As I'm beginning to amass a number of useable mp3's, I've been looking for a program to use to mix them live. I've not found one that feels rite yet. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions?

Like I say, I'm looking for a program that I can use to mix mp3's live along with turntables. Midi controls mite be an asset. My problem with all the software I've tried is ease of cueing. It's hard as fuck to get it in the rite spot to mix properly. End up wasting to much time trying to match the beat. Anyway if anyone knows of such a thing let me know.

final scratch.

Sorry I should have been more specific. FS is what I would ultimatly love to have for this situation, but I was thinking of something alittle more cost effective that would do the trick for the time being. Software that I could use with my current set up. PC, soundcard, mixer and a midi keyboard. Maybe I'm just dreaming that such a thing may even exsist.

Tracktor DJ Studio. You can run it with or without the midi interface. The only problem would be cueing songs on your computer off the turntables or CDs, but with enough practice, and alot of clicking, you should be able to pull it off.

to be able to really cue records before they're in the mix, you need two soundcards

or a 3d soundcard

traktor for sure.

why is it so hard to cue for you?

myself, i find the "one" (first beat of the phrase im gonna drop on) and lock it into a single-beat loop... i've got a hotkey for that. time to drop it? stop the loop and the track plays on from the one.. the other nice thing about a beat sensitive loop is I can keep the track beatmatched while it's looping. also, you can mark start points in the traktor database, so you will always start the track at the "one" without having to muck with it.

as far as beatmatching goes... assign up and down arrows to control _fine_ pitch and left/right arrows to nudge (pitchbend) the track back or forward. that how I do it, atleast. works like a charm. with the keys nice and close, you can nudge the track and change the pitch at the same time with one hand. it also makes it much easier to ride out a mix this way, which you will HAVE to do with anything digital.

like CDJs, traktor can only control the pitch so much. its not as fine as an analog slider. .1% steps. if your having trouble getting it to sync up for long enough, move the pitch of the opposite deck up or down .1% -- of if your mixing against a turntable, beatmatch the turntable against traktor instead of traktor against the turntable.

in the beginning, I picked up a cheap USB keypad and assigned its keys to shortcuts and labeled the keys.. cheaper/quicker/easier than MIDI, but no knobs, just buttons.. hehe

no you don't... all i have is an M-Audio Audiophile... i just use the two outs to go into my mixer and voila... done. I use PCDJ Red VRM right now for my mp3s but i am making the switch to traktor here in a few days. PCDJ is a good program but you need thier controler to contrrol it remotely... traktor is a bit more flexible.