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PCDJ DEX Changelog

What's new in PCDJ DEX 3.10.1.0

Jun 22, 2018
  • New setting: keep singers in rotation, even without songs
  • You can adjust the filler music player volume control independent of the karaoke player volume
  • Multiplex karaoke file support (mute/unmute background vocal for multiplex CDG files); usually in these multiplex karaoke files the left channel is instruments-only and the right channel is instruments+voice; to use this feature you need to use/select the karaoke skins (LYRX or LYRX12);
  • Custom video background (image or video) is now always displayed (even when there are no singers in the karaoke rotation list)
  • Included new karaoke-only LYRX skins (2 variations)
  • Several improvements to Hercules DJ controllers mappings/scripts
  • Fixed bug related to setting Samplers’ volume
  • Fixed some zip file issues
  • New skin actions: “filler_player_volume”, “master_mode”, “master_mode_text”, “master_karaoke_mode”, “master_karaoke_mode_text”
  • New script actions: “setFillerVolume”, “setMasterMode”, “setMasterKarMode”

New in PCDJ DEX 3.9.0.8 (Nov 30, 2017)

  • New, Changed And Updated:
  • 64-bit Windows (currently a public beta) version (in addition to the usual 32-bit release)
  • Option to disable Party Tyme Karaoke in the browser (Under General tab in options)
  • Right-click on the LOAD button to unload the deck (works on all 4 decks)
  • Graphics/interface rendering improvements in Windows
  • New controller supported: Numark DJ2GO 2
  • Fixed Analyze and Edit File Info menu options missing
  • Fixed memory leaks related to karaoke singers list
  • Various bug fixes and performance optimizations

New in PCDJ DEX 3.9.0.7 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Removed Pulselocker (due to their recent demise)
  • Small bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 3.9 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • Added Party Tyme Karaoke subscription service (Right-click on the PT log in the DEX 3 browser to start and account and subscribe)
  • Any tracks loaded will be marked as played (and added to History) only after about 20 seconds of actual playback
  • Fixed several issues related to Pulselocker
  • Fixed rare crash when closing the app
  • Various performance optimizations

New in PCDJ DEX 3.8.0.1 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • 3 new controllers added: American Audio VMS5, Numark Mixtrack Platinum, Numark PartyMix
  • New controllers scripts: added alert() function as an alias to the debug() function
  • Fixed bug “out of window IDs” when tweaking FX-related knobs
  • Minor compatibility improvements

New in PCDJ DEX 3.8.0.0 (Jun 8, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Always-in-sync (sync-lock/beat-lock) – press Sync once and the song will stay in-sync with the master deck
  • Steady-rhythm BPM detection mode (for sync-lock) – works best for songs with perfect tempo (eg. electronic music)
  • Colored waveform’s (3 distinct layers so you can clearly see the rhythm and RMS/global levels)
  • Once you’ve analyzed a track (either by loading it or by using the batch Analyze/all feature) it will load instantly thereafter
  • 3 new Daytime skins (and tweaks for the Nighttime skins)
  • 3 new controllers supported: Denon MC7000, Hercules P32 DJ, Reloop Mixon 4
  • You can open ‘Edit Overlays’ window + switch between overlays from the skin itself (available in the 2-decks Nighttime/Daytime skins) (make sure you save/copy your overlays to ‘Documents/PCDJ-DEX3/Overlays’ if you want them to show up in the drop-down list)
  • Added spinner/text to see background tasks status (eg. how many items are still to be processed by ‘Analyze all’)
  • You can now minimize the main window (on your own display or switch to a different app while the secondary video window will remain visible)
  • Fixed crash when scanning bad/corrupt mp3s
  • Various bug fixes and optimizations
  • Skin Actions Update:
  • Added button actions: ‘show_video_overlays’, ‘enable_video_overlays’, ‘deck_cfassign_left’, ‘deck_cfassign_thru’, ‘deck_cfassign_right’ (to assign a deck to the crossfader)
  • Added drop-down actions: ‘dropdown_video_overlay’
  • Added text actions: ‘background_tasks_remaining’
  • Added image actions: ‘img_background_tasks_spinner’
  • Removed text actions: ‘status_background_processing’ – please replace with ‘background_tasks_remaining’ in all your skins
  • Controller Scripting Update:
  • Actions to assign a deck to the crossfader (to the left side, right side or simply skip the crossfader (THRU)): ‘deckCFAssignToLeft’, ‘deckCFAssignToThru’, ‘deckCFAssignToRight, ‘deckSetCFAssign’ (input values for ‘deckSetCFAssign’: 0 (left), 1 (THRU), 2 (right))
  • Notifications: global: recording; per-deck: cuepos11 .. cuepos16, looppos1 .. looppos8, fxCutoffLP, fxCutoffHP, fxBitCrusher, fxTremolo

