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# Automix

Automix your party: One click — hours of fun. Sit back and let djay mix your favorite iTunes playlists with seamless DJ-style transitions.
Using Automix

- Click the "Automix" button in the center of the bottom bar to enable Automix.

By default, djay will automix the tracks of the currently selected playlist.
Using the Automix Queue
djay allows you to create a playlist to add songs to be used in Automix on the fly and specify their order using the Automix Queue. To use the Automix Queue:

1. Open the Automix Queue by pressing the button (⌘K) in the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Drag and drop songs from the tracks table into the Automix Queue

You can change the order of the songs by drag and drop, and delete a song by selecting it and pressing Backspace.
Automix Preferences
You can adjust the behavior of Automix in the Automix tab in the djay preferences.
Transition style
Choose the transition style you want djay to use when fading from one song to the next. Choose "Random" if you would like djay to alternate between all styles or pick an arbitrary style.
Transition duration
How long it takes to crossfade from one song to the next.
Start transition x seconds before reaching end of song
Adjust how many seconds before the end of a song the transition to the next song is triggered. Set to 0.0 if you want the songs entirely played till their end without being iterrupted by a transition.
Use start and end point of song if available
Uses the start and end points if you set them for the song previously or if available through iTunes.
Note: To set the start or end point of a song:

1. Open the Skipping tool using the respective button below the Mixer.
2. Use the the "Set" buttons to set the start and/or end point of a song.
3. Select Cue Points > Save Cue Points from the Table-1 or Table-2 menu to save the start/stop points.

Automatically sync tempo of songs if possible
Matches the tempo (BPM) of the two songs if they are within a reasonable range.
Maximum play duration
djay will play a song until a few seconds before the end. If you want to limit the play duration to a fixed value, select the check box and specify your preferred limit. For example, if you choose the song duration limit to be 30 seconds, djay will start a transition to the next song after 30 seconds.
Shuffle
Enable this option if you want djay to randomly play songs from the selected playlist, rather than Automixing the songs one after the other.