PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is a DJ mixing application for Mac OS. PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is not available from the App Store but is available from several download sites, as well as the publisher’s Web site. The trial version is free, and a full licensed version is $129.
PCDJ Red has been our go-to DJ mixing app for many years, and PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is the latest iteration of this popular and powerful application. The interface of PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac has two music decks in the upper pane, with waveform displays in the middle and a list of folders and songs in the bottom pane. Each deck has soft controls for all mixing purposes, and plug-in hardware mixer controls are supported. PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac can search your entire file system and plug-in drives for music in most formats, and even supports karaoke in this latest edition (with lyrics on a separate output). There are a few auto-play buttons that make it easy to sound really good, or you can take total control and do everything manually.
PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is the mixing deck against which we measure all other DJ mixing apps, and this latest version continues the tradition of being the standard. It is easy to learn and use, and powerful enough for professionals and amateurs alike.
Editors’ note: This is a review of the trial version of PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac 2.2.4.