OLED is the best display technology

OLED is the best display technology

Consumer Reports says that OLED is the best display technology, as it combines the best features of plasmas and LCDs. They say that the emerging technology is "really going to shake up the television industry".

"What we like about OLED is that it delivers on the deep black levels and unlimited viewing angles that we've come to expect from the best plasmas," said Claudio Ciacci from Consumer Reports. "At the same time it delivers on the power efficiency, super-thin bezel design and also the bright picture that we've come to expect from LCD TVs."

Consumer Reports are running LG's new OLED TV (the 55EC9300) through a "battery of tests", and so far it is delivering. There are subtle issues with color accuracy and grey shades reproduction, but overall the picture is "really terrific".

This is not surprising - pretty much all OLED TV reviews stated that the first wave of OLED TVs offer the best picture quality ever seen.

The HP Stream

All new The HP Stream

After a tentative showing last month, HP has officially announced its super-budget-friendly Windows 8.1 machine, the HP Stream notebook. Already being dubbed as a “Chromebook-killer,” the AMD-powered Stream is expected to hit shelves around Sept. 24. There is a caveat, however, as the laptop is retailing for $100 more than previously announced. 


When it ships, the 14-inch Stream will have a thickness of 0.7-inches and weigh approximately 3.8 pounds. The laptop will feature a 14-inch, 1366 x 768-pixel display and run full Windows 8.1. Powered by an AMD AR Micro-6400T Quad process, the Stream will be completely fanless. HP estimates that the Stream will get up 6.5 hours of battery life.

Other specs include 2GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. If that’s not enough, the Stream will have expandable storage via a microSD slot. HP is also offering 25GB of Dropbox storage for 6 months and a whopping 100GB of OneDrive storage for 2 years — at no cost to the consumer. As per ports, you’ll have a USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0, HDMI and a headphone jack. 


While the initial specs look solid for the price, it remains to be seen how the Stream will stand up to the current generation of Chromebooks — particularly HP’s own Chromebook 14 ($289), which comes loaded with a 1.4-GHz Celeron CPU and boasts nearly 8 hours of battery life. 

Cherry Mobile reveals new Windows Phones and Windows 8.1 tablets

Cherry Mobile reveals new windows phone and windows 8.1 tablet

The Cherry Mobile Alpha Style is a 4-inch device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of storage, along with a 5 megapixel rear camera. The Cherry Mobile Alpha Luxe is a 5 inch smartphone with the same processor as the Alpha Style, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage, along with an eight megapixel rear camera. The Alpha Style is due out later this month for 2,999 Peso (about $69) while the Alpha Luxe will be priced at 4,999 Peso (about $114)

The 8-inch Alpha Play tablet, using Windows 8.1, has a 1.33 Ghz quad-core Intel processor, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. It will sell for 7,999 Peso (about $182). The 10.1 inch Alpha Morph tablet uses Windows 8.1 and has the same processor as the Alpha Play. It has 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage and will sell for 11,999 Peso (about $274) Both tablets will go on sale later this month and both will come with Office 365 pre-installed along with 1 TB of free OneDrive cloud storage for two years. It looks like the Alpha Morph also supports an optional keyboard.

What do you think of Cherry Mobile entering the Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 ecosystem?

Please leave your comments.....
Thanks.

What is new on iOS 8

                                                   What is new on iOS 8

Quickly find and edit the photos you take. Add your voice right in a text message. Let your health and fitness apps communicate with each other, with your trainer, and even with your doctor. We’ve also provided developers with deeper access and more tools. You’ll have new keyboard options and even more ways to share your content. And you’ll be able to use iCloud and Touch ID in ways you never have before. Here are some of the things iOS 8 can do for you so you can do more than ever.

Photos

The all-new Photos app makes it simpler than ever to find and rediscover your favorite photos with new search features and smart albums that organize your photos for you. And you can make every shot look even better immediately after you’ve taken it with powerful new editing tools, no matter your skill level.

Messages

Now Messages lets you connect with friends and family like never before. Tap to add your voice to any conversation. Send a video of what you’re seeing the moment you’re seeing it. And easily share your location so they know right where you are.

Design

In iOS 8, you’ll find a convenient new way to respond to notifications. Helpful shortcuts to the people you talk to most. And time-saving features for managing your mail. All of which make the experience of using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that much better.

