Dedicated DJ

FREE DOWNLOADS - These applications, big and small, have all proved useful at various parties and other special events. While only the most ambitious party would use all of these tools simultaneously we have seen it happen. We encourage you to start with a single application and add others as your experience level increases. Here it's about the size of your dream, not the size of your pocketbook. Our hope is taking these little steps will leads you to the magical experience of integrating music, video and lighting and sharing it with the world.

All products are fully functional, some restrictions may apply (see V2 password request or more info). For Windows XP and Vista.

CATEGORY -Music Players

  Dancing DJ Software         Compare V1-3 releases

Download Suite now (v210045 35MB) XP
Download Suite now  (v210045 35MB)  Vista/Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit)

This product suite consists of three main components 1. Dancing DJ, 2.Teacher DJ and 3. the Music Organizer. These are powerful and versatile programs that have have been in professional use for over 10 years in a variety of music, ballroom and other presentation venues. They are tightly integrated, compliment each other are all part and one of the suite installation.

Dancing DJ has consistently been voted #1 by ballroom dancers and other dancers alike and will take your party to a new level. It is powerful and flexible with many features like tempo adjustment, song limits and even hooks to lighting control. With many integrated video, image and communication options it will communicate with your dancers better than other mp3, iPod or other media players on the market,

Teacher DJ is a very easy to use program requiring little or no training. It offers quick lookup and play operations as well as queue lists for cooperative use, easy tempo adjustments, looping at selected start, stop points and more. Studios often log hundreds of hits/day by teachers and students alike.

Music Organizer (MO) is collection of utilities for organizing and maintaining even the largest music libraries. It maintains a single database point to easily backup all your work as well as handling music import and export, playlist creation and a host of other functions. Note -Two new tools the Crawler and iTunes2ddj now augment the MO to assist loading of music. iTunes2DDJ was designed specifically for users of iTunes and will sync your iTunes playlists to the ddj Suite.

The ddj Suite download installs all three of the above programs. Demo limits apply but may be lifted with a simple Free registration  (see V2 Password Request below). Note - Release v2.9216 adds enhanced support for both the new iTunes2ddj and the Crawler library load utilities. It is recommended to upgrade to v2.9216 or greater.

 Vista/Win7 installation

CATEGORY - Music Library (Loading)

Load music library Crawler Crawer load music library

Download now v2.9214, 658KB This hard working program can quickly build you a new music library. It will locate your specified music or video files and add them to an existing or new library database. Operating much like a like a web crawler it methodically crawls through your computer locating the specified files details and searching for existing ID tag information to update or append to your music library. v2.9214 is a recommended upgrade.

Simply specify the music and video types you want selected and the starting point, as a drive or directory, then send it to work. The result is a list of files presented in a grid that you can further modify before appending or updating to your music master or selected playlist(s). Results are stored in an Microsoft Access database and/or XML file and is instantly usable by other Dedicated DJ products and readily adaptable to your own application. Download Crawler

 Vista/Win7 installation

  iTunes2ddj

Download now v2.9214 7MB Our hats are off to iTunes. While iTunes does a great job of managing their music library it was never intended as a DJ tool. iTunes2ddj is an import tool that simply extends the functionality of iTunes. Select an iTunes playlist, edit it, if desired, and import it. v.9214 is a recommended upgrade.

 iTunes2ddj works especially well for DJs and music lovers synching iPods and iPhones to their computers. The playlists and most playlist information will be identical on the users computer and remote player. Imported Playlists contain much of the iTunes music information as well as additional ddj control fields (e.g. playback rate, start and stop points, video attachments, marquee info. etc.). iTunes2ddj can load any music, video or other file types that iTunes has placed on a playlist. iTunes2ddj requires iTunes to be installed. iTunes playlists are not altered in any manner.

 Vista/Win7 installation

CATEGORY - Lighting Control


  Light Boogie light console

Download now v2.9.324, 1.8MB This lighting controller is fast, powerful and fully featured. Two banks of 16 faders each slide along the full 512 channel spectrum allowing you to quickly adjust and save your cues. The dual bank integration allows bubble up and bubble down to enable preset adjustments or bank swaps.  Cues, shows and other control sequences can be run in manual or automatic mode. Every cue has both its own fade and hold time.

Chases are very flexible, and can either be selected from presets or you can easily design one using your own cues. Chases run at your own designated tap-sync tempo or respond to the music. An integrated 16 band equalizer, with response level and frequency band options, allows your lights to dance to external music. Since this lighting controller can also play your music you can choreograph your lighting very accurately to the music you play.

If you are new to DMX lighting this is a great introduction. Just download this controller and you will quickly understand how simple and fun lighting can be. Since this lighting controller is fully functional even without an USB interface you can first build your lighting show, chase or other control concept and later add the the lighting interface to put it to work

Custom settings for shows, cues, faders, sub-masters, patch lists are all stored in easy to edit XML files, editable with any text editor and instantly hot swappable. The USB to DMX lighting control interface is the popular, inexpensive, open source Enttec USB Pro.

Demo limits apply but may be lifted with a simple free registration  (see V2 Password Request below).

Vista/Win7 installation

CATEGORY - Audience communication & entertainment
Dual Monitor Software  The following three applications were specifically designed to help communicate with and entertain an audience on a second monitor or other remote display such as on a TV or projector. They are well integrated with Dancing DJ but are basically small stand-alone presentation applications and can be useful for many party events, in-house display, training sessions or other  presentations. While a remote display is recommended for full functionality all three applications work well on single monitor computers.

Lotto Roll lottery  Lotto Roll lottery

Download now Aug 08,1.4MB This upscale random number generator is guaranteed to be fun. It simulates a roll of numbered balls and both displays and announces the winning number. You need only enter the the lowest number and the highest number and press 'Roll'. Winning numbers will not repeat until all numbers have been called. Lottery Roll display is animated and full screen, so you will have the best results on computers with a second monitor or attached projector. Lotto Roll utilizes the text to speech capability of your computer and allows you to select any installed voice and adjust both pitch and volume. This application is often used at parties to pick door prize winners.

 MsgBoard Cloner  

Download now June, 09 362KB This program allows you to construct and scale text messages (rtf) using multiple fonts and attributes and selectable foreground and background colors. Construct your message on your primary monitor, size it and then remote your work to another monitor or projector. You can work on your primary monitor while simultaneously displaying an earlier message to the remote monitor. Your party, training session or other other event will only see the final result. The cloned image supports transparency, can be set to stay on top of other windows and can be repositioned from your primary monitor.

 ImgBoard  

Download now June, 09 368KB Drag/drop your image to the ImgBoard or select and capture any window area. Size, pan, zoom and crop to your specifications and send the cloned image to another attached monitor or projector or save it. The cloned image supports transparency and can be titled and set to 'stay on top' of other windows and can be repositioned from your primary monitor.

CATEGORY - Optional Password


 V2 password  ddj Suite  Light Boogie

Free. As a matter of course we are expiring in-development V2 products (usually 90-180 days).The V2 password will both lift any demo limitations and slow the expiration process. This password is free to non-commercial accounts and is instantly available. This request form is quite simple and respects your privacy.

Note: Some V2 products will still expire (usually 120 days from publication)but, in most cases, newer versions will be available for free after your registration.  Expiration is our way of keeping us all working on the same codebase.