Let's say that DJing is similar to cooking. In this example, instead of using our software to create a music mix, let's pretend that you're actually using it to make an omelet. This involves a series of steps, like turning the stove on, greasing a pan, cracking eggs, adding cheese, etc. The key thing to understand is what parts of the process MixMeister can automate for you, and what parts still allow you to contribute your own creativity. MixMeister allows you to experiment with different recipes, and then it goes ahead and cooks each recipe for you.

MixMeister vs. other DJ tools

There are other DJ products available (both hardware and software), but each of them requires you to stand over a hot stove for the entire process. So you can make different recipes, but you have to wait exactly 6 minutes before adding the cheese, for example, or you need to wait for the stove to reach the right temperature. This means you're spending almost all your time actually cooking, and very little time making creative improvements.

MixMeister software, on the other hand, is like having your own assistant chef to do your bidding. You tell your assistant what you want to do and when to do it. Then he does the actual cooking while you do something else. Even better, when you give him a recipe he comes back with the omelet right away -- you don't even have to wait. Since you're freed from standing around and watching the eggs cook, you can focus on other things, like experimenting to get the recipe absolutely perfect. Perhaps you want to want to turn the heat up a bit, or perhaps you want to add a different type of cheese earlier in the process. You could even go crazy and add spinach (that's not an omelet that we'd want to eat, but you might really love it). You can try all these things and taste the results immediately.

MixMeister is also much more tolerant of mistakes than are other methods. If you don't like the taste of chocolate with your omelet, you can undo the change and try something different. Conventional DJ gear gives you one try to get it right, and by the time you realize you've made a mistake, your audience has already heard it and there's no way to go back. In live performance settings, MixMeister allows you to serve your audience one perfectly prepared course while you're experimenting with what the next one might taste like.

MixMeister vs. song creation tools

If you're familiar with song creation software (such as Sony's Acid), consider that these tools don't make the omelet itself; they make the eggs and the cheese and the mushrooms. So they're great at making the ingredients of your mix (and many of our customers use these also), but they aren't designed to mix songs together seamlessly the way that MixMeister does.

The big picture

Again, if it's the perfect mix you're after, MixMeister frees you from having to monitor routine mixing tasks all the time, and lets you focus on your creative process and your audience instead. Instead of being the assistant chef, be the executive chef, planning and serving a great menu for your audience. Now let's eat!