Offtrack: Mix Music Clips 12+

So promising but has a few setbacks

This concept is fantastic, it plays the strong parts of your dance tracks and does a pretty good job of mixing genres depending on your pre planned playlist. However, it crashes on my iPhone 12 and iPad quite a bit I’d say every 20 min it will crash and hopefully the developers will fix this. On my iPhone 7, it lasted 7 min before crashing on Wifi. I can actually see someone using this to DJ with this in 5 years maybe but the crashes would wreck your career for sure. The layout color is nice but way too confusing for how simple it could be ( can’t tell what is a clickable button and what isn’t and back screen is confusing to figure out, also it could use a dark mode. I love this app, when it works, but I refuse to pay a regular monthly fee when they would be better off with a one time higher fee. I’d pay that but not for any app that crashes as much as this does. Offer a one time fee and I’ll wait for it to get better through updates. For now, the subscription is too high for how often it crashes. Update- I have a iPad 9 & iPhone 12 that uses the app and after several updates, it’s is much more stable. The only thing that would make this app perfect is if it has one time fee instead of the monthly/yearly pay option.

Developer Response ,

Hi Lost by Design,

Thanks for the feedback about the app. And glad to hear it works fine on your newer devices now.

In regards to our pricing, we believe our pricing of $4.99/month in the United States is quite fair given it's less than half of the price of major music streaming services.

And if this does not meet your expectations, note that the app also has many features that you can use completely for free.

Thanks again, and hope you would bear with us as we keep improving.

Best,
Boris/Zeyu

Very Interesting

As a DJ myself, I was intrigued by this product. I wanted to see how well it could work. So, I tested it out with a variety of genres you’d hear at a club, like house, techno, rap, funky house, pop, dubstep, and more. I found that instead of being a traditional DJ, it seems more like a crossfader that tries to find the right time in the song to transition and forces two songs to transition together, which can sometimes feel unnatural. Like most DJing, it works best with lots of drums because it can easily find a pattern and mix it. But the vocals often feel like they’re clashing, which is a big no-no in DJing. I think it works well in some transitions, but not so much in others. I understand that it’s still in its early stages, so I can forgive these flaws. Also, for consumers, don’t expect the app to offer any kind of advanced DJing features like beat loops, filters, or padfx. The best way I can describe this app is like an AI image generator. It does the job, but often looks fake, with spelling errors and too much drama. Overall I think this app is very cool and I will checking on the app in the future but right now it’s not ready. I will say the app layout is INCREDIBLE and the colors and layout are great :). I do wish there was a EQ area in the app because the music feels a bit flat.

Nice app that could be better !

I have tested this app with Apple Music and Tidal Mixonset main appeal is Apple Music. Most DJ apps don’t integrate or play well with Apple Music’s DRM protected tracks. Some pros and cons 1. Mixonset works fine with Tidal but so does an app like Djay pro which has a reliable automix feature .. (also Tidal not great with local files upload) …so therefore Mixonset’s main appeal is Apple Music … megaseg the only other option but their UI is horrible 2. Some DRM protected tracks are recognized one day and next day say unavailable , so little inconsistencies with library . 3. Does not play “mix in order” in any scenario. “Matched Apple tracks” or purchased tracks are always on top. Confusing at times 4. Save mix to new playlist ignores these tracks 5. Cannot replace current playlists with new playlists “seamlessly”. have to stop player . That’s a big drawback , it can’t seamlessly transitions between two playlists .There is always a song or two which comes in the way from prior playlist 6. There is visual bug , the track transition “visually on display “ , but old tracks still keeps playing. In summary cant use this app at a party , great for home listening .

Developer Response ,

Hi Clive,

Thank you, we appreciate the time taken to provide us with this feedback!

TIDAL is your best bet for a full song catalogue that's consistent. There's also some issues with Apple Music's side where there may be inconsistencies with how the song order is saved, which may affect "mix in order" and "save mix to new playlist". We apologize for that confusion, and we'll look into it to see if there may be a fix in the future.

When you use the "switch to this queue" feature, the extra song or two is there to bridge the gap between the two playlists. You can also delete those extra songs if you want to replace that playlist completely.

The track transition issue should be fixed by now if you update the app to the latest version.

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out to us at support@mixonset.com, we'd love to hear more from you.

Best,
Boris