📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: djay version 5.3 for macOS/iOS/Android and djay version 5.3.2752.0 for Windows

Hello everyone!

Get ready for a significant update – free to all existing users! This release is packed with powerful new features and enhancements across the board, with a special spotlight on our all-new official integration for the AlphaTheta DDJ-GRV6. We’ve reimagined the experience with cutting-edge tools like Neural Mix Crossfaders, multi-select FX routing, and Mute FX with echo tails – giving you next-level control over your mix. Plus, enjoy a stunning new light mode on iOS, refined UI layouts, extended FX capabilities, and deep improvements to Automix, DVS, and media library workflows. Whether you’re DJing with hardware, headphones, or on-the-go, this update delivers powerful creative tools and quality-of-life improvements for every kind of setup – and there’s so much more under the hood.

User Interface

  • Introducing an all-new “light mode” on iOS: a stunning all-white user interface option
  • Introducing new essential tools in crossfader section with direct access to Neural Mix, FX, or Beat Jump actions
  • New refined layout of video mode in portrait and landscape (iPhone)
  • Drag & drop support to re-arrange Cue Points and Saved Loops (macOS, Windows)
  • UI: added track load actions in display by clicking on the artwork (also supports drag & drop) (macOS)
  • Improved 4 Decks mode grid layout (macOS)
  • Added waveforms to portrait tools on iPhone
  • Improved layout and added loop controls to 4 Deck mode (iOS)

Neural Mix

  • Introducing new Mute FX that adds optional echo tails when muting or soloing stems
  • Introducing Neural Mix Crossfaders to seamlessly blend and swap individual stems (includes support for Crossfader FX per stem)
  • Revamped Neural Mix FX and Loop routing allowing to multi-select stems for FX as well dynamically change the channel configuration from 2-4 stems

Crossfader FX

  • Added new “Neural Mix Echo Out” and “Neural Mix Fade” effects for the most seamless crossfades
  • Added support for 4 Decks
  • Added support for applying Crossfader FX to individual stem crossfades
  • Show Crossfade FX menu in window bar when crossfader bar is hidden with hardware connected (macOS, Windows)
  • Show Crossfade FX menu in 4 Decks hardware mode (iOS)
  • Fixed gated cue play pausing on touch up

Automix

  • Introducing support for Automix with external controllers and mixers (e.g. RANE One, etc.)
  • Now using Crossfader FX transitions

FX, Cue, Looping

  • Instant FX: added Echo Out (1 and 3/4 beats), Vinyl Stop (4 and 8 beats), Loop (1/8, 1/4, 1/2, and 1 beats), Beatmasher, and Neural Mix Echo Out
  • Manual FX: added new audio effects available via the DDJ-GRV6 integration
  • Increased maximum loop and beat jump lengths to 128 beats
  • Fixed manual FX parameters not being persisted across launches
  • Cue points now snap to closest beat when long pressing set cue in UI or on hardware controllers

Media Library

  • Extended song info popup with full track title and artist, advanced metadata, and option to analyze individual tracks (iOS)
  • Added playlist track # column (macOS, Windows)
  • Added Cmd/Ctrl+L shortcut to locate playing track in library (macOS, Windows)
  • Added context menu options to add and locate songs in My Collection playlists (macOS, Windows)
  • Retain scroll position per playlist (macOS, Windows)
  • Wrap long titles in two lines (iOS)
  • Improved performance when searching within large playlists in My Collection (Windows)
  • Fixed metadata for some tracks not showing in Music and Explorer source (Windows)
  • Fixed Match sometimes not showing results when moving crossfader very quickly
  • Fixed issues with reading metadata from certain files
  • Fixed performance issue with Beatport/Beatsource offline library when adding a large number of tracks

Hardware

  • Introducing plug-and-play support for the AlphaTheta DDJ-GRV6 (iOS, macOS, Windows)
  • Improved Neural Mix pad mode on supported controllers: top row shows stem active state, bottom row exclusive solo
  • Always switch to 4 track Neural Mix when using controller with Neural Mix pad mode
  • Improved mappings for DDJ-XP2 and Reloop RP8000MK2
  • Fixed inverted pitch slider on Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV1
  • Fixed waveforms issue on Pioneer DJ CDJ-2000
  • Improved support for FX BPM on Pioneer DDJ-REV7
  • Improved support for Hercules controllers with assist lights: Inpulse 200, Inpulse 200 MK2, Inpulse 300, Inpulse 300 MK2, Inpulse 500, Inpulse T7
  • Improved mapping for RANE SEVENTY and Pioneer DJ DJM-S9

