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Name, plan and version
- FREE / PLUS:
- Your plan. Click it to enter a Plus license key. After activation it shows Plus with a check mark.
- Version number:
- Click it to check whether a newer version of the app is available.
Guide
How to use My Personal DJ
You do not need any DJ skills. Choose a folder with your music and the app does the rest. This guide shows how to start, and what every part of the screen does.
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Start in three steps
- 1
Choose your music folder
On the first screen, pick the Music or Downloads folder the app found on your PC, or click "Choose a folder..." and select the folder where your songs are. Folders inside it are included, and external or network drives work too. You choose folders, not single songs: to play only certain songs, first make a new folder, put those songs in it, then choose that folder in the app. The app plays MP3, WAV, FLAC, APE, M4A, OGG, Opus and AAC files between 1:30 and 30 minutes long. If it says no playable tracks were found, choose the folder one level higher, the one that really contains your songs.
- 2
Music starts on its own
After a short scan the first track plays automatically. There is nothing to set up and no playlist to build. Deck A plays the current track, and deck B already holds the next one.
- 3
Hear the first mix
The first mix happens near the end of the current track: the white line on the timeline shows where it starts. Then the next song fades in over the end of the current one, with no gap. Do not want to wait? Press Skip to move to the next track now (it works from 15 seconds into a track).
The screen
Everything on one screen
The numbers match the sections below: click one to jump to its explanation. Most of the time you only need the big buttons at the bottom: the app picks the tracks and mixes them on its own.
Every control
What each part of the screen does
Twelve areas, in the order of the numbers on the screen above.
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Music folders, Rescan, Favs
- Music folders:
- Choose which folders the app plays. You can select several folders at once.
- Rescan:
- Reads your folders again. Use it after you add or remove songs.
- Favs:
- The list of tracks you saved with the heart button. You can remove them here.
- Colour dot:
- Changes the look: pick an accent colour, or a photo as a soft background.
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Library
- Big number:
- How many tracks the app found in the folders you selected.
- Scanned:
- How many tracks are already analysed (tempo, key, vocals). Analysis runs in the background while music plays, and the more tracks are analysed, the better the mixes get.
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The two decks and Swap
Like a real DJ, the app uses two decks. One plays, the other waits with the next track. During a mix you hear both.
- Active / Ready:
- Active is the deck you hear now. Ready means the next track is loaded and waiting.
- Incoming / Live:
- During a mix. Incoming is the next track coming in. Live is the previous track still playing out after the new one has taken over.
- Buffering:
- Shows for a moment at the start of a mix, while the incoming track is still too quiet to hear.
- Loading:
- The track is getting ready to play when the music starts or restarts.
- Analyzing:
- The app is still measuring this track's tempo and key. The music keeps playing.
- Standby:
- The music is paused or has not started yet.
- Track details:
- Title, artist, tempo in BPM and musical key (for example 5B). The app uses them to match tracks.
- Swap:
- Shown on the waiting deck while music plays. Click it to replace the next track with a different one. The replaced track will not come back in this session.
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Current track and timeline
- Timeline:
- Shows how far the track has played and how long it is. It is for viewing only, so clicking it does not jump.
- White line:
- Marks where the next mix will start.
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Heart, Pause, Skip, +15s
- Heart:
- Saves the current track as a favourite. Favourites come back more often. The free plan keeps up to 5, Plus has no limit.
- Pause / Play:
- Stops and continues the music.
- Skip:
- Moves to the next track now. It works from 15 seconds into a track, once the next track is ready, and not while a mix is playing.
- +15s:
- Jumps 15 seconds ahead. It is grey during a mix and just before one, and for the first three mixes of a session while the app is still getting to know your library.
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Mixing modes
Choose the mode that fits your music. If you are not sure, keep Auto.
- Auto:
- Smart mixing for any kind of music. Free, and selected by default.
- Rap / R&B, Latin, Electronic, Indie:
- Mixing tuned to one style, for example long beat-matched blends in Electronic. These are part of Plus, and each one has a free trial of 8 mixes. After the trial the app goes back to Auto.
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Set energy
- Calm down / Balanced / Heat up:
- Steers which tracks come next: calmer, a natural mix, or more energetic. It changes the choice of songs, not the volume. Part of Plus, with a free trial of 8 mixes.
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Keyboard shortcuts
- Space:
- Pause or play.
- S:
- Skip to the next track.
- Right arrow:
- Jump 15 seconds ahead.
- F:
- Add the current track to your favourites.
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Copy last transition log
- When a mix sounds wrong:
- Click this button, then paste the text into an email to support@mypersonaldj.com. It tells us exactly what happened in that mix. It becomes active after the first mix.
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Language, anonymous stats, playback cache
- Language:
- English, Spanish, German, Italian or French.
- Anonymous stats:
- Sends anonymous usage numbers that help us improve the app: no music, no file names, nothing personal. Turn it off here at any time.
- Playback cache:
- Shows how much disk space the app uses for temporary audio copies. "Clear unused" frees that space. Your own music files are never touched.
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Volume
- Slider:
- The volume of the app. Drag it up or down. It works on top of your Windows volume.
Common questions
If something is not clear
The app says no playable tracks were found. What now?+
The folder you chose has no songs the app can play. Choose the folder that really contains your music files (folders inside it are included), make sure an external drive is connected, then use Rescan. Files must be MP3, WAV, FLAC, APE, M4A, OGG, Opus or AAC, between 1:30 and 30 minutes long.
When do I hear the first mix?+
Near the end of the first track, where the white line on the timeline is. To hear one sooner, press Skip.
Do I have to set anything up?+
No. Choose your music folder and press nothing else: Auto mode picks the tracks and mixes them for you. Everything else on the screen is optional.
Why are some buttons grey?+
Hold the mouse over a grey button to see why. Most often a mix is playing: the buttons wait until it is finished, so the mix is not cut. +15s also stays grey for the first three mixes of a session, and Skip works from 15 seconds into a track.
Still stuck?
Write to us and describe what you see. A screenshot helps. We answer every email.
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