DigitalDingus

Hey there world, So i'm sorta new to the sound/DJ world and could use any advice/help/criticism you guys and girls have. Im currently empty with hardware and software for dj equipment, could use some tips on where to get the best stuff possible. Thanks.

What venue are you going to play your tracks in? Club, lounge, or something more private? Will you be obligated to mix hot (live mixing) or are you looking to create a set of tracks and letting them play. Using MixPad and WavePad should be just enough to do this. Which is why I purchased these two programs myself.

I was wondering if there is a way or will there be a way, to save the settings in WavePad's effects and naming them. Up till now, it looks like there are only a few presets, and it can be tedious to change the settings everytime you want a unique effect.

OK, OK we hear you...Ill see if we can have another option in the next release. It wont be a varied color palette but maybe a revert to the old color scheme. Gotta get it past the boss first.

Yeah, I was wondering what the obstacle is in letting the user choose the colors for the sound tracks?

How do blend the beginning of one song to the end of another?

I just purchased MixPad and WavePad myself. What you'll be doing are a few things. First, you'll want to have the songs as close to the same BPM as possible or you'll be blending a short segment--which could sound odd. If the songs don't require a beat match, then you'll want a nice smooth fade which goes from the first track and into the other.

Second, you'll then be fading the tracks into each other at some point, which is generally at the end of one track, and at the beginning of another. Look in your help contents on fading tracks. What you'll end up with, is one track in the first slot on MixPad, and then your second track will be located beneath it maybe about 30secs before the end of the first track.

Hope this helps a little. But the major issue you'll be dealing with is proper fading of a track and making sure you're not fading out too quickly and into the other to prematurely. Search for "Fade Points" on this forum which might help you.

Also, from the help contents:

MixPad can automatically add a cross fade to two clips. A crossfade is a common mixing technique which can help to smooth over the join between two audio clips. To apply a crossfade in MixPad, simply select the clips you wish to cross fade and from the main menu click Clip --> Crossfade Selected Clips. You can fine tune the crossfade by dragging the fade points around to their desired locations.