Read our user’s comments, ideas, and success stories with MegaSeg. If you have a story to share, let us know!

The use of MegaSeg versus anything else is a “no brainer”. It has enough features without over complicating your DJ performance. Noting Requests, Music Library Management and playlists are tools that a non–digital DJ wouldn’t be able to comprehend. MegaSeg has spoiled me to the point where I take it for granted. I can focus on other things. Like my performance. Thanks MegaSeg!

Rob, Noise Pollution
www.noisepollution.com

My DJ business has grown thanks to MegaSeg’s seamless support and control of video and audio. I host special events at my club such as Movie nights, Name That Tune with music videos, and even Karaoke. With MegaSeg, all I have to do is create the playlists at home, plug my MacBook into the Club’s system and press play. With the awesome Ambient Video Playlist feature, the screens never go dark between music videos. Then there’s the Remote Control support… if the crowd doesn’t like a song, all I have to do is press Next on my remote and MegaSeg segues to the next track. I don’t even have to be in the control booth! And with Events, I can set it to start a show on time whether I’m there or not!

I could go on and on, but simply put, MegaSeg has made my life so much easier and with each update you keep making it even better. MegaSeg is worth EVERY penny and more!

—Bryen C. Winstead
Winstead Media, LLC

Before I purchased MegaSeg I had to work for hours creating play lists. I love the feature on MegaSeg that allows play lists to automatically be created every hour! It keeps things fresh and exciting for the listeners. Shortly after I bought Megaseg my listenership almost tripled. MegaSeg is easy to use, but has all the features you need to operate a radio station.

Eric Tucker
96.3 VIP Radio

I’m not doing much DJing since I bought a Bed & Breakfast, but we have been using MegaSeg for the house music and I’ve been learning some features that I hadn’t used before. For example, we now play certain styles of music in the morning hours, and then switch it up a few more times during the day. MegaSeg sure works well and, with AirFoil, it’s really a dream come true.

Tony Barthell

Great product and support…Can’t imagine going out without Megaseg at this point of time. You’ve made my life in this business much more fun and lucrative.

Jeff Rockwell, Pres.
Rockwell Productions

I am a satisfied customer of many years utilizing your software on my low power community radio station here in NZ. Congrats on the latest version of MegaSeg. Especially fixing that pesky “Before/After Event” feature, which now works perfectly.

Regards,
Mark Perry
Heads FM

I find MegaSeg a valuable production tool. I produce five different shows for both domestic and International broadcast. It’s the best I have used and I have used just about everything out there. Keep up the good work!!

Bryne Parrott

Great job as usual on the latest MegaSeg… been running it on my new Intel MacBook Pro w/Leopard and it’s solid as a rock! Been making my living with your program now for a long time through many earlier versions and it’s never failed me once ever!

Thanks again —
Mike Hilger

radioNtenna rocks with MegaSeg

John Heimerl, creator and lead programmer, says “We looked at many different affordable platforms for our HD Radio and internet triple–A eclectic stream. We needed something that would be rock–stable so that whenever iTunes listeners in the Alternative category hit the button, we would be there. The interface is the most intuitive, and the flexibility and features are unequaled for the investment!”

radioNtenna.com is (Left to right) John Heimerl, Creator/lead programmer, Heather Mazzoni, Operations, Paul Shugrue, Music, Jason Sneed, Streaming, Michelle Harrell, Production, Dian Richards, Web.

MegaSeg Pumps Up 44,180 Runners

With just a MacBook and microphone in hand, MegaSeg was used as the official music source for Bloomsday, the world’s largest individually timed road race. MegaSeg was used to entertain the runners with interactive crowd songs and automate important race announcement for hours before they start the race. Located at the start line the music was passed miles down the crowd via radio frequencies. MegaSeg made it easy to insert Chariots of Fire (the official race song) at the appropriate times as needed. We’ll be using MegaSeg for years to come for this event!