Quick Type

iOS 8 makes typing easier by suggesting contextually appropriate words to complete your sentences. It even recognizes to whom you’re typing and whether you’re in Mail or Messages. Because your tone in an email may be different from your tone in a message.

Family Sharing

Up to six people in your household can easily share each other’s purchases from iTunes, iBooks, and the App Store. You can also keep up with each other’s photos, calendars, locations, and more.

iCloud Drive

The good news: You can work on any file, anywhere. The bad news: You can work on any file, anywhere. That includes presentations, PDFs, images, and more — right from iCloud. On whichever device you’re using, including your Mac or PC.

Health

Now your activity tracker, heart rate monitor, and other health and fitness apps can talk to each other. Which means they’ll be able to work even harder for you. And all the information is accessible in one easy‑to‑read dashboard.

Continuity

 Things are about to get even better for people with multiple Apple  devices. Now you can start an email on one device and seamlessly  continue on another. And iPhone owners can answer phone calls on  their Mac or iPad, and also send SMS messages from any of them.

Spotlight

  

     Sometimes you’re looking for a contact or an app. Sometimes you’re      looking for answers. Spotlight now gives you suggestions from                Wikipedia entries, places nearby, trending news, and more. It’s            even smart enough to recognize context and location to offer you          the most relevant information

The new OS for Mac. called the "OS X Yosemite"

The new OS for Mac. called "OS X Yosemite"

OS 10.10 Yosemite for Mac

OS X 10.10, codenamed Syrah and officially named Yosemite, is the 2014 version of the Mac operating system currently in development by Apple. OS X 10.10 was shown off at WWDC 2014 on June 2 and will be released sometime in the fall. In addition to new features, OS X brings interface and experience refinements to Apple's desktop operating system, similar in spirit if not exact execution to the iOS 7 makeover of 2013 — interface depth and translucency effects, textual clarity and other elements to improve the overall user experience.

But that's just scratching the surface. There are a ton of new features under the hood.

OS X 10.10 Yosemite design language

Last year Jony Ive and Apple's design team spent so much time working on iOS 7's new look, OS X mostly got the linen and the leather — if not the felt — stripped out but not much else. The intent was always to go back and give OS X the design attention it deserved as well.

Yosemite employs clearer, smarter and easier-to-understand controls, with streamline toolbars, translucent elements and clean, consistent icon design. An updated system font also improves readability. Depth, deference and clarity are the design guidelines Apple first employed in iOS 7, and now we're seeing that work continue over to Yosemite.

Continuity

Apple doesn't seem compelled to blur the lines between iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 as much as obliterate them, at least where it makes sense to. Continuity is what Apple's calling that — design that enables one device to complement the other. Handoff, for example, lets you start an activity on your iPad or iPhone and continue it on your Mac. And Instant Hotspot lets your Mac use your phone more easily. SMS and MMS messages sent to your phone will automatically appear in Messages on all your devices; you can even make and receive phone calls on your Mac when your iPhone is on the same network.

OS X 10.10 and AirDrop

AirDrop debuted on the Mac but after several initial attempts to bring it to iOS were shot down as overly complex, the version that finally shipped in iOS 7 wasn't even compatible with the Mac.

That changes with OS X 10.10 as the teams at Apple get their protocols back in sync and their cross-platform beaming fully in order.

OS X 10.10 Notification Center

Notification Center gets a rework with the new Today view — a quick look at everything you need to know. Apple's also introducing Notification Center Widgets to help you view your calendar, weather, stocks, reminders and a World Clock, and the API is open for developers to use to create custom Widgets that can be downloaded from the Mac App Store.

OS X 10.10 Spotlight

Spotlight's now in the Spotlight. Apple's search feature in OS X has been taken out of the realm of just file search; now it can find applications (making it a potential replacement for Apple's Launchpad app) and content on the Internet (putting it toe to toe with the popular third-party tool Alfred). It will view search results from Wikipedia, the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store and more.

iCloud Drive

Apple's integration with cloud-based storage and services continues with 10.10 and iOS 8 thanks to iCloud, which lets you store any kind of file online. It also works with a Windows PC.

OS X 10.10 bottom line

The Mac's operating system is beyond mature, but there's huge room for improvement. Apple's moving iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 together, forward, for a new era of interdevice and intersystem communication. It's going to be very exciting to watch. Stay with us as we provide you with more details.

Anyway, the release of the OS X Yosemite is on October 21th this year.

