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[MarkCoutinho]

Just wondering: is it possible to use MC as a DJ-program?
I mean the kind of programs that are used with a so-called left and right player, which enables you to use it as a DJ. VirtualDJ is one of them.
Of course the soundcard should be having a multiple-channel output then.

Hope you catch my drift and (better) can give me an answer.

[JimH]

Other people here do that, and have posted about it.  You can use zones to set up multiple playing now's, using one for trialing.  ctrl-t to toggle.  The wiki has a topic on zones.

[stiv32]

Check out these links:

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/DJ_Use <-- EDIT by glynor: This is very old, and isn't really applicable anymore generally.  See my links below.

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=76716.0

[glynor]

Here's some additional information (of a variety of ages):

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=86216.0

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=39459.10
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=51551.0

A bunch of this is quite old (and improvements have been made since then), but it should give you some ideas.

I've posted about my uses here quite a bit.  MC is not, a "DJ-ing" application, like Traktor, or a DAW like Ableton Live or Pro Tools.  However, it can be useful even alongside these applications for a variety of uses including sound-shaping and just media management.  If you're "live mixing" like a Mashup Artist, then MC won't meet your needs (alone) for this task.

However, it can be VERY competent for a variety of "traditional" DJ situations (playing music at a Wedding, parties, clubs, or whatever).  If you'd be using just two separate zone outputs to live (or maybe three, with a third for your headphones), and crossfading between them with a physical mixer, then you'll find a lot of what you need built into MC.  Zones are the key.