Rekordbox UI showing a bunch of the author's playlists, and playing tracks by Nour Jaber feat. Zanias and Kessell & Kerqus on Detroit Underground.

Rekordbox 7.0.6 arrives with one very important feature

Are you skipping past Rekordbox updates? Maybe don’t pass on this one – AlphaTheta finally stopped deleting histories when you import them from USB sticks.

AlphaTheta, parent of Pioneer DJ, acquires Serato

2023 acquisition season continues. The latest is the complete acquisition of DJ vendor Serato Audio Research by AlphaTheta; AlphaTheta is best known for the Pioneer DJ brand.

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2023

Pioneer has added Beatport streaming to the CDJ-3000 – even if we’ll still carry USB sticks

It’s one last obstacle to streaming DJing becoming a reality: the mighty Pioneer has announced it’s adding streaming to its decks. Meet StreamingDirectPlay with Beatport.

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2023

Resolume 7.12 now syncs your live visuals with Pioneer DJ gear – among other goodies

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2022

Rekordbox 6: Ableton Link, sync with Dropbox and Beatport and promos, find lost tracks, more

Peter Kirn - April 14, 2020

The CDMDJ is the most ridiculous possible CDJ mod, not real

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2019

No, Beatport’s subscription will not kill music – here’s how it really works

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2019

Pioneer’s latest DJ all-in-one wants to help you get ready for clubs

Peter Kirn - September 5, 2018

Techno symphonies: Watch Carl Craig make synthesis an ensemble art

Peter Kirn - August 20, 2018

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