New in PCDJ DEX 3.7.5.1 (May 12, 2017)

  • Updated to support latest Pulselocker SDK (Fixed random streaming issue)
  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in PCDJ DEX 3.8 RC 2 (May 12, 2017)

  • Fixed ASIO bug (crash when accessing certain ASIO drivers is fixed)
  • Fixed waveform’s zoom bug
  • Fixed musical key displaying (Musical key didn’t always display when loading a track)
  • Fixed various beat-sync lock issues
  • Performance optimizations

New in PCDJ DEX 3.7.5.0 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • New, changed or fixed:
  • Contextual menu to add Pulselocker songs to the Locker (to “Offline tracks”); you can also remove them as well as download as many track selections at a time as you wish.
  • Right-click on Pulselocker search results and use the “Download To Offline Tracks” option to retrieve songs to your hard drive. Use “Remove From Offline Tracks” to dump.
  • Added icons to show the status of a Pulselocker track (downloading, downloaded, removing, cloud, etc)
  • Updated Pulselocker SDK to latest version (1.2.2)
  • Excluded Pulselocker cloud tracks from the regular search results (it will still show tracks from the Locker – tracks that you have on your computer)
  • Updated M-Audio Xponent script (auto detection should work OK in all instances)
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance optimizations (eg. slightly faster searching/search results)
  • 7 new DJ controllers supported (zero-configure / map files included with software installation):
  • Behringer CMD Studio 2A
  • Behringer CMD Studio 4A
  • Hercules DJControl Instinct P8
  • Reloop DJ Beatmix 4 MK2
  • Pioneer DJ DDJ-RB
  • Pioneer DJ DDJ-RR
  • Pioneer DDJ WeGO2 (the original WeGO and the WeGO3 are also supported)

New in PCDJ DEX 3.7.0 Beta 1 (Sep 2, 2016)

  • New in DEX 3.7 is the ability to create stunning multi-layer text, image and video overlays.:
  • DEX 3.7 has an all-new video mixing feature in it’s arsenal. VDJ’s can use the ‘Edit Video Overlay’s‘ button located under the video tab in DEX 3.7 (and up) options to create and save multi-layer overlays. Use overlays for on-screen messages such as birthday wishes or congrats, or to add more flair to your video mix sets.
  • Video mixing DJs can manipulate size, position, opacity, text colors, font and more using the ‘Edit Video Overlay’s‘ panel in DEX 3.7 — providing loads of options and control over overlays. Simply save your overlay and cue it up when you’re ready to display on screen for your audience. Display overlays while playing only audio, or show them over-top other videos and karaoke lyrics.
  • The new text, image and video overlay feature included in DEX 3.7 (and up) provide video mixing DJs an easy-to-use method to build unique and custom overlays to use during live performance.

New in PCDJ DEX 3.6.1.1 (Jul 29, 2016)

  • Lots of internal rewriting/refactoring for overall better performance and stability
  • Fixed crash when right click and drag in the playlist/sidelist
  • Fixed bug with 2-decks skin (mixer controls disabled in some cases)
  • Fixed crash when loading certain tracks
  • Fixed bug with a Windows system file being picked up inadvertently, causing a crash for some.
  • Various optimizations

New in PCDJ DEX 3.6.1 Beta (Jul 20, 2016)

  • Lots of internal rewriting/refactoring
  • Multiple bug fixes
  • Performance optimizations

New in PCDJ DEX 3.6.0.1 (May 7, 2016)

