Let’s all watch Piaman cover songs with a joystick and voice synthesis

Piaman, aka half of RYOKO2000, formerly Pianoid (bio: “doesn’t play piano at all”) is turning himself into a human Vocaloid, with joysticks and fast reflexes. And this is what you need right now. Linkhole trail begins now:

Devious Pocket: standalone, simple digital vinyl from any turntable

Skip the laptops and loads of proprietary hardware with an ultra-simple, portable, affordable add-on that turns any turntable into a digital vinyl turntable. That’s the pitch from NAP Works for crowdfunded, compact hardware built on open-source tech. It might do more than just impress digital vinyl DJs: this has the potential to win over even the CDJ crowd.

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2026

Native Instruments statement on continued support for customers and partners

Native Instruments has posted an official statement from CEO Nick Williams, reassuring customers and partners that support for NI products will continue through the restructuring.

Peter Kirn - January 29, 2026

Your Eurorack rig is now another deck: Pamela’s Disco does PRO-DJ LINK

Peter Kirn - December 4, 2025

Can OneLibrary unite DJ tools? USB export from your DJ tool of choice

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2025

CDJ-3000X: first CDJ to go online; expanded usability, sound quality

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2025

Serato DJ 4.0 public beta finally makes crates make sense

Peter Kirn - August 4, 2025

Roland SP-404MKII V5 now does Serato DJ and Studio: free update

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2025

Apple Music now streams in Serato, Rekordbox, djay, Rane, Denon tools

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2025