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Im a little confused, if I wanted to create a mix with my favorite parts of songs, is this something I can do relatively easily from Apple Music? Or do I need t

Im a little confused, if I wanted to create a mix with my favorite parts of songs, is this something I can do relatively easily from Apple Music? Or do I need to get additional hardware or buy some extra software? I love a lot of jam bands, but dont always want to listen to the uhhh lengthy preambles and wandering postludes, just want the gravy. Would love to mix together some highlights along with other non jam songs. Also think my wife and daughter would appreciate Phish more if it wasnt just so. much. phish. Or is this different?

Mashimo 2y ago
This is different. Apple just allows 3rd DJ software to use their streaming catalog. These software are designed for "live" mixes, not like a DAW where you can build it up one by one and "render" it. Technically you don't need hardware for DJ software, but I would say is frustrating without. Here is a free example software (without apple music integration) https://dj.app/ https://dj.app/
dialup_sounds 2y ago
This is different. This allows DJ software to utilize Apple Music as a library. You would still need DJ software to actually make a mix. However, for your use case, if you're already using Apple Music, you can set start and end points on individual tracks (Get Info on the track, Options). This is nondestructive, but not specific to the playlist so you'd have to turn it off again to hear the full track, and your export options are limited to burning to CDs.
- pbhjpbhj 2y ago
  Am I reading right, a new product has only 'burn to CD' as a way to listen offline? Haven't had a CD player in the house for a decade or more. Why not just cut a wax cylinder?
  - dialup_sounds 2y ago
    It's not a new product. The functionality I'm talking about dates from when Apple Music was iTunes. You can listen to the playlist offline just fine. I just mean you can't export a playlist of trimmed tracks as audio (e.g. "My Mixtape.m4a") from within Apple Music. If you sometimes want to hear the full track and sometimes want to hear the trimmed tracks as a mixtape, then it's not a good solution. But if you just want to cut a 5 minute intro or 20 minutes of "hidden track" silence then it's there.
m3kw9 2y ago
This basically allows certain DJ apps to play 2 streams at the same time.
0_____0 2y ago
I believe this is one thing Tidal is designed to achieve. I just jumped ship to it from Spotify after getting fed up with garbage getting floated up in sponsored recommendations. Supposedly you have access to stems for some of the library, and compatibility with a fair few DJ platforms e.g. Serato

Mashimo 2y ago

This is different. Apple just allows 3rd DJ software to use their streaming catalog. These software are designed for "live" mixes, not like a DAW where you can build it up one by one and "render" it. Technically you don't need hardware for DJ software, but I would say is frustrating without. Here is a free example software (without apple music integration) https://dj.app/ https://dj.app/

dialup_sounds 2y ago

This is different. This allows DJ software to utilize Apple Music as a library. You would still need DJ software to actually make a mix. However, for your use case, if you're already using Apple Music, you can set start and end points on individual tracks (Get Info on the track, Options). This is nondestructive, but not specific to the playlist so you'd have to turn it off again to hear the full track, and your export options are limited to burning to CDs.

pbhjpbhj 2y ago
Am I reading right, a new product has only 'burn to CD' as a way to listen offline? Haven't had a CD player in the house for a decade or more. Why not just cut a wax cylinder?
- dialup_sounds 2y ago
  It's not a new product. The functionality I'm talking about dates from when Apple Music was iTunes. You can listen to the playlist offline just fine. I just mean you can't export a playlist of trimmed tracks as audio (e.g. "My Mixtape.m4a") from within Apple Music. If you sometimes want to hear the full track and sometimes want to hear the trimmed tracks as a mixtape, then it's not a good solution. But if you just want to cut a 5 minute intro or 20 minutes of "hidden track" silence then it's there.

m3kw9 2y ago

This basically allows certain DJ apps to play 2 streams at the same time.

0_____0 2y ago

I believe this is one thing Tidal is designed to achieve. I just jumped ship to it from Spotify after getting fed up with garbage getting floated up in sponsored recommendations. Supposedly you have access to stems for some of the library, and compatibility with a fair few DJ platforms e.g. Serato