Lilac Bloomsday Run
www.bloomsday.org

What a great product! I started doing DJ gigs last year, learning from a guy who’s done weddings for the past 15 years. He carries a large suitcase of CDs, and somehow can find songs from memory for each party. I can’t imagine shuffling through CDs. After making 30 CDs and doing 3-4 parties, I bought your product in December. I did a company party two weeks ago and thought I’d give MegaSeg a try as my primary source… I can’t say how happy I am with MegaSeg. I could find requests with lightening speed, and having 10-12 songs queued at all times took all the stress out of the party. MegaSeg looks professional and performed flawlessly. Keep making it better, but I can’t imagine a feature that’s not already there!

Kevin Causey

We’ve been using MegaSeg for three years. This last year has seen our business really take off. We’ve had 27 weddings last year (11 more booked) and couldn’t imagine using any other software than MegaSeg. Regardless if it’s a three hour or seven hour event, when we set up for a gig, we have 100% confidence that MegaSeg will perform flawlessly.

Thanks,
Matt & Stephanie

I used my MegaSeg Saturday night for the first time, DJ’ing a high school prom. It was very easy to use and the kids were impressed too. It was easy to find songs, make changes and mix the music. I use it with my Apple Laptop and a pair of Bose speakers. It’s the best sound I’ve had, after being a mobile DJ for 10 years. Thanks!

Ralph Parker

My transition from a bargain basement DJ to market leader can be solely attributed to my choice of DJ software. Just three short years ago I chose to dig out from under a mountain of CDs. As a certified Microsoft systems engineer, I was firmly entrenched in “all–things–pc”. After my initial experiences with several PC based products, I chose to quit the PC realm cold–turkey and migrate to an Apple PowerBook. I have never looked back! Megaseg empowers me to be creative, engaging and interactive. Now, with Megaseg, and a set of Bose PAS speakers, I can capture the attention of 1000 wedding guests and keep their attention all night long! Keep up the great work.

Marc O’Leary
Marc O’Leary Entertainment LLC
www.marcoleary.com

MegaSeg has saved my back, and made my life easier. When my doctor told me that I had to slow down, due to a back injury, I converted boxes of CD’s to a laptop with MegaSeg, and never looked back (no pun intended). When my hard drive went bad last year, I was able to restore my system from a backup, on the way to a gig! In the car! All of my [custom] segues, and settings were restored almost instantly! When we moved to a new facility at the radio station I manage (WNSX @ 97.7 — Ellsworth, ME) I used MegaSeg as the automation system for over an hour, as we moved our offices to its new location. Afterwards the owner said he was impressed how it sounded, and couldn’t tell the difference between the $30,000.00 automation system that we were using & MegaSeg. Thanks for making a great product!

Bill DaButler
Bill DaButler Mobile Entertainment
Director Of Operations
Smooth Rock & Roll — WNSX @ 97.7

I have been using MegaSeg from its beginning with my computerized jukebox called “iJuke”. It has been fun DJing events and as usual MegaSeg has come through for me everytime. I have been concerned about amp failure, speaker failure and power failure (which hasn’t happened yet), but one thing that I haven’t had to worry about was MegaSeg. It has performed flawlessly. Thanks for the great product and I will continue to use it.

Terry L. Tripp
iJuke.com

Megaseg is the best mobile dj software on the market! Without it, we would still be lugging around cases and cases of CDs and we would be worried that they might be scratched. With megaseg, we can efficiently provide the right song selection for each event. The “on–the–go” interface is spectacular. Your program has grasped the concept of djing on a laptop better than any other dj software.

The Galaxy Productions Team
Nate Shron

I’m Mike Frushour, operations manager for USA Skate Center in Mishawaka, Indiana. We have been using MegaSeg for over 4 years with great success. I’ve always been impressed with the ease of use and stability of the system. I never have to worry about system crashes or constant computer restarts — IT JUST WORKS!

We use MegaSeg to program our many skating sessions. From children’s formats to the latest Pop or Hip Hop, finding the song your looking for is a snap. The mixing and BPM functions are fantastic in keeping the skating floor moving all night long. I’ve auditioned many software programs in the past and MegaSeg is by far the best and most reliable. Our system consists of a PowerMac G4 Single 1.25Ghz. system with a 17" LCD monitor and an M–Audio Solo FireWire audio box for the second output. All of the media files are stored on the local machine, however, the system doesn’t even stutter when I play some files from a remote machine. We also have our complete music library of over 7000 songs on an older PowerMac hooked to the network as a “just in case” machine. MegaSeg is the BEST. It makes my job of session music programming a walk in the park.

Mike Frushour
Operations Manager
USA Skate Center

We had a chance to use megaseg at the paintball tournament we were attending this weekend. Along with our music playlist we incorporated some promotional ads for our products. All weekend we had people coming over to our tents to comment on how great everything sounded and who was the DJ. They were amazed when we told them it was all automated. Even the other vendors were talking to us about our our new marketing technique. Not only did it increase our traffic but along with the extra visitors came extra sales and we all know that is what we were looking for in the retail business.

Thanks for the excellent product and the extra $$$.

Bob Sandifer
Tag Sportz
www.tagsportz.com
Home of the Predator

Cops and Rockers
…A friend of mine who is steeped in tradition and a total PC fanatic. I noticed the white computer and the program he had pulled up on it… very cool.

Dennis & Sandi in San Felipe

Publication: Laguna News–Post
Date: Aug. 11, 2005

Laguna Beach police officer Larry Wohrman finds his own rhythm as a moonlighting disc jockey for parties and weddings throughout south county.

Y100 Radio Fans Have New Alternative
Ex–Radio Station Employees Start Internet Radio Station

PHILADELPHIA — A lot of music fans in the Delaware Valley were devastated the day Y100 went off the air in February. Those disappointed included many former staffers, who decided to start their own radio station on the Internet (which is now part of WXPN), Y–Rock. They run the station from a house in south Philadelphia that they call “the bunker.”

McGuinn said he and his fellow radio station workers had to learn fast about building an online radio station. “You look on the Internet and you look for people that are running Internet radio stations and you try and you sort of, like, learn really quickly what’s the good software, what’s the bad software and you find, in this case, this thing called MegaSeg, which is really great software.”

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A Mac Mini Makeover
The inexpensive laptop alternative

This is my new system splitting it into two more manageable racks. The only Apple product is the Mac mini. Everything else if off the shelf parts, even a Windows USB keyboard.

Setup time and tear down time is about 15 minutes from position on table to audio. The LCD monitor fits face down on a pad in the case, and the stand folds flat into the monitor. The Mac mini has about 1/4" clearance when you pull out the drawer. With this setup, it was much cheaper to upgrade from my G3 iBook to a G4 system than buying a G4 iBook or PowerBook. Also using a standard 17" LCD gives me about twice the vertical hight over a 15" PowerBook. I know that every DJ is worried that someone will spill a drink on a laptop while hovering over you asking for a request. With the Mac mini, if there’s a spill, it’s only a keyboard, not an entire laptop.

I picked these Gator cases because they had rack rails front and back and the plastic is very light, only 14 pounds empty. So by splitting my system from one big rack that weighted 108 pounds including the wood cabinet, one case weighs 35 pounds and the other 42 pounds. The CMI brand 17" LCD monitor is also very light, only 9 pounds. I chose it due to its light weight, total swivel base, and .24 dot pitch. It was only $225 online.

With my Keyspan wireless pointer control, if I need to be away from the table for wedding party intros, or special events that happen throughout the evening, I just park the pointer over MegaSeg’s Segue button and pre–program breaks where I need them, then trigger the next event using the wireless remote.

I am also using MegaSeg’s dual out mode for the first time and boy is it a dream that way. Using PFL on the mixer, I can hear both tracks and just fade up when synced.. Now that I am using MegaSeg to its full use, it is showing how well thought out the interface is, as well as direct and elegant. It has turned into the “Ohh! factor” among other techno–geeks at events I’m at. I also impress other DJ’s who see this. One remarked last night, “Wow, this has much more control and features than the PC program I’m using now.” I am also using Hot keys for sound FX and liners.

I have been using MegaSeg for going on three years now, and I’d never thought I’d say this three years ago, but it’s far more reliable than a CD player. No skips, no bad tray loads, and no pauses while previewing.

I have to say how impressed I am with your software. Our college (Cambridge Regional College, UK) used it during our 2 week long RSL radio station, 87.7 Flava FM — and it was brilliant. Everything about it — from the way it looks to how it performs is excellent, it puts PC applications to shame. The scheduling part on MegaSeg 3.0 is outstanding. It put the way other radio stations sounded in our area to shame — and they have systems worth over £1000! Well done MegaSeg — Keep up the good work!

