U-Mix Remote/Cross DJ: 1st Impressions & Cue Problem
Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 04:47
Hi ...
Just downloaded the U-Mix Remote off the Apple App store to give it a try. A bit of poking and pushing here and there in configs and next thing I knew, I had the iPad2 networked to my MacBook and triggering CrossDJ 1.7.1 ... nice!
Actions of the U-Mix Remote (iPad2) are mirrored on my Hercules Control MK4 indicator lights and on the Macbook screen - and vice versa).
Pretty intuitive after that ... most things seemed to work right away:
play/sync/crossfader/volume/eq/effects, etc ... Quite thrilling to walk around wireless and be flying the software – struck me it might have some 'wow' factor interacting with an audience at an event.
At one point received a message - wifi signal to weak although distance shouldn't have been a real problem. Another time I saw a 'repaired' connection message. There was never more than about 35 feet between iPad and Macbook - in an open loft space.
Via the CrossDJ preferences window - Remote pane, the wireless connection can be reset de-selecting and re-selecting the check box for 'use remote apps'.
NO CUEING? – the promo on the website mentions "previewing a track before loading" - implies hearing it ... but I have yet to hear any sound on my headphones if they are plugged into the iPad 2 (iPad volume is up and other apps play audio into headphones) ...
So, not supported? Or configuration issue? Things sort of ground to a halt at that point.
Until I can cue/hear on headphones via the iPad2 headphone jack, I can't really see using the U-Mix Remote beyond a bit of a novelty.
Can anyone confirm if previewing track or cuing is actually supported on this iPad app? Should I be able to hear CrossDJ cue and mix-out audio on headphones plugged into the iPad2?
If not, that really needs to be explicitly mentioned ...
Thanks ...
Just downloaded the U-Mix Remote off the Apple App store to give it a try. A bit of poking and pushing here and there in configs and next thing I knew, I had the iPad2 networked to my MacBook and triggering CrossDJ 1.7.1 ... nice!
Actions of the U-Mix Remote (iPad2) are mirrored on my Hercules Control MK4 indicator lights and on the Macbook screen - and vice versa).
Pretty intuitive after that ... most things seemed to work right away:
play/sync/crossfader/volume/eq/effects, etc ... Quite thrilling to walk around wireless and be flying the software – struck me it might have some 'wow' factor interacting with an audience at an event.
At one point received a message - wifi signal to weak although distance shouldn't have been a real problem. Another time I saw a 'repaired' connection message. There was never more than about 35 feet between iPad and Macbook - in an open loft space.
Via the CrossDJ preferences window - Remote pane, the wireless connection can be reset de-selecting and re-selecting the check box for 'use remote apps'.
NO CUEING? – the promo on the website mentions "previewing a track before loading" - implies hearing it ... but I have yet to hear any sound on my headphones if they are plugged into the iPad 2 (iPad volume is up and other apps play audio into headphones) ...
So, not supported? Or configuration issue? Things sort of ground to a halt at that point.
Until I can cue/hear on headphones via the iPad2 headphone jack, I can't really see using the U-Mix Remote beyond a bit of a novelty.
Can anyone confirm if previewing track or cuing is actually supported on this iPad app? Should I be able to hear CrossDJ cue and mix-out audio on headphones plugged into the iPad2?
If not, that really needs to be explicitly mentioned ...
Thanks ...