

The software worked seamlessly with the NI Traktor Kontrol S2 I used to test it, offering nearly complete fidelity between the S2’s functionality with Traktor Pro and VirtualDJ respectively. VirtualDJ has the most comprehensive hardware support of any DJ software, with plug-and-play compatibility for more than 300 all-in-one controllers, mixers, and pad controllers. To use both normal EQ and a stem mode simultaneously, VirtualDJ makes it easy to use a 4-deck controller/4-channel mixer to assign EQ to channels 1&2 and a stem mode to channels 3&4. Traditional frequency-only EQ is still available. With the Mel/Vox knob (middle knob) centered, it plays the melodic instruments and the vocals when turned to the right, it mutes the instruments and isolates the vocal with an impressive degree of accuracy. With these modes, knobs in the center position mean the stem is on knobs all the way left mute the stem knobs all the way right solo the stem (so that other stems not turned to the right are muted) and positions in between are blends.
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The full Stems Advanced EQ mode assigns the Instrument, Hihat, Vocal, Kick and Bass parts to a hardware channel’s Gain, Hi, Mid, Low, and Filter knobs. For the 5-stem Stems mode, you’ll typically use the Gain, Hi, Mid, Low, and Filter knobs of a controller or mixer. To adjust the stems within each mode, you can assign three knobs – typically the Hi, Mid, and Low EQ knobs on a controller or MIDI mixer – to the EXRemix and ModernEQ stems. Stems, a 5-stem mode with Instrument, Hihat, Vocal, Kick, and Bass stems.

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VirtualDJ 2021’s real-time track separation not only steps it up to 5 stem parts – it also (usually) provides cleaner-sounding results inside of a professional DJ application with amazing hardware compatibility. In early 2019, Audionamix Xtrax Stems 2 was your best bet for deriving 3 stem parts from a stereo audio file.

There’s no doubt that this is big news for DJs. And as we’ve has pointed out before, more often than not, VirtualDJ leads the way in introducing innovative and unique features to DJ software.

However, DJ Angelo has since shown how destructive one can get with just an iPad and the Neural Mix stems of djay Pro AI. Perhaps the news may have made a bigger splash if it had come from one of the big three DJ software programs, rather than an iOS-only app and the often-overlooked VirtualDJ. These announcements came out of nowhere, during an unprecedented and rather depressing downtime for DJs during a global pandemic – so this was almost an anti-climactic culmination of a dream that dates back at least to Celemony Melodyne’s polyphonic note separation from 2009. On June 18, both Atomix and Algoriddim announced that real-time stem separation of tracks was available for the djay Pro AI for iOS app and the new VirtualDJ 2021. System Requirements: Minimum-Windows 7/MacOSX 10.9 Recommended-Windows 10/MacOSX 10.5. VirtualDJ Business: $99 month (includes multi-user licenses and other perks) VirtualDJ Pro Infinity: $299 (one-time fee) VirtualDJ Home Plus: $49 or $99 (includes support for only one controller)
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Price: VirtualDJ Home: Free (no hardware support) Find out how it works-and how it sounds-in this full review. This AI-assisted techno magic opens avenues for real-time mashups and remixing previously not possible in DJ software. The updated VirtualDJ 2021 software adds a long-awaited tool for digital DJs: track separation into 3 or 5 mixable stem parts.