  • Updated and enabled Pulselocker for both Mac and Windows (new 1.2 SDK)
  • Ability to load video files without an audio stream/track
  • Automatically start Pulselocker searching after the user pauses entering text in the search text field (no need to manually press )
  • Fixed link video files to audio for Pulselocker tracks
  • Fixed loading of MP4 files that are actually audio-only (some MP4s with album artwork were loaded by mistake as video tracks)
  • Fixed crash when analyzing/loading tracks with silence only
  • Fixed preference not working (“Enable separate video window”)
  • Automatically configure audio for controllers (if the controller script implements it) + setting to disable/enable it
  • New controller actions and notifications for sampler (very easy to add normal/instant/stutter mode + led blinking to sampler leds on the controller)
  • Fixed microphone problems with various DJ controllers
  • Automatically enable On-Air when Talk is used
  • Completely refactored the file loading system (including multiple bug fixes)
  • Ability to link video files to audio tracks (from a user-selectable videos folder, random video selection is available too)
  • Video tab/panel added to the settings
  • Multiple performance optimizations
  • Various bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 3.6.0 Beta (Mar 10, 2016)

  • Completely refactored the file loading system (including multiple bug fixes)
  • Ability to link video files to audio tracks (from a user-selectable videos folder, random video selection is available too)
  • Video tab/panel added to the settings
  • Multiple performance optimizations
  • A few bugs squashed

New in PCDJ DEX 3.5.6 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • New Launch logo/icon
  • Using official Pulselocker 1.0 SDK
  • Pulselocker free trial info window added
  • Other small optimizations

New in PCDJ DEX 3.5.5 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • Musical Key detection (for harmonic mixing) *
  • Setting to enable Key detection (off by default) *
  • Enlarged Pulselocker login window
  • Fixed crash when using Facebook account to connect to Pulselocker
  • Fixed crash when more than 32 HID devices are present (mice, touch-screens, controllers, etc)
  • Minor bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 3.5 (Nov 21, 2015)

  • Pulselocker Streaming Service Support
  • Upgraded BPM detection engine
  • All-New GUI and various skin modes
  • Loop points (saving and recalling loops)
  • New sample decks with many new features (like full players)
  • Effect engine refactoring (internal)
  • DJ Controllers can now be detected using USB VID:PID also on Mac
  • New controllers supported: Denon MC4000, Pioneer DDJ-SX2, Pioneer DDJ-WeGo3
  • When exiting search it restores the last viewed list/folder
  • Graphics rendering improvements (eg. better looking text)
  • Setting to change between then new and the old (compatibility mode) BPM detection
  • Several small bug fixes (including 2 crash fixes) and optimizations
  • Automatic detection of arrival/removal of MIDI controllers (you can now plug in or disconnect devices while DEX 3.5 is running)
  • Fixed rare crash when loading karaoke files
  • Fixed graphical rendering problems with artwork over jog-wheels (for skin
  • Fixed automatic rescanning when a new disk/usb drive is inserted or ejected
  • Fixed automatic rotation on Windows tablet devices
  • Many performance improvements

New in PCDJ DEX 3.4 (Nov 21, 2015)

  • Brand new BPM detection engine (beta)
  • Icecast support (beta) – broadcast your live mix
  • Scratch tab/panel on the 2-decks skins
  • Loop points (saving and recalling loops)
  • Loop “Slip mode” setting – when exiting the loop it will continue as if no looping occurred (from the position it ought to be)
  • Auto-Cueing completely revamped:
  • Automatically detected mix-in and mix-out cue points (IN/OUT)
  • Setting to use either soft sounds or percussion for the in/out cue points detection
  • Setting to use or not Auto-cueing when loading and for Auto-Mix
  • Effect engine refactoring (internal)
  • New Effects: Bit Crusher – Robot Delay – Temolo – And new redesigned High-Pass and Low-PassFilters.
  • Samplers improvements incl. Sampler play modes (normal, stutter, instant/momentary), recording, waveform, cutoff filter, monitoring (pre-listen)
  • Controllers can now be detected using USB VID:PID also on Mac
  • Denon MC-6000 MKII DJ Controller is fully supported
  • When exiting search it restores the last viewed list/folder
  • Graphics rendering improvements (eg. better looking text)
  • Setting to change between then new and the old (compatibility mode) BPM detection
  • Several small bug fixes (including 2 crash fixes) and optimizations
  • Drag & drop files from Explorer / Finder to the current-list or the side-list
  • Automatic detection of arrival/removal of MIDI controllers (you can now plug in or disconnect devices while DEX 3.4 is running)

