"When Pulselocker stopped I paid for apple music figuring it would go right into my iTunes which it does, however when loading into dex 3 the music purchased in apple music shows in artwork with but no audio on my mac it's frustrating when djing I want to use dex 3 to its full potential!"- djfeder46 from PCDJ forum
PCDJ DEX 3 is a famous live performance DJ software. DEX 3 and DEX 3 RE is designed for pros and beginner respectively. PCDJ considerately offers some music services for users to mix music: SoundCloud Go+, Party Tyme Karaoke, and Karaoke Cloud Pro. However, none of them is satisfying enough. If you are a subscriber to Apple Music and you've got plenty of playlists there, you must be wondering if you can use Apple Music songs as djfeder46 does.
The truth is, currently there's no way PCDJ DEX 3 or any other DJ software can support playing or mixing songs from Apple Music. DRM, Digital Right Management is the reason. But there's always a way to bypass it and get things done. ViWizard DRM Audio Converter is the solution we are talking about. It is a powerful DRM remover and a multipurpose audio converter. With it, you can remove DRM from Apple Music songs and convert them to the format that supported by PCDJ.
In the next section, we will show you how to handle the Apple Music songs so that they can be mixed in PCDJ DEX 3.
ViWizard DRM Audio Converter Key Features
- Losslessly remove DRM from Audible audiobook & iTunes audiobooks
- Convert DRM M4P to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B
- Retain 100% original quality and ID3 tags
- Convert Apple Music songs to MP3, M4B, AAC
- Convert between DRM-free audio file formats
How to Mix Apple Music with DEX 3
Step 1Import Apple Music to ViWizard DRM Audio Converter
Before starting, please make sure that the Apple Music songs you intend to convert could play smoothly in iTunes, or you may need to authorize your iTunes beforehand. Download and install ViWizard DRM Audio Converter properly on your computer. Open it and you will be able to see two "Add" buttons at the top center. Click the Music Note icon to load the Apple Music songs, Audible audiobooks or iTunes. For common DRM-free audios, just tap on another Add button.
Step 2Set Output Format & Edit Output Audios
To set output format, you need to open the "Format" panel to select an output format for your audio files. ViWizard allows you to convert DRM audios to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, and FLAC, which means that you can choose any one of them as your output format. We recommend MP3 but you can make your choice depends on what you need. Now just click on the editing icon at the end in each column of the audio track, then you can edit the audio in a new window. You are allowed to set the channel, audio codec, bit rate or other based on your own needs.
Step 3Remove DRM from Apple Music Songs
It's time to press the Convert button to start converting DRM-protected Apple Music to MP3 or other common formats right after you've set all the output folder and the parameters. You can find the DRM-free files in the history folder as soon as it finishes the conversion and now you can import Apple Music to PCDJ for mixing.
For you can use all your talent in mixing and djing music with PCDJ, ViWizard DRM Audio Converter should take some credit. Besides Apple Music, ViWizard can also convert audiobook files from iTunes and Audible to any format you want. Try it right now and you'll be satisfied.
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.
