If you need to DJ on the cheap, this short video shows how to use Vista’s mixer to fade from one music program to another. The mixer is one of those great features that is well worth playing around with.

On a Japanese version of Windows Vista, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center are not titled correctly in Windows Mixer. For example, part of the “W” character in “Windows” is missing or truncated.

Note: Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center do not appear in Windows Mixer unless they are running.