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April 9th, 2013 News & Opinion

djay & vjay Get Multitude Of Improvements On iOS, Audiobus arrives…

by DJ Hombre

Audiobus offers a lot of scope for creative routing of audio within your iOS device, not to mention the possibility of uploading your mix to external services.

Algoriddim just updated its djay and vjay apps with a whole host of improvements and fixes, hot on the heels of the last flurry of changes.

Audiobus for djay is the big news, but it’s only one of many improvements. Oh, and if you’re a djay user and are always pushed for storage space on your iOS device, you’ll definitely want to read to the end for some more news…

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April 4th, 2013 News & Opinion

Pioneer DJ Controllers Now Work With iPad Via DJC-WeCAi Cable

by Staff Writer

Plug in a Camera Connection Kit, an external USB power supply or battery pack, and your iPad and Pioneer DDJ-WeGo or DDJ-Ergo, and you can now use Algoriddim’s djay and vjay programs with your controller and the Pioneer DJC-WeCAi cable.

Want to use your iPad instead of your laptop to DJ with? If you own a Pioneer DDJ-WeGo or Pioneer DDJ-Ergo, now you can, thanks to the DJC-WeCAi cable, announced by Pioneer today and available as of May 2013.

The cable allows you to plug in to the iPad and use Algoriddim’s djay and vjay software, “out of the box”. That also means that you can experiment with video DJing from your Pioneer controller, too.

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March 14th, 2013 News & Opinion

djay LE Launched For Pioneer WeGo & Numark Mixdeck Quad

by Phil Morse

djay LE offers the Mac-only DJ software as a free version to give away bundled with DJ controllers, and which has surprisingly few limitations.

Algoriddim has jumped on the hardware-specific, free-version bandwagon by releasing djay LE, a bundled version of its Mac-only software designed to be supplied with specific DJ controllers, to give new users a chance to try it out.

Currently available for the Numark Mixdeck Quad and the Pioneer DDJ-WeGO, but no doubt coming soon for a DJ controller near you, the software is relatively full featured, with only recording and automix disabled.

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November 16th, 2012 Reviews

Review & Video: vjay For iPhone & iPod touch

by DJ Hombre

Taking full advantage of the iPhone 5′s new longer retina display, vjay for iPhone is a full VJ package in your pocket…

vjay for iPhone & iPod touch review: Back in June this year, vjay for iPad grabbed our attention with its clever pairing of a djay-style interface with powerful video mixing on an iPad.

Pretty impressively, with vjay for iPhone & iPod touch, maker Algoriddim has now managed to streamline the vjay app interface to work on a much smaller screen, taking advantage of the technical advances of the more recent such devices. We already know that vjay is great fun on an iPad, but how does it fare on a smaller screen? Let’s find out!

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October 17th, 2012 News & Opinion

BPM 2012: Vestax Spin2 Talkthrough

by Phil Morse

We previewed the Vestax Spin2 at the beginning of our BPM 2012 coverage, and now we’re safely back in the office we’ve had a chance to get the video up online too.

If you’re a Mac/iOS person who loves all the advantages of Algoriddim’s djay software (cross-platform library sharing, “cloud” cue points etc), then this is definitely a controller you should look at, as it’s Apple-approved to work with the lot.

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October 5th, 2012 News & Opinion

BPM 2012: Vestax Spin2 DJ Controller For Mac & iOS

by Phil Morse

DJ in full stereo with headphones cueing on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch with Algoriddim’s djay and vjay software on the new Vestax Spin2

It’s the BPM Show 2012 in the UK this weekend, and the first product we’re bringing you is the new Vestax Spin2 DJ Controller for Algoriddim’s popular djay and vjay software. It’s the first DJ controller ever to allow users to spin both music and video files, on their choice of Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Fully certified by Apple, it is also the first controller to offer true dual stereo outputs for iOS6 devices, meaning proper stereo headphones cueing and stereo master outputs no matter what device you choose to DJ from.

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September 28th, 2012 Reviews

Review: djay 1.6 for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch

by DJ Hombre

With BPM and pitch faders now right there on the main screen, the new djay app takes full advantage of the improved screen real estate on the iPhone 5.

A couple of days back we broke the news that Algoriddim had upgraded its iPhone and iPad DJ apps to take advantage of the latest leaps in iOS hardware and software technology. Headline improvements included iOS stereo cueing and in-app music purchases, but there’s more too.

