Engine DJ | 4.0 Release Notes

Hardware (Engine OS)

New Features

Performance View

• Deck view

  • Deck layout is now consistent between vertical/horizontal view as well as standalones/players.

  • Beat Phase / Beat Keeper now available as a switchable option on all devices.

  • Key Change Controls: Added Reset, Sync and enable/disable controls.

  • Pressing a deck’s BPM can now be used to assign the Lead status to a deck.

• New Layout Manager - allows for deeper customization of views

  • Save and recall up to 3 different view layouts.

  • Press Shift + View on hardware to cycle through saved view layouts.

  • Independently choose between 2/4 deck and 2/4 waveform views (4 deck units only).

  • Players View options include: 1 Deck, 2 Decks Stacked, or 2 Deck Grouped.

  • Players can now swap deck and waveform positions using the Deck Swap option (SC5000/M, 6000/M).

  • The Performance Library is now able to be displayed in all view configurations.

• Additional changes / improvements

  • Added the ability to adjust the position of the Playhead Position on the waveforms.

  • Performance Library, Performance Pads View, Toolbar, Load to Deck Screen as well as other elements have been improved and redesigned.

  • Added “Trainspotting Mode” (Ability to hide track title and artist from deck).

Library View

• Redesigned Search Bar

  • Searching can be switched between entire collection and current playlist.

  • Search button is now in the same location in both the library and performance views for faster searching in all contexts.

• Expandable Track List

  • The Expanded Track List shows a larger number of songs and displays full waveform overviews including cues and loops.

  • Playlist tree automatically collapses when focus is on the Track List

  • A button is available in the sidebar to manually expand/collapse the playlist tree

• Effects

  • Touch FX Filter Echo and Filter Dub Echo now have an additional amount slider for better customization/control. 

  • FX buttons now flash when engaged.

  • Reset FX now sets all parameters to default.

  • Filter and noise sweep are now audible in CUE/PFL mix.

• Reset Played Tracks

  • Played tracks can now be reset. Option available in Profile → Display.

• Other Updates

  • 24 Hour Clock option now available in Settings → Device.

  • Increased recording volume on all units so that the recording level is more consistent. Prime 4, Prime 2 and Prime Go all have been boosted ~8dB.

  • Tracks can now be ejected from deck. Pressing Shift-Load on Consoles and Shift-Eject on Players will unload the current selected deck/layer.

  • Improved Beatport/Beatsource search (now uses latest search interface from Beatport).

  • Key sync feature is now available on Numark EOS devices.

  • Manual loop creation can now be cancelled mid loop creation by pressing the in button again.

  • 4.0 no longer supports updating collections from 1.x versions. Users will be prompted to first update to version 3.4 before updating to 4.0 if the collection is sufficiently outdated

Improvements and Fixes

• Fixed an issue where swapping FX or Touch FX channel assignments when an effect is active could result in pops/clicks
• Fixed an issue where Prime 4 / Prime 4 + units search filters were unusually slow compared to other Engine DJ OS devices
• Fixed an issue where some tracks would show up blank when browsing from a networked player
• Fixed an issue where some streaming track would not immediately appear on deck once downloaded
• Fixed an issue where moving a loop region could result in short audio dropouts
• Fixed an issue where when opening the session’s first track in the grid editor, no waveform would be shown until a button was pressed
• Fixed an issue where waveforms would stutter every 20 seconds
• Fixed an issue where when using a computer as music source, updating playlists would not show updates on Engine OS devices under certain circumstances
• Fixed an issue where the Echo effect would not engage if the amount parameter for Flanger or Phaser was previously adjusted
• Fixed an issue where Dub Echo and Wash effect would jump in intensity when knob was around the 11 o'clock position
• Fixed an issue where a track would be left in an unanalyzed state if the track was unloaded before the analysis was finished
• Fixed an issue where Amazon Music download/decryption would be slower if music is already playing
• Fixed an issue where navigating from a playlist to a prepare list and back again would cause the playlist position to be lost
• Fixed an issue where Dropbox library would not download when switching user accounts
• Fixed an issue where entering incorrect login credentials to a streaming service would ask users to “check their internet connection” instead of letting them know that the login is invalid
• Misc. additional stability and performance improvements