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What DJing from a streaming service requires |
Published in Tech Tips |
Loading tracks from streaming services is always longer than loading tracks from the host local storage (computer or smartphone).
Bandwidth needed The higher the audio resolution, the higher the bandwidth needed, and the higher the response time: Audio resolutions
Internet access An ADSL or 4G internet access is needed to stream music in a computer or a smartphone. An optical fiber or a 5G internet access is comfortable to stream music in a computer or a smartphone. If your computer shares the internet bandwidth with bandwidth hungry devices as a TV Set Top boxes, then to avoid latency/audio drops caused by this other device grabbing most of the internet bandwidth, you may
Computer settings If you can do it, use an ethernet (wired) connection to your computer. Wifi is workable, but its bandwidth and response time cannot match with the bandwidth and response time of an ethernet connection.
Wifi is CPU intensive, especially in Windows, so that a Windows computer whose wifi is not disabled cannot be considered as optimized for real time processing as Djing. If you have a home internet network, check the bandwidth of the ethernet switch connected to internet box: a 100-Mbps ethernet switch would be a bottleneck, a-1000 Mbps bandwidth is OK. Computer latency Except for tracks loading and analysis which are really slower from a music streaming services, other DJing operations should be as fast whether you mix local tracks or streamed tracks, so if you feel it seems slower when played tracks from a streaming service, you should make sure you have enough free memory on your computer in closing any background program. If your Windows computer lacks memory, it may use a fraction of the hard disk as a virtual memory, but the memory swap to access this section of the hard disk data is slower than reading data in the actual RAM. |
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: Technical tips, streaming |
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Play on computer speakers while prelistening in DJ controller built-in audio |
Published in Tech Tips |
Most DJ software let you play the mix on computer speakers while using the DJ controller built-in audio, at least for the preview.
In Serato: • go in Settings > Audio
• check the field: use laptop speakers  In Djuced,
• go in Settings > Audio
• as Audio device, select the dj controller built in audio interface
• as Output, check the outputs of the DJ controller for Master and Headphones
• In “Send master to computer speakers”, select the computer audio device
 In VirtualDJ
• Go in Settings > Audio
• In the Outputs thumbnails, check Speaker+Headphone
• In Hardware thumbnails, select the DJController with built-in audio
• In Outputs lists, you should see the Master and the Headphones of the controller
• Click on + sign on bottom right of the Outputs list
• Select the computer audio interface as Master output
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: Technical tips, software |
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Prevent Windows from switching off USB devices |
Published in Tech Tips |
| Windows power saving mode saves power by switching of the USB bus power, which disturbs most USB audio / video devices. So to get rid of this setting: 1) Press Win+X keys, to display the Windows Quick Access menu 2) Select Device Manager in the list 3) Click on "USB Serial Bus controllers" to display the list 4) Find the first line with hub (USB hub, USB Root Hub, Generic USB hub...) 5) Right-click on the line and select Properties  6) Click on "Power Management'" tab, and uncheck the field "Allow this computer to turn off this device to save power"  7) Click on OK 8) Find the second line with hub in the name among the list of "USB Serial Bus controllers" 9) Go back to step 5 and do the same operations ... and so on until you have removed this setting from all your USB ports. |
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: Technical tips |
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Audio quality issues with USB audio devices |
Published in Tech Tips |
USB audio quality is related to
so in case of audio quality with USB audio devices, the needed pieces of information are
2) A description of the audio issue1) A description of the computer environment
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: Technical tips |
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DJControl Mix / Change FX controlled by DJControl Mix pads in djay iOS |
Published in DJControl Mix |
| DJControl Mix 4-pad per deck enable/disable 4 FX in FX mode in djay iOS & Android. Changing the FX assigned to the DJControl Mix pads is not possible in djay 3 for Android, but it is possible in djay 3 for iOS (both Free and Pro version).
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: DJControl Mix, Technical tips |
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Djuced 5: Play an external audio source on a deck |
Published in Tech Tips |
| To play an external audio source in Djuced, you need to use audio device with an audio input (mic or line or phono), as DJControl Inpulse 500 which has a line input (Aux). 1) Set Djuced display in 4-deck mode  2) Go in Djuced Settings > Audio 3) Enable the audio input on a deck, for example Deck 3   4) Click on OK to go back to Djuced main display 5) In Djuced main display, click on the deck figure number to select the deck contents  6) Djuced then plays the external source on the deck instead of a track  |
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: Djuced, DJ Software, Technical tips |
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DJControl Mix / Change sample packs in djay iOS / Android |
Published in DJControl Mix |
| In pad Sampler mode, DJControl Mix control 8 samples, 4 on left deck, 4 on right deck, in djay iOS & Android. To change the samples assigned to DJControl Mix pads.
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: DJControl Mix, Technical tips |
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Pair a Bluetooth LE controller in macOS |
Published in DJControl Mix |
| To add a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) controller in macOS 1) Power the Bluetooth LE controller 2) Go in macOS > Applications > Utilities 3) Run Audio MIDI Setup  4) Click on the Bluetooth logo on top right, close to the keyboard icon 5) The bluetooth configuration scans and detects the Bluetooth LE controller, if any  6) In the column Action, click on the "Connect" button to pair the Bluetooth LE controller  7) In MIDI Studio, the Bluetooth LE controller is displayed with a bluetooth icon.  |
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By Hercules STAFF3Tags: Technical tips |
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