What's new in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.6.5
Mar 25, 2015
- Changes:
- iTunes 12 compatibility
- 8 new controllers
- Akiyama Quattro
- Akiyama Quark
- Pioneer DDJ SX
- Pioneer DDJ SR
- Hercules DJ Control Wave
- Reloop BeatMix 2
- Reloop BeatMix 4
- Reloop Terminal Mix8
- a brand new interface (skin)
- minor improvements
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.6.1 (Jul 19, 2013)
- all MIDI/HID controllers are now connected at startup (it's no longer needed to select them in Preferences/Cfg).
- new controllers supported:
- Numark iDJ3
- Numark MixDeck Express (full support, including lcd displays)
- Gemini CNTRL-7 (HID mode)
- Gemini FirstMix
- Gemini FirstMix I/O
- scripting support for scrolling artist-title text on controllers with lcd/displays
- small fixes
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.6.0 (Mar 27, 2013)
- 17 new controllers and other improvements
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.5.0 (Dec 20, 2012)
- brand new flexible audio routing
- global lists and database search
- new controllers supported:
- American Audio VersaDeck
- American Audio VMS2
- American Audio VMS4.1
- Beyond Abma1 / Music MIDI_8
- Denon HC1000
- Denon MC3000
- Denon MC6000
- Faderfox DJ3
- Hercules DJ Control Steel (reimplemented from scratch)
- Stanton SCS.4DJ
- video engine: improved video looping, audio-video sync
- FLV videos support
- preferences system completely revamped both visually and internally- settings are applied instantly
- you can keep the preferences window open and still control the software (Windows only)
- change font dynamically (in real-time) in playlist/browser (press on the list to have focus and then press +/-/0 on your keyboard)
- disabled Auto-Cueing by default
- now scanning tags for m4a, flac, wma too
- user writable controllers and skins folder (user's Documents/FutureDecks/Controllers)
- key stepper configurable (full/half/quarter steps) -- skin dependent
- lots of performance tweaks, fixes and improvements
- minimum requirements: Windows 7/8;
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.0.4 (Feb 20, 2012)
- timecode in absolute mode improved significantly
- key stepper (it will go only on full semitones)
- improved video engine speed
- 8 new controllers natively supported:
- Pioneer DDJ Ergo (much improved from 3.0.3)
- Reloop Contour CE/IE
- Reloop Mixage CE/IE
- Vestax VCI100
- Vestax VCI100 MK2
- Vestax VCI400 (much improved from 3.0.3)
- Vextax Typhoon
- Zomo MC1000
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.0.3 (Jan 19, 2012)
- brand new user interface (skin) with 4 decks (SolidBrown)
- new controller natively supported: Pioneer DDJ-ERGO
- new controller natively supported: Vestax VCI-400
- small bug fixes
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 3.0.0 (Nov 14, 2011)
- new interface (skin)
- scan/import files/folders in the background
- 4 decks
- 10 new controllers supported natively:
- Akai LPD8,
- American Audio DP2,
- American Audio VMS4,
- BEAMZ Player,
- Denon DN-HC4500,
- Hercules DJ Console MK4,
- Numark DJ2Go,
- Numark Mixtrack Pro,
- Numark TotalControl,
- PCDJ DAC-3
- HID controllers support
- MIDI multiple devices
- MIDI scripting
- CPU meter
- AutoCue
- improved internal effects along with added parameters (needs skin that makes the features accessible)
- much better video including smoother playback
- automatic key detection (perfect for harmonic mixing)
- scan VSTs/AUs on demand (so the app won't crash on startup if certain incompatible plugins are installed)
- skin support for 4 decks, tabs/panels and scripting
- DirectX for Windows / OpenGL for the rest platforms by default
- video high-quality settings on by default (can't be disabled)
- instant loops -- RIGHT click press and hold on the loop 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, etc buttons for instant looping while you're pressing
- removed video settings (not needed anymore)
- clicking on time toggles elapsed/remain
- karaoke CDG+MP3 zip files playback
- 48000Hz (48KHz) ASIO + Mac playback - live resampling
- new setting: Disable Automatic Cueing
- Favourite folder option (nest directories)
- auto-mixing also working in external mixer mode
- loop points
- hot cue points logic changed (if it's not set, pressing it will set it, if it's set it will go there directly, if holding the button or right click it - it will delete the cue point)
- prev/next beat/bar (skip function)
- added new timecoded vinyl/CD types
- improved absolute and relative mode for timecoded vinyl/CD
- improved high-quality time-stretching and key shifting
- cue points + loops markers + mix in/out points on the whole-wave display (track position sliders)
- preview video decks (separate)
