What's some simple DJ software for iPad?
May 1, 2017 6:14 AM   Subscribe

Can anyone recommend a piece of software to let me do fairly simple DJ tasks on an iPad or Mac laptop? I'm not looking for Ableton-level complexity (or price), just need to be able to cue up a list of songs, specify start/end times, possibly add fade-outs, etc.

I'm in a wedding band that does exclusively 60's/early 70's Motown/soul stuff but we almost always need incidental music for set breaks or specific requests for first dances (eg, this past weekend was "cue up Michael Buble's 'Feeling Good' at :53 for after the father of the bride's intro, then fade it out and into the first dance song").

Right now I'm just loading things up on my phone plugged into the mixer which works but.. is there a piece of software that anyone would recommend for that sort of thing? Mostly just needs to be able to easily cue up songs, possibly allow me to specify start/end times (with fadeout?), possibly set up playlists. I don't need to be a super DJ, not trying to beatmatch or anything complicated like that, I just hate trying to do stuff through iTunes on my phone because it feels fairly unprofessional and while it works, it's always a little dicey worrying that somehow a Mogwai song off of my personal library is going to slip in there somehow and confuse all the partygoers.
posted by zempf to Media & Arts (4 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Check out Tabletop: it's free to start, buy additional modules for mixing or sequenceing as needed.

The same company also just put out a sort of mixer/mashup tool called Hook, that may be worth checking out too.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:28 AM on May 1, 2017


Best answer: I've used DJay and DJay Pro from Algoriddim and enjoyed using both. They have scratching and effects but work great for just cueing and playing songs.
posted by wemayfreeze at 8:39 AM on May 1, 2017 [1 favorite]


Best answer: I used DJay when I did my radio show.
posted by terrapin at 12:19 PM on May 1, 2017


I've used Djay Pro on iPhone, iPad and Mac and it's excellent on all three.

I've also heard Wedding DJ is a nice simple (and cheap) version of the same basic idea.
posted by Happy Dave at 11:30 AM on May 3, 2017


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