Comments on: Like iTunes for DJs: Free Beatport Sync, Powered by Traktor

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:53:07 +0000

If you haven’t figured it out already go to Beatport Sync Preferences/Audio Set Up. For Audio Device select Built in Audio then select your Master sound accordingly.

By: dreadies

dreadies — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:37:43 +0000

hey how you goin,
i have the same prob as Dulz, i have have re installed flash player and messed around with the preferences and still nothin. whats goin on. help would be much appreciated.

By: DJ Dulz

DJ Dulz — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:26:26 +0000

Oh by the way, i have just been in the preferences and in the master section it says not connected in both the Left (Mono) and Right boxes. Is this where my problem is?

By: DJ Dulz

DJ Dulz — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:24:40 +0000

Hey peeps,

Can you help, ive just downloaded the Beatport Sync program but cant get it to play on my mac, any ideas?

By: Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:34:43 +0000

Is it possible to use Sync to preview tracks with headphones?

By: flip

flip — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:16:09 +0000

@tron: Well, you would probably be interested in this:

http://www.obdev.com/products/littlesnitch/index.html

I use this to keep things locked down & monitored. You’d be surprised how many things happen behind the scenes without your knowledge. That said, I haven’t had any alerts pop up with NI installs. I dig the “drop the app in the app folder” style installs too, but sometimes a program is a little more complex and needs to have elements in your application support folder, etc.

By: tron

tron — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:51:04 +0000

@flip: Thanks for the reply! I know it’s a security measure. But, frankly, while I trust NI not to zombify my computer for use in a botnet or delete my files, I’m not sure I trust them not to install questionable system extensions or strew unidentifiable files all over the place.

I dunno. Perhaps I’m asking for too much from software that I’m getting for free. But a nice simple app bundle in a .dmg isn’t so hard, is it?

By: flip

flip — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:20:22 +0000

@tron: OSX always asks me for a admin password when installing a 3rd party software. It’s a security measure.

By: tron

tron — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:00:21 +0000

Does anyone know why the OS X installer is asking for administrator privileges? I’m sure that it’s not up to anything nefarious, but I would like to know what configuration changes it’s making.

Seems kind of bizarre that a simple music player needs administrator privileges.

By: Iain

Iain — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:37:25 +0000

Very nice. Can’t wait to check it out tonight.

mrcury wants MIDI. Me too. What I’ve not been able to find is an iTunes type audio player with MIDI. I’m a keyboard player and I want to use audio from my laptop as a virtual backup band. A parallel MIDI track that I could use to change the patches on my synths at the right time would be perfect.

With the addition of MIDI, the possibilities are greatly extended.