DJ

DJ Tiësto has announced a 24-city US & Canadian tour.
The tour focuses on smaller clubs, so it could be a great chance to see Tiesto in action.
Here are the dates:

Germany’s Paul van Dyk is looking for producers to remix his track with Giuseppe Ottaviani, Far Away, on Beatport.
The remix competition is open to producers from all genres, as van Dyk is looking for innovative, cutting-edge and thought-provoking mixes of his track.
You can download two of the track’s parts for remixing for free. To get […]

DJ GO is a design concept by Continuum for a portable system containing 2 mp3/CD turntables and a mixer, combined into one unit that can fold up and turn into a carry bag.

The DJ Go’s internal hard drive stores thousands of songs inside the device, eliminating the need to carry vinyl, CDs or iPods. The […]

A demonstration of ammobox, a new free virtual instrument that lets you scratch audio by triggering samples asyncronously with MIDI. The turntable provides velocity and rotation control.
Creator Nathan Ramella (aka Synthesizer Patel) says:
What you see on the screen is me dropping MIDI notes into an Ableton Live MIDI loop, as each note is hit, it […]

Numark has introduced a new turntable, the X2, that combines CD & vinyl functions into one hybrid unit.
The X2’s CD player offers full MP3 playback capability as well as the ability to scratch, loop, manipulate and pitch adjust both audio and MP3 data CDs. Since both the CD and turntable can be played simultaneously, this […]

Paxahau, producers of Movement 08 – Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, hasannounced that ticket sales have tripled and volunteer interest and staff has more than doubled compared to 2007.
To date, Paxahau has 235 volunteers to work this year’s festival, which is up from last year’s 115. More than 40 of the volunteers are from out […]

Nokia has announced a “What does your city sound like?” competition, featuring DJ Shadow:
Now is your chance to collaborate with the inimitable DJ Shadow in his unique experiment for Nokia Trends Lab. This cutting edge music experiment offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to co-create a track with DJ Shadow using modern mobile technology.
Entitled […]

Stanton has introduced the Stanton SC System, a new set of digital controllers for the professional DJ.
Stanton doesn’t explain what “SC” stands for - but “sexy control” comes to mind.
The system is made up of the SCS.1d deck and the SCS.1m mixer. Each component of the system (mixer and deck) can be used standalone or […]

Hercules Mobile DJ MP3, a prosumer-style digital DJ controller, is now available for $99.99, in black or white.
While it’s a consumer-oriented product, it looks like it provides a lot of functionality for the price.
The mixer is powered by two C batteries and has a dual LCD display that lets you pick tracks and mix them, […]

Wired.com has a review of the Tonium Pacemaker Portable DJ Machine, and decides it’s cool, but an expensive toy:
The Tonium Pacemaker may be modeled after the idiot-proof iPod, but taking advantage of all the features on the Pacemaker requires an inordinate amount of button pushing. Fiddling around with it while sober requires a certain amount […]

Hercules has announced the availability of the new Hercules DJ Console Rmx.
The DJ Console Rmx features a solid metal casing with non-slip pads, a straightforward layout and a built-in audio interface with 4 inputs, 4 outputs.
The audio console, supplied with a carrying bag for total mobility, retails for $349.00.
“We consulted with over 1300 DJs throughout […]

Jesse Kriss and DJ Axel Foley have put together an interesting collection of Visual Scratch videos:
We capture turntable velocity using Ms. Pinky and fader position using an Ecler Nuo 4. The scratching sound is generated in Max/MSP. Then we scale the control data (turntable and fader) to ±1.0, the range of digital audio signals. The […]

The producers of MOVEMENT 2008, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, have announced the line-up of artists set to appear on the Real Detroit Stage.
Real Detroit Weekly is a returning third year sponsor of Movement, and will feature the return of the Underground Stage, known now as the Real Detroit Stage, sponsored by Real Detroit Weekly.
“Real […]

Which is a better investment - a turntable or an iPod?
That’s the question raised by an interesting article at Crave:
Does anybody buying an iPod in 2008 expect to get more than a few years of use out of the thing? My five year old iPod still plays, but I can’t get it to work in […]

Inventive Guy Mike Disher has created a series of beautiful translucent turntables:
Turntables and mechanical watch and clock movements fascinate me. I view them as functional pieces of kinetic art. I based my turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and I created a new, custom acrylic plinth and a set of feet. I also […]