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1. #BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAC#
2. #BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS SOFTWARE#
3. #BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS TRIAL#
4. #BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS ZIP#

#BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS SOFTWARE#

Likewise how you use it to fit in with any other programs you use to organise your music is completely up to you (it can calculate key, for instance, and is very good at that, but you may choose to use another program or your DJ software to do that instead for you).Īs always, our advice for your “music workflow” (from “download to DJ set”) is “simple, logical, repeatable” – give yourself an over-complicated workflow and the chances are a few weeks or months down the line you’ll give up, and end up in a bigger mess that you were in before you started. So while what you decide to do (or not do) with it deserves some thought on your part, once you’ve worked that stuff out, it’s very powerful.

#BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS TRIAL#

There’s a download link for a two-week trial here and at the end of this article, and it’s pretty cheap to buy – US$34.95 at last check.īefore we get going, it’s important to note that this is one of those pieces of software where there is absolutely no single way to use it properly or fully. In addition, there are some great advanced tutorials on the beaTunes blog. If you want to know more about it, it is described pretty well over on its website, and indeed over the years we’ve reviewed beaTunes 2.1, beaTunes 3 and beaTunes 4 (the current version). To me, it feels like it’s been deliberately designed to do all the things iTunes doesn’t do well, making it a great complement for that program. It’s best thought of as a kind of “Swiss Army knife” addition to your music software.

It has a built-in music player, and can work either in conjunction with iTunes (which is how I use it) or with your music in a folder (or folders) on your computer. Once you’ve done some or all of this stuff, it helps you to build awesome DJ set lists, either automatically or manually.

#BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAC#

What is beaTunes?īeatunes is a program for Mac or PC that helps you to improve, correct and update all the information held on your computer about your music files remove duplicates and add extra vital data (BPM, key, volume balancing and some more pretty cool things that we’ll get on to). Today I’m going to to share exactly how I use it. beaTunes is one such piece of software, which I’ve personally used for years and that I definitely regard as a bit of a “secret weapon” when it comes to getting to know your music, and also for keeping your music collection neat and tidy. One thing we rarely talk about here is software to use alongside your DJ app (and iTunes, if you use it) to help you create better DJ sets. Analysis is an essential part of using beaTunes, because it gives the program a whole host of information about your songs that later on, helps it to suggest great playlists to you.

#BEATUNES INSTRUCTIONS ZIP#

This is pretty much always the case on OS X - on Windows you might have to add jar manually to the PATH or simply use some Zip software like Winzip instead of jar to zip up the a collection in beaTunes. you have a Java Development Kit on your system with the PATH environment variable set, so that jar can be found. Please note that these instructions require the jar command to be properly installed, i.e. Restart beaTunes - the new theme should now show up in the general preferences.OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/Plug-Ins/ Windows: c:\Documents and Settings\\.beaTunes\plugins Place the newly created file plugin.jar into the plugin directory:.This zips the files up into the file plugin.jar In a terminal or shell window, cd to the working directory and execute the following command: jar cvf plugin.jar.Make sure you replace YOUR_IMAGE.png with the actual image name and YOUR DESCRIPTION with a fitting description.