How to crossfade your playlist on ipod - i.e. no break between songs

[twotees1218]

I thought I would post exactly how to do this since I spent hours going through old posts trying to figure it out. I am of average technical ability and I didn't think it was obvious how to set your playlist with no break between songs - like a DJ. I even asked my professional DJ friend and he didn't know.

 

Here it is:

 

It's called Crossfade.

 

1. Go to Edit in your itunes

2. Go to Preferences

3. Go to Playback

4. Check the crossfade playback box and change the seconds down to 1 second - this is as close as you can get, ut better than the 6 second factory default which leaves quite a long gap for the dance floor.

[missybee99]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

I am going to go try this now....

[KLC77]

ooh, thanks so much for posting this!

[rodent]

if you burn a cd you lose the crossfade. I finally found a program that will burn a cd with crossfade. it's called acoustica. it's $25, but you can get a free trial.

 

it might be a good idea to make a cd backup of your ipod mix if you are using it for your reception. Acoustica - Easy to use Audio and Music Recording software. Mix, Edit, Record, Burn, Convert, Label and create!

[syl1115]

You also lose the cross fade when you sync with the iPod. The crossfade is only good if you play from iTunes.

[FutureMrs.S]

Oh thank you so much. I 've been wondering how to do that for a while now!

[jreule]

I haven't gotten to this yet, but I definitely will keep this post in mind when I get that far!!

[Myda77]

Thanks for posting this! I was wondering how to do this also.

[beachbride08]

If you have a mac this is what we did, and we did burn the playlists to CDs as backup but didn't need to use them:

 

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t31383

[smith3576]

Is there any way to keep the cross fade if you put it on your I Pod? We weren't going to use a lap top.