![]() So, I reached for the sync button, and in no time at all, the tracks were aligned. Due to the size of the pitch slider (the entire slider takes up less than two inches of screen space), and the jumpiness of the pitch bend buttons, precision adjustments to the tempo were almost impossible to perform manually. As a turntable DJ, I despise the sync button, so instead of using it on Future DJ, I tried to manually mix two tracks using the app’s 0-16% pitch slider and bend buttons. Since Future DJ features a “Sync” button on each deck, this BPM information allows the app to match the tempo of two tracks quickly and accurately. This process is very smooth with no glitches whatsoever. Once you select your track and load it, Future DJ scans it as it’s loading to determine BPM (beats per minute) and to mark each beat of every measure. ![]() Two waveform windows are displayed on the top of the screen, which fill nicely when you load a track from your iPad music library. On the iPad (I was using an iPad 2), Future DJ (version 1.1) looks fairly nice. After watching the Future DJ introductory videos on YouTube, I was excited to put this app through its paces to see if it could really perform at a pro DJ level. Mixing like a pro DJ for less than 4 bucks? Yeah…….I was skeptical too. This app, called Future DJ, is available for all iOS devices and carries a price tag of $3.99 on the Apple App Store. The EU-based company, Xylio, claims that their latest DJ app is “not a toy” and “allows you to mix like a pro DJ in no time”.
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