PC DJ Pro Edition

The blurb claims it "enables you to mix, remix, and DJ music like never before". Setting aside the grammatical infelicities, and the understandable hype, that's a pretty fair and sensible claim. This CD ROM package has it all. From the automatic detection of beats-per-minute to the turntable brake for those somewhat-too-jiggy moments, from the pitch locking device (with bridging) to the synched-up "auto mix", the toolbag is commendably full. All you gotta do is move that mouse, and mix those trax. And when you're done with being cool, and you feel like reverting to your trainspotter roots, well then the software helps you to sort your trax by groove, song title, artist, star sign, you name it. You can even publish your own playlists, which the computer will follow when you want to nip down to the kitchen for a cheese-'n'-ham toastie.

And that's about it. All else you need to know is summed up by megadeej DavidSloly: "PCDJ is a serious piece of kit". Quite. --Sean Thomas