Last week the music world welcomed the news that seminal British rock group the Stone Roses would be reuniting next year for a pair of dates in their native Manchester, to be followed by a world tour. The long-awaited reunion follows 15 years of inactivity since the band [...]
The Reloop RMP-2.5 Alpha is the latest memeber of Reloop's RMP-series and a true cross media player with additional MIDI function. Besides playing current audio formats such as WAV and MP3 from CD, CD-R, memory stick or hard disk drive, it is also possible to control any MIDI [...]
For mobile DJs and club/bar owners, sometimes finding that bass sweet spot is difficult. Should I use a bass heavy full-range speaker setup or maybe separate my frequencies for better sound quality? What can help me reach optimum sound quality? Look no further then the Gemini GVX-SUB15P. That’s [...]
You’ve been playing for a while and, let’s not be modest, you’re pretty damn good. Your timing is tight and you can work those effects like nobody’s business. You’re getting to the point that you even have your own sound, but you’re not a trained musician. And while [...]
Nowadays, it's rare to see a 4 channel DJ mixer with effects, straight analog. Most are DJ Midi Controllers and are generally way too expensive for the budget minded DJ. But the Gemini PS-828EFX is about to change the rules. The Gemini PS-828EFX is a 12.5 inch rack mountable DJ mixer [...]
Take a stroll through the DJ section of your local music store and you’ll find a seemingly never-ending array of all-in-one MIDI controllers ready to kickstart your future career as an in-demand club DJ at a reasonable price. Over in the corner, you might notice some analog mixers and turntables, [...]
Magix made their name with Samplitude in Germany in the 90s, and they’re also behind undervalued PC DAW Sequoia – so they have some credibility. In fifteen years they’ve gone from a team of five with one product to a global company with 300 staff and a portfolio that includes [...]
I know. I know. You'd rather click the 'Congratulations!' pop-up to try and win that free iPad than listen to me wax poetic on the advantages and disadvantages of two of the lowest-end controllers on the DJ market. I know! But hey, before you do, I should tell [...]
Panasonic’s 2010 decision to discontinue the truly legendary Technics SL-1200 turntables was a response to the prolific adoption of new breeds of technology that featured combined advantages of massively increased functional versatility, and a much broader range of viable price points thanks to greater variety in materials, lower [...]
The N4 DJ controller delivers four channels of control plus the ability to use time-coded vinyl. Cumberland, R.I. (Sep. 29, 2011) – Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of DJ technology, introduces N4, a four-channel DJ controller with built-in mixer. Numark will unveil N4 at booth F3 at BPM [...]