DJ Mixer Software – Choosing DJ Mixing Software

In today’s digital media age it is more common for DJ’s to be using a laptop computer and an MP3 player rather than Vinyl records. There are many advantages to the use of digital media which overall do outweigh the physical attributes of analogue playback using records. Even CD’s are slowly making way for electronic devices such as iPod and MP3 players which can be attached directly to either DJ mixers or digital DJ decks.

Using DJ mixer software on a laptop or a small desktop computer means that you can have many thousands of music tracks stored on the hard disk and they are accessible within seconds and allow for simple searching for requests. No longer do you have to take armfuls of DJ wallets or a heavy vinyl record case to your gigs and you also remove the risk of your precious music tracks being lost or stolen as often happened with CD’s and records.

It is well worth investing in an independent laptop computer just for your DJ usage as trying to use a single machine bundled with all your other software can seriously reduce the performance and increase the risk of virus and machine failures. With this in mind you will not need to go for an amazingly powerful laptop as most modern machines with Windows XP/Vista or Windows 7 with 2Gb of Ram and a Dual Pentium Processor will certainly meet most DJ requirements.

So what is the best DJ Mixing Software to buy – should I try and get Free DJ Software ?

The best DJ software is unfortunately something which you will have to buy and you should look upon this purchase as the equivalent to buying CD decks which is what the laptop will be effectively replacing. However, it is still very common for DJ’s to have a couple of cheap DJ CD decks in backup just in case the laptop malfunctions usually from experience when somebody manages to spill drink over it.

The more popular computer DJ software programs make your DJ life easier and they provide tools for being able to import and export music files, manipulate them and allow for simple playback with cross fade and beat matching. Beat matching software is incorporated into programs such as Traktor DJ software and also Mixmeister PRO which are 2 of the more popular choices of mp3 mixing software.

Some of the common terms you will be faced with upon choosing the software will be things like BPM DJ Software (BPM = beats per minute) and beat matching software or beat mixing which in simple terms means that when you are trying to mix 2 records together you will try and match the records on the beat of the music. Our advice to DJ beginners is to get 2 identical tracks and use these to learn how to mix them together using the beat mix tools within Traktor DJ Software.

If you are a bedroom DJ on a limited budget then you can get Free trials of DJ software including Traktor and other good Free DJ Software. However, you must remember that when you have a 30 day free trial of software which you enjoying using and it expires then you really do have no option but to pay for the full version release.

When you start to investigate the best DJ Mixing Music Software your first port of call should be via researching online suppliers and manufacturers such as Traktor PRO, MixMeister Fusion, Serato Scratch, Virtual DJ, Mix Vibes, MixVibes Cross DJ Software, UltraMixer and CUE packages.

There are many reviews available on all these packages online but you must be aware that some websites are definitely biased toward one package or another as they are trying to promote the software to make money through click through commissions. All things considered and taking an average of our DJ user base and the independent DJ market into account then we can say that Traktor DJ, MixMeister PRO and Serato Scratch are the 3 top dj software packages currently available.

Traktor PRO has been voted the No.1 best mobile DJ Software for 3 consecutive years and in our opinion is the best DJ Mixer Software and certainly is the easiest software to master.

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