Despite rampant success and focused development on the iOS platform, Algoriddim’s djay for Mac application continues to see updates, including today’s release of version 4.2. The new version brings a number of additions, including wireless Airplay playback to multiple audio devices and a number of new additions for MIDI controllers.
Here’s the official press release from the Algoriddim crew:
djay 4.2 for Mac released
Today we released djay for Mac 4.2, a free update for existing users of djay 4 with new features and a lot of improvements. The changes include:
- Added AirPlay panel in main window (visible when AirPlay device is available)
- Added ability to send mix to multiple AirPlay devices
- Added new audio setup panel when connecting multi-channel audio devices (e.g. Vestax Spin 2)
- Added native support for more MIDI controllers:
- Reloop Terminal Mix 2/4, Reloop Beatmix, Reloop Mixage IE, Denon DN-SC2000,Hercules DJ Control Air
- Added MIDI mapping actions
- Changed non touch-sensitive MIDI jog wheels to scratch during playback (the previouspitch-bend behavior can be enabled using “Jog Pitch Bend Mode” in the MIDI options menu)
- Changed MIDI jog wheel pitch-bend to scratch while record is paused
- Changed “Move Library Selection” MIDI actions to not wrap around at beginning/end of song list
- Improved iTunes library loading performance
- Improved VoiceOver accessibility for song list and Automix Queue
- Fixed artwork loading and export to iTunes issues on OS X 10.8.2
- Fixed library access issue with songs on multiple external partitions
- Fixed cue pause issue
- Fixed gain being reset when “Reset EQ/Effects/Controls” preference is off
- Fixed MIDI mappings for certain controllers not being saved
- Fixed selected samples folder always reverting to “djay Sample Pack”
- Further stability and performance improvements
The Airplay support is a pretty cool feature – but it does add such a significant amount of latency to the audio that makes mixing live over Airplay very difficult. Algoriddim says:
Note that playing music through AirPlay adds latency to your audio. We recommend using AirPlay with djay’s Automix feature.
Learn more about djay for Mac on Algoriddim’s official site.
