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Integrates with iTunes Use songs and playlists you have in iTunes with Disco XT without any setup or importing. Disco XT keeps in sync with iTunes and any changes you make in iTunes are updated to Disco XT automatically. Note: Protected songs from the iTunes Store (with extension .m4p) are not supported by Disco XT. iTunes Plus (+) format songs from the iTunes Store are supported. Most new songs purchased from the iTunes Store are in the iTunes Plus (+) format. Disco XT also has its own music management and playlist creation and can be used without iTunes. Disco XT can play songs directly from connected iPods or from other media players and directly from CD audio discs when needed.  Pitch-lock Adjust the playback speed of song without altering the musical pitch. Making it play slower or faster than the original tempo. When beatmixing, pitch-lock allows to sync songs with different tempo to same without affecting the musical content such as vocals. BPM Detection BPM or Beats Per Minute is a unit used to measure the tempo of music. Disco XT automatically detects and shows the tempo of songs that are loaded for playback. You can also process BPM for playlists or for your entire library. BPM values are useful for creating playlists as well as for beatmixing songs.  Automix With a touch of a button, you may put Disco XT to automix playback. In Automix Disco XT plays and fades songs together without any user intevention. Take a break from mixing when needed. Comes with several fading options, crossfades, gap between songs, fade outs and allows the user to create fadings as well. Semi mix mode allows automatic playlist control while doing transitions manually.  Fade Editor Create your own automated fades with the built-in fade editor. Includes several built-in fades for different kind of mixing.  Automatic Gain Control Disco XT adjusts song levels automatically for balanced playback loudness. Includes Auto trimming for cutting silence or quiet parts from the start and end of songs. Headphones Listen to song with headphones without interfering with the output to your speakers. Cue tracks without anyone hearing while the music plays on!  Looping Supports seamless looping. Set short part of song or beat to repeat. Loops are automatically synced to song tempo. Includes shifts left/right for moving the loop and halve/double buttons.  Talkover Use your microphone with Disco XT to talk over your mix. Give announcements and talk about upcoming songs.  Playlist Cueing Cue up start and end times for songs on the playlist without loading the songs to decks. No more need for waiting until the song is close to being played to be able to cue the song.  Save Mixes Record your mix output with all the transitions and effects. The recorded mix can be automatically split to separate tracks while still keeping the transitions between songs.  Effects Disco XT comes with high quality effects including reverbation for giving more room to the sound, tempo-synced delay, sweeping phaser and filters. Includes limiter/compressor for the main output. Limiter compresses audio if it is close to going over the maximum and prevents any clipping or distortion.  |
Pre-emptive Mixing
This is a new feature in version 5.5. Transiton Editor allows to set an exact offset where to start playback of the upcoming song and set fade out and fade in points for both songs. The transition from the now playing song to the upcoming song will be automatically mixed by the program just as designed. The transition can be prelistened in headphones before it is played over speakers to make sure it is just right.  Customize The interface is split into several devices: waveform view, looping, effects, mixer, decks and more. You may show and hide devices as you wish and only keep the ones you use to save screen space. Includes tabbed browsing for music library and playlists which allows very quick navigation between songs. Includes different skin options and user choice for coloring from red to blue and anything between. Disco XT interface is very customizable to suite different screen resolutions as well as what a particular user prefers. Waveforms See what you are going to hear in advance. You can detect incoming changes in song and inspect song ends with the waveform displays. Waveforms can be zoomed which allows to see closer to the song for setting start points or loops, and then zoom out to see further in to the future. Cueing right start times for songs has never been this easy.  Hit Sampler Play short audio samples over your mix. Samples can be recorded with microphone or taken from an existing audio file. Includes pitch and tempo controls and effects.  User Created EQs Disco XT includes High, Mid and Low EQs that can be adjusted and constructed entirely by the user for just the right kick and touch. For suiting specific playback environments, speaker systems and musical genres Disco XT includes an 18-band equalizer that allows to adjust the appearance of different frequencies precisely. Spectrum display shows how much of each frequency is playing (in realtime) an can be used in conjunction with the equalizer for tuning it to certain type of music.  Gear For headphone listening Disco XT Supports Firewire and USB audio interfaces and USB headphones. Multichannel audio interfaces with 4 channels are supported. Disco XT can be controlled with a MIDI hardware controller. With MIDI control you can adjust Disco XT controls such as crossfader or volume sliders with a real knob or slider. . Includes built-in mapings for several popular hardware controllers. Artwork Browsing Navigate your music library by album artworks that are stored in the audio files or downloaded with iTunes.  Auto Content Disco XT can choose songs for playback automatically when needed. Setup rules for spreading and genres/artists and Disco XT will keep the playlist filled with songs that match the rules you have set. 
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