Music Library?

[MrHappy]

Sorry to ask as I know it's probably an obvious question that has already been answered. I did search.

What's the score please with this game accessing your external music files? Can I get it to use my Serato songs or would I just have use of music supplied in the game?

Thanks if you can let me know.

[DeadlyDan]

I just noticed this game on Steam and am wondering this as well. Is there a mode or is it possible to play it with your own music library?

[MrHappy]

Same Bro, popped up in the Store. I am really curious but only if I can use my own music. £1.69 per DLC (per song) doesn't look good with no library access. I'd rather just record a DJ mix.

[_Patrick Swayze]

Also just came across this game. I'm 99.9% certain you can not use your own library. Per song, they separated vocals, instruments and rhythm. I conclude that based on the gameplay I have seen. Secondly, if it was as easy as using your own library, whom would buy all those 2 euro a piece DLC songs...

Game looks fun, but don't think it's worth the price tag. At least not for me, I wouldn't spend more than 20 hours playing it.

[MrHappy]

^ I'm leaning that way. It really doesn't look. You'd think it's worth making it obvious that you can use your Beatport songs so probably no lol. That is a huge oversight and probably this game could be a total hit if......

[_Patrick Swayze]

When you check features on the store page, it mentions:

"Play with a library of over 100 songs including tracks from the world’s top artists"

No mention of using your own library.

[MrHappy]

Nuff Said :)

Devs... If you can include User Libraries you're going to make a zillion bucks x

[_Patrick Swayze]

You can buy "Darude - Sandstorm" for 2 Euro...

[MrHappy]

Bangin'

[ViRiX Dreamcore]

So in order for that to work, you as the user would have to do a lot of editing on your end. Some of you mentioned BeatPort and Serato DJ, so you probably already know it wouldn't be as simple as dragging in your iTunes library.

Don't get me wrong though! I would take the extra time to work with an editor to get all of the stems for songs I have produced or stems from a place like BeatPort and get them to fit.

Actually, Harmonix partnering up with a place like that or a few other places that have songs with stems would be amazing! Because then it would open up to a whole TON of new songs and artists that you might have never heard of. Plus because it's connected to a service like that, you could be assured that the quality of the songs and their implementation would be good. Similar to how the latest Rock Band (also by Harmonix) had a page where anyone could submit songs and they didn't even have to be rock songs.

Yeah, that'd be amazing!

[MrHappy]

Great reply, thanks. You're suggesting that a normal music file needs editing and this should be a careful procedure. For a DJ game this seems completely counter-intuitive.

I can't understand why that would be.

I get it that you can create a nightclub crowd but every inch of me cannot understand in any way the missed opportunity to combine with actual DJing.

[ViRiX Dreamcore]

Sure! I'm glad you found it useful. From a game/experience point-of-view, I do understand your thought process. Just mixing and beat matching on your own tracks could be pretty fun, but it would be a heck of a lot more challenging... ironically kind of like a real DJ. But then you will have to pick your setlist very carefully and you should know your BPMs.

Have you played with the Virtual DJ or Traktor software? I suggest giving it a shot and you will see what I mean. You can drop any MP3 you want in there, but you will have to do all the setup yourself.

FUSER is basically DJ'ing on easy mode because they did all the homework of getting track stems, finding the key of the songs, and getting all the exact BPMs ready for you as well as categorizing them.

Again, not saying we shouldn't have an option to add more music, but in order for it to work as seamlessly as the songs already included in the game do, there will be some work to do.

Go check out a game called Sequence Storm. It is not exactly a DJ'ing game, but it has A LOT of customization and you CAN put in your own songs, but you will find that it takes some work to get them to working exactly right.