{"id":4341,"date":"2024-03-25T21:50:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T20:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2024-08-19T21:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:02:31","slug":"beatport-dj-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/beatport-dj-review","title":{"rendered":"Beatport DJ review – Where’s the rest?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Beatport DJ?<\/h2>\n\n\n

Beatport DJ is software for DJs to perform gigs with digital music.
You can use the software with or without a controller, although I would strongly recommend a controller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company that sells music via their website builds a DJ app.
The company who has a website that is slow, laggy and doesn’t play tracks 50% of the time that they are actively selling.
What could go possibly wrong with a DJ app?
A lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look at the user interface:
The music you are currently playing in the player decks, is displayed on top. (yes, tracks actually play, so they know it is possible!!!)
The library is on the bottom.
And the playlists are on the left.
So far, a pretty standard layout<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout this article I use screenshots, you can click on these screenshot to enlarge (only works on desktop).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

User interface and usability<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The user interface is pretty uncluttered and looks nice.
The Cue and Play buttons are a decent size, also the track height of tracks in the playlist are a decent size (maybe even too big).
Big buttons allows you easy navigation with sticky surfaces.
But the Hot Cues, and EQ buttons in contrast are fairly small.<\/p>\n\n\n

Flicker, flicker<\/h3>\n\n\n

The Play -and Sync-buttons of both decks keep flashing for no reason, which is incredibly distracting.
Even when I’m typing this text, I have to minimize the software on my other screen because it keeps flickering in the corner of my eye.
It absolutely drives me mad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flicker, flicker.
Flicker, flicker.<\/p>\n\n\n

Waveform<\/h3>\n\n\n

The user interface is sometimes a bit unresponsive and laggy.
It always a few milliseconds to too late, which is a bit annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have some problems with the waveform: I miss details!
The waveform on top is way too rudimentary.
The detailed waveform in the middle doesn’t make a good distinction between frequency ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The waveform is monochrome.
I like the multi-colored modern waveforms in Rekordbox <\/a>and Engine DJ<\/a> a lot better.<\/p>\n\n\n

Loops<\/h3>\n\n\n
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When you set an in and out point for a loop.
It is not really clear that you set a loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In EVERY other DJ software a piece of waveform seems selected, not here.
A part of the single-color waveform becomes white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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