- sampler: data is automatically saved (file, pitch, volume, bpm, etc)
- sampler: send current loop in a deck to a sampler bank (along with BPM and sync capability)
- sampler: load samples with cue in/out set and keep only that part - trim function (cut samples in a deck using the cue mix in/out points)
- iTunes browser integration
- added Audio/Video/Karaoke filters
- added color markers to the list tracks
- pitch reset when click/right click on value
- press Play to continue playing after using CUE hot-starting (you can safely release the CUE button and playback will continue)
- clicking on the BPM value brings up the BPM edit window
- smart sync between the 4 decks
- speed improvements
- a lot of bug fixes
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 2.0.5 (Dec 23, 2010)
- record mixes in mp3 format (support for LameMp3 library) - read the FAQ section on how to enable mp3 encoding
- small bug fixes
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 2.0.4 (Nov 26, 2010)
- dry/wet mix for effects (replacing the on/off button) - you can now have much nicer effects in and out of the mix
- bug fixed when using multiple multichannel audio devices on Mac
- key knob warning appears only once if HQ timestretching is not enabled (+Mac fix)
- various stability and bug fixes
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 2.0.2 (Jan 27, 2010)
- Vestax VCI-100 support
- up/down buttons in the playlist scroll bar
- key value moves in exactly +/- 1 semitone when using shortcuts
- key change label bug fixed
- single shareware version (no more demo + full separate versions)
- several small bugs fixed
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 2.0.0 (Jan 27, 2010)
- high-quality time-stretching (you need to activate it from the cfg window - requires intensive CPU resources)
- pitch scaling/transpose (independent of tempo/speed) - used for harmonic/key mixing (use the FutureDecks tag editor to assign key values to songs that don't have the key already set)
- whole song audio stripe/waveform on position slider
- added Mix-In/Mix-Out (CUE In/Out) points used by AutoMix (can be edited just like regular cue points)
- Auto CUE In/Out (automatically detecting mix-in and mix-out points for the AutoMix feature if they are not present)
- improved BPM detection and beat-matching (sync)
- import the whole iTunes library or only distinct playlists (works with both normal and smart lists)
- Skin Designer application (released for Windows only at this time)
- video window remembers position/screen and fullscreen mode
- hide mouse cursor when video is full-screen
- settings rework (all XML now)
- cleaned up DirectX, fixed quality (as good as in OpenGL now), fixed aspect ratio when in full-screen
- high-quality video setting for both DirectX and OpenGL (consumes more resources if activated)
- better detection of external controllers
- browsing and loading songs directly from the controller for all Hercules controllers
- new hardware controllers supported: Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2, Reloop Digital Jockey - IE2 (partial support)
- changed loop controls name ("In" is now "In/Out" and "Out" is now "Exit"); the functionality remains the same
- automatically pausing the track when reaching end
- increased tempo/speed maximum range to +/-50%
- a lot of small bugs and critical errors fixed, much more stable
- speed improvements
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 1.5.1 (Jan 27, 2010)
- video full screen fixed (Mac, Linux)
- load files from the current list (using the next-song cursor) when Automix list is empty
- minor fixes
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 1.5.0 (Jan 27, 2010)
- new skin (widescreen)
- video preview screen (for both DirectX and OpenGL mode)
- new CUE points logic (for the small cue points buttons)
- special AutoMix playlist
- allow Auto-Mix on all lists (use current list when Auto-Mixing instead of special list)
- inserting/selecting multiple songs (works with Drag&Drop, Remove, Physical Remove, Analyze)
- searching works also with comment and album and preserves last cursor position (when leaving search mode)
- shuffle function
- move song to top/bottom of list (Ctrl + PgUp/Down)
- current time on the standard skins
- complete rewrite of several parts of the software to allow further improvements and better stability
- numerous small improvements
- performance optimizations
- lots of stability improvements
- error on mouse leaving button still pressed (the button remained on)
- video quality fixed (both OpenGL and DirectX)
New in FutureDecks DJ Pro 1.3.3 (May 9, 2009)
- Video Mixing with DirectX and OpenGL support
- History (songs played recently, in the order played)
- Beat pos display (1 2 3 4)
- Sync for Sampler
- Bundled VST effect