We’ve been posting a lot lately – here’s a quick digest of the top posts from the last week, in case you missed them: Zune Owners Everywhere Cursing That They Cheaped Out Posted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 in iPods & Portable Media Players – Comments: (4) Zune owners everywhere are cursing the day that… Read More Popular Posts On Synthtopia From 29th December – 4th January
M-Audio has released Torq 1.5 DJ software for Mac OS X and Windows. New features in Torq 1.5 software include: Tempo Anchors Tempo Master zplane élastique time stretching Send/receive MIDI Clock A new toolbar and a variety of workflow enhancements Torq 1.5 DJ software is available immediately from the M-Audio webstore. The cost of upgrading… Read More M-Audio Tweaks Torq DJ Software
Algoriddim’s music player and DJ software djay 2.2 has been updated – now letting you control almost all functions through intuitive Multi-Touch finger gestures on notebook trackpads. “djay allows users to control almost all aspects of its user interface faster and more precisely than using the keyboard — similar to real physical devices, but much more… Read More Mac djay Software Gets Multitouch Support
The creators of Mixxx – the free, open source DJ software – are looking for a community coordinator: Would you like volunteer with the project, but don’t know how to