Features



Industry leading feature set

VirtualDJ delivers more features than any other software. The latest groundbreaking technology is always available in VirtualDJ first! With VirtualDJ you're guaranteed to be ahead of the curve with the latest high-tech and innovative features

Although VirtualDJ is packed with features, it is still easy to learn. You can start with the basics and advance as you learn more. VirtualDJ is well suited for both the amateur starter, or the seasoned professional DJ and comes with all the features you'll ever need. With VirtualDJ you can turn any event into a total success! Whether it's scratch performance and video mixing, or from bedroom broadcast to upscale wedding events.

VirtualDJ lets you do more!. Unleash your creative potential...
Scroll down to learn more about some of the key features of VirtualDJ.

Real-Time Stems Separation

VirtualDJ 2025 uses advanced technology and the power of today's computers to instantly separate any song, during the mix, in real-time. Allowing DJs to adjust on the fly the components of their tracks (vocals, instruments, kicks, hi hats, etc) to create new mash-ups, remixes and transitions. This opens the door to whole new ways of mixing that were simply not possible before, and will forever change the way DJs mix.

  • Instant acapella and instrumental on any song, live during the mix
  • New ways of mixing and remixin songs previously not possible
  • Seamless transitions like never before
  • ModernEQ to fine-tune different elements of the songs
  • Stems performance pads for quick stem isolations

MULTI-DECK STAND-ALONE DJ MIXER

VirtualDJ is powerful, yet easy to use DJ software with an intuitive user-interface. Comes with all the features you need to start mixing as a DJ. VirtualDJ is fully operational even without DJ hardware connected. With transport controls, jog wheels, track information, waveforms, an advanced mixer, equalization & filter, effects, loops, performance pads, hot cues, seamless looping, smart sync, and quantized cues all help you mix faster, better, and be more creative.

VirtualDJ comes with a plethora of key features that every entertainer needs in modern DJ software:

  • Powerful, yet intuitive & easy to learn
  • Fully operational even without DJ hardware
  • Smart quantizing features for valuable mixing assistance

Powerful, yet easy to use

Offering the most intelligent DJ technology and intuitive features, VirtualDJ is still easy to learn and master for any aspiring DJ. And best of all it's free for non-professional use.

For Any Type of DJ

VirtualDJ is by far the most utilized DJ software on the planet. Adaptable and suitable for any type of dj, from beginner to pro. From bedroom to main stage. Everyone starts with VirtualDJ!

For any type of Setup

Works with the most popular controllers and mixers on the market with plug & play auto detection and setup. With VirtualDJ the choice of hardware is all yours.



Plug & Play with DJ Gear

VirtualDJ works with more controllers and mixers than any other software. With plug & play support for over 300+ controllers, the choice of hardware is all yours! From easy-to-use entry level controllers to advanced club mixers. Simply connect your controller and you are ready to mix!

VirtualDJ supports all popular controllers from our partner brands, such as Pioneer DJ, Numark, Reloop, Denon DJ, Hercules, Rane etc.

Furthermore, VirtualDJ comes with an intuitive mapper interface and midi-learn capability for customization and tweaks, as well as creation of your own mappers. And with a powerful scripting language, almost every facet of the software can be controlled and mapped.

With VirtualDJ you get the industry's best controller support and mapping features!

Accurate vinyl feel

Built-in low latency, highly accurate DVS engine for mixing with traditional turntables and CD players. Works with all major brands of timecode signal as well as VirtualDJ's own optimized DVS signal that is available for download or purchase the specialty vinyl in our shop.

Works with all sound cards that have sufficient audio inputs and outputs, including plug and play support for all popular DVS ready sound cards and controllers.

