![]() The company logically placed Deckadance under the Stanton banner, did a quick rebranding of the software itself, and grafted in place a new software registration system tied to functionality provided as part of Gibson’s primary music software brand, Cakewalk. For starters, late last year, Gibson announced that it had acquired Deckadance, the digital DJ software product developed and previously marketed by Image Line (makers of the popular FL Studio DAW), along with the product’s development resources, and a commitment to continue to support and expand the software’s capabilities. The good part, however, is that the rumor mill is rife these days with talk that things at Stanton are shifting, and in fact, there are tangible signs of movement on that front. A recent peek at the brand’s web site seem to reflect that product information has seen some updates, but the news section’s most recent post was in 2013. It’s probably not overstating things to suggest that Stanton has not been the main focus for Gibson in intervening years. All three were collectively the “Stanton Group,” and today are part of a large and growing family of music and audio brands under the Gibson umbrella. We’ll have a full review coming very soon.It was just before Christmas back in 2011 that Gibson-best known as the maker of guitars of the same name-went on a little holiday shopping spree, and came home with three well-known brands in its shopping bag: KRK, Cerwin-Vega, and Stanton DJ. Deckadance isn’t just trying to be another me-too, but actually brings some cool new things to the end user. So the overall package has a lot going for it. As well as being able to be used as a VST in other apps (DVS right inside Ableton Live for example), you have a massive world of free plugin functionality at the click of a download button, as well as a lot of paid-for plugins that are far less likely to bring your system to its knees. One thing that Deckadance has over everyone else is VST compatibility. So turntablists should still be able to sleep at night. Drum machines haven’t killed off drummers, and pianists are still hitting the keys despite the advent of sequencers. It’s a very clinical one shot approximation - watch the video and see for yourself. Of course, scratch DJs won’t like GrossBeat, but I don’t see it as a replacement for scratch DJs. GrossBeat is a smart creative tool where you can programmatically define scratches, glitches and other general glitchy performance controls at the press of a button. The former allows you to layer multiple effects into a single control with a graphical interface. What’s so special about Deckadance 2? Outside of getting 4 decks and a configurable interface, the real winners are smartknobs and GrossBeat. So to clarify - Deckdance 2 is free to existing users, $79 for the regular edition and $149 for the balls-out DVS edition. Gone are Club and House editions:ĭeckadance 2 $79 USD (replaces House edition) all features excluding DVS support.ĭeckadance 2 DVS $149 USD (replaces Club edition) all features including DVS support. We have sharpened the deal to make Deckadance now a no-brainer purchase for those looking to get into DJ remixing. VST host & client – Hosts VST plugins.Smart Panels – User configurable Loop, Cue, Grid, DVS, Key, Smart Knob and Tempo panels. ![]() One shot, trigger, retrigger and loop modes. Sampler – 1/32 to 16 step beat-matched easy sampling.Isolator Effects – Up to 3 insert effects per track (from 10) applied independently to High/Mid or Low band.GrossBeat – 8 user defined FX per deck with integrated editor.Smartknobs – Link a knob to multiple FX & Mixer interface targets.
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