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Spotify-connected DJ apps upgrade
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 19 December 2014
The two DJing apps that feature Spotify integration both announced new versions of their software yesterday. So that’s exciting isn’t it? Is it? I don’t know.
Algoriddim released djay Pro which – like its counterpart djay 2 – allows users to DJ with Spotify’s catalogue as well as locally stored digital tracks, though Pro is for use on a Mac rather than an iPad and is aimed at more sophisticated mixers. The new version “allows DJs to take their performances to the next level” says the blurb.
Or in the words of Algoriddim CEO Karim Morsy: “I’m thrilled to unveil the most sophisticated version of djay we have ever made. djay Pro opens a new chapter for DJs, bringing Spotify to the desktop and offering the simplicity and stability of our platform to millions of professional and aspiring DJs alike”.
Amongst the brags made for djay Pro are multi-core track analysis, graphics rendering at 60 frames per second, pristine sound quality and rock-solid stability.
Meanwhile, rival DJing-with-Spotify app Pacemaker, which is generally more aimed at bedroom DJs, has announced the launch of Autopilot, which is basically for the bedroom DJ who is in bed asleep. In that it mixes your tracks for you.
Basically you pick the tunes and it does the work. Or just pick an existing Spotify playlist and then you won’t have to do any work at all. Presumably the next upgrade will have the app even listen to the music for you, so you can just sleep away.
Anyway, here is Pacemaker co-founder and CEO Jonas Norberg: “Autopilot is your own little DJ that takes care of the mixing for you. It makes sure your tracks match and creates the smoothest transitions imaginable. And unlike real DJs, this one takes any request”.