  • Low-latency DVS with smart, relative and absolute modes
  • Auto Signal calibration
  • Works with any DVS ready hardware
  • Works with all popular DVS vinyl

Powerful Video Mixing

VirtualDJ comes with a powerful video engine for mixing all your video content. Works with all leading video formats in high-quality resolutions with full-HD and 4K support with a plentitude of available video effects, transitions, text-to-screen plugin, song titler, camera support, screen-grabbing and fancy overlays - making your video mixing more creative than ever

Easy to use with on-screen previews and smart video-crossfade and transitions.

Integrates well with VirtualDJ video content catalog.

Stunning Visualizations

Even if you are mixing only audio tracks, VirtualDJ will let you put those big screens and projectors to use. With thousand of available visualisations for a stunning on-screen presence. Psychedelic patterns, tunnels, hypnotic ambients, equalizers and more.

Can be automatically enabled for audio-only tracks, with beat-aware algorithm and auto rotation.

  • Add stunning visuals to your audio-only mixing
  • Thousands of visualisations available online
  • Beat-aware algorithm to adjust the visuals to music

Engaging video graphics

Display beautiful graphics on screen with built-in videoskins ready for use on video walls or projectors. Show what you are doing with the mix so your audience will feel like they are standing in the booth with you. Entertain and engage them while you are mixing, with more than just your sound. With action areas showing loops, effects, cues, current track and upcoming song notifications, beat-tunnels that let the crowd see upcoming breaks, and more...

  • Dedicated graphics also available for video broadcast
  • Customize & brand your own videoskin
  • More videoskins available as free extension downloads
  • Works both for video djs and purely audio djs

Karaoke with Next Singer List

Built-in support for karaoke playback with on-screen lyrics display. Play karaoke songs on each deck or engage the powerful Karaoke Engine that allows you to add singer name, song key and venue name - automatically saved for future recall. Options to show background graphics between the karaoke songs, next singers on-screen display and more ...

  • Plays all popular karaoke formats
  • Automatic background music playback
  • On screen next singer list display
  • Easily customizable with personal branding
  • Integrates with VirtualDJ Karaoke Catalog

High-Quality Sound

Professional grade high-end audio engine with crystal clear sound. Comes with built-in high-quality pitch-stretching and master tempo, equalizers, filters, effects, and a limiter to avoid clipping and distortion. Works with all entry level to professional grade sound cards with high sample rate support.

Plug & play auto-detection for all popular DJ audio hardware and sound cards on the market, as well as easy to use audio setup interface with tools for advanced audio routing.

Audio & Video Effects

VirtualDJ comes with built-in native audio & video effects with a plethora more available including smart beat-aware effects, color-FX and all the standard audio effects like flanger, filters, echo, beatgrid and more. Native video effects and transitions are also included along with slideshows, visualizations, on-screen text and camera support. All easily extendable with hundreds more available as free plugins.

Compatible with industry standard VST effects, and open SDK for creating your own plugins.

  • Built-in High-Quality Effects
  • Countless more available as plugins
  • Supports industry standard VST and VSTi

Powerful Sampler

Powerful sampler with unlimited banks and sample slots that can also be grouped and organized with colors and icons and offering multiple playback modes (stutter, loop...).

Supports audio and video samples as well as still images for on-screen display. Comes with built-in, easy-to-use sampler editor (for editing samples the way you want them), sample recorder, transparency support and more.

Built-in stock samples included and plenty more can be added from the Extensions area including instrument packs, video loops etc.

Performance Pads

Up your performance with the performance pads! Unleash your creativity with an unlimited amount of pads available, including loops, sampler, slicer, loop-rolls, hot cues, scratch pads and more.

Comes with Pads Editor for easy customizations and creation of your own pad pages.

  • Unlimited pad pages
  • Extend with custom pad pages available
  • Create your own performance pads with pads editor

Library Management

Powerful music library management for all your songs. With ultra fast searching, smart filters and lists for organizing all your tracks. Intuitive folder tree structure for easy access to hard drives and folders, drag and drop reorder and nesting, grouped folders by type and purpose.

With quick-access shortcuts to your favorite files and folders.


