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Wireless DJ<\/a> is an iPad controller for Traktor Pro or any other MIDI-enabled DJ software. You connect it to a wireless network shared with your computer.<\/p>\n

We have redesigned it. Before:<\/p>\n

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Download in the App Store<\/a><\/p>\n", "summary": "Wireless DJ is an iPad controller for Traktor Pro or any other MIDI-enabled DJ software. You connect it to a wireless network shared with your computer", "date_published": "2014-11-17T14:31:14+03:00", "date_modified": "2014-11-17T14:31:05+03:00", "tags": [ "iOS 7", "projects", "Wireless DJ" ], "image": "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/wdj-before-2-0.png", "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:31:14 +0300", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "185", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": [], "og_images": [ "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/wdj-before-2-0.png", "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/wdj-after-2-0.png" ] } }, { "id": "120", "url": "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/all\/wireless-dj-with-sync\/", "title": "Wireless DJ with Sync", "content_html": "

The new version 1.6 of Wireless DJ includes the Master\/Sync buttons. Now you can rely on software for beat matching and just concentrate on mixing and effects.<\/p>\n

Buy in the App Store<\/a><\/p>\n

If you use Traktor, you will need to download the updated configuration file<\/a> from the project’s website.<\/p>\n", "summary": "The new version 1.6 of Wireless DJ includes the Master\/Sync buttons. Now you can rely on software for beat matching and just concentrate on mixing and effects", "date_published": "2013-09-02T00:45:56+03:00", "date_modified": "2013-09-02T00:42:47+03:00", "tags": [ "projects", "Wireless DJ" ], "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:45:56 +0300", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "120", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": [], "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "86", "url": "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/all\/wireless-dj-1-5\/", "title": "Wireless DJ with a setup guide", "content_html": "

Together with Evgen Bodunov we’ve just released an update to Wireless DJ<\/a>. The new version 1.5 includes a step-by-step setup guide. While Wireless DJ has always been the easiest iPad DJ controller to setup, it still required the user to do a couple of non-obvious things described on our website. This may have alienated some DJs.<\/p>\n

Now the app itself guides the user through the setup process:<\/p>\n

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And we also have a special offer: for three days we sell Wireless DJ for only eight bucks instead of ten.<\/p>\n

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It took Apple more than a week to review the update, but it’s finally ready for sale: Wireless DJ 1.4<\/a> with Retina Display support. Here’s the real size knob, for example:<\/p>\n

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If you have the new iPad, get the update.<\/p>\n", "summary": "It took Apple more than a week to review the update, but it’s finally ready for sale: Wireless DJ 1.4 with Retina Display support...", "date_published": "2012-03-24T01:35:34+03:00", "date_modified": "2012-05-05T13:46:48+03:00", "tags": [ "Wireless DJ" ], "image": "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/wireless-dj-knob-retina.png", "_date_published_rfc2822": "Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:35:34 +0300", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "33", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": [], "og_images": [ "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/wireless-dj-knob-retina.png" ] } }, { "id": "31", "url": "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/all\/how-we-decide-on-wireless-dj-features\/", "title": "How we decide on Wireless DJ features", "content_html": "

The users of Wireless DJ<\/a> ask us: why isn’t there feature X or feature Y? There are some apps on the App Store that have more features than we do, but our customers like the polish and the friendliness of Wireless DJ. So while some choose to switch to TouchOSC or something else, many people prefer to stay with us. I’d like to explain how we decide on features.<\/p>\n

First of all, we are very limited on screen real estate. Since there is no shortage of ideas, adding every single one of them will quickly bloat the product and lower its quality. We carefully test our layouts to make sure they not only look<\/i> good, but also feel solid and don’t provoke mistakes. Imagine we add everything that comes to our minds, whether it’s a great feature or just a “why not” feature. What do we do when a truly awesome feature comes to our minds? We’ll have to either make things smaller and put them closer to each other, or remove something. But we don’t want to compromise on usability. And removing features is painful for the customers.<\/p>\n

Wireless DJ exists because there are some things which you either can’t or won’t want to do with keyboard or mouse. Pitch bending with a keyboard is very unnatural and counter-intuitive. Simultaneous tweaking of multiple knobs with mouse is impossible. These things we must have. Play and Cue can be assigned to a keyboard, but by putting them next to the Magic Strips (our awesome pitch bend \/ direct manipulation controls) we make them together much more useful for cue point search. So we have these, too.<\/p>\n

But we think it’s fine to use your laptop for actions like managing the playlist or adjusting the Trim knobs, because you don’t have to do it constantly during your mix or simultaneously with other actions. These are obvious omissions from our interface, but we don’t see how adding them will make the experience significantly better.<\/p>\n

And as we know from Steve Jobs, focus is about saying „No“ to things<\/a>. In addition, we know from Raymond Chen that you don’t have a product until you start saying „No‘<\/a>. Finally, we know from Jim Camp that you should always say „No‘ to everything whatsoever<\/a> (not really). So it’s important to have a filter or at least a method to prioritize features. What’s yours?<\/p>\n", "summary": "The users of Wireless DJ ask us: why isn’t there feature X or feature Y? There are some apps on the App Store that have more features than we do, but our customers like the polish and the friendliness", "date_published": "2012-03-19T17:23:40+03:00", "date_modified": "2012-05-05T13:47:12+03:00", "tags": [ "saying no", "Wireless DJ" ], "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:23:40 +0300", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "31", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": true, "links_required": [], "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "24", "url": "https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/all\/wireless-dj-now-with-effects\/", "title": "Wireless DJ, now with effects", "content_html": "

Wireless DJ, the iPad MIDI controller (created by Evgen Bodunov and myself), has been updated to support effects. Use EQ\/FX switch to select how to treat the three knobs and turn the effects on\/off with a separate button. I’ve made a video with a demo of the new feature. Not a great performance, but good enough for you to get the idea. Also, this Dany Sbert’s track is awesome:<\/p>\n

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