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.

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.

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2024

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

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