  • Powerful song management with smart folders
  • Fast search with scope parameters
  • Automatic tag reading with powerful tag editor
  • Quick-access shortcuts to favorite folders and lists

Lists, Ideas & Smart Filters

Built-in organized categories for Online Music, Ideas and Lists to organize your music library. Comes with intuitively organized folders and lists, useful smart filters for duplicate song look-up, compatible songs (key/bpm) and much more. Organize and prepare your music easily with your own lists and create smart folders to auto populate lists for any given criteria and scope.

Drag and drop songs to lists, nest and order lists as you want. Flexible and intuitive library management. Quick select to use for automix playback or sidelist 'waitlist' for upcoming songs, wish-list etc.

Set-Lists & Track History

Keep track of played songs with online list sharing. Track history logging with automatic creation of history playlist available within the software; organized by date, year and month folders. Support for online SetList of your favorite sets with social media integration.

Easily sync with CloudDrive for access from any computer and for sharing with other DJs and collaborations.

Charts

Access online charts and themed playlists, or share yours with the world! With Community Charts you can share your favorite playlists with other DJs, or keep them private and access your playlists from other computers. With integration for sharing your best playlists to social media.

Subscribe and add themed playlists by other DJs or group of DJs. And access top played songs feeds by DJs and popular charts from music services (BeatPort, iTunes...).

CloudDrive

Sync your lists and files to the cloud, retrieve and stream from anywhere. Sync between preparation & performance laptop, backup your music. Quickly connect and stream your songs from friends computer. Integrates with popular cloud platforms seamlessly.

  • Stream your songs from anywhere
  • Syncronize your tracks across computers
  • Backup your music library

Intelligent Automix

Smart automix engine for automatic playback of music from a playlist, with auto detection of song structure and beats for best suitable mix transitions. Perfect for early hours background music and for mobile DJs during dinner hours etc. With automix editor for custom transitions and timing.

Display of total remaining time, auto removal of played songs, drag & drop and reorder songs within the automix.

  • Smart transitions
  • Easy add and reorder
  • Automix editor for custom transitions

Powerful Editors

Create custom song edits, automate actions and much more! VirtualDJ comes with plenty of native editors to tweak and improve your performance and tricks, make custom song edits, overlay lyrics and graphics etc.

Use the Pads editor for custom creation of more performance pads, track editor for cleaning or extending tracks, video editor with support for lyrics look-up, sample editor with audio and video support, POI action point editor, BPM editor, automix editor and tag editor are all included.

Radio broadcast & Podcast

Direct broadcast to internet radios & podcast to iTunes. With support for industry standard Shoutcast & Icecast protocols including automatic track title propagation, you can easily broadcast to webradios or create your own radio station. Additional support for direct PC-to-PC broadcast which allows your friends to connect directly to you as well as podcast streaming your mixes to VirtualDJ own servers with iTunes ready integration.

  • Build-in radio server for PC-to-PC broadcast
  • Support for industry standard webradio protocols
  • Podcast with iTunes integration

Video Broadcast to Social Media

Make the world your arena and broadcast your mixes to popular social platforms. With VirtualDJ its easy to broadcast video directly to many of the most popular sites. Add visualisations and Videoskins for cool graphics, camera overlay, real-time screen grab for live chats and more! VirtualDJ makes it easier and more fun than ever to look impressive and engage with your audience online.

  • Video broadcasting direct to main social platforms
  • Add cool graphics with videoskins
  • Engage your viewers with screen-grab and visualisations
  • Overlay your logo, text and camera

Record your mixes

Share your mixtape! Built-in audio and video recording using the most popular formats and quality settings. With auto-start record on playback, support for external sources (record loopback, microphone etc ..). Upload to your favorite sites, share on popular platforms. With automatic split-to-tracks and export of track-title cue files supported in many CD burning software.

