RFI DJ Mixing software

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I haven't the room (or the money, or an understanding spouse) to get a pair of decks and muck around practising. I see there is software which replicates, mixing, scratching etc on your PC.

Is it any good, what should I download?

― Billy Dods, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

New answers on the wheels of steel.

― Billy Dods, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Autopilot's Hummingbird is an interesting proposition for mixing MP3s etc, up to 12 tracks at once, and lets you create loop points, quantise tracks etc, so you can mix almost anything together.

― michael, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

MJ Studio does a good job for the hands-on live mixing approach. I prefer Mixmeister though for mixing mp3's.

― Omar, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I find they're all shit unless you have good big speakers and really good headphones. Even then I'm told they're kind of awkward and unmanagable.

― Ronan, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not Mixmeister though which is extremely easy to use (www.mixmeister.com btw finding a key for the full version isn't a big problem). But you have to be patient when overlaying tracks, shit even if you aren't patient it comes out allright when you use the beat mixing option.

― Omar, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i use multi-track recording software (vegas). First I lay out the first WAV, and then lay out the second on a new track. I determine my mix-in point on the first track and line it up with the point where I want the second track to come in. I painstakingly magnify and drag the second track around until 'beat one' at the mix-in point of both tracks lines up, then in a sound editor I carefully alter the pitch of the second WAV so that by speeding it up or slowing it down I can match the tempo of the first WAV. After that I go back over to my multi-tracker and line up 'beat one' at mix-in point again. I listen to it -- if it's good I move on, if not I dump it back into the editor and alter the pitch some more. After that's done I move on to the third WAV and match it to the second.

Using the tools of a multitrack studio to manually control crossfades, effects on an entire track, cutting, looping, reversing and otherwise mangling tracks allows you to make some really creative and contiguous mixes.

my last one had gang of four's 'anthrax' feedback intro coming in over the outro of fern kinney's 'together we're beautiful'.

i love it!

rob

― fields of salmon, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

PC DJ Red, Blue and Silver. These are for live realtime mixing, not "offline" mixing.

― Siegbran Hetteson, Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

hey are there any MAC programs similar to mixmeister?

― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Monday, 19 July 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

seven months pass...

I'm tempted to get that Mixmeister Express. The integration with CD burning sounds like just what I'm looking for. I have a copy of CD Architect that I used to run on Win98 - I don't know how well it will work on XP, but I suppose I could try it. It's not true mixing software (no BPM functions) but it does allow you to overlap tracks and adjust volumes, etc. I'm not sure if it's worth shelling out $50 for the Mixmeister though.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 18 March 2005 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

What is the best program to do offline mixes??? I still haven't found anything suitable.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 18 March 2005 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

What do you mean by offline mixes? You mean like making mix CDs - not in a live setting?

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 18 March 2005 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

What is the best program to do offline mixes???

question seconded! i've tried Mixmeister, got good results with beatmatching, but found out that it doesn't handle bass well with some mp3s (at rather decent bitrate)... can anyone recommend another program for mixing mp3s in non-realtime?

― Mind Taker, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:28 (eighteen years ago)

get a second hand copy of ableton live version 5. the stretching in live is about the best you get these days without going into more advanced audio processing methods.

its easy to use, there are a zillion tutorials and videos out there and most importantly live can become a very powerful piece of software, depending on how you use it...

― clocker, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 12:28 (eighteen years ago)

I've made a couple mixes with DJ Twist & Burn that beatmatch pretty well (pitch, too). Problem is, though, it's NOT FOR MP3s.

― christoff, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 17:07 (eighteen years ago)

Ableton.

― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 17:24 (eighteen years ago)

five years pass...

virtual dj (freebie version) is ace.

so easy ..
sorts out my playlists for wine infused sessions @ hq perfectly.
not interested in proper beat matching .. just line up the tracks and let them blend into one another ..
and should the evening be regarded as a good'un then the historical database really helps you recall your previous evenings selections.
oh, and you can record to mp3 should you think your selection is of perma-value.

question is : how does this differ from much loved ableton ..

(heard so much love re albleton .. so kind of interested .. )

― mark e, Thursday, 20 June 2013 19:22 (twelve years ago)

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