DJ1800 software update

Geschreven door Reind Dooyeweerd dinsdag, 05 augustus 2008 22:18

Er is een grote update voor de DJ1800 software vrij gegeven. Veel mensen zullen de software niet kennen maar voor mac gebruikers die niet geïnteresseerd zijn in het hele tijdcode verhaal en alle tierelantijnen er omheen en de zaak gewoon alleen met alleen een controller aan willen sturen kan het een interessante optie zijn. Ideaal voor de mensen met bijvoorbeeld een DN-HC4500 aangezien deze en een aantal andere controllers volledig (dus ook het display) worden gesupport door de software.

DJ1800 V3.1 released
DJ-1800 v3.1 launches today with significant new features and enhancements to the acclaimed professional DJ software for Mac. v3.1 adds iPhone support, enabling DJs to mix music stored on any iPhone or iPod Touch. In addition, v3.1 adds support for new DJ controllers from Denon, Numark and M-Audio, and enables users to create their own plug-ins for any hardware controller.

Dave Addey, CEO of DJ-1800 said: "These new features deliver a superb experience, building on the rock-solid foundation which has established DJ-1800 as the tool of choice for professional DJs."

Controllers

• [new] Controller support is now implemented via plug-ins. This means that users can create their own controller plug-ins for any of the following: MIDI devices, Human Interface Device (HID) devices, Devices that have their own custom drivers as an external library, Keyboard control, Mouse control 
• [new] We have created controller plug-ins and documentation (available from our web site) for these new controllers: Denon DN-HC4500, M-Audio X-Session Pro, Numark DMC2, Numark iCDX, Numark Total Control 
• [chg] If you want to change the way a particular controller plugin works, you can edit the plugin yourself via a documented Plug-In API.
• [chg] The generic MIDI support for any MIDI device is no longer included in DJ-1800 by default. Instead, you can create your own MIDI plugin for any devices you wish to support, to give complete flexibility, using the Plug-In API. A template MIDI plug-in is provided with the API.
• [chg] The Controllers preference pane has been completely redesigned to list all installed plugins.
• [fix] The Shift, Ctrl and Alt keys now only modify Keyboard controllers, rather than all controllers.
• [imp] The "Starting MIDI Server" message on launch is now a more descriptive "Loading controller plug-ins" message. 

Interface

• [new] Added a mid-range EQ control to the internal mixer (not available for Protected AAC files).
• [chg] The default EQ ranges for Low, Mid and Hi are now -20 dB / +6 dB, and the max range is -20 dB / +12 dB in each case.
• [new] Added a preferences pane for EQ preferences, enabling the Low, Mid and Hi ranges to be modified by the user.
• [imp] The current EQ range for each of the Low, Mid and Hi twisters is now displayed on the twister.
• [chg] When a Protected AAC file is loaded, the EQ twister displays a range of -4 dB / +4 dB, to more closely represent the limited EQ range available for Protected AAC files.
• [fix] Fixed a bug with the VU level meters. Previously, adjusting the gain level for a channel would affect the output volumes for both master and cue (by adjusting the track volumes), but this wouldn't be reflected on the master and cue VU displays. It is now.
• [fix] DJ-1800 no longer suffers from occasional redraw problems on Leopard. These would include the track name text becoming frozen, the library grid also becoming frozen, CD Player redraw problems, and incorrect drawing of the minimized / maximized state of rack devices. 

iTunes / iPods

• [new] DJ-1800 now supports music stored on an iPhone or iPod Touch.
• [fix] DJ-1800 can now save calculated values (such as StartPoint, AutoGain and BPM) to iTunes 7.7. Unfortunately, iTunes 7.7 broke this feature for earlier versions of DJ-1800.

Audio

• [imp] MP3 audio sync between live and headphones is much improved after cueing and then playing a track.
• [imp] MP3 audio sync between live and headphones is much improved after using the shuttle wheel to fast forward / rewind through a track.
• [imp] DJ-1800 now supports VBR MP3 files with improved reliability.
• [imp] Improved mapping of mono tracks to stereo outputs, with improved VU monitoring.
• [imp] Improved mapping of stereo tracks to mono outputs, with improved VU monitoring.
• [new] Files with 3+ channels of source audio can now be used with DJ-1800, and will be mixed down to mono / stereo as appropriate. 

Other bug fixes, improvements and changes

• [fix] It is no longer possible to load a new track by clicking on a CD Player's track number display whilst another track is already in the process of being loaded into another CD Player. This prevents a situation whereby the CD Player could become frozen if the track list popup menu was kept open for too long.
• [fix] CD Players are now drawn with the correct greyed-out Pitch Lock button graphic on launch if Pitch Lock is turned off in the General Preferences.
• [fix] Pitch Lock is now turned on for minimized CD Players after it is switched on in the General Preferences.
• [imp] Reduced the size of the DJ-1800 application by about 10MB.
• [imp] Improved the text in the Registration window, to mention a "registered e-mail address" rather than a "username", to provide more detailed error messages for incorrect serial numbers, and to mention both v1 and v2 serial codes for users who are upgrading.
• [chg] DJ-1800 now requires QuickTime 7.3 (rather than QuickTime 7.2).
• [fix] Option-dragging (or option-command-numberkey loading) a track to an already-loaded but paused (or cued) CD Player no longer causes that CD Player to re-cue to the beginning of track 1. Instead, it remains paused (or cued), and the new track is appended to the end of the CD Player's playlist.
• [fix] DJ-1800 no longer crashes on quit if it is unregistered and if one or more tracks are in song search mode when using the internal mixer.
• [fix] Controlling the Mixer or Crossfader when they are used by the current output mode but are hidden on-screen no longer causes their controls to be drawn on screen when they should not be.
• [kis] It is not possible to drag-and-drop tracks onto DJ-1800 from an iPod Shuffle (2nd Generation) in iTunes. (This has always been the case, but has only just come to light.) This is an iTunes limitation, and is not something we are able to fix. It is possible to drag-and-drop the tracks from DJ-1800's own library, however.
• [kis] DJ-1800 cannot save calculated values (such as StartPoint, AutoGain and BPM) to an iPod Shuffle (2nd Generation). This is an iTunes limitation, and is not something we are able to fix.

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[fix] = Bug fix
[chg] = Change
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De DJ1800 software kost je 80 dollar (€54,30) en een demo versie is hier te downloaden.