Features
Decks
-Play mp3, wma, ogg, flac and wav files in up to 3 decks as well as Audio CD's
-Change pitch with 4 different ranges from +/-8% to +/-100%
-Change volume, play and pause (instant-start) with low latency (up to 2ms with ASIO, up to 10ms with DirectSound)
-Edit ID3v2 tags for mp3's and the ogg vorbis tag for ogg files
-Fast and accurate automatic BPM detection
-Pre-Listening :
Through Soundcard rear-out,
Through Left/Right splitter or
Through Second Soundcard
-Mix on an external mixer :
Player 1 to Front Out, Player 2 to Rear Out or
Player 1 to Soundcard 1, Player 2 to Soundcard 2
-DirectSound or ASIO output
-Spectrum analyzer, stereo VU Meter
-Configurable song break and startup speed for turntable-like effects
Effects (on each deck)
-3-band equalizer with on the fly changeable frequencies
-Echo/Sampler/Looping
Create echo effect, high pass and low pass filter available on echoed sound
Echo/Loop time configurable up to 8 beats
Volume of buffer and source both configurable
Easy looping with shortcut keys
-Flanger
Automatic or Manual
Configurable Strength
-Compressor/Normalizer
-Gapper effect
-Filter effect
-Automatic 0dB limiter to prevent clipping
-Tempo Control: Change speed without changing pitch, or change pitch without changing speed
-Load up to 2 custom VST effects simultaneously on each deck
Mixer
-Crossfader with 4 different fade-curves, and configurable slope
-Spectrum Analyzer, stereo VU meter
-Limiter to prevent clipping
-Output samplerate up to 96kHz/16-bit for DirectSound and 96kHz/32-bit for ASIO
-VST effect possible on main output as well
External Hardware Supported
-External analog mixer supported
-DMC1 and DAC2 mp3 controllers supported (beta)
-Behringer BCD-2000
-Hercules DJ Console (Regular, Mk2, Control MP3)
-EKS XP10
-FinalScratch, VirtualDJ, SSL and MsPinky digital vinyl records to control your music
-Any MIDI controller
Other
-Record your mix in mp3, wave or ogg format
-Create your own skins with djdecks' advanced skinning system
-Separate BPM Analyzer to batch analyze your complete music library
Playlist/Music Browser
-Easily navigate through your music directories
-Shows all songs based on id3v1, id3v2 and ogg tag information (title, bpm, length, ...)
-Sort your music in crates
-Search for music by typing part of title, artist, album, comment field
-Give each song a specific color for easy sorting
-Browse directories or files by album art
-Save playlist in winamp playlist format, or to html
-Open winamp playlists
-Drag&Drop songs from windows explorer
-Shows .cue + .mp3 files (as extracted with EAC for example) as directory
PC Requirements
djDecks can be used with two different sound drivers: DirectSound (part of DirectX) and ASIO.
* DirectSound: Good if you want to start mixing with pc. The disadvantage is that the latency is higher.
* ASIO: Lowest latency, vinyl control, line inputs through djDecks. Not all soundcards support this mode.
Minimum
DirectSound
- 800 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 256MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space
- DirectSound-compatible sound card
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
ASIO
- 1000 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 384MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space to install djDecks
- ASIO-compatible sound card
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
Recommended
DirectSound
- 1200 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 512MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space
- 2 sound cards (1 for monitoring, 1 for master output)
OR 2 sound cards (1 for each deck to an external mixer)
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
ASIO
- 1600 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 512MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space
- ASIO-compatible sound card
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
Decks
-Play mp3, wma, ogg, flac and wav files in up to 3 decks as well as Audio CD's
-Change pitch with 4 different ranges from +/-8% to +/-100%
-Change volume, play and pause (instant-start) with low latency (up to 2ms with ASIO, up to 10ms with DirectSound)
-Edit ID3v2 tags for mp3's and the ogg vorbis tag for ogg files
-Fast and accurate automatic BPM detection
-Pre-Listening :
Through Soundcard rear-out,
Through Left/Right splitter or
Through Second Soundcard
-Mix on an external mixer :
Player 1 to Front Out, Player 2 to Rear Out or
Player 1 to Soundcard 1, Player 2 to Soundcard 2
-DirectSound or ASIO output
-Spectrum analyzer, stereo VU Meter
-Configurable song break and startup speed for turntable-like effects
Effects (on each deck)
-3-band equalizer with on the fly changeable frequencies
-Echo/Sampler/Looping
Create echo effect, high pass and low pass filter available on echoed sound
Echo/Loop time configurable up to 8 beats
Volume of buffer and source both configurable
Easy looping with shortcut keys
-Flanger
Automatic or Manual
Configurable Strength
-Compressor/Normalizer
-Gapper effect
-Filter effect
-Automatic 0dB limiter to prevent clipping
-Tempo Control: Change speed without changing pitch, or change pitch without changing speed
-Load up to 2 custom VST effects simultaneously on each deck
Mixer
-Crossfader with 4 different fade-curves, and configurable slope
-Spectrum Analyzer, stereo VU meter
-Limiter to prevent clipping
-Output samplerate up to 96kHz/16-bit for DirectSound and 96kHz/32-bit for ASIO
-VST effect possible on main output as well
External Hardware Supported
-External analog mixer supported
-DMC1 and DAC2 mp3 controllers supported (beta)
-Behringer BCD-2000
-Hercules DJ Console (Regular, Mk2, Control MP3)
-EKS XP10
-FinalScratch, VirtualDJ, SSL and MsPinky digital vinyl records to control your music
-Any MIDI controller
Other
-Record your mix in mp3, wave or ogg format
-Create your own skins with djdecks' advanced skinning system
-Separate BPM Analyzer to batch analyze your complete music library
Playlist/Music Browser
-Easily navigate through your music directories
-Shows all songs based on id3v1, id3v2 and ogg tag information (title, bpm, length, ...)
-Sort your music in crates
-Search for music by typing part of title, artist, album, comment field
-Give each song a specific color for easy sorting
-Browse directories or files by album art
-Save playlist in winamp playlist format, or to html
-Open winamp playlists
-Drag&Drop songs from windows explorer
-Shows .cue + .mp3 files (as extracted with EAC for example) as directory
PC Requirements
djDecks can be used with two different sound drivers: DirectSound (part of DirectX) and ASIO.
* DirectSound: Good if you want to start mixing with pc. The disadvantage is that the latency is higher.
* ASIO: Lowest latency, vinyl control, line inputs through djDecks. Not all soundcards support this mode.
Minimum
DirectSound
- 800 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 256MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space
- DirectSound-compatible sound card
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
ASIO
- 1000 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 384MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space to install djDecks
- ASIO-compatible sound card
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
Recommended
DirectSound
- 1200 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 512MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space
- 2 sound cards (1 for monitoring, 1 for master output)
OR 2 sound cards (1 for each deck to an external mixer)
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista
ASIO
- 1600 Mhz PC (Intel, AMD, ...)
- 512MB RAM
- 20MB of free hard disk space
- ASIO-compatible sound card
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista