The latest DJ in our series of Chicks that Mix is producer, model and actress DJ Loli. Loli has multiple intersecting careers, including acting in television and films, music and film production, modeling and DJing. You can get a taste of Loli’s electro style with her free DJ mix, below, from Voodoo Radio. [display_podcast]
DJ/producer Reid Speed began career in the New York City drum & bass underground in the nineties, when it was still a bit of a novelty for a woman to be DJing. She quickly built a reputation, though, in the word of drum and bass. Since then, she’s toured the world spinning drum and bass,… Read More Chicks That Mix: Reid Speed
M-Audio has announced that its shipping the Torq Xponent integrated hardware/software DJ performance and production system. The Torq Xponent system brings traditional CD DJ-style control and mixing to the world of computer-based DJing. Torq Xponent is a hardware/software system. Xponent is both an advanced MIDI control surface for Torq DJ software and a four-output USB… Read More M-Audio Ships Torq Xponent DJ System
The latest DJ in our series of Chicks that Mix is 23-year-old Montreal native Vivie-Ann. Vivie-Ann says her sets cover everything house with a hint of ping or pong – anything that makes hands fly in the air. When asked to describe her sound, Vivie-Ann says it’s “bump in the night with a little dynamite,”… Read More Spend Two Hours With DJ Vivie-Ann
Native Instruments has introduced a DJ Hardware Guide, an extensive online resource that provides DJs with practical information about how to best choose, set up and operate the components of a computer-based DJ setup. The guide understandably has a strong NI Traktor bias – so keep that in mind if you rely on it. The… Read More Native Instruments DJ Hardware Guide
Gemini has introduced a new Touch-Sensitive MP3/CD Player, the MPX-40. Features: 3 Fly Cue Points 2 eight second Sampler Banks Seamless Loop capability Instant Reverse Variable pitch control range of +/- 4%, 8%, 16% even up to 100% Fully audio CD, CD-R and CD-RW compatible with easy MP3 text and folder search ability, the MPX-40… Read More Gemini Intros MPX-40 Professional Touch-Sensitive MP3/CD Player
Cortex has released its dMIX-300 Digital Music Control Station, a compact all-in-one iPod mixing solution for the Digital DJ. Integrating Cortex’s patent pending USB compatible technology with a 2-channel audio mixer and a built-in iPod Dock (suitable for all iPod models), DJ’s can search, cue, play, pitch, mix and even scratch digital music files (MP3… Read More Cortex Intros dMIX-300 iPod Mixer
Yeow! What’s not to like about DJ Diamond? She’s an international DJ, she’s Hawaiian and she’s been featured in Playboy, Maxim, and FHM. She’s even got a degree in sports medicine, in case you get whiplash turning your neck when she catches your eye. She’s DJ’d from South Africa to China to Russia to South… Read More Spend An Hour With DJ Diamond
The monome 40h is a reconfigurable grid of sixty-four backlit buttons, designed to be an open-ended musical interface. The buttons can be configured as toggles, radio groupings, sliders, or organized into more sophisticated systems. When the monome was introduced, the biggest question I had was whether the device’s minimal design would lend itself to expressive… Read More Monome Videos
M-Audio has published a series of 31 free video tutorials designed to help users master every aspect of the company’s Torq DJ software. The Torq Tutorial video series encompasses a diverse array of topics to support users of all levels. The first videos explain Torq Conectiv and Torq Xponent setup, the Torq Browser, Auto BPM… Read More M-Audio Announces Free Torq Tutorial Videos