Why iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus are too expensive

Why iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 plus are too expensive

well iphone 6 & iPhone 6 plus is an another spectacular product from apple. maybe apple had an agreement to make these products to be luxurious than ever before. so these iPhones are maybe too expensive because in stylish and design made by apple.

Here in the Philippines, iPhone 6 ranging from Php. 60,000 to 120,000 pesos. i had no idea why iPhone 6 is very expensive here in the Philippines.

Now, Here is the answer. 

Apple already charges a premium for its handsets. so we imagine carriers will push very hard to stop the prices being raised any higher.

therefore, Apple wanted to make these gadgets to be more expensive. because, in the industry of technology, Apple wanted to be the top of all among technogy-related companies.  

The new MacBook Air is cheaper and faster, but is it worth buying?

The new MacBook Air is cheaper and faster, but is it worth buying?

MacBook pro's are thick than Macbook air's. Macbook air is an innovative product by Apple, Inc. this kind of laptop is very thin than Macbook pro's

So here's a list of specifications:

Display (13.3"):

13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors

Supported resolutions:

1440 by 900 (native), 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, and 1024 by 640 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio and 1024 by 768 and 800 by 600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio

Storage: 

128GB (128GB PCIe-based flash storage), 256GB (256GB PCIe-based flash storage)

*and upgradable to 512GB flash storage

Processor:

1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache

*Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB shared L3 cache

Memory:

4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory

*configurable to 8GB

Battery And Power:

• Up to 12 hours wireless web
• Up to 12 hours iTunes movie playback
• Up to 30 days standby time
• Built-in 54‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery 
• 45W MagSafe 2 Power Adapter with cable management; 
• MagSafe 2 power port

Size and Weight:

• Height: 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm)
• Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
• Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
• Weight: 2.96 pounds (1.35 kg)3

Graphics & Video Support:

Intel HD Graphics 5000 Dual display and video mirroring:  Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display  and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors Thunderbolt digital video output Native Mini DisplayPort output DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately) VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately) Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately) HDMI audio and video output using third-party Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (sold separately) Camera: 720p facetime HD camera Connections & Expansion: Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps) Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps) MagSafe 2 power port SDXC card slot Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi networking;4 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology Audio:  Stereo speakers Dual microphones Headphone port Support for Apple iPhone headset with remote and microphone

Keyboard & Trackpad

• -Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement) with ambient light sensor
•  
• -Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three‑finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities

Electrical & Operating Requirements:

Line voltage: 100-240V AC Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C) Storage temperature: -13° to 113° F (-25° to 45° C) Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

For 11.6"

Display: 

11.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors

Supported resolutions:
1366 by 768 (native), 1344 by 756, and 1280 by 720 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio; 1152 by 720 and 1024 by 640 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768 and 800 by 600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio

Storage:

128GB (128GB PCIe-based flash storage), 256GB (256GB PCIe-based flash storage)

*and upgradable to 512GB flash storage

Processor:

1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache

*Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB shared L3 cache

Memory:

4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory

*configurable to 8GB

Battery & Power:

• Up to 9 hours wireless web
• Up to 9 hours iTunes movie playback
• Up to 30 days standby time
• Built‑in 38‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery
• 45W MagSafe 2 Power Adapter with cable management; MagSafe 2 power port

Size & Weight:

• Height: 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm)
• Width: 11.8 inches (30 cm)
• Depth: 7.56 inches (19.2 cm)
• Weight: 2.38 pounds (1.08 kg)3

Graphics & Video Support:

• Intel HD Graphics 5000
• Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors

Thunderbolt digital video output

• Native Mini DisplayPort output
• DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately)
• VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately)
• Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)
• HDMI audio and video output using third-party Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (sold separately)

Camera:

720p facetime HD camera

Connections and Expansion:

• Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps)
• Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps)
• MagSafe 2 power port

Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi networking;4 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology Audio:  Stereo speakers Dual microphones Headphone port Support for Apple iPhone headset with remote and microphone

Keyboard & Trackpad

• -Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement) with ambient light sensor
•  
• -Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three‑finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities

Electrical & Operating Requirements:

Line voltage: 100-240V AC Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C) Storage temperature: -13° to 113° F (-25° to 45° C) Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

More affordable than ever

 What Apple has done, however, is to drop the price of both base models by $100. This means you can pick up an 11-inch MacBook Air for $899, while the 13-inch model will set you back only $999.

Since Apple's Retina MacBook Pro refresh last fall, Apple's 13-inch laptops have been the most crowded product segment of the Macintosh line — up until yesterday, the 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display were separated by $200: $1099 for the MacBook Air, $1199 for the MacBook Pro and $1299 for the Retina MacBook Pro.

This created confusion for many Mac customers not intimately familiar with the technical differences between systems. They were faced with a what seemed to be a perplexing array of choices. For the uninitiated, the mix of CPU speeds, features, and storage options seemed bizarre: A 1.3 GHz laptop, followed by a 2.5 GHz laptop with four times the storage, followed by a 2.4 GHz laptop with the same storage as the system on the other end of the spectrum.

That $100 drop gives the 13-inch MacBook Air a little headroom to differentiate itself from the MacBook Pro line. It also drops the tiny 11-inch model squarely into the high end of the Ultrabook price range. Apple doesn't compete on price with the Mac compared to the much more commodity-priced Windows PC (and now Chromebook) market, but it has made the 11-inch MacBook Air a more palatable choice for budget-focused Mac customers.

Refreshing the MacBook Air now suggests that Apple won't touch the line again in June when WWDC rolls around; WWDC was Apple's venue to refresh the line in 2012 and 2013. Intel's still working to get its delayed Broadwell processors out the door, so it's no great surprise that Apple's providing a modest bump to the MacBook Air now.

As an aside, I find the standard 13-inch MacBook Pro still the odd man out in this revamped product matrix. It hasn't been refreshed since 2012 and I don't think it will be again, simply because it doesn't reflect Apple's current design or performance aesthetic.

Who should get the MacBook Air?

If you're looking for Apple's lightest, most portable laptop, the MacBook Air is a better value than ever before. The refreshed processor isn't that much of a draw — it's the new lower price that's key.

Obviously if you have a 2013-era MacBook Air, this mild update isn't really worth jumping ship for — the performance update is negligible, and I doubt many Mac users will want to upgrade last year's model just to get improved battery playback while watching iTunes movies. Having said that, if you have an older MacBook Air and you're thinking about a replacement, now may be the right time, unless rumors of a Retina display-equipped MBA come to pass.

The 13-inch MacBook Air, at $999, is a no-brainer for anyone who values light weight and easy portability over performance. It's a spectacular Mac laptop that runs all day without needing a charge, though I might recommend bumping the RAM up to 8 GB (another $100) to help give it a bit more headroom to run memory-intensive apps.

Here in the philippines, Macbook Air is Ranging from Php. 39,560 to Php. 52,760

The new Ricoh joins the likes of GoPro, Sony and with its first action cam

The new Ricoh joins the likes of GoPro, Sony and with its first action cam

Ricoh is jumping into the action camera pool with the new WG-M1. Part of the WG-series (formerly of Pentax) of rugged cameras, the WG-M1 is a waterproof, freeze-proof, and shockproof POV cam for shooting videos in inclement weather conditions.

While previous WG-series cameras can record Full HD video, the WG-M1 is designed to be a camcorder first, camera second. 

The WG-M1 has a form-factor that’s similar to Garmin’s VIRB action cams, but with a design shared by other WG-series cameras. It can dive down to 32 feet of water, sustain drops from 6 feet, and resist cold temperatures of 14 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s also dust-proof. 

Like most action cams, the WG-M1 has an ultra-wide-angle lens (160 degrees for stills, 130 degrees for video). On the top is a 1.5-inch color LCD for framing your shots, reviewing content, and adjusting settings. 

The camera uses a 14-megapixel CMOS sensor for stills and Full HD videos at 30 frames per second, and can handle continuous still-image shooting at 10 fps. 

There are also various video modes available, like motion detection, high-speed movie, and time-lapse movie.

There’s also built-in Wi-Fi for transferring and uploading content via a smartphone or tablet, as well as conduct remote operation. Content is stored onto Micro SD cards.

The WG-M1 is available in black or orange, and will cost $300. It comes with a carabiner strap and an adhesive mount. 

Other optional mounting accessories are also available. Expect it to hit stores in October 2014.

What's new in Virtual DJ 8

                                     

                              What's new in VDJ 8 or knowned as Virtual DJ 8

This version is a significant milestone in the history of VirtualDJ. Unlike the transition to v7 from v6, or to v6 from v5 etc, where we just added new significant features (like video support, 99 decks, ContentUnlimited, etc), for the v8 transition, we rewrote our software from the ground up. VirtualDJ was first started in 1996, and in the following 15 years, we kept adding more and more features, to keep pushing the limit of how technology can help you mix better. But, 15 years of layers upon layers of new code, can get quite messy, and our development speed was slowing down. That's why we spent the last 3 years to rewriting everything clean and fresh, so that for the next 20 years, new breakthrough features will keep coming at lightning speed, update after update.

But of course, version 8 is not just a clone of version 7 with a fresh engine. It also brings its share of new features and novelty. Here is a quick guide to the main new features, intended for people who are already experienced with version 7:

SANDBOX
One new exclusive feature of VirtualDJ 8, is the new "sandbox" concept. Sandbox is a feature that helps you prepare your next mix while the audience is still listening to the previous song. When sandbox is engaged, you can jump to the end of the current track, and try to mix into the next track, hearing it only in your headphones, until you find the perfect exit-point and entry-point where you'll want to mix. You can then disengage sandbox, and calmly wait for your current track to reach the point where you're now confident you should start your mix.

SAMPLER
The new sampler in v8 has shed all the limitations of the old v7 sampler. It can now play an unlimited number of samples simultaneously. Samples can be audio, video, or still images. Video samples can have alpha transparency. Samples can be organized by group and triggered like an instrument bank. Slots can be arranged on a grid, and have colors and icons.

The sampler is now accessed through the sideView, where you can select any bank and drag'n'drop samples directly onto the slots. The sample files themselves are found in the sampler folder in the browser. Note that you can also play any sample directly from the sampler folder, meaning that you could play as many samples as you want simultaneously, and you don't "have" to use the grid if you're more comfortable triggering samples from the list. The sampler also has a special bank called "remix mode", which transforms your sampler into smart cue-pads. VirtualDJ will automatically detect and fill the remix points with the breaks in your song, but you can edit your own remix points of course.

When you record a new sample, using either the rec button on the advanced loop panel, or the mic or master rec button on the master mixer panel, VirtualDJ will store the newly created sample in the "Recordings" folder, and highlight it, so you can choose whether you want to drop it on a deck and start scratching it (if you just recorded your voice through the mic for example), or drop it on a sampler pad. And of course you can edit any sample with the sample editor.

SOUND ENGINE
In VirtualDJ 8, all the internal audio components, like pitch-stretching, limiter, equalizers, filters, etc, have been rewritten to harness all the power of modern computers and give you a crystal-clear sound.

The internal sound engine processes everything in high-quality 32-bit audio, but the internal sampleRate can be adjusted in the options. Note that we recommend using 44100 if you play mostly audio files that
have been recorded at 44100 (like mp3 files), or 48000 if you play mostly high-def videos that have their audio track at 48000. Setting a higher samplerRate than the files you play will result in a lower quality of sound, not a higher one.

BROWSER
The browser in VirtualDJ 8 as many improvments in comparison to v7 version.

SIDE VIEW:
The browser now has three zones: the folders, the file view, and the "side view". The side view can display and easily switch between various useful folders or special lists. Among the special lists are the automix list, the karaoke list, a scratch-pad called "side list" (you can still also have the old horizontal side-list if you're nostalgic, it's in the advanced options), and the sampler trigger-pad. But you can also drag and drop any folder to the sideview to stick it there. You can even create shortcut buttons for various folders, so you can easily navigate between them with one click.

VIRTUAL FOLDERS:
Virtual/favorite/filter folders in version 8 can now be children of any other folder. For example, you could have your folder D:\Music\Rock, and inside, create a virtual folder "Top" where you put links to the top songs. You can also make filter folders children of other folders, and the filter will be applied to the content of the parent folder.

FILTER GROUPS:
The filter folders can now have a filter such as "group by genre" for example. This would create a filter folder that has as children folders all the available genres (from the database if this folder is at the root, or from the parent folder otherwise).

EFFECTS
The effect page is now no longer a "replacement" of the browser, but is instead a panel, same as the playlist. effects config window will open small windows inside this panel. These effect config can also be undocked and become floating windows that can be moved around. Effect selection is now done through the effect button on the skin on each deck. The effect list window can also be unpinned, in order to become a floating window that can allow easy instant access to several effects. To access the config window of an effect, hover your mouse on the effect in the list, and click on the small gear icon.

