Actually, one of the things I'm hoping to do with my EMPEG (once it arrives, hopefully before the end of the summer) is to use it as a simple DJ machine. Ideally, I would be able to dynamically add songs to the current playlist or edit the list as people make requests, all without generating any audible noises or pauses to disturb the dancers.

Ah! I see.

Yes, you can dynamically add songs to the end of the current playlist. You can't search on multiple subcategories at the same time, but you can easily choose any song from the entire unit by searching on its title or one category, and then add the selected song to your current playlist.

However, there's no function for deleting or re-ordering songs in the playlist, so all you could do is build a bigger and bigger playlist. With the latest revision of the software, you can also reshuffle the next few songs in the playlist while looking at the "Now and Next" screen, although I don't know if this induces a pause.

Come to think of it, though, I recall that appending a song to the current playlist induced a pause for some users. This might make it useless as a DJ machine.

But I have to say, the concept of Empeg-as-a-DJ-machine is an interesting one. It's not the unit's original intended purpose, but it seems to me that it could function as one with only a few software and UI tweaks. Perhaps someone will write a piece of alternate player software that'll do this properly...

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Tony Fabris