DJing allows you to connect with the music you enjoy. You are not only listening to the song but you can get involved and create with it. DJing gives you a new level of enjoyment and understanding of your music. It encourages you to discover new and exciting music that you will enjoy playing around with. Building a music library is an essential part of DJing, however finding what music to download and where to download it is a minefield!
Apple Music boasts to have more than 100 million songs and 30,000 playlists in its library. And it is a great way of keeping up to date with a wide variety of new music. Do you already use Apple Music and want to start DJing? Which DJ app is the best? Does Apple Music work with 3rd-part DJ apps? In this article, we will share the top 6 best apps for DJing, and you will learn how to DJ with Apple Music.
Apple Music is now officially integrated with djay. djay provides a complete DJ software for all DJs. The DJ software seamlessly integrates with your music library, giving you instant access to millions of tracks. You can perform live, record mixes on-the-go, or enable Automix mode.
Note: Apple Music on djay doesn’t support recording mixes, neural mixing, or stems.
Made for: Mac, PC, iOS, Android, iPad
Website: https://www.algoriddim.com/apps?ref=cueup
Mixonset is an AI DJ app mixes your music from Spotify Premium, Apple Music, SoundCloud Free, TIDAL and your local library. Mixonset picks the best fade-in and fade-out points, then seamlessly transitions automatically between tracks. Since most songs are too long, Mixonset plays the best 25-50% of a song as a highlight. Simply sync with your streaming service, press Smart Mix and vibe out to your personal mix.
Made for: Mac, iOS
Website: https://www.mixonset.com
Apple Music is not integrated with most DJ apps as there is no way for 3rd-party DJ style apps like Serato, VirtualDJ to play songs from Apple Music. This also applies when songs are downloaded onto your device from Apple Music, as the downloaded files will be DRM-protected. If you need to DJ with Apple Music, the only way is to remove the DRM protection from Apple Music songs and download them as common format files.
Pazu Apple Music Converter is an easy-to-use Apple Music Downloader for Apple Music users, which is specially developed to download Apple Music songs while converting the DRM-protected songs from M4P to MP3, FLAC, AAC, AIFF, WAV, or M4A format at 10X speed. And it is capable of downloading Apple Music tracks with keeping the lossless audio quality. With the help of Pazu Apple Music Converter, you can easily transfer the downloaded Apple Music songs to any DJ program. The following is the detailed tutorial to guide you to download Apple Music songs.
Here's how to download songs, albums and playlists from Apple Music to MP3.
Download, install and run Pazu Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.
Click the key icon to activate the full version if you have purchased a license, otherwise you can only use the trial version.
Follow the on-screen instructions to sign in with your Apple ID.
The default format is M4A in 256kbps. Apple Music Converter also supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. Click
icon if you want to change output format or output folder.
Here you can also customize song name format with any combination of Playlist Index, Track Number, Title, Artist and Album.
Or set Pazu Apple Music Converter to archive output song with Artist, Album, Artist/Album or Album/Artist.
Follow the instructions to choose a playlist, artist, or album that you want to download.
Click the Add button to select songs for converting.
All songs in the playlist or album are selected by default. Uncheck the songs you don't want to download if there are any, then click Convert button.
If you are using the trial version, you will get below pop-up window indicating trial version limitations, just click Try if you haven't purchased a license.
The songs you selected will be downloaded to the format you want.
After conversion, click
to quickly locate the DRM-free Apple Music songs.
Now you have downloaded Apple Music to mp3, you can add the mp3 songs to your DJ apps s local music files. Popular DJ apps include:
Serato DJ Pro is the most popular DJ software globally. When you’re talking about Hip-Hop, Dance, and everything in between, you’re looking at the standard.
Price: (Free trial) 149 USD
Made for: Mac, PC
Website: https://serato.com/dj/pro
VirtualDJ 2021 uses advanced technology and the power of modern computers to revolutionize what DJs can do. With this new version, you can mix in real-time the various components of your tracks (vocals, instruments, kicks, hihats, etc).
Price: Free lite version
Made for: Mac, PC
Website: https://www.virtualdj.com/
TRAKTOR DJ 2 is a DJ app without barriers; it’s free, SoundCloud Go+ integration means you have access to an endless track collection, and TRAKTOR’s song recommendations help you choose which one to play next. All you need is a laptop or iPad. It can record your mix and save it with a tap using the built-in Mix Recorder.
Price: Free
Made for: Mac, PC, iPad
Website: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/traktor/dj-software/traktor-dj-2/
Traktor Pro 3 is a professional 4-DECK DJ software. It’s filled sound systems and dancefloors across the world, as well as house parties, bars, beaches, and everything in between. TRAKTOR PRO 3 brings you new tools for sonic sculpting, best sound quality ever, and clearest interface to date.
Price: Free trial
Made for: Mac, PC
Website: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/traktor/dj-software/traktor-pro-3/
Mac DJ app MegaSeg has become the first DJ app that lets you DJ with all your music in iTunes. Tracks must be downloaded and not in the cloud. Any tracks or albums you purchase on the iTunes Music Store will play in MegaSeg without any limitations. In contrast, “Apple Music” is a monthly subscription which uses DRM to facilitate the rental aspect of the service. If you cancel or stop paying for Apple Music, all the tracks you’ve downloaded through the service will be revoked and stop working. MegaSeg 6 offers limited support for playback of DRM Protected .m4p files you have downloaded from both Apple Music and the iTunes Music Store.
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Download Apple Music to MP3, M4A, etc.