System functions: Recording Mix, Sampler, and MIDI and Keyboard

System functions: Recording, Sampler, and MIDI and Keyboard

Recording :

DJ Mixer Professional has integrated mix recording. Click the REC button. A window will open to choose a location and a file name for the mix file (wav or aiff formats). What you hear in the speakers, including the microphone, will be recorded in this file. Press again the REC button to stop the recording when the mix has finished. Please note that if you are using an external mixer the software cannot save the mix as the mix itself is made on the mixer, not in the software.

Due to the file length limits, the maximum amount of time that can be recorded is limited to approximately 200 minutes. An audio CD can store up to 80 minutes. After the mix was recorded, you can burn it on an audio CD or convert it to other formats (like mp3, m4a, etc) using general purpose software. such as Audio MP3 Converter, and Mac Audio Converter

Sampler

Another great function of the software is the ability to load, play, pitch and loop short sounds, called samples. These can be anything from police sirens to complete 4 beats loops.

Sampler

You can load up to 8 different samples that you can automatically sync with the current playing deck, you can change it's volume, speed (pitch), position, loop mode, etc.

MIDI and Keyboard

DJ Mixer Professional supports natively (zero-configuration) a number of hardware controllers from Behringer (BCD2000, BCD3000) and Hercules (DJ Console MK2, DJ Console Rmx , DJ Control MP3, Mobile DJ MP3).

DJ Mixer Professional can also be remotely controlled using the industry-standard MIDI protocol. This means that you can connect any MIDI-compatible hardware controllers to the computer and control FutureDecks thru them. There are hundreds of devices that are MIDI compatible, so you can choose from plenty of them.

To use such a device, the software must somehow be configured for each device, and this configuration takes a lot of time usually. However, FutureDecks has a very special feature called LEARN mode. You activate it by pressing the Learn button. You will notice that almost all buttons, sliders and knobs have a blue dotted rectangle on them (displayed as a border around the element). Then, select the button / knob / slider that you want to control on the software. Then, you move or press the corresponding knob / slider / button on the hardware controller. In this way the software learns and 'knows' that the element on the software is linked to the physical element on the hardware controller.

In this way, you are able to configure in very short time an unknown device (until than) to work with DJ Mixer Professional. Even more, this learning can be made live, during the mix, so you can re-map a physical knob or fader to a different element on the software interface, without stopping the mix.

The same as with MIDI controllers, the software accepts LEARN also for keyboard shortcuts. Just press the Learn button to enter learn mode, select the button / knob / fader desired and then use the keyboard to set up the shortcut you want for that element. It's really that easy.