Thank You Very Much! I downloaded and installed MegaSeg and it is working great. We have been trying to switch to a digital system for some time now and have tried several PC programs however, they were not successful. Megaseg is definitely the way to go. It is smooth and I can use it without worrying about any computer glitches.

I have been a mobile DJ for almost 15 years and have wanted to switch completely over to mp3s for 4 years. I have made several attempts, but to no success. My first was in the PC world — I bought a new Sony laptop and tried one of the top PC software DJ programs. It proved to be difficult and prone to crashes. For my second attempt, I bought an Apple iPod and tried to DJ using iTunes. I have two words for you: not good. So I went back to shuffling CDs. Eight months ago, however, my luck was about to change. While DJing a wedding, I happened to look into the next room to see a glowing white apple in front of the DJ. As it turns out, he had the solution to my mp3 troubles: MegaSeg.

I now have an iMac 20" G5, a LaCie 160 gigabyte external hard drive, two Apple PowerBook G4’s and MegaSeg 3.0. I have DJed over 70 events without any issues or problems whatsoever. MegaSeg saved my DJ life — before I would ever go back to shuffling CDs, I would sooner quit the Dj business.

I’ve been working as a KJ and DJ for 10 years now and I can’t tell you how knocked out I was with the MegaSeg product. Everyone knows THE premier platform for pro audio is Macintosh (and this is coming from a LONG time PC guy) and this product lives up to that reputation for DJs. I tried a couple of other products but MegaSeg just breaks the mold on what a DJ program should be. MegaSeg has created a totally unique and intuitive interface.

Megaseg is a essential tool for radio. The Conquistador FM radio station is located on Santiago of Chile (Latin America), and is 42 years old, the first FM radio station in Chile.

I like MegaSeg and use it for scheduling events in the night, and the automatic gain control is a great tool for me. I run Megaseg on a iMac G4 800 Mhz with Apple Xraid 1.75 TB (raid 5) and Lacie FireWire Big Disk for backup songs. Edirol usb sound card and Mac OS Panther with only uncompressed files at 16 bit — 44.1 Khz for the best quality sound. The impact is total. Another real important thing for me about Megaseg is the fast updates. Megaseg is part of my rig.

I must say, ever since I started DJ’ing with MegaSeg, my business has picked up! People love to peek over my shoulder when searching for songs, and are amazed at how quickly I can add a request with their own personal note. A few weeks ago I was asked to add visual effects and a few quick searches on the web resulted in adding ArKaos VJ to my setup keeping me happily MegaSeg’ing my music with the best visuals I could imagine.

I also encoded a music video off of DVD into a quicktime movie and added it to my song list, and MegaSeg performed even better than I anticipated. GREAT JOB GUYS! Of course… the owner of the bar was excited and asked me to add more music videos to my mix. You guys have a SUPERB product, and I’m VERY glad I’ve bought it. ROCK ON!

Tech Overtones: Can streaming audio technology revive the radio star?

Tim Coco, founder of Coco+Co, a Boston–based corporate communication firm, started in radio in 1978 at WHAV–AM in Haverhill. Twenty–six years later, he’s resurrected the call letters in the form of WHAV.net, a streaming audio site originating from the firm’s Haverhill facility.

Coco reports that the whole thing runs off a retired Mac G4.

‘ We just said, “Let’s just do it and have some fun at the same time.” We’re using a Mac system. We took an old G4 from our production system (Coco+Co offers website design services) and instead of putting it in the closet, we said “Let’s see what it can do.” ’

The Mac runs the automatic disc jockey software MegaSeg, and feeds the stream, via a program called Rogue Ameba [sic], to Live365, the Internet radio streaming site.

I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate Megaseg. I purchased it several months ago and have been slowly getting my mp3 library together. I did a 7.5 hour DJ gig this past weekend and it was a breeze. I deal with a lot of software in my studio (Protools, Logic, Finale) and so far I haven’t even come up with the “gee I wish it could do…” syndrome. The interface is laid out logically and it works.

