Numark wants to make tweaking knobs as sexy as traditional DJing. It’s introduced a dedicated controller for MixMeister – imaginatively named MixMeister Control. Individual hands-on controls are included for looping by track, EQ and FX, with control for up to four tracks at once. MixMeister Control offers 40 knobs, 53 buttons and a Jog Wheel… Read More Numark Sexes Up DJ Controllers With The Mixmeister
I open about being a Machead, iPod fanatic and an iPhone early adopter. I love being able to make a track, sync it to my iPod and live with it a few days, or to be able to make a video on my Mac and then watch it on a widescreen TV through Apple TV.… Read More Shelby Lynne On Vinyl Vs iPod
The Tenori-On, which previously had been available only in the UK, is now getting a global launch. Yamaha has announced launch dates in: Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany Paris, France Montreal, Quebec New York, NY San Francisco, CA Tokyo, Japan The events will include presentations by inventor Toshio Iwai and performances by early Tenori-On users. As… Read More Tenori-On Launch Dates Announced
DJ Tech Tools’ Ean Golden posted this fun video of himself DJing with a Guitar Hero Controller: Arcade buttons are cool but taking a plastic guitar into the crowd and taping away a solo is some next level fun. In the past 5 years I have experimented with just about every piece of midi gear… Read More DJing With A Guitar Hero Controller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQAfx5drFg Percussa‘s Bert Schiettecatte offers an inside view on creating and testing the AudioCubes, the first commercially available tangible interface technology in the world. Schiettecatte also repeatedly drops boxed AudioCubes, over and over and over. And then maybe a couple of more times. More on the AudioCubes here and here.
Sasha and John Digweed have announced dates (below) for a 2008 Spring tour. Sasha and Digweed will be bussing it through the country. However, unlike their massive Delta Heavy tour, this tour is about going back to their grass roots. “Its been six years since Delta Heavy,” says Digweed. “Both Sasha and myself have been… Read More Sasha and John Digweed Announce Spring Tour Dates
If you’re looking for a acappella to remix, andiamnotlying has a craptacular for you: Smashmouth is the music version of the bet t-shirt at Hot Topic, the best of a rotten lot when choice is utterly not an option.But this track, it’s something else entirely. It’s the singer’s isolated vocal track from the song “Days… Read More Smashmouth “Days Like These” Isolated Vocal Track
LastBeat.com (in German) takes a look at DJs living rooms. Want to live large? All it takes is some well-placed gear and stacks and stacks of LPs. Above, Richie Hawtin’s living room. Below, Ellen Allien’s living room.
[display_podcast] Controllerism.com is a cool site that features videos and other information that helps explain how to use various types of control surfaces to create and manipulate electronic music. The website is a collection of information and resources for the controllerist community. Controllerism – the art of manipulating sounds and creating music live using computer… Read More An Introduction To Controllerism
This is a demo video of virtual DJ decks test of VTS 3rd Generation. It’s not a real product yet and the DJ’ing sucks. Here’s the confessions of VTS’s creator: This video is a demo. I was trying to sell the idea to a small video game company in the UK. I did the demo… Read More Virtual Turntable DJ Software
