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Peavey announces DAI package for DJs

PVDJ, a division of Peavey, announces the shipping of its Digital Audio Interface (DAI), a hardware and software package to allow DJs to remix in real time. The DAI will be on show at the Peavey booth #5740 at the winter NAMM show 2005 in Anaheim, California.
The DAI is designed live DJs, but can also be a creative tool for home-studio remixer DJs, who can remix in the digital realm and output directly to recording software. The DAI will play and mix .mp3, .wav, ..cda and other audio files and includes all the controls needed for real-time remixing, including jog wheels on either side of the controller that can be used to create scratching-type effects. In addition, the DAI will automatically find the nearest beat when setting a cue point or mixing tracks.
The DAI controller is separated into two players, with a touch-sensitive screen between them that shows the current track playlist with track progress bar and BPM counter. Tracks can be sorted by artist, title or BPM (ascending and descending order). The on-screen keyboard allows quick song retrieval by automatically narrowing the search field as you type.
Built-in Grab technology allows one-button-push looping, with adjustments for moving the loop backward and forward one beat at a time. The DJ can also lengthen or shorten loops on the fly, allowing for true real-time remixing. The Grab function always exits the loop at the end of the measure unless the user tells it otherwise.
The DAI includes an Auto Pilot feature with fully automated mixing and tempo matching. This acts as a helping feature and eliminates dead air between songs in live DJ sets. Auto Pilot detects the end of the currently playing track and mixes in the next song automatically, aligning the beats and matching the tempos. Auto Pilot only kicks in during the last 15 seconds of a track and can be left on as a safeguard without interfering with the unit's other controls.
The DAI controller works in tandem with its companion PVDJ software package, which is built around a 56-bit audio engine. The software requires no additional drivers, it runs using existing Windows or Mac OSX drivers.
Peavey DAI in DJ rack
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