There’s no denying that cosmetically the iPhone 5S is little more than a paint job, under the hood is an all new roaring 64 bit beast of an OS and shiny new A7 just gagging to throw your audio and video around like a desktop system would. Thus algoriddim djay and vjay have been updated to harness this new grunt, as well as adding full HD support and realtime harmonic matching.
Here’s the words courtesy of algoriddim:
ALGORIDDIM ADDS 64-BIT A7 PROCESSOR SUPPORT FOR DJAY 2 and VJAY FOR iPHONE, INTRODUCES HARMONIC MATCH™, VIDEO MIXING AND RENDERING IN HD RESOLUTION ON iPHONE 5S
(Munich, Germany) – Sept 23, 2013 – Today, the creators of the world’s best-selling iOS DJ software, Algoriddim, announce support for Apple’s A7 Processor running at 64-bit with updates to djay 2 and vjay.
“With the launch of the iPhone 5s, we are also releasing updated and fully optimized versions of our iPhone apps, djay and vjay, taking advantage of the power of the A7 64-bit architecture.” said Karim Morsy, CEO of Algoriddim. “Running our apps in 64-bit allows us to make some amazing advancements and really push what can be done with audio and video on a mobile device.”
64-bit optimization enhancements include:
djay
With full support for the A7’s 64-bit architecture on iPhone 5s, djay 2 now brings desktop-class power to mobile DJing:
– Up to 2x faster audio analysis on A7 using fully optimized 64-bit processing. djay auto-analyzes BPM, beat grids, waveforms, sound frequencies, gain, as well as the key of each song. With the iPhone 5s, users will now load and process tracks even faster, preparing the perfect transition in their performance without missing a beat.
– Harmonic Match™: High precision key detection and key matching, leveraging 64-bit audio processing. This allows users to create pitch-perfect mashups by adjusting one song’s key to match another in real-time. For example, if one song is in D major and the other song in E major, djay can now transpose a song in real-time to match its key with that of the other song, for an even more seamless transition.
vjay
With full support for the A7’s 64-bit architecture on iPhone 5s, vjay now brings desktop-class power to mobile video mixing:
– HD video playback, mixing, effects, and recording on iPhone 5s brings more than double the video render resolution, processing more than 4 times more video data in real-time. This is done by leveraging the A7’s 64-bit processor, including its significant graphics performance improvements. This allows vjay to playback, record, and mix videos in HD resolution with cutting-edge power rivaling desktop systems.
– HD video and smoother playback at higher video frame rate when sharing vjay’s mixed video output via AirPlay using iPhone 5s. With this advancement, vjay users will experience stunning, low-latency connectivity to TV playback all without even connecting any wires.
iPhone 5S — The Quickening
Each time a new lump of Apple hardware is released, I get a gushing email from algoriddim telling me how cool the updated version of software is because of a, b, and c. But this time, the power of the iPhone 5S seems to have got them seriously giddy. You must remember that to actually do some of the things that djay and vjay do, a lot of processing power is needed. And this is especially true of realtime manipulation, especially video. The previous version of vjay for example could handle HD internally, but did choke a little, and simply wasn’t capable of outputting full HD. But this new version is, which does rather put the processing power in the realms of desktop machines. Nice.
And yes, it’s iPhone 5S only. To guarantee a smooth experience, djay and vjay need the raw power of the A7 chip to deliver glitch free operation. I have no doubt that people will be upset about this but lines must be drawn somewhere. Sadly, I have yet to get an iPhone 5S, so I won’t be able to give the new versions a go right away. And even if I did, I’d be too busy playing Infinity Blade 3 and shooting 120fps slomo video to care.
I expect a stream of comments from the usual suspects, comments about Android, plus a few naysayers using the word toy a lot. Off you go, but expect to be shot down. Well… everyone but Gábor anyway, because he’s too smart mess with.
i’m no fan of DJ’ing on phones of tablets, but I do find this so amusing when the big guns can’t make their apps work for more than a few months and every new OS release cripples the software. Way to go Algoriddim. :)
:-) I’m preparing something else to shoot this down.
Pew pew!
This is interesting: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/166244-iphone-5s-the-64-bit-a7-chip-is-marketing-fluff-and-wont-improve-performance
They have done an amazing job, the key match is very cool however they really missed a trick by not using closest HARMONIC match as opposed to just key match (hope this will be in a firmware update).
Djay has been super under-rated – mainly I think due to the skin TBH, heres the thing, it looks almost TOO good – too graphic, in fact too good to be pro! .. A little like Reason when it first emerged (which still has issues being taken seriously by some musicians due to its “realism”).
Giving a choice of a more minimalistic, albleton-esqe look and feel option might gain some of the pro-traktor / Serato market and get people REALLY starting to look at ditching their laptops altogether.
Look forward to the future.
Thanks for the definition of DJ Player! :-) No, really.
I’d hardly say the definition of DJ player, Sure its “almost there” same as Djay, interface looks more”pro”. However its certainly far from perfect either.
I don’t see any key analysis, or key change available, some tracks simply froze on the Waveform (kept playing though) while the interface felt .. somehow sluggish :-S
Really not a fan of the browser whatsoever IMHO it should have kept with a native look and feel. fonts and stuff too small in places… as I said ALMOST there, not there enough for me to pay for it just yet unfortunately.
I feel that Djay has stability, instant Speed and ease of us that I feel comfortable playing with. Where Dj player has the KIND of interface pro’s would prefer and be accepted using in the DJ box (hate the colors though) and of course has the midi mapping capabilities they need.
Neither are perfect YET and Neither will make me leave the laptop at home YET.
Touch controls should also just be an option, the are simply unnecessary if a controller is used and just take up unneeded space on an already small screen.
Sorry if that feels like a shot across the bow, but hopefully you’ll see it as some constructive criticism and one of these days my credit card will be released.
I feel you are talking about the previous version of DJ Player, did you check version 7.0, which is very different?
Yes I’m on Version 7: ipad Mini