Truly leveraging the capabilities of the iPad Pro, the app introduces a new video mode. You also get a song recommendation engine powered by The Echo Nest which suggests tracks that go well with what the DJ is currently playing based on danceability, BPM, key, music style, and how well the song mixes with the currently playing track.
Smart libraryĭjay Pro lets you mix music from a variety of sources, including iTunes, Spotify, local music and video tracks, as well as files stored in iCloud Drive or Dropbox, combining them into a single, easily searchable library.
And in Split View mode, djay Pro can run side by side with other apps on your system.Īs mentioned, djay Pro’s interface sports flexible layers of functionality, including horizontal and vertical colored waveforms, live sampler and drum pads, FX racks and more.īut more importantly, the app now includes a four-deck view mode that lets you play, mix, slice and synchronize up to four tracks simultaneously-in real-time, of course. What’s especially interesting is that djay Pro in Slide Over can be used as a background audio player for your Spotify tracks. This enhances your workflow as you can take notes about a track list or write down song requests on the fly. With Slide Over, you can bring up djay Pro in a side panel while you surf the web, read your email and interact with your favorite apps. With iOS 9’s new multitasking modes, djay Pro really feels like a desktop-class app on the iPad Pro. Thanks to the iPad Pro’s screen real estate, djay Pro lets you hide and show panels so you can personalize the user interface to your liking. In taking the best of both worlds, desktop and iPad, and with extensive support for keyboard shortcuts, djay Pro speeds up music creation.Īnd by combining touch and keyboard entry, you can apply complex effects and mix your music faster than before.
Taking full advantage of the iPad Pro’s optional Smart Keyboard accessory and iOS 9’s rich support for shortcuts via external keyboards, djay Pro includes more than 70 productivity-focused shortcuts for cue points, looping, library navigation, search and other commonly used features. djay Pro gives performing DJs and visual artists endless flexibility to take their sets to new heights.”Ĭheck out the promotional video included below and then read about all the great features that make djay Pro the best iOS release yet.
”Every element, from the A9X chip plus the graphics processor to the Smart Keyboard, has enabled us to introduce unprecedented pro level features that combine the best of touch with tactile control. “iPad Pro sets a whole new standard for music and video creativity on a mobile device,” said Karim Morsy, CEO of Algoriddim.
More importantly, the software takes full advantage of the iPad Pro’s A9X chip to deliver pristine sound quality, desktop-class performance and features like high-definition waveforms, four decks, and video mixing with 4K support-all in real-time and without ever skipping a beat. Joining Algoriddim’s existing djay Pro for Mac, djay 2 for iPhone and djay 2 for iPad apps, djay Pro for iPad replicates the productivity of its Mac counterpart with extensive support for more than 70 keyboard shortcuts and iOS 9’s Split View and Slide Over multitasking modes.
This software update also offers an optimized user interface for iOS devices that should adapt automatically when you connect to DJ hardware.The iPad Pro has just received what could be described as a killer app in the form of German developer Algoriddim’s djay Pro, a brand new iPad-exclusive apps for both pro and aspiring DJs which launched this morning in the App Store. And you can potentially map things like performance pads and knobs using its MIDI learn tool, but supported hardware devices for djay Pro AI should work out-of-the-box. These devices should be able to send a control tone through any class compliant USB mixer or controller connected to analog turntables and using the Neural Mix control disks. While DVS support is new for djay Pro AI on Mac, the addition of iPhones and iPads with this capability is truly unique. This way you can drop the needle on track one for the original version, track two for an instrumental and three for an acapella, all extracted on the fly from any song you want to play.
Not only will DVS support include iOS devices in addition to Mac, but the control vinyl will offer a special B-Side with three ‘tracks’ that leverage Neural Mix’s ability to isolate stems from any song. Today Algoriddim’s djay Pro AI joins that camp with a few unique twists.
Many DJs who've gone digital still like the feel of vinyl for their sets, opting for apps and hardware that support a digital vinyl system (DVS).