Hi Steward, Dj is the only accessible mixing DJ software and though it's not yet the pro app, it holds its own pretty well via keyboard as well as via midi controllers.
For accessibility first, there are a few things which need labelling and the playlist table is not expressed correctly as in all playlists are voiced as unknown. However this problem is not too bad as if you know what your playlists on itunes are, you can type the first letters and you will be in that playlist. I have played with the keyboard quite a bit and its a matter of reading the manual and knowing what each key does. To put it simply, left side of the keyboard is all pertaining to turntable 1 and the right to turntable 2. All eq, control and sampler functions are there. Scratching though which is done on the trackpad and requires some visual to place the mouse on the vinyl, is much better implemented on a controller. Now for the controllers, there are a variety of them which are compatible with DJ, vestac, numark, cdj etc. I personally use it with the vestac vci 300 mkII but if you don't really use the software and have a lower budget, you could opt for the vestac spin which is promoted alongside DJ. Once you have the controller, you have full access to scratch features and that is a real pleasure to play, mix, add effects and such. I have been playing extensively with this combo since last month and i might make a podcast to demonstrate the features and the laptop hardware combo and what it can do. Hope this helps, Yuma DX® -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