Also, note that in version 8, effects can now be applied either to a specific deck, or to the master output. Go to the "master" panel in the center window to select master effects.

EDITORS
Another big novelty in VirtualDJ 8, is the plethora of built-in editors.

AUTOMIX EDITOR:
The AutoMix editor allows you to pre-edit your automix sequence, in order to fine-tune the mix-in and mix-out points, the type of transition, and if you're mixing videos, select the video transition to be used for each mix. When you manually tune the mix between two songs, VirtualDJ will remember and use your preferred settings the next time the automix engine mixes these exact two songs together.

TRACK CLEANER:
This editor lets you easily create "edits" of your tracks. You can remove any offensive lyrics by "inverting" them, you can cut out long intros or irrelevant speech, or loop a section to extend your track.

VIDEO EDITOR:
The video editor has 2 main uses: It can be used to edit an existing video, by adding some text effects on the parts that you usually scratch, or on relevant lyrics. Or, it can be used to add a full new video track to an existing audio-only song, using video parts from other video files. It can also be used to create a video track for a remixed version by using parts from the video track of the original version.

SAMPLE EDITOR:
To harness the power of the new sampler in version 8, the sample editor lets you adjust most of the options on your audio, video, or still-image samples. Your samples can now be audio, video or both (or still images), and you can easily adjust the transparency of video samples, crop the audio clips, and create sample groups with specific trigger modes.

POI EDITOR:
All the cue points, saved loops, automix points, beatgrid anchors, macro points, etc..., are now called POI (for Point Of Interest) in VirtualDJ 8. The POI editor lets you organize and manage all these points for each of your tracks.

BPM EDITOR:
The new BPM editor let you easily and conveniently adjust the beatgrid of your songs. It can even let you specify a different bpm for different parts inside the same song.

TAG EDITOR:
The tag editor has been much improved in version 8 compared to the one from version 7. It can batch edit a lot of tracks together, can save the tags back to the files, and is compatible with a broad range of file formats and tags.


OTHER
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OPTIONS:
Most common options are easily accessible from the option page in the config window, but if you check "show advanced" you will see the full list of all possible options. (no need for Registry Tweaks anymore).

AUDIO CONFIG:
The new audio config panel is now an a hybrid between the "simple" and "advanced" panels from VirtualDJ 7. The big buttons let you quickly access most common configurations, while the list below let you see how the configuration is actually implemented, and tweak it if need be.

CONTROLLERS:
Controllers can now have multiple mappers created, and you can easily switch between one or the other. By default, all controllers have the "factory default" mapper. As soon as you try to edit this factory default mapping, VirtualDJ 8 will create a "custom mapper" for this controller, fill it with a copy of the factory default, and save it in the Mapper/ folder like usual. You will then be editing the custom mapper.

CUSTOM BUTTONS:
The default skin has on each deck a set of empty "custom buttons", and "custom knobs". These empty buttons are intended to be filled up by each user according to what they find missing in the default skin.

SKIN RESIZE:
In VirtualDJ 8, the skins are automatically stretched, without any performance hit, so there is no reason to keep making many resolutions of the same skin. The stretch is done in such a way that the aspect ratio is kept (so that round turntables will stay round). To achieve that, the browser part is automatically made bigger/smaller.

CURRENT CUE:
There is a special POI, the current CUE, that is not editable from the editor. This special CUE is the position used by the STOP and CUE buttons, and will be remembered from one session to the next. But it's overwritten automatically each time you select a new hotcue or POI.

COLOR WAVEFORMS:
VirtualDJ 8 has two modes for the color waveforms (accessible in the options). Either a full-color with red for bass, green for mediums and blue for high, or a 2-color mode which makes it easier to differentiate each deck, but still easily see the bass, medium and high.

BROADCAST:
VirtualDJ 8 direct broadcasting now requires that you are logged in to our website, but rather than providing an IP address for others to connect to, it automatically generates a webpage on virtualdj.com where your friend can listen to your broadcast. This page will have an embedded html5 player and links for itunes/winamp/wmp etc streaming. VirtualDJ 8 also offers to create and maintain podcasts for you, with tools on website to help you publish your mix to itunes etc.

Of course, there are many other new features and changes, but this small list should already help you feel at ease on version 8, if you were used to working with version 7.