Pioneer focuses on scratch, battle, effects with new mixer

Meet Pioneer’s new push, a strategy aiming squarely at scratch and turntablist DJs and effects lovers, with or without a computer. If some of the latest mixers have conventional analog mixing, bread and butter features, and rotaries, Pioneer’s DJ mixer this week – isn’t any of that. Instead, the DJM-S9 is a “battle” mixer loaded […]

$200-$250 Right Now Gets You Hardware and Full-Featured Traktor or Serato; Deckadance Solo Free

Okay, if you’ve got some old version of your DJ software, or (ahem) a pirated copy, or want to get your DJ rig together from scratch, this month there are really no excuses. As covered yesterday, AKAI is bundling their new AMX controller and audio interface with a full-blown copy of Serato DJ. The timing […]

- August 5, 2014

Serato DJs Get Slim-Line Controllers at Last, with New Akai Hardware

Serato DJs swear by their software. But one thing they haven’t had lately is a lot of choice in DJ controller hardware. Sure, there’s now a range of hardware getting updated for the latest software. But even after a transition to the new Serato DJ platform, almost all of this hardware is of the “really […]

- August 4, 2014

Mostly Robot, Behind the Scenes: When Electronic Masters Form a Band [Video, Panel Audio]

Peter Kirn - July 23, 2012

Turntablism Reaches the VJ: Serato’s VIDEO-SL Reviewed on CDMotion

Peter Kirn - January 25, 2008

Turntablist of the Day: Scratching the Beatles

Peter Kirn - January 25, 2007

M-Audio Torq DJ Tool in Action, On Test; More DJ Bling

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2006

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