quality issues, there is the issue of wireless dependency. Do you really want to rely on a wireless connection in order to be able to do your thing?