We guessed that if the features had been delivered flawlessly, there’d be a chance that they could usher the market towards mainstream acceptance of iOS DJing. And as we’ve now had time to assess how well the new versions of the software perform, here’s our verdict…

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September 11th, 2012 Equipment

Review & Video: Numark iDJ Pro iPad DJ Controller

by DJ Hombre

Slot your iPad running Algoriddim’s djay software right into the middle of the iDJ Pro, and DJ in a way quite unlike you’ve ever done before. That’s the promise of Numark’s new iDJ Pro.

Numark iDJ Pro review: Ever since the iPad first appeared, tech-savvy DJs and musicians have looked for ways to use it in their performances. But there’s always been an awkward question as to exactly how it should be used – as a screen for a piece of hardware? As a fully contained DJ surface? As a third “deck” or sample bank?

Truth is you can use it in all of these ways, but Numark is the first company to come up with a DJ product where the iPad actually slots right there into the unit. While the iPad gives you a gorgeous interactive screen with innovative control over certain functions, the iDJ Pro simultaneously acts as a secure iPad stand and a set of hardware controls for your DJ software. In that way, the Numark iDJ Pro is quite unlike any other DJ controller out there.

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June 7th, 2012 Reviews

Review & Video: Algoriddim’s Vjay For iPad

by DJ Hombre

Get used to this logo, it will be coming to an awful lot of iPads as of today...

Can you remember the time you first touched your own DJ set-up, whether it was a traditional two turntables and a mixer, CDJs, or laptop and Midi controller? Exciting, wasn’t it? For me – as I guess for most DJs – that initial feeling of excitement, anticipation and awe has rarely occurred since those early days.

That is until now. I’m aware that this all sounds loaded with hyperbole, however it’s the way I feel about Algoriddim’s vjay app for iPad (update: now there’s also vjay for iPhone & iPod touch), which I’d had for a couple of weeks in order to prepare this review to coincide with today’s release into the App Store.

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April 3rd, 2012 News & Opinion

Video: Numark iDJ Pro Working Demo

by Phil Morse

When we broke new of the first-of-its-kind Numark iDJ Pro back at this year’s NAMM, it was a non-working prototype on display.

A couple of weeks ago at Musikmesse 2012, however, we got to actually see a working version. We made this video to show you what all the fuss is about.

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January 19th, 2012 News & Opinion

Pioneer DDJ-ERGO-V Now Supports Algoriddim’s djay 4

by Phil Morse

Pioneer DDJ-ERGO-V will soon be compatible with Algoriddim's djay 4.

Pioneer has today at NAMM 2102 announced that its beginner’s controller, the DDJ-ERGO-V, will soon be compatible with Algoriddim’s increasingly popular djay platform for Mac from Algoriddim.

That means that not only does the DDJ-ERGO-V now come with Virtual DJ and Serato Intro in the box, and Traktor Pro 2 compatibility via its own mapping, but it also now works with arguably the fourth largest DJ software as well.

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November 17th, 2011 Reviews

Review: djay 4.0 For Mac

by Phil Morse

Behind the deceptively simple exterior, djay for Mac just got some pretty advanced features.

The djay software platform has come on in leaps and bounds in recent months… if you’re an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad user, that is. The poor old Mac version got left well behind as Algoriddim, the software’s producers, clambered over themselves to keep up with iOS’s rapid advances.

So while the iOS versions are pretty much universally respected, the Mac incarnation (this is strictly an Apple product) has come in for a bit of stick, with “no waveforms!” being the enduring criticism. Well, it’s been a long time coming, but today djay for Mac got one hell of an update. And the launch price is US$19.99. Bear that figure in mind as you read our word-exclusive first review of djay 4 for Mac…

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October 31st, 2011 Reviews

Review: djay For iPad 1.4

by DJ Hombre

Effects, improved library features, iCloud compatibility... these and more have been added to the latest version of this pack-leading app.

The latest version (1.4) of Algoriddim’s djay for iPad app ticks a lot of empty boxes, bringing it ever closer to being a very useful and mature DJ solution. (Update: You can ready our djay for iPad 1.6 review here). While it will probably not convert any Serato or Traktor fans, it does feature more functionality than you may expect to get from an iPad app.

