The DJ Console 4-Mx, one of Hercules’ latest entries into the world of 4-deck mixer/controller/soundcards, is a mid-sized metal mixing machine with enough buttons, knobs, and special features to provide formidable competition for most controllers on the market today. Weighing in at seven pounds, the portability, functionality, and modern styling of [...]
Atomix’s VirtualDJ has worked hard to position itself as the DJ rig that’s not just professional enough for Carl Cox and Coldcut to take on stage, which they do, but so versatile that it should be the tool of choice for anyone with the slightest interest in playing live – [...]
The team at Atomix Productions put their heads together to create VirtualDJ iRemote, hoping to grant DJs the ability to step away from the decks and still maintain basic control over the music through an iPad. The result is VirtualDJ iRemote, which works in concert with VirtualDJ’s computer-based software application [...]
Today we’re going to take a trip through time, back to your first trembling attempts to work those wheels of steel. How old were you? Back then, you knew amyl as something you used to clean vinyl, not stick in your nose; you were spinning wild tracks that make you [...]
I've cycled through every locker room halftime speech I could think of in trying to give this review the aura it deserves, but in the end nothing seemed to fit quite right. Sure, I want to motivate. Sure I want you to take your practice more seriously. So why, then, [...]
iDJ App by Numark, brings a new twist to the notion that anyone with a zest for music and an IPad can rock a party. While other all-in-one DJ applications aspire to simplify beat matching, effects processing, and recording, iDJ attempts to give the user a crockpot approach to cooking [...]
I remember using Deckadance once, a couple of years ago, not thinking much of it, and then forgetting it altogether. Apparently Image-Line, the makers, have done no such thing and the Deckadance 1.93 Club Edition I opened up to review is completely unfamiliar. It’s beautiful. It has a sleek elegance [...]
Touch DJ Evolution by Amidio for iPad boasts an ability to provide a seamless platform for visual mixing. The application’s design prioritizes performance over any likeness to an analog DJ setup. This is particularly apparent when it comes to pre-cueing. While other all-in-one DJ applications attempt to handle pre-cueing through [...]
You don't see many 2 channel DJ mixers on the market nowadays. With all the controllers for DVS software's, there isn't a real market for them. However, DJ Tech is on a different page, and the release of the DJ Tech X10 proves that the marriage between analog and digital [...]
I know what you want me to say. You want me to tell you that you can FINALLY write off that iPad you bought yourself last Christmas as a business expense. You want me to tell you that this wildly radical new app has hit the market, that it's going [...]