New in PCDJ DEX 3.3 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • Added multi-track selection (work for/with: drag&drop tracks (to sidelist or to browser lists), remove tracks, analyse tracks, color/highlight tracks, send to sidelist, etc)
  • You can use the or keys
  • You can use the keyboard (eg. arrow keys)
  • Added 5 new video transitions: Blur, Pixelate, Blinds, Swipe H, Swipe V
  • Added setting to Preferences: “Search in the middle of words” (eg. to allow you to find “bcd” in “abcde”)
  • Added clock (time) in the included skins
  • Fixed crash when loading huge iTunes libraries
  • Fixed crash: tap/edit BPM from controllers
  • Fixed: for skins designers: vertical sound-displays (waveforms) work ok now
  • Other small fixes and improvements
  • Added new keyboard shortcuts:
  • adds all inserted tracks in the current list to the sidelist
  • inserts/clears all tracks in the list
  • inserts the current track selected in the list
  • drags/moves the current selected track up or down
  • or drags/moves the current selected track to top/bottom of the list

New in PCDJ DEX 3.2 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • Video mix recording (Beta)
  • Optimizations to allow for up to one million tracks in the database and the search cache (works on any Mac; 64-bit Windows with 4GB of RAM or more is recommended)
  • Searching improved
  • Fixed bug: reading tags/album artwork from files/folders with non-standard Latin characters (accents, etc). Please note that this will work only for new files — the files already added to the database can’t be updated (We plan to offer this in 3.3)
  • (the only solution/work-around right now is to manually edit the database.xml file and manually remove those badly scanned files and then to re-add them in the software)
  • Added 2 simple video fx/filters: Black & White, Sepia
  • Fixed crash on Mac when switching between Audio/Video skins
  • Updated SkinDesigner with new attributes for playlist and wheel controls
  • Several small improvements and bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 3.1 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Extensive performance optimizations and stability improvements
  • Added list-mode (table-like display mode) for current list/sidelist
  • To change between normal and list-mode right-click on the list and select “Toggle view mode” from the popup menu
  • You can: change columns order, hide/show columns, re-size columns, lock sorting or re-sizing, sort by clicking on the columns (and revert the sorting by clicking on the “No.” column header)
  • Added daytime skins (and also modified master VU-meter color for the original skins)
  • Added compatibility with iTunes 12
  • Tags support greatly improved for both reading and writing (you can now edit tags for: mp3, m4a, mp4, wav, aif, flac, ogg, wma; note that most video files (except for mp4) don’t support tags so no tag editing is possible on mov, mkv, cdg-zip, au, etc)
  • Changed functionality: you can also scroll the lists by dragging them from the right side (very useful for touch-screen users); drag-&-drop still works if you drag a track from the left side; (left 75% drag&drop / right 25% scroll)
  • Improved controller engine on MacOSX
  • Loaded tracks are “greyed out” (session only)
  • Search improvements (includes fixing a search cache issue)
  • For skins designers: jog-wheel artwork now possible (spinning or not, you can also use a mask for it)
  • On Macs the app is now 64-bit (MacOSX 10.7+)

New in PCDJ DEX 3.0.1 (Aug 25, 2014)

  • fixed slow searching bug
  • changed max favorite folders to 128 (from 32)
  • added .divx file support
  • small bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 2.6.5 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • Fixed: bug dealing with corrupted mp3 tags
  • Added new controllers: Hercules DJ Console 4Mx, Hercules DJ Control Air+, Hercules DJ4set, Numark 4Trak

New in PCDJ DEX 2.6.4 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • displaying loading/saving database message
  • fixed: timecode bug in relative mode (when moving the vinyl to the beginning of the track)
  • fixed: DirectSound WDM mode (multichannel)
  • fixed: loop bug when using fixed-beat loops
  • other small fixes and improvements

