ImageLine, het bedrijf dat ook achter de FL Studio software zit, heeft zojuist haar DJ software Deckadance ge-update nar versie 1.8. Deckadance is een DJ mix programma dat als standalone programma werkt of als een VSTi plugin in je favoriete DAW (host). Echter, Deckadance kan zelf ook als host dienen voor andere VSTi’s en effect plugins. Deckadance is te gebruiken met zo goed als alle midicontrollers alsook ‘time-code’ vinyl en CD systemen.

Het belangrijkste nieuwe feature in de 1.8 versie is wel de ‘song manager‘. Hiermee kun je je tracks makkelijker en sneller organiseren.

Overzicht van de belangrijkste verbeteringen in Deckadance 1.8 (engelstalig):

Song Manager Features:
- Manage 50.000+ in your music collection without slow downs using a open format database (sqlite).
- SM categorizes music files in your computer making them accessible through numerous search/sort features.
- Importing tracks into Song Manager doesn’t copy music files.
- Simple search and advanced search via subsets of metadata fields (filters).
- Create playlist to organize effectively your tracks. Sort, re- order, reset original state, export to html/m3u and more.
- Create smart playlist that auto-update based on ‘rules’. e.g.: “top 25 most played dance genre songs with bpm between 120 and 140″.
- Fully customizable layouts: hide/show, re-arrange, (auto) resize of the metadata view columns.
- Edit track tags/metadata (title, artist, name… etc.) via inline editing.
- Cover art (resizable) display.
- Supported formats: mp3, acc (m4a), wav, aiff, wma, flac and ogg.
- Cross platform (win/mac) with full drag/drop external support.

Other notable changes & additions
- New Recording engine with threaded streaming to disk.
- Added SNAP to the closest beat in the waveform for loops, cues, waveform seek and start position.
- Added DVS run-out protection with auto engage and visual feedback.
- Added Lead In function in DVS section.
- Improved DVS behaviour for large audio buffer sizes.
- Incremented to 30 seconds the minimum playing time to mark a song like played.
- Added right click over played state to reset it.
- Removed clear played state of tracks when automix is enabled.
- Updated minihost look and added song manager start button.
- Added downbeat and start position keyboard shortcuts:
> DECK A->Downbeat: “ctrl+t”, Start Position: “ctrl+y”.
> DECK B->Downbeat: “ctrl+g”, Start Position: “ctrl+h”.
- Added “key slider” and “key slider inverted” to the midi learn commands.
- Incremented decks buffer size to 15 minutes.

Meer informatie op de ImageLine website.