CuteDJ Review: The Easy to use DJ Mixing Software for Mac and Windows
CuteDJ is the most powerful and easy to use DJ mixing software on market. With its professional mix tool and scratch engine, you can use it as a powerful live remixing tool, mixing your music traditionally as well combing and loops in a non-linear way. It does a great job mixing videos and songs in both Auto-Mix and manual mode. However, it is worth mentioning that in manual mode, your skills are essential in obtaining the performance you are looking for.
What are the features of CuteDJ?
The process of installation is really easy for users to operate. Just download the software from it’s official website and start it, then just install the software step by step by following the guidance.
In its main interface, there are 2 deck- each controlling playback of audio and video files and one or more CD drives. The waveform graphic display gives you realtime audio signal monitoring, information about the audio signal and the beat rhythm. It can be configured to display more or less of the song, using the zoom in and zoom out buttons.Whether your songs come from iTunes or from your hard drive, simply drag & drop your favorite musics onto the deck or into the playlist and you are ready to go. The Smart Time-code Vinyl Control allows you to control a track through a timecoded vinyl/CD by using the turntable that is connected to your soundcard directly to your system.
CuteDJ also has pitch bend which momentarily shows down or speeds up the deck to make fine adjustment in overlapping the songs when mixing very useful while you want to beat-match 2 songs. And the loop controls are used or seamlees beat accurate Loops. You can perform normal loops, as well as instant loops with the 1/16 to 16 instant loop buttons.
Another professional feature of CuteDJ is Hot Cue-Points. They are positions in the song which act as “bookmarks” in the song. when you are at a different position in the song and you want to go back to that saved position, you can either press CUE to return to the saved position or you can press CUE-PLAY and it will immediately start playing the song from the cue-point that you’ve placed.
What’s more? CuteDJ now supports a range of DJ hardware controllers for even more control when in the mix. Perfectly tuned presets for any controller, precise operation and ensure an authentic DJing experience.
You can view the list of all hardware controllers natively supported here :
http://www.cutedjpro.com/hardware.html
In addition to essential auto beat-mixing, vinyl simulation, VST effects, harmonic mixing, timecoded support, cueing, synchronize beat-looping and MIDI mapping of all major controllers, CuteDJ’s offers superior stability and mixing performance you require for each and every performance. CuteDJ – DJ Software is suited to experienced and novice DJs alike.
In the lower section of the program, it gives you convenient way to arrange you song list. It has three options “Audio” “Video” and “Karaoke” so that it will help you find files easier by filtering tracks by audio,video and karaoke format. And the search function allows you to search a track by typing its name. Just press space and Esc to enter or exit the search mode.
Meanwhile, the playlist will show the chosen tracks and act like a virtual record holder. You can spot your favorite tracks quickly by using color markers which based on the different colors. Once you click “iTunes” in the list, you will find that all your iTunes files will be added to the program.
As for other special functions, “Auto-Mix” can help you mix songs automatically and you can use the “Preview” button to pre-listen your mixed musics.
As all I mentioned above, these great features are the most important factors why CuteDJ enjoy good feedbacks of its users. Though it still has some aspects to be improved, there is no doubt that CuteDJ is a versatile and fantastic DJ mixing application for you to trust. As it allows you to show off your DJ skills by manually mixing your tracks. The app always help you to do the rest once you set everything right. All you need to do is just sitting back and enjoying your favorite music!
If you’re not sure if this is the right purchase for you, there’s no better way than to just try out our demo version, we guarantee you’ll love it!: http://www.cutedjpro.com/download.html