I have now been using MegaSeg for nearly one year I can’t begin to tell you how easy it has made my DJ career. It’s easy, versatile, and with the updates it’s hard to believe but it’s even better. I own a DJ store and sell equipment to play cd’s but I haven’t played a cd on a player since I purchased MegaSeg. I just wanted to let you folks know what a great job you are doing and continue to do.

This system works great and flawlessly for hours as I have test run it for two days straight with no drop–outs. It mixes great once you have set the preferences in of how you like it to mix. It is undoubtedly the best system I have worked with and I have tried plenty. No other system comes close. It has saved my back from all those cd’s and players etc. All my tracks are loaded into my iBook which is the original iBook (blueberry) which I have upgraded to 40GB / 576MB Ram, still original processor. I have found the perfect use for this iBook now with MegaSeg.

Since last weekend together with Pro Tools and Logic Audio — Megaseg has become one of my favorite audio apps. The whole concept is absolutely brilliant and fulfills “radio needs” in a nearly perfect way. Editor’s choice — so to speak. I already bought it and I’m really, really happy that I did!

My job on Saturday was a dance for 14-18 yr. olds. I usually dread these because I’m mauled with requests, dedications, and people trying to paw through my CD case asking, “what kind of music do you have?”.. Megaseg helped me keep track of all requests and integrate them where appropriate. I’ve never been so unrattled. No searching for CDs or looking up obscure requests on a separate data base. I actually enjoyed it. Might have to do more of these kinds of dances. I only have about 2000 songs on an external hard drive. Megaseg gives me easy access to everything, so it feels like more to the customers. This was also the first job i didn’t take any CDs or backup CD players. My back thanks you.

I just updated to the new Megaseg. I’m impressed. I finished a long 9 hour overnight Video Dance Party in which Megaseg served up DVD quality Quicktime video onto our 10.5' x 14' video screen. Nothing new as I have been with you sense version 1 for both Audio and Video DJing — but it was one of the longest shows in which to test and upgrade (I have nothing but faith in your software). I did enjoy the added sensitivity to the Contour Shuttle Pro usb controller when in Mixer mode— as well as the fine adjustments to the cue points and auto save. It has a more “real tactile feel” to the mixer. Uber Cool.

The case is a double walled aluminum slim line and well padded with an IEC plug in the back for power. An umbilical cord connects the iBook with screen spanning to an aver–key video processor (for composite output), a 120 gig Firewire drive, USB hub with the iMic and Contour Shuttle Pro as well as a built–in power supply for the ibook — no the ibook doesn’t fit in the case for storage but we have considered the handcuffs on the briefcase! The system ties into the DJ system’s mixer using the discreet outputs and with either VGA or Composite output to the video mixer. It takes about 60 seconds to set this part of the system up and tie into a club’s system! In addition, OS X allows for 2 users — one for the DJ and mp3s, and the other for the Music Video (currently numbering at 793 files or 34 gigs worth). Thanks for the excellent update and look forward to the future of megaseg.

I’ve been a mobile dj for 9 years, and do 55 to 65 high–end wedding receptions, and 10 to 15 other mobile functions each year — and have always used denon cd players. I just wanted to let you know I did my first wedding last night — using nothing but my TiBook G4 setup and your Megaseg 2.6 DJ software. It was a long wedding reception, 6 hours! …And Megaseg performed flawlessly. In addition, the ability to bring up requests, note reminders on those requests, as well as quick organization of current playlists is awesome. …not to mention the built in mixer’s very fluid beat–mixing ability. (Not that a wedding dj does an overwhelming amount of beat mixing, but…) — Once you learn it’s characteristics (like any mixing cd player), Megaseg proves it’s superiority over standard cd players in that it accomplishes the task faster, and more intuitively.

I have been working with the software now and have performed several public gigs (mainly receptions and parties) using my Titanium PowerBook G4. I recently did a pro gig at a club in Seattle using my laptop and MegaSeg and it performed flawlessly. The club was impressed with the fluid beat mixing and the crowd couldn’t believe the seamless play was coming from a laptop. I’ve lined up several gigs for the Spring and Summer and cannot say enough good things about using MegSeg. Keep up the great development!

