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Review & Video: Virtual DJ 8 Software. It’s here, it’s real, and it’s definitely feature- packed. After years of waiting, Virtual DJ 8 brings the popular DJ app into 2. Virtual DJ 8 Review. The long wait is over for Virtual DJ users: Virtual DJ 8 is here. Rewritten from the ground up, with a new 3. Virtual DJ 8 isn’t just an incremental upgrade to the popular app: it’s a futurist’s take on what all- in, feature- packed DJ/VJ software should be like.
Atomix – Virtual DJ’s developer – has always quietly incorporated high- tech stuff that others added later and then shouted louder about. Video has been with Virtual DJ for many years, for instance, and their VDJScripting editor for deep configuration of the VDJ engine continues to give immense flexibility and compatibility for users who want more than the usual digital DJ experience. Let’s not forget that Virtual DJ had key detection built- in before anyone else did, and its support of the widest possible range of hardware has always endeared it to working DJs, too.
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So when Atomix began to tout a full rewrite of the software a couple of years back, of course excitement was high about how it would look and perform. I am sure the company itself would admit it’s been too long in the making and that expectations may have soared unreasonably high, but that’s all in the past now: It’s here, it exists, and it’s being used right now by real DJs worldwide. So let’s take a look at it! The graphical user interface has, until now, been a point of contention for some DJs: It was cramped, didn’t scale properly and was starting to look frankly a bit dated. And while fans argued that the look could easily be remedied by downloading user- created skins, should you really have to, detractors asked? Virtual DJ 8 is the first DJ software to include compatibility with high resolution displays like Apple’s Retina, bringing a much needed overhaul to its graphical user interface which nonetheless will be instantly familiar to previous users of the software. Well, I’ve some good news.
The first thing that struck me when I fired up Virtual DJ 8 was how crisp the interface looked: I believe this is the first DJ app to support for Retina/high DPI displays (I’m on a Macbook Pro with Retina display), and there is an incredibly huge difference in how clear everything looks compared to when I use the latest versions of Traktor and Serato DJ on my computer. Once you’ve seen just how sharp everything looks, you’ll wonder why NI and Serato still haven’t implemented this in their software.
It just looks so good and everything’s so much easier to read! Virtual DJ 8 on a Retina display looks absolutely crisp, however it still tends to look cramped if you’ve got a lot of zones open in your Browser. With that said, if you thought the screen was cramped before, you might find it even more cramped still now: Your effects and hot cues now reside on either edge of the screen, and while this makes the area around the decks a lot cleaner, the overall interface just looks a bit busy, not to mention the extra windows at the bottom half of the screen where your songs are listed.
There are some tabs and drop- down menus to navigate, so you’re definitely going to want to use a trackpad to go through them unless you’ve got a robust controller. You’ll need to use your trackpad anyway if you want to explore all the extra editor features that Virtual DJ 8 has (more on that later in this article). Setting up. Controller & licence pricing. Virtual DJ is known for having one of the largest, if not the largest, list of officially compatible controllers that work straight out of the box (2.
I counted!); no more additional mapping necessary. In contrast to software like Serato DJ whose compatibility is exclusive to a select few controllers, Virtual DJ breaks all walls, letting you use it practically with any controller you want – even one you build yourself, provided you’ve purchased the proper software licence. Virtual DJ 8 comes with three different licensing options: First, if you plan on using Virtual DJ 8 without any other kit such as a DJ controller or mixer, it’s free under the Home User licence. Second, if you’re going to use it for non- commercial, non- professional purposes (ie you don’t make any money off of DJing) but you want to use a controller, there’s the Advanced Home User licence, whose price varies from US$4. US$1. 99 depending on your controller model (you can check out how much a licence for your controller costs on the Virtual DJ homepage).
Lastly, if you’re going to be using Virtual DJ for shows, mobile gigs and other money- generating activities, there’s the Professional User licence. This licence gets you access to all controllers, podcast storage and the ability to use custom mapped Midi control definitions. You can opt for a one time payment of US$2. US$1. 9, ie a subscription model too.
I found this a bit puzzling but it works for Saa. S companies, so maybe they just decided to give it a go. I strongly suspect most DJs will want to buy, not subscribe to, their DJ software.)Connecting your controller. Once you’ve picked the licence you want, it’s just a matter of downloading the appropriate mapping file from the Virtual DJ website, installing the mapping, setting it up in the preferences, and you’re good to go. Here I’m using a Pioneer DDJ- SR, and to say that it works as it should is an understatement: It works 9. I calculated that. Honest.)Once you’ve purchased the licence appropriate to your needs, it’s all a matter of downloading the mapping for your controller over at the Virtual DJ site, enabling it in the preferences, and you’re all set.
I’ve been using Serato DJ a lot recently, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that almost all the controls I’ve come to enjoy on my DDJ- SR didn’t get lost in translation in Virtual DJ 8. Hot Cues and Rolls were effective on the performance pads, the Sampler button engaged Virtual DJ 8’s Sample player as it should, and even Slicer worked exactly like it does in Serato DJ! Everything just looks so darn sharp on a Retina display. I know I sound like I’m gushing, but it’s the truth: Once you’ve gotten accustomed to DJing on a display like that, it’s hard to go back to Traktor and Serato’s land of jagged fonts. What didn’t seem to work was the DDJ- SR’s Pad Plus mode which, when enabled, gives you even more performance pad combination options like Hot Cue Roll and Sampler Roll. The fourth knob in the FX section on my controller also wasn’t properly mapped to the software. I couldn’t control decks three and four on the DDJ- SR, so this must be a mapping oversight as well. Adobe Shockwave Player 11 Standalone Installer Revit.
Perhaps a future version of this mapping will include these and I could actually just map them myself, in fact, but as I’ve said these are very, very minor concerns. In Use. Mixer window. As with most DJ software, your turntables/CDJs are represented on either side by virtual decks: The blue deck represents your left channel on your controller, and the red deck represents your right. In the middle you have your basic EQ sections with low, middle and high knobs, as well as filter and gain knobs. The volume faders for both channels are here in the middle with their accompanying meters and headphone cue buttons (for previewing songs in your phones), and below is the crossfader. To load songs, all you have to do is drag your selected track onto any of the two decks (four if you’re DJing in four deck mode).
There are Cue, Cue Play, Play/Pause, and Sync buttons for a variety of playback. Video window. Virtual DJ has been a popular platform for mobile and karaoke DJs because of its built- in video mixing capabilities, which let you stream visuals onto a projector or large screen while you mix. The software simplifies this by giving you the option to tie in the audio crossfader to the video crossfader, making your moves parallel for both music and visuals.