Beat Link Trigger Deep Symmetry, LLC

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Use this command to install Beat Link Trigger:

winget install --id=Deep-Symmetry.beat-link-trigger -e

Trigger events and automate shows in response to events on Pioneer CDJs

Beat Link Trigger is a software tool designed to enable seamless integration between Pioneer DJ equipment and lighting, video, laser, and digital audio workstation systems. It allows users to trigger MIDI events, automate shows, and synchronize performances based on real-time data from Pioneer CDJs.

Key Features:

Player Status Monitoring: Track the playback status of connected Pioneer CDJs in real time.
Beat-Based Automation: Automate cues and triggers based on beat detection and timing.
Ableton Link Integration: Synchronize with Ableton Link for seamless audio and video coordination.
Multi-Platform Support: Compatible with macOS, Windows, and other platforms via executable .jar files.
User-Friendly Interface: Configure triggers, monitor player activity, and manage automation through an intuitive interface.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for touring artists, club DJs, AV technicians, and creative professionals who rely on Pioneer DJ equipment. Beat Link Trigger enhances live performances by enabling real-time integration between audio and visual elements, offering unparalleled flexibility and creativity in stage setups. It allows users to create dynamic, interactive shows without manual intervention, ensuring consistent and polished results.

README

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An integration environment for DJ performances focused on bridging Pioneer DJ professional equipment to lighting, video, laser, and digital audio workstation software. Created as a way to trigger MIDI events when CDJs start playing tracks, play certain kinds of phrase, reach particular beats, etc., it has grown in many interesting directions thanks to requests from touring artists who wanted to do new and interesting things in their shows. Built using beat-link.

> “It's a shame Pioneer doesn’t support this project, even > unofficially. It's such a huge value add for them. When I was > looking to buy my XDJ-XZ, lots of people were trying to sell me nice > Denon gear, but I'm locked into Pioneer because of BLT despite Denon > being just as good if not a little better feature-wise.” > > —Nicholas Maddix on the project Gitter channel > (where we discussed the project before we moved to the Zulip > stream).

There is more description and a video in a DJ TechTools article, too!

But the most important thing you need to read, after skimming the introduction below, is the :notebook: user guide.

> :construction: New Hardware Support In Progress: We have finally > been able to obtain a pair of CDJ-3000s, so version 7.3 and later > can work productively with them without warnings or issues, even > when they are configured as player 5 and 6, and we can now take > advantage of the high-precision position updates they send, to have > rock-solid tracking of their playback position even when jumping or > looping inside beats or playing backwards. > > Also, people who own the Opus Quad have contributed significant > research and code in order to allow us to try to support this > hardware in version 8.0 and later, with the help of metadata > archives created from the USBs being used. > > If you can do any testing with this new hardware, please help us > confirm this and let us know on the Zulip channel (see the next > section below), sharing your discoveries and log files there. Please > don't open issues until discussing your discoveries and concerns > with the community there, and arriving at consensus that an issue is > the appropriate next stop. > > We are not sure yet, but this may also be a step towards working > with the XDJ-AZ.