![]() ![]() And they were doing PR in their countries, translating, finding journalists, doing all the text reports, and they were doing it all for free and for the love of the product. So at the beginning, we had hundreds of users who were willing to help for free, just because they loved the product. I was alone in the company in the beginning at the start, I was still at university and it was more like a side project because like every successful project, I didn’t do this because I had an idea, I did this because I had a need. We’re a start-up, we don’t have job titles!Īttack Magazine: So tell us about the beginnings and growth of Virtual DJ. So we still have the atmosphere of a start-up where everyone’s doing a bit of everything the designer helps with the website, the programmers help with tech support, everyone pitches in on business matters – and as far as I’m concerned I mostly supervise the business year.Īttack Magazine: So what’s your job title? We’ve been COVID compliant since 1996 – meaning we’re a pure 2.0 company, there’s no physical office, everything’s virtual and all our employees work from home and have always worked from home. Stephane Clavel: Despite our size and the number of users we have, Virtual DJ has stayed a start-up at heart, so we’re a very small team compared to the size of the revenues we’re generating. And in addition to being used live, VirtualDJ can also be used to record mixtapes, podcast, or to broadcast to Internet radios.Attack Magazine: First off, tell us about your role at the company: ![]() It is used to play live in clubs and big stadiums, at weddings, private parties, or just to train at home. VirtualDJ is used by tens of millions of people every day, ranging from bedroom DJs to international superstars. If you want to change it, our website hosts hundreds of user-made interfaces to replace the default one, or you could easily create your own. And if you want to change any of the default behavior, VirtualDJ has a powerful "VDJScript" language that will let you easily tweak any functions exactly to your liking. VirtualDJ is plug-and-play compatible with most of the DJ controllers that exist on the market. Its built-in sampler will let you spice up your mixes with a broad range of drops and loops, or you can go creative and merge live performance and production by creating remixes on-the-fly by using the sampler like a sequencer. And if you mix videos, you'll also find a lot of video effects and transitions to play with. It comes with a plethora of effects, ranging from traditional flanger, echo, etc, to more modern "beat-aware" effects like beatgrid, slicer, loop-roll. ![]() VirtualDJ can play not only audio tracks, but also video or karaoke, if you connect your computer to a projector or the club's screens. And, using the millions of automatic reports we get every day from other VirtualDJ users around the world, it will give you meaningful advices on which songs other DJs consider to go well after what you just played. And if you're missing a track, VirtualDJ will automatically find it on the Internet and stream it directly (*requires an additional subscription). It will let you organize your collection of tracks and group them easily in a DJ-friendly way, using filter to find the hot songs, or find compatible bpm or key, access your previous playlists. It also lets you scratch your songs, set and recall cues, and all the other regular features DJs expect to find to be able to mix. It lets you "mix" your songs, by playing two or more tracks at the same time, adjust their relative speed so that their tempo will match, apply effects like loops etc, and crossfade from one side to the other. VirtualDJ is a software used by DJs to replace their turntables and CD players, and use digital music instead of vinyl and CDs. ![]()
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