Embrace

Embrace is a music player for social partner dance DJs, designed to be used in combination with iTunes. Create a set list in Embrace, fine-tune it without worrying about interrupting playback, and play it to an external audio device.

Embrace focuses on providing a simple interface with only features needed for DJing social dance events. This greatly reduces the chance of accidental pauses, interruptions, or glitches during your set.

Note: The downloadable demo is version 2.2.2; the version available for purchase on the Mac App Store is version 2.3.1.

Major Change:

• Embrace now shows only vetted, verified-as-safe effects in the Effect windows. To enable third-party equalizers or other plugins, switch to the Advanced pane in Preferences and select "Allow addition of: All installed effects".

Other Changes:

• Embrace 2.3.1 fixes a rare crash which could occur in Embrace 2.3.
• Adds "Reset device volume to maximum" preference.
• When enabled, Embrace resets the volume of an external device to maximum upon playback. This prevents a bug with some devices which initialize to a very quiet volume; however, it's incorrect behavior for other audio devices where "maximum volume" is too loud.
• Adds "Use highest-quality rate converters" preference.
• When enabled, Embrace uses a sample rate converter intended for mastering purposes. In some situations, such as running Embrace on older/slower machines or on low battery, the user may wish to use the standard-quality converter to conserve energy.
• Adds AppleScript handler preference.
• Adds "Album Artist" option to "Track Attributes".
• Adds the ability to mark same or similar song titles as duplicates. To enable, use the "Duplicate Status" menu under "View".
• Adds additional AppleScript nouns and verbs.
• Enables "Mark as Played" when the selection contains both a played track and an unplayed track.
• Fixes a rare issue where stopping a track could mark the next track as played.
• Fixes various metadata issues with AIFF, FLAC, and VBR MP3 files.
• Changes the default settings to include a 10-band Graphic Equalizer (rather than no effects).