After 10 years in the DJ industry, I have been exposed to many places where many other programs have fallen short. From clubs to mobile DJ to stand alone units to sit and spin deals, MegaSeg is by far the easiest software to use in all applications. After spending time to set up the play lists and customizing the options for the various venus, this is the best program out there. The support is the best I have seen in any type of technical situation. In my opinion MegaSeg is the closest thing to radio stations “Smart caster”. With the ability to set a schedule and reminders and the rules are just fantastic. I thought that iTunes was good, this has no comparison. WONDERFUL SOFTWARE

Overall, version 2.5 is awesome, a tremendous upgrade. The new features are working very well too. I had advanced scheduling up and running after 2 days of redoing categories to accommodate it. It has made running LG73 much easier for me, and now I have a fresh playlist every hour every day! I’ve used the events scheduling to automatically start specialty shows and they’ve been running on time. The interface improvements (especially the scroll bars) have made the program much faster to navigate during live shows.

Megaseg is the best audio tool a restaurant can use to selectively program music according to what is right both for the customer and the owner. The simplicity of use should not prevent anyone from using this system.

Megaseg is definitely the best program on PC or MAC and I am very very pleased with it — We tried numerous DJ programs but found Megaseg to be far and away the best solution. Unlike other programs it is a real world solution concentrating on what a DJ actually needs during a live performance. We can concentrate on entertaining the crowd, we can respond to requests instantly, we can offer a vast selection of music, we can both plan ahead and respond to an audience in a way not possible using vinyl or CD’s. We chose the best program MegaSeg then got the laptop to suit it, being an Apple iBook 500Mhz. So far the combination has worked flawlessly at live gigs. DJ’ing using Megaseg is definitely the way forward.

I just wanted to send you something about my experience with your product. I have worked as a professional DJ since 1975 in every format from radio, to clubs and weddings. And I have worked with every product from records to cd’s and everything in between. In my experience your program is the best thing to happen to the business in a long time. I’m currently working in the industry using an ibook with a 60 gig portable hard drive. I work 8 hour shifts 5 days a week, and since switching to the computer and MegaSeg back in May of 2001 I haven’t had one glitch or failure, and learning to use it was a breeze. MegaSeg offers the ability to carry more usable music, faster access to music, and the ability to better organize and categorize music.

MegaSeg is working really well… I love the ability to pre–plan, combined with the amazing flexibility it gives. Being able to respond to the mood of the crowd and to easily feed in requests is great. It’s all I could have wished for.

DJ ON A BOX (DJ Services) Uses MegaSeg for all music mixes and live shows. Since installing MegaSeg we’ve never looked back. Our customers love how fast we can play anything next! Simply at a touch of a button. Forget Vinyl! We say forget CD’s as well. MegaSeg Rocks Our DJ World!

Just a quick note to say how much I enjoy MegaSeg. I’m not a “DJ”, but have fun throwing parties, and djing family functions. I really feel that you commit yourself 100% to this program with the number of updates and emails you send out. The best feature yet is the AutoTrim. Most of us probably have too many songs to set the end of each one — it’s a great feature. Well, thanks for your great program!

Not only is MegaSeg the best solution for automation and mixing out there for the Mac, but it is also one of the most reliable pieces of software I have ever run on a Macintosh. We are currently using version 1.4 and it has been running the station here at Rhode Island College since the first week of May. No crashes or reboots needed.

Just a quick note to tell you that I think you guys are the best. I had contemplated using software made for the IBM and am now glad I waited until you upgraded megaseg. To say I will continue to stay with your program is an understatement. You have no idea how you have refined my business. A lot of customers come up to me, see my screen, and can’t believe that I’m actually doing a wedding by computer. I can now program my Mac to play (and segue) music and allow me the freedom to move about the room and communicate better with my clients without allowing my business to suffer. Thank you MegaSeg. Keep up the great work.

We have an iMac running this software at KAGJ (Snow College Radio Station). It fully automates the station and runs a huge play list. During the summer, when students are out, we used to shut the station down. Now MegaSeg runs it all summer on the iMac. For doing dances it is the cat’s meow. Request a song… play it. No searching CD’s. Keep telling the other mobile DJs this won’t work… We want their business!

I love the look and feel of your product. It’s obvious that some Mac people spent a lot of time thinking about how it should look and act, the layout of the controls, etc. Very intuitive.

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