Ok after years of wishing and some searching, I could never find a Mac version of VDJ, I have it installed on my vista machine running in parallels but the music skips. Then the other day while on the pirate bay I saw Virtual DJ for Mac OS X. I was amazed but I didn’t beleve my eyes, So I downloaded the torrent and opened it and to my suprise it WAS virtual dj ! but because this was illegal I deleted all the virtual dj stuff off my computer and went searching for a legal version. Because we all know that automix productions REALLY NEED my $249 for a piece of software despite being mega mega millionares.
. So I searched and searched but on Google The results were shocking! the First two were from Virtual Djs official site, but they were The VDJ forum and a add-ons page. NOTHING TO DO WITH VDJ FOR MAC :S:S:S. Next in the list was a link to brothersoft “Virtual dj for mac Free Download” Is how the title read but unfortunily like most brothersoft b/s this link just lead to a bunch of ads and a link to the pc version of VDJ. Next Link down is another site advertising the pc version of Virtual Dj, But the next link is just Great… ThePirateBay, The only link I could find for virtual dj for mac was a torrent with a illegal file. 1 link for the 5.0 beat (not sure if its real) and the other for v4.3 witch i know works.
So now that im done complaining about finding the product, lets get to the review. It is really a very good app, and yes I plan on using it for our future gigs. It has all the basic, standard features of all the virtual dj apps. Interface changes, Auto Beat matching (witch is not quite as good as the v5.0 pc version but does its job) Sampler and Effects. But some features are lacking eg. Beat Grid and Equiliser. All the preferences are there and the playback is smooth. Also the video dj secion isn’t up to scratch with only 3 transitions and 3 effects, altho i am sure plug-ins are available.
But over all this app is on a mac (macbook
) and doesn’t quit/freeze easily. It is sturdy and has nearly everything a bedroom / mobile Dj requires and for a starter club dj it may also be suitable. And as I said I plan on using it for our dj business. So Deffinitly check it out and I will keep you posted when the v5.0 comes out of beta.
