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Reloop’s new RP-8000 MK2: instrumental pitch control, Serato integration
Like the relaunched Technics 1200, the new Reloop decks sport digitally controlled motors. But Reloop have gone somewhere very different from Technics: platters that can be controlled at a full range of pitches, and even play scales. And the RP-8000 MK2 is a MIDI controller, too, for Serato and other software.
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The Technics SL-1200 is back, and this time for DJs again
First it was dead. Then, it came back but … inexplicably cost four thousand bucks and seemed to be for audiophiles, not DJs. Now, at last, the iconic* Technics SL-1200 turntable is back, and in a newly-manufactured form that might actually suit DJs.
Peter Kirn - January 8, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Pioneer really want to sell you a turntable, with $350 PLX-500
Pioneer clearly seek to own DJing – and they’ve now got a pretty solid play for every piece of that landscape. The latest piece: a direct drive turntable with USB connection, ready to play, scratch, or work with control vinyl (and Pioneer’s increasingly ubiquitous Rekordbox software). Price: US$350 – affordable enough to appeal to even […]
Pioneer XDJ-700 is the $699 touchscreen CDJ to take home
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2015
Music tech Stories
Plattabass, DIY Hybrid Bass – Turntable, Coming Soon
Peter Kirn - February 15, 2007
Music tech
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