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.

Comparing all the 303 recreations to each other and the original

Someday, I’ll realize my dream of gathering ethnomusicologists and neuroscientists and engineers and we can finally sit down and work out why it is that the 303 is so damned pleasing. In the meantime, we can obsess over the nuances of different 303 recreations. Kudos to ADSRsounds for putting that together. They not only compare […]

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2016

Roland’s New AIRA Mixer is a Performance Tool For All Your Gear

So, now you’ve got a lot of hardware. You’ve moved beyond just a computer, and you’re back to the joy of making music with boxes with knobs and faders and keys. And you’re playing with them live. And maybe Roland’s AIRA had something to do with that, too. Now, how do you put them together? […]

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2015

Watch How Much Hardware You Can Jam With On a Budget

Peter Kirn - January 9, 2015

Roland AIRA Series, 1.10: Everything Gets Smarter, USB Backup and Restore

- July 25, 2014

Roland AIRA MIDI Implementation: Now Official for TB-3, TR-8 – and TB-3 Sequences Nicely

- April 17, 2014

One Day, One Track, 3 Roland AIRAs: How They Sound, Would We Buy Them?

- April 11, 2014

AIRA Secrets: Here’s How to Take Command of Roland’s TB-3 and TR-8 with MIDI

- April 9, 2014

Roland AIRA Are Here – Synth, Bassline, Drum Machine, Vocal FX – Details, In Depth

- February 14, 2014

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