Cueing up a second song, DJ software style

One of the things that really holds Maschine back in terms of being really useful for live performance, is that you can only load one project at a time. Therefore, there is no way to ‘flow’ between songs without awkward pauses while you load up a new project. Of course, you can try to create your whole set all in one big project, but that comes with its own challenges.

Why not have the ability to cue up a second track/project, while the current one is still playing? Traktor or Serato style? The second project could be stacked below the first one on the screen, or beside it, or however you wanted to set it up, just like with typical DJ software.

This seems like something that would be relatively simple and obviously pretty necessary for seamless live performance - no?

Plus, imagine how cool it would be to be able to slowly “mix in” different parts and patterns from the second cue’d project, while removing parts and ‘mixing out’ from the current project. If there was a way to toggle control of the two projects back and forth as needed.

 

I've used a 3 group system that's worked well before. Group A and B are your two songs while Group C is where the audio gets routed. Then I map C1 and C2 volume to an external crossfader and can load groups in and out as I please for A and B.

This isn't to say I don't also want a better way to do this.

 

That’s an interesting idea, thanks for that. Although, then you are of course still restricted to your entire song needing to be contained all in one group.

For me, over time I have found that I prefer to use each different instrument in a song in its own group. Drums in group A, bass in group B, synth in group C, vocals in group D, etc. etc. Makes it much easier to treat each instrument with its own compression, fx, etc. Also I have a maschine jam so it’s nice to be able to mute/unmute groups and patterns quickly and on the fly