  • High-quality audio and video recording
  • Share on popular mix sharing sites
  • Auto-track for CD production

Sandbox Mode

Never get surprised by a break again as you can prepare the upcoming mix ahead of time! The fully-featured sandbox mode lets you skip into future of the mix without interrupting the sound playing out to the audience. Automatically returns to the original software state and position on disengage so you can jump right back into the live mix. With visual indicator of master output playback position.

Online Catalogs

Get direct access to million of songs in high-quality formats from integrated online content providers. A "Netflix for DJs" with instant access to extensive content catalogs for audio, video and karaoke to complement your own music collection. Subscription based and seamless integration in the software, with own folders and searching, as well as smart auto-search results display if no local content matches your searche criteria.

Professional DJ content pools available with VirtualDJ Online Catalogs services (with offline cache and playback availability), as well as support for Soundcloud and Deezer streaming.

Live Suggestions & Genius DJ

Get smart track suggestions based on what thousands of other DJ play next or drag-and-drop group of songs to the GeniusDJ engine for quick track tips based on a selection of songs. With a live ticker giving you song suggestions as you play, and tips from local content as well as supported online catalogs.

Can also be set as an automatically updated docked sideview for extended use. Great for song tips at hectic moments or on "brain freeze" to what to play next.

Take Requests with Ask The DJ

Direct song requests and messaging integrated within the software. With 'Ask The DJ' you can receive requests and comments from your audience, with possibility for tipping and one-click to look-up song requests automatically from local and online content. Auto geolocation detection of nearest playing DJ and venue for quick requests for your guests. Support for upload of custom song catalog to request from.

Free available web-app with custom branding and logo for guests to send requests from, with support for tipping and custom url.

Scratch DNA

Automate scratch routines with ScratchDNA, expressed with transcription method using only a few letters. Create exciting scratches and apply them in the mix. Comes with stock scratch-pads to be used with any controller, including standard scratch techniques such as "baby scratch", "crib" and more. Easily create your own scratch sounds and routines, and visualize new sequences with the built-in DNA Scratch Editor.

DMX Light Control

Seamless communication over network protocol. Control DMX lights, scenes, fog machines and more directly from within VirtualDJ using your controller. Compatible with multiple popular DMX software supporting the OS2L protocol. Features automatic connection and detection using standard network protocols. Beat aware synchronization to have your lights move in sync with your music. Fully programmable and extendable.

Custom Interfaces

Make VirtualDJ look and feel exactly how you want. With skin support you can completely change the look and feel of the software easily or choose from hundreds of skins available from the in-app extensions area. Choose between interfaces that mimic popular DJ hardware or use special purpose skins to suit your needs.

Open SDK for easily create own skin and brand your own skins.

Extensive Configurations

Customize and tweak the software to your own liking. With VirtualDJ you get powerful access to software features that you can customize to behave the way you want. Additionally VirtualDJ comes with a huge selection of easy to add extensions, interfaces, addons, and plugins as well as powerful mapper integration to customize keyboard shortcuts and controller any way you want.

With VirtualDJ, all the powers are in your hands ...

Remote Control with Phone/Tablet

Wireless remote control from Android and iOS with a dedicated app for both tablets and phones. Unlimited custom interfaces available; from extra trigger pads and effect units, to a full scale controller. Plug and play discovery over a local network, with or without internet. A popular tool for mobile DJs allowing them to interact with the guests away from the DJ setup.

  • iOS & Android
  • Works with or without internet
  • Connect via wifi, usb or bluetooth tethering

Link, Line-In & ReWire

Collaborate with other DJs using network protocols With seamless integration of Ableton Link & ReWire you can remote control digital audio production suites and playback the sound directly through VirtualDJ all in sync across applications. Jam with other DJs and musicians on multiple software platforms and computers.

VirtualDJ also supports live line-in inputs with live BPM reading and waveform output for beat mixing to live sources.

  • Connectivity with ReWire & Ableton Link
  • Seamless sync and connect over network



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