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An overview and demo of the Livid Ohm VJ controller by Livid Instruments’ VJ gear guru Jay Smith.
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Johnathan explains his take on “best practices” for setting up DJ equipment.
He discusses how to properly position and set up your decks, how to achieve the right balance between audio volume and quality and how to set up speakers in a way that’s most useful for you as a DJ.

Got an extra $5 grand?
Then check out DJ Furniture’s “Homelander” DJ booth.
It’s a € 3295 (abou $5,000) high-style DJ booth that looks like it wouldn’t have been out of place in Clockwork Orange’s Korova Milk Bar.
Check out DJ Furniture’s promo video for the Homelander:

I’m no sure who can buy this sort of thing -but it [...]

In this video, Grand Wizard Theodore demos the Scratchophone.
The Scratchophone is a cool portable DJ instrument created by Thierry Alari. Here’s Alari’s answers to common questions about the Scratchophone:

2008 Summer NAMM Show: Numark intro’d the DDS80, aka “the world’s only future-proof CD player for the DJ.”
“The world’s only future-proof CD player for the DJ” features USB ports for connection of thumb and hard drives, iPods, MP3 players; and an included 80GB removable/upgradeable hard drive.
While Numark’s marketing catch-phrase may be a little over-the-top, the DDS80 [...]

Stanton DJ today introduced the Uberstand laptop stand, and it actually looks pretty “über”!
Where’s the umlaut, though, Stanton?
The Uberstand elevates your laptop, while providing a shelf for an external hard drive.
Features:

Stable, rugged laptop stand for use by DJs and musicians
Folds flat into a 12″ zippered bag (included)
Metal — aircraft grade — aluminum and stainless [...]

Livid is now shipping the awesome Ohm DJ & VJ control surface.
While the Tenori-On and other new control surfaces look cool, the Livid Ohm combines great looks with an intelligent combination of switches and continuou controllers. The only way it could be more awesome would be if the center buttons were a 16 x 8 [...]

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 [...]