
Another option is to select one of MixMeister's built-in sound effects, such as Whoosh, to help obscure any tonal maladies that occur during the transition. When one track sounded bad transitioning into another, we simply changed the playback order. When we created an ABBA mix, we worked around that limitation by being flexible about the order of tracks. A pitch-shifting feature would help match songs' keys as well as their tempos. The only obvious snag is that tonal clashes can occur when two songs in different keys overlap during a beat-mix transition. Lastly, the Crossfade function essentially creates a smooth volume transition from one track into another without adjusting the BPMs.

It's worth noting that adjusting a track's tempo doesn't affect its pitch. The Beatmix options gradually adjust the tempos of two adjacent tracks so that during the four or eight measures when the two tracks overlap, their beats match up, resulting in a smooth, beat-matched DJ-style transition from one track to the next. The transition options include Short Beatmix (four measures/16 beats), Long Beatmix (eight measures/32 beats), and Crossfade. MixMeister's real magic lies in its automatic track transitions, which can be selected using the orange pull-down box beneath each track title in the Playlist pane.
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During testing, the software typically took less than 10 seconds to scan each file. After a track has been scanned, it's available for use in any MixMeister project. The software automatically scans each audio file to determine relevant information, such as its BPM (beats per minute). You can add a single file or an entire folder of files, or you can set up watch folders from which files are automatically imported whenever they're copied into the specified directories. To make your PC-based digital audio files available for use in MixMeister Express 6.0 projects, you click the Library pane's plus sign, then select the files you wish to add.

The MixMeister Express 6.0 interface is logically divided into three main panes: Library (top left), Playlist (top right), and Timeline (bottom).
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MixMeister Express 6.0 worked perfectly with our consumer-grade Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Pro PC sound card. The first time we ran the software, an informative three-minute tutorial automatically launched, providing ample information for getting started with the software. Installation on our 2.3GHz Pentium 4 PC took approximately one minute.

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To get started, we inserted the MixMeister Express 6.0 CD, ran the installation file, and clicked through a few setup screens, entering the supplied authorization code when prompted.
