SOFTWARE UPDATES / 05.01.24
We’re excited to introduce the latest updates on VirtualDJ 2024! Packed with innovative features and improvements, this update is set to redefine your DJing journey. Let’s explore what’s new:
VIRTUAL DJ
NEW:
BUILD 8055
- CloudDrive: sync your lists to the cloud and stream them easily from anywhere (using
Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, or Dropbox)
- Library organization: unified MyLists, folder shortcuts quick toolbar, linked-track view with manual linking, etc
NOTE: List and advices are now called Ideas, Playlist is now MyLists and more smaller improvements, like Fuzzy key mixing
- New option browserAutoExportM3UShowPlaylists
- Convert Traktor playlists to VDJ Lists
- CDJ Export can copy 24-bit aiff without re-encoding
BUILD 8056
- Add one-way/two-way option for clouddrive sync
BUILD 8093
- New option browserShowLegacyM3UPlaylists, to keep using .m3u playlists if you need to.
- Clouddrive: pauseSync option, folders can be drag&dropped to a folder or a list to “download” them, and two-way sync always asks confirmation before deleting any file or folder.
BUILD 8095
- New TIDAL “DJ Extension” addon, with Stems separation enabled
BUILD 8124
- Pre-listen player in browser shows cue points
- hotcueSavesLoop option
FIXED:
BUILD 8093
- Drift on Phase new firmware
- Regression crash on mac with some video codecs
- Sync of cached online files to cloud drive
- Database backup not backing up history
- Corrupted cues set by mixedinkey
- File count in browser off when online results are shown
- Support for reading Opus tags
- Improve track selection for local live feedback in side view
- Improve BPM analysis performance on Mac with Apple Silicon
- Importing ordering and colors of subfolders of special folders
BUILD 8124
- Pre-listen player not playing when trying to restart a streamed song
- Playback of interlaced videos
- Sidelist/automix/karaoke not allowing duplicates
- List with Keep Order with files on different drives
- Warbling sound on Phase when master tempo disabled
- CloudDrive fixes
DJAY PRO
NEW:
djay Pro 5.1.5
- Apple Music playlist editing
- Integrated new TIDAL DJ Extension
- Expanded Crossfade FX
- Shuffle Crossfade FX option
- Target BPM
IMPROVED
- Added MIDI actions to skip more than 4 beats
- Auto pre-cueing select now also respects line fader positions when picking inactive deck
- Detail waveforms now visualize nested loops (e.g. when triggering slicer or bounce loop within an active loop)
- Quantized jump to cue point never misses beat when triggered slightly after target beat
- Updated Crossfade FX icons and list
FIXED
- Saved loops no longer get deactivated when triggering bounce loop before reaching the saved loop
- Automatically re-sync BPM after dynamic BPM changes (with
- Track repeat properly re-syncs at end of track if sync is active
- Improved waveform colors drawing for 48 kHz sample rate
- Fixed case where switching DVS to INT stopped music
- Fixed filtering tracks by rating or play count not working correctly in some cases
- Fixed reading of Ogg Vorbis file metadata
- Fixed Single Deck mode sometimes showing inactive deck when using Automix (macOS only)
- Various bug fixes and improvements
Note to TIDAL DJs:
As of April 10, 2024, TIDAL has updated its subscription tier for DJ apps. To continue using TIDAL.
ENGINE DJ
v3.4.0
Engine Desktop:
FIXED:
- Fixed an issue where sync manager export would take longer if Soundswitch content is being packed
- Fixed an issue where tracks would not pack via drag and drop if there are 2 drives with the same or similar names connected
- Various other stability enhancements and improvements
Engine OS:
NEW:
- Bluetooth Audio Input and Keyboard Connection for Supported Devices
- Bluetooth Audio Input – Wirelessly play audio from a Bluetooth-capable device on your supported Engine DJ hardware
- Bluetooth Keyboard Support – Search for songs on your Engine DJ hardware more quickly and efficiently
SERATO DJ PRO
3.1.3
NEW:
- A TIDAL DJ Extension add-on is required to DJ with TIDAL songs in Serato DJ
- Serato Stems functionality is restored for TIDAL subscribers with the DJ Extension add-on
- A status bar message is shown when ‘reverse playback’ is activated
FIXED:
- Bug fixes preventing DJ’s from replacing pad modes with Stems on the Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000
- Bug fixes an issue causing Serato DJ Pro to report ‘Error Code #7’ and licenses to remain unactivated
REKORDBOX
rekordbox ver. 6.8.5
NEW:
- TRACK SEPARATION function can now be used with TIDAL tracks.
- Rekordbox for iOS/Android is now compatible with the cloud storage service Google Drive when using the Cloud Library Sync feature.
FIXED:
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.
References :
https://rekordbox.com/en/2024/04/rekordbox-v685-release-information/ https://serato.com/dj/pro/downloads https://enginedj.com/downloads#release-notes https://www.algoriddim.com/djay-pro-mac/releasenotes https://www.virtualdj.com/products/virtualdj/changelog.html