DVS

  • Introducing THRU mode to play audio from regular vinyl
  • Improved sync when scratching
  • Improved adjusting of DVS tempo in small increments
  • Improved tempo linking and fixed tempo linking issues
  • Fixed auto-switch to REL sometimes not working

Audio

  • Added mono output option
  • Improved EQ curve to be smoother
  • Auto gain: decoupled manual gain on hardware controllers from auto gain in software to allow for independent adjustments
  • Auto gain reset: double taping the gain knob first resets to auto gain level when auto gain is active, double tapping again resets to zero
  • Improved audio limiter to also be applied to pre-cue mix, and on macOS to main-out effect
  • Fixed issues with sync when song is hanging e.g. due to streamed track waiting for network
  • Fixed possible issue where songs would get stuck at end of track without jumping back to beginning

Other

  • Updated iOS app icon with dark and tinted versions
  • Improved active deck selection for History, Match, and when starting Automix, switching to One Deck, etc.
  • Improved Match, history, and now playing track info when mixing with line faders only
  • VoiceOver: improved accessibility of various UI elements (macOS, iOS)
  • Improved portrait / landscape animation smoothness (iPhone)
  • Fixed error when loading custom samples (Android)
  • Fixed trackpad/mouse control on Android and Chromebook devices
  • Smoother animations
  • General performance and stability improvements
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Just clarifying if the Neural vocal echo FX is post fader with this update?
And what does this mean
“ Introducing new Mute FX that adds optional echo tails when muting or soloing stems”?

This is an incredible update and a massive step forward for Djay Pro.

Thank you for bringing the white interface to iOS. I work outside for wedding ceremonies and this will help tremendously.

Thank you for adding a mono output in the settings. Something I’ve also been wanting to see.

Automix appears to finally be stable. I made a post yesterday before the update came out, as I was still experiencing some issues with it. Those issues have appeared to vanish with this new update. Well done! And I love the new crossfader FX with the Neural Mix. It makes Automix sound so much cleaner and natural in between songs. Very very well done!

Still exploring the update, but those are some of the features I had to jump on here and praise.

Y’all continue to impress, and remind me why I left Serato last year.

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Wooow! This is a suuuper nice update, especially the new way mute echo out works with Neural Mix and the possibility to play regular vinyl like this, are the last pieces for me to fully go for djay. Thanks guys!! Super happy!

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Does this mean it chooses which deck gets the instant double better? What exactly does this mean.

Yes, great update. Really digging the many useful/slick additions!

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Wow! This is a massive update! I sincerely appreciate the quality of life improvements in this one as well as the big features. Thank you Algoriddim team for all of the hard work you’ve put into this release and every release!

Super excited about the following:

Thank you again!

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So far I’m really liking:

  • new per Stem Neural Mix Crossfaders, gonna be so fun to play with in a live mix.
  • Neural Mix Echo Out and Fade FX, very slick sound. These are probably my new Go Tos.
  • Track # columns
  • selected songs remembered in playlists!
  • mono output
  • clickable artwork actions
  • crossfader bar tools/dropdown
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For those of you wondering, you can now access the new Neural Mix Crossfaders in the central NM menu while in EQ/Mixer mode.

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For those of you wondering what this is:

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Mojaxx review:

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From my testing this only works if the playlist is sorted by its default order. If you manually sort the playlist by clicking one of the column headers (e.g. sort by Artist), then it jumps back to the top when you return. Is this an easy fix?

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Here’s a video walk through from the legend himself:

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New Mapping, Improved Support, Improved Mapping … I’m pleased that the support for controllers that have been compatible for a long time is also constantly being adapted. Unfortunately, and I mentioned this briefly here a while ago, there is no mention of what is actually new or different. This is somewhat annoying for users who have adapted the mappings to their needs, and I do this to a very large extent. Of course, I would also like to try out the new possibilities, but on the other hand I don’t want to lose all my customizations and perhaps have to redo them. It would therefore certainly be a good idea to somehow mention what exactly has changed.

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I also noticed this
, I would like to finalize this feature so
that it works with a sorted track list.

The development team did a great job and I really like the improvements in version 5.3!

You can now see in which local playlists a song appears in by right-clicking on it and selecting “Show in Playlist.” And when you click on one of these playlists that directly brings you to that list.

You can also add one or more songs to a local playlist by right-clicking and selecting “Add to Playlist.” Even when browsing other sources like Apple Music or djay Music, you can add songs directly to a My Collection playlist.

Additionally, when you’re in My Collection, you can right-click and choose “Remove from Playlist.”

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Great update……. All I need is to be able to make text size larger :confused:

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Soooooo, why is there no Light Mode for WINDOWS?!?

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