Of course, there are many apps which claim to be for the DJ, usually split between turntable-based and waveform-based interfaces. djay is (at the moment) the best of the turntable-based apps out there. This is unsurprising really when you consider that Algoriddim have had djay working on the Apple devices since 2008, when it was first unveiled at Musikmesse paired with a MacBook and a Vestax VCM-100 controller.

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October 21st, 2011 News & Opinion

Vestax Spin Becomes First Full-Sized iPad DJ Controller

by Phil Morse

The Vestax Spin DJ controller and iPad now play nicely together, along with djay 1.4 for iPad

If you love digital DJing but think having to set up your laptop just to see your waveforms and navigate your library is a bit of a pain, now you have an alternative – if you’re a Vestax Spin owner, that is.

Because it’s now officially possible to use the Vestax Spin to control djay for iPad, meaning you can take your iPad, your Spin and your headphones to the party with you… but leave your laptop at home.

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October 13th, 2011 News & Opinion

iCloud DJing Is Here

by Phil Morse

Buy tunes on iPhone, add cues and BPMs at home on your Mac, DJ at your gig on your iPad? It's all possible for the cloud DJ.

A DJ buys his weekly music from his smartphone, tablet PC or laptop, adding it straight to his cloud storage online. He then uses a version of his DJ software on any of his devices to add cue points and analyse and fix BPMs on the songs he just bought. Again, it all syncs automatically to the cloud.

When he’s next DJing, he again fires up one of his devices (doesn’t matter which) to DJ from. His fully updated library is waiting for him, all of his previously added cues and BPMs present and correct…

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July 15th, 2011 Training

All You Need To Know About DJ Splitter Cables

by Phil Morse

A DJ splitter cable (this one is made by Algoriddim and Griffin).

Beginner DJs are often told about a secret “hack” that means they don’t need to buy an expensive sound card in order to use their DJ software properly. They may even find out that this little DJs’ trick involves a DJ “splitter cable”…

And here’s where the problems usually start! Where do you get one? Will this iPod splitter I got at the airport do? No? Well, what exactly do I need then? How do you set up the software to work with it? Why doesn’t mine work?

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May 17th, 2011 Software

djay for iPad 1.2 Launched: Adds Power Features For iPad 2 Users

by Phil Morse

Hitting the app store today is the latest version of djay for iPad, specially optimised for the new dual-core iPad 2.

djay for iPad 1.2 takes advantage of the extra power available, bringing keylock / timestretching to the software for the first time and delivering improved beat analysis and looping features.

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March 15th, 2011 Software

djay For iPad 1.1 Out Now With Whole Host Of Improvements

by Staff Writer

djay For iPad featured in the recent iPad is Iconic TV ad, and the app has now been updated to v1.1.

In a big week for Algoriddim, the company has overhauled and updated the iPad version of djay to 1.1, adding a whole host of improvements, additions and tweaks to the well-received touchscreen DJing app.

We were broadly in favour of the app when we first reviewed it back in December 2010, so we were interested to see what improvements Algoriddim had made for this 1.1 release.

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djay & vjay Get Multitude Of Improvements On iOS, Audiobus arrives…

by DJ Hombre

Pioneer DJ Controllers Now Work With iPad Via DJC-WeCAi Cable

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djay LE Launched For Pioneer WeGo & Numark Mixdeck Quad

by Phil Morse

Review & Video: vjay For iPhone & iPod touch

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BPM 2012: Vestax Spin2 Talkthrough

by Phil Morse

BPM 2012: Vestax Spin2 DJ Controller For Mac & iOS

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Review: djay 1.6 for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch

by DJ Hombre

Review & Video: Numark iDJ Pro iPad DJ Controller

by DJ Hombre

Review & Video: Algoriddim’s Vjay For iPad

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Video: Numark iDJ Pro Working Demo

by Phil Morse

Pioneer DDJ-ERGO-V Now Supports Algoriddim’s djay 4

by Phil Morse

Review: djay 4.0 For Mac

by Phil Morse

Review: djay For iPad 1.4

by DJ Hombre

Vestax Spin Becomes First Full-Sized iPad DJ Controller

by Phil Morse

All You Need To Know About DJ Splitter Cables

by Phil Morse

djay for iPad 1.2 Launched: Adds Power Features For iPad 2 Users

by Phil Morse

djay For iPad 1.1 Out Now With Whole Host Of Improvements

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