Music Music tech Stories
A plea to DJs: make sharing part of digging
Many DJs still believe track lists and track IDs are proprietary information to be guarded … for some reason. But however defensible this position may have been in the past, opening up information matters now like never before.
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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.
Peter Kirn - January 10, 2019
DJ Gear Music tech Stories
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
Build your own scratch DJ controller
Peter Kirn - December 20, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music tech Tech
Check out these amazing DIY controllers people made with OpenDeck
Peter Kirn - December 12, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music tech Stories Tech
DJ Player EM 2.0 brings a host of improvements to the interface
Ashley Elsdon - September 19, 2018
Apps iOS
NI’s moving haptic wheels could change digital DJing: the new S4
Peter Kirn - September 6, 2018
DJ Music tech Stories Tech
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