The Ortofon Digitrack is a cartridge/stylus combo designed specifically to meet the needs of DJs who use timecoded vinyl to control software programs like Serato Scratch Live and Traktor Scratch Pro, among others. My first thoughts were that this must be some sort of gimmick, but after playing with the [...]
The explosion of music apps across a range of platforms has been a recurring theme for us here at Crossfadr, as we keep an eye on the dynamic world of DJ tech. We've seen apps that emulate hardware, apps that control software and a few rare apps that offer something [...]
In my wrap-up article for the 2012 NAMM Show, I remarked that Gemini’s new CDJ-700 is similar in both name and appearance to Pioneer’s celebrated line of CD players, and that this similarity was likely to attract many new customers to the Gemini brand, along with a much more economical [...]
Hercules is known for paying close attention to design and software integration with its DJ and Digital Music line. Crossfadr reviewed the DJ Console 4-Mx last year and was impressed with its build quality. Today we take a look at Hercules' newest budget friendly, entry level DJ controller, the DJ [...]
As a member of the underground electronic dance group Phuture, DJ Pierre was an instrumental figure in the foundation of the Chicago acid house sound. Phuture’s groundbreaking 1987 single “Acid Trax,” with its high-pitched Roland 303 squelches, is widely regarded as the first ever recorded example of acid house music. [...]
We’ve covered a lot of Mixvibes products here at Crossfadr. They’re a prolific little company, going head to head with a prodigious barrage of hardware, software, and apps - so far centred almost exclusively around their flagship mixing program Cross - against some titanic competition. Unlike the slower-moving juggernauts, they’ve proven [...]
Having inherited a love of music from her father - Olympian, stuntman, singer and one of the first owners of Ibiza’s superclub Manumission - Lora set about learning her trade as a respected club DJ, carving out her reputation as one of the most exciting disc-spinners around. With celebrity fans [...]
Ah, where would we be without open source? Ubuntu fans, you can put your hands down, both of you. Open collaboration breeds a kind of innovation characterised by a kind of fearlessness and verve that sponsored R&D can never hope to match. Contributors can remain sublimely unconcerned with things like [...]
I recently got the chance to review the Reloop Contour, a modular controller that simply blew my mind (you can read the review here). I was therefore unspeakably excited to get my hands on the Reloop Jockey 3 Master Edition, an all-in-one controller/MIDI-mixer/sound card which is essentially two Contours added [...]
The One is a fully modular DJ software that combines the traditional deck based approach to DJing with creative possibilities of timeline editing. Espoo, Finland - Audio Artery, a software arm of the company that also brought you innovative EKS controllers is proud to announce the arrival of [...]