MegaSeg is DJ music software for the Mac that allows you to perform live segue or beat-mixing between songs for a professional DJ presentation of your playlists, organize your library, find and note music requests with a fast search engine and request lists, and schedule playlists using advanced category rotations and event timers. Fine tune the perfect Playlist with MegaSeg's easy to use system.
Sections in this Read Me:
• What's New
• About the Demo Version
• System Requirements
• About the MegaSeg Library Database
• Known Issues, and Solutions
What's New
MegaSeg has many new features, some of which are listed below. For the full list, visit
http://www.megaseg.com/version.html
• Playlist Event Timers
• Playlist Category Scheduling
• Playlist Rules (artist separation)
• Hot Keys for sound effects
• Improved Note Request Feature
• New Playlist Settings dialog
• New Edit Media dialog
• Scan for Duplicates
• Play History Grids
• Automatic Playlist backups
• And much more... see http://www.megaseg.com/version.html
About the Demo Version
The MegaSeg demo is a full functional version, but a pop-up window stops the music every 15 minutes.
System Requirements
A Macintosh computer with a 400 Mhz or faster processor, Mac OS X or OS 9, QuickTime 5 or better.
When running on OS 9, make sure you have CarbonLib 1.4 or better. You can use the Software Update control panel, or download the latest version from Apple at this address: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120047
Download the latest QuickTime version at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime
About the MegaSeg Library Database
MegaSeg can import files from any folder on any hard drive (including external FireWire and network drives) and allow multiple folders or volumes imported into the Library.
Known Issues, and Solutions
• Some PowerBooks and iBooks have a special power savings mode in the Energy Saver control panel. "Processor Cycling" is an option that should be turned off when running MegaSeg. Note the Energy Saver settings change modes when you are plugged in vs. running off a battery. Also for best performance, the hard drive should be set to never spin-down (sleep). If it spins down, there may be a delay while the drive spins back up. This is especially true when playing music from external hard drives, because the internal drive will more likely spin down.
• VBR MP3 files may cause audio pauses and drop out problems. VBR MP3 file's duration must be calculated by QuickTime when opened. This takes a few seconds when the computer can not do anything else. The slower the computer, the more of a problem this can be. When a VBR MP3 is moved into the NEXT position, it is opened before being played, and can cause the current song to stop playing for a second when using slower hard drives.
• USB hard drives are supported and function, but are much slower than FireWire or built-in hard drives. Basic audio playback is normally fine, but beat mixing and FF/REW may not function as well. Also VBR MP3 files are extremely slow to open, and cause problems when played or imported from USB drives (see above). Importing is also very slow with VBR files from USB drives. Avoid using VBR MP3 files with USB hard drives.
• USB audio devices are supported with Mac OS 9.0.4 or later, but have slight buffer delays that can cause problems with beat mixing when using the normal "Program/Cue channel" method. (Preview functions work fine). For beat mixing with USB or other large buffer audio devices, use the Discrete Output Mode option, in the Outputs window. This treats two outputs both as "program audio", requiring an external mixer to bring them together, but solving the delay problems. For beatmixing using the standard "Program/Preview" mode, we recommend the VXPocket PCIMIA card from DigiGram.com for PowerBooks, or PCI based solutions for PowerMac systems.
• Under OS 9 only, drag-n-drop can cause audio drop outs due to an OS 9 limitation to process QuickTime during the drag, and will interrupt QuickTime playback if you drag for longer than a few seconds. Apple has fixed the problem with OS X... no worries of this problem at all.
Please read the F.A.Q. at the end of the Manual for more trouble shooting, or on the web at http://www.megaseg.com/faq.html