Xylio has released version 2.0 of its DJ mixing software FutureDecks Pro, a major release that includes several new features. This is a free upgrade for those who purchased v1.x made after August 1st, 2009. For new customers the pricing is $99 / €79 / £59.

Changes:

• High-quality time-stretching (you need to activate it from the cfg window - requires intensive CPU resources).
• Pitch scaling/transpose (independent of tempo/speed) - used for harmonic/key mixing (use the FutureDecks tag editor to assign key values to songs that don't have the key already set).
• Whole song audio stripe/waveform on position slider.
• Added Mix-In/Mix-Out (CUE In/Out) points used by AutoMix (can be edited just like regular cue points).
• Auto CUE In/Out (automatically detecting mix-in and mix-out points for the AutoMix feature if they are not present).
• Improved BPM detection and beat-matching (sync).
• Import the whole iTunes library or only distinct playlists (works with both normal and smart lists).
• Skin Designer application (released for Windows only at this time).
• Video window remembers position/screen and fullscreen mode.
• Hide mouse cursor when video is full-screen.
• Settings rework (all XML now).
• Cleaned up DirectX, fixed quality (as good as in OpenGL now), fixed aspect ratio when in full-screen.
• High-quality video setting for both DirectX and OpenGL (consumes more resources if activated).
• Better detection of external controllers.
• Browsing and loading songs directly from the controller for all Hercules controllers.
• New hardware controllers supported: Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2, Reloop Digital Jockey - IE2 (partial support).
• Changed loop controls name ("In" is now "In/Out" and "Out" is now "Exit"); the functionality remains the same.
• Automatically pausing the track when reaching end.
• Increased tempo/speed maximum range to +/-50%.
• A lot of small bugs and critical errors fixed, much more stable.
• Speed improvements.