

There are plenty of functions, and a switch to activate well mapped keyboard controls. BPMs are automatically calculated, and generally quite good. Once you've found your music, loading tracks into the mixing desk is simple. Searching through your Windows folder tree is a pain. The explorer isn't great - Traktor's system of allowing you to open your iTunes library is much simpler, for example. Under the mixing desk is the library, split into DJ ProMixer NB Netbook saved playlists, and an explorer for your Netbook's hard drives. It offers a two-deck mixing interface, with a central mixer, effects and sampler console. DJ ProMixer NB Netbook is designed to be lightweight enough to run smoothly on netbooks, and it does seem to be fairly light on resources. There are lots of mixing apps for budding DJs, from high end programs like Traktor Pro and Virtual DJ to the open source Mixxx and other free options like CrossDJ. For the more serious DJ, the ability to sync with a physical mixing console makes this a good way to utilize your MP3 collection for DJing purposes.Ī solid basic DJ tool, but not really suitable for use with only a mouse.Does DJ ProMixer stand out from the crowd? There are more user friendly basic DJ applications, better suited to mouse control for that.

Overall, e-mix basic is really only suitable for actual DJing, not just playing about with at home. The autoplay function is not very flexible - you can't set an automatic cross fade, for example. Without an external controller e-mix is a little awkward to use, as you really need to mix using both hands, so one mouse controlling the mixing desk is not really enough (unless you're lightning quick).

It comes with nine ready effects, like a dog bark and car brake, which are accessible at the touch of a button.įor the careless DJ, there's an 'Autoplay' button, which means e-mix will just play through your playlist. Slightly odder is the jingles box, so you can play little sound effects during your DJ sets. There are low, mid, high and gain controls, and a cross-fader, and also a tap BPM button for getting the BPM just right.
