iPod DJing

DJ1800 - an iPod DJing software

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iPod DJing, is great, as it allows you to DJ with out a bulky laptop, this however doesn’t mean that you can do away with a laptop altogether, after all, an iPod needs iTunes and a laptop to organize and load music from interestingly DJ programs can be quite pricy and not all are compatible with iTunes or the iPOd, the DJ1800 however was creative with this in mind, and allows you to work with iTunes and DJ at the same time, making it the perfect DJ software for iPoD DJs, its a strictly Mac affair with makes it all that much more iPod friendly, and has interesting functions lik Pitch lock, which allows you to alter tempo with out affecting pitch. It comes with the flexibilty for two out put mode, 1. via the head phone port and a secondary out put, or via a multi channel external sound card, the DJ1800 is also compatible with various MIDI controllers so you can Dj from your laptop, a fully documented plugin API means that for any tech geeks out there, you can create your own plugins and controllers, making ti possible to convert an iPod or an iPhone into a controller for the DJ1800.

Specifically for the iPod, the iTunes libary is fully integrated into DJ1800, there is also plug and play support of any iPod, like-wise for the iPhone, or iPod Touch, perhaps most significantly the DJ1800 allows you to save mixes, StartPoint, AutoGain and BPM values to iTunes and therefore your iPod, iPhone and iPod Touch. You can find more information on DJ1800 here.

iPod Touch and iPhone Ableton Midi controller

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Here’s a little treat for you iPhone and iPod touch DJs, the video shows another new program for iPod touch and iPhone users that allows the iPod touch and iphone as a Midi controller for Ableton, it brings the concept of a midi controller a step more in line with with iPods than the PS2 midi controller.

PS2 Midi controller conversion kit

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OK, whilst this isn’t totally related to iPod DJing, I simply couldn’t resist, its simply fantastic what you can do with technology these days and certainly if the same effort was put to making the iPod more DJ friendly we’d seen more DJs appearing, more creative music and faster progression in the field of iPod DJing.

The MIDIator is a PS2 to MIDI controller it, it comes either DIY or pre-made, an allows you to covert an old PS2 controller into a MIDI controller for your DJ software on a laptop, with software such as Ableton, the long shot of this is that if the MIDIator could be modified to hookup to an iPod, it could be used as an iPod DJing controller in the same way that the MIDIator contols the software on a laptop. you really need to see it in action, here the link to the MIDIator site.

And heres a video, not the guitar hero controller at the tail end of the video: