Playing music from the project
In live mode you can play a song from your project. If it has a light show, the show runs with the music. For all other songs your Autoloops run to the song’s beat, just like on the night with Engine DJ.
Step by step
- Tap “Music” in the header.
- Find the song with “Search songs …”. Songs tagged “Light show” have a song show, “no show” means none yet.
- Tap the song. You see “Loading “…” …”, then the music starts.
- The music bar appears at the bottom left of the stage:
- Play and pause.
- Click in the progress bar to jump to that point.
- For songs with a light show: “Script” plays the song show, “Autoloop” runs your Autoloops to the song’s beat instead.
- × (“Stop music”) stops the music.
- The Space bar plays and pauses the music as long as no run sheet is open.
More from “Live mode”
- Opening live modeLive mode plays all Autoloops, static looks and song shows of your project on the 3D stage, and you control them the way you do on the night: on the computer, on the PRIME 4 or on the Control One. That way you see how your shows work together before the gig.Summary
- Live Desk: control your show while you DJThe Live Desk is your own MIDI surface for SoundSwitch: on your computer, tablet and phone. It comes mapped to your show, with the names and colors of your loops and looks. There is nothing to learn or map.Summary
- Spot Director: guide your movers from your phone on the nightWith Spot Director you guide your moving heads from your phone or tablet during the event. Tap the floor and all selected heads go there together. Drag your finger and they follow the couple across the dance floor.Summary
- Choosing the controls: Perform, PRIME 4, Control One, StageAt the top of live mode you choose what the controls look like. Each layout recreates a device, so you pick your shows the same way you do on the night.Summary
- Playing Autoloops and static looks liveIn the “Perform” layout you see SoundSwitch 2.11 in Performance mode, just like on your laptop after clicking “MIDI”: the same tabs, buttons, colors and spacing. You play Autoloops and static looks there just as on the night.Summary