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Honestly, all I care about is that my audience is enjoying themselves.

Howdy, welcome!

It is certainly well worth checking out… and maybe it will be more stable in your setup.

It occurs to me that it theoretically could be used to guide dropping cues into tracks too… heh

Been diggin’ the heck out of 4, man… listenin’ to it now.

Of course, each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses.

I personally prefer Ableton, but that is not from having a lot of experience with the others – I have been composing for a long time, but prior to this stint, I was using hardware workstations and synths, so I didn’t use a lot of software DAWs.

I like Ableton’s workflow because it allows me to do some really cool automation tricks, but one thing that I do find mildly frustrating about the automation is that there is no type-in for values… you have to manually drag the envelopes around (though you can have precision when doing said dragging around).

What I would suggest might be a good way to start is, before you settle on a package, start watching videos on YouTube about production using the various packages. This should give you a good idea the workflow for each, and help you to make a semi-informed decision.

For Ableton, I quite enjoy DJ Vesper’s videos, that’s probably a good place to start for it. I can’t give recommendations for the others, though, sorry.

Vint makes a point that builds on previous conversations that have helped me out immensely.

I am a new DJ (with a day job in the game industry, which should give you an idea of my other time commitments), and am focusing on a particular style right now – I have about 200 total tracks right now, and I do manage to find the time to set all my cue points, usually 6 per song for in-and-out drop points and another 8-12 for remix points. I’ve also started to do DJ Edits of the tracks that I really like but that don’t give me as many opportunities for mixing with other tracks.

Keep your setlist short until you start to develop the skill to either create your cue points rapidly, or even to where you don’t need to have pre-set cues.