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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows => Topic started by: MarkCoutinho on March 24, 2014, 05:49:01 am
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Zones) are the key.