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Throwback Thursday: Kerri Chandler DJing on reel-to-reel tape is a joy
Everybody’s a DJ until you put four tape machines in front of them. Yeah, to vinyl purists, Kerri Chandler continues to tour his all tape DJ rig, and it never gets old.
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Rekordbox 7: cleaner UI, “vastly improved” CPU, easier prep
Rekordbox 7 from AlphaTheta (née Pioneer DJ) promises to address the biggest needs for the popular DJ software and CDJ prep tool. The UI is cleaned up and more flexible, prepping cues is less of a chore, and at last the company says it won’t slam your CPU like past versions. And yes, this is yet another music software update touting machine learning functionality, though what’s there looks potentially useful.
Peter Kirn - May 14, 2024
DJ Music tech Software Tech
How to use the Pioneer DJ DJM-V10 to sync your DJ set with MIDI (finally)
It’s taken until the Pioneer DJ DJM-V10 to get a DJ rig from the company with standard MIDI DIN onboard for sync, but it’s finally here. Lauren Flax shows it off – and here’s the trick to getting it working, in case you want to haul a TR-8S into a DJ booth.
Pioneer has added Beatport streaming to the CDJ-3000 – even if we’ll still carry USB sticks
Peter Kirn - June 27, 2023
DJ Music tech Tech
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