New in PCDJ DEX 2.6.3 (Aug 6, 2013)

  • advanced searching (separate search terms by spaces, search/filter by bpm/year/key (eg. b123 displays only songs with 123BPM))
  • harmonic mixing: support for key in Circle of Fifths or compatible formats (in ID3 tags)
  • reimplemented MIDI buffering (major stability improvement)
  • MIDI controllers can be detected also with VID/PID in scripts (Windows only)
  • MIDI scripting improvements
  • fixed: bug on loading different skins (even ones that are bigger resolution than the screen)
  • fixed: karaoke soft/blurry images
  • fixed: certain Karaoke zip files (with special characters in the name) won’t load
  • fixed: crash when importing certain mp3 files (with bad ID3 tags)
  • fixed: crash when using Singers List
  • new controllers added: Novation Twitch, Numark NS6, Numark Quad, Reloop Contour IE, Reloop Mixage CE, Reloop Digital Jockey 2 CE
  • other small improvements and bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 2.6.2 (Jul 16, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • new Nighttime and Daytime skin for multiple resolutions (the Nighttime is the default now)
  • MIDI and HID improvements
  • numerous bug fixes.
  • New Controllers:
  • Hercules DJ Console RMX2
  • Hercules DJ Control Air
  • Hercules DJ Control Instinct
  • Reloop Digital Jockey IE2 (completely re-implemented)

New in PCDJ DEX 2.6.0 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • Added Karaoke Singers List
  • Fixed Possible Bug with HD Video Playback
  • New Controllers Added:
  • American Audio 10MXR
  • American Audio 14MXR
  • American Audio 19MXR
  • Beyond Music Abma3
  • Beyond Music Abm4
  • Numark MixTrack_Pro_2
  • Numark N4
  • Pioneer DDJ WeGO
  • Pioneer XDJ Aero
  • flexible support for HID controllers

New in PCDJ DEX 2.5.2 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Preferences window appears correctly after changing skins
  • key stepper now displays with decimals
  • updated Denon MC6000 script included
  • original American Audio VMS4 script removed from distribution
  • minor bug fixes

New in PCDJ DEX 2.5.1 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Added Video Transisitions / Effects
  • Added Flexible Audio Routing options
  • Mac version is now signed to run without security issues on Mountain Lion
  • Possible Mp3 tracks length problem corrected
  • Key stepper configurable (full/half/quarter steps)
  • New Contollers Added:
  • Denon MC6000 / MC 3000
  • Faderfox DJ3
  • AA VersaDeck
  • AA VMS2
  • Numark Mixtrack

New in PCDJ DEX 2.2.4 (Apr 3, 2012)

  • Added 12 New Controllers Supported:
  • Akai LPD8
  • Numark DJ2Go
  • Numark MixTrack_Pro
  • Pioneer DDJ_Ergo
  • Reloop Contour_CE
  • Reloop Mixage_IE
  • Vestax VCI100
  • Vestax VCI100 MK2
  • Vestax VCI400
  • Vextax Typhoon
  • Zomo MC1000
  • Stanton SCS.4DJ
  • Added: Cue points markers (waveform)
  • Added: Other minor bug fixes and performance enhancements
  • Added: – FLV videos support
  • Added:Key Stepper (full semitones)
  • Improved overall video engine
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

New in PCDJ DEX 2.0.6 (Jun 8, 2011)

  • Mix, scratch, and apply effects to audio, video, and karaoke files (mp3, m4a, wav, aiff, ogg, cda, mpeg, avi, mov, mp4, mkv, wmv, flac, mp3+G and more supported formats)
  • Much improved automatic beat syncing – locks beats together for seamless mixing
  • New robust library with easy iTunes library import and faster global search
  • Midi-Learn using on-screen simple guides (map any midi controller simply)
  • Very high-quality Key-Lock/master tempo
  • Perceptual auto-gain (all songs play at same volume output)
  • Pitch-Scaling for harmonic mixing
  • New sample player
  • Easier to re-skin GUI
  • Improved interactive beat waveforms
  • Many other upgrades and changes, geared towards making the user experience more friendly and engaging.