I’ve been testing the release build since just before it came out, and I have to say, I like it. The player is largely no-nonsense, and in terms of format support and playback fidelity, it’s great.
#Beatport pro app driver
You also have the kind of hardware driver support you normally only get from a pro app. And the ability to browse through all your drives instantly is great. If you don’t like getting a music store advertised in your music player, be aware that Beatport is a prominent choice in the sidebar - and the only one. Of course, that’s not to say you can’t buy online music from Beatport rivals like Dance Tracks Digital, or your local record store for those who like physical media. While it’s an aesthetic complaint, you also get the blue and green Beatport colors, which look like they escaped from the local scuba shop.
(Give us an alternative black skin, please!) Some might not like the hierarchical file navigation, though I actually do enjoy it. The one downside I did find significant is that there’s not much in the way of stream and radio support. (Hey, I want J-Pop followed by Turkish folk music, okay? Does that make me less of an electronica fan?) Electronic-music centric Proton is there, if that’s all you want to listen to, but there’s no equivalent for the integrated Shoutcast support in players like Winamp and Songbird.
If you’re serious about your digital music collection, I’d say this is worth at least adding to your tool belt - and the price is right.Pioneer and Beatport this week announced new streaming offerings for DJs. And then lots of people kind of freaked out. Let’s see what’s actually going on, if any of it is useful to DJs and music lovers, and what we should or shouldn’t worry about.Īrtists, labels, and DJs are understandably on edge about digital music subscriptions – and thoughtless DJing. Independent music makers tend not to see any useful revenue or fan acquisition from streaming.
So the fear is that a move to the kinds of pricing on Spotify, Amazon, and Apple services would be devastating.Īnd, well – that’s totally right, you obviously should be afraid of those things if you’re making music. Forget even getting rich – if big services take over, just getting heard could become an expensive endeavor, a trend we’ve already begun to see. So I talked to Beatport to get some clarity on what they’re doing. We’re fortunate now that the person doing artist and label relations for Beatport is Heiko Hoffmann, who has an enormous resume in the trenches of the German electronic underground, including some 17 years under his belt as editor of Groove, which has had about as much a reputation as any German-language rag when it comes to credibility. TL:DRīeatport LINK: fifteen bucks a month, but aimed at beginners – 128k only.
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