![]() ![]() Step Five: Next to your spinning decks are two sliders controlling pitch. Obviously, you can set cues for the first track too. All this means is that the track will start playing from that point. You can drag and choose a place in the second track and press ‘Cue’ to send it to one three ‘Hot Cues’. the line down the middle of the top section. Step Four: Use Virtual DJ’s hand tool to move the second track (in red) to the first beat i.e. The BPM will be in the top right hand corner of each deck on the same line as the title of your track – above it’s 125.20 for both. Step Three: In order to sound smooth, both your tracks will have to play at the same BPM so press play on both and then hit ‘Sync’ on your right hand track. * Or hit ‘CONFIG’ at the very top of the screen to get more decks but I would not recommend this for your first go. House, electro and dubstep are all good choices, choose a second track with fewer or no lyrics and we found that Daft Punk tracks all seem to have the same BPM (beats per minute) so there’s no need to speed up or slow down anything. Step Two: Drag two tracks* from your iTunes library from Virtual DJ’s lower left hand side menu onto your digital turntables. Step One: Download Virtual DJ Home Version for free for Mac or PC. Add a pair of big headphones and you’re living the bedroom DJ dream. Eat your heart out Alexa Chung/ Agyness Deyn/ other model turned DJ.Īnd don’t worry, even if you know nothing about the way music works it’s still fun – with this DJ app anyone can stick two tracks and yoink the crossfader between the two. Four of us ended up downloading it and got sucked into ‘mixing’ and ‘scratching’. You’ve been warned.Īpps aren’t just for iPhones and iPads – I downloaded my first Mac app yesterday: Virtual DJ Home Version 7 which is also available for PC. Once you’ve hit ‘download’ on Virtual DJ, the next three hours of your life will disappear into a digital DJ time warp and you won’t get them back. ![]() How to mix with Virtual DJ – the free Mac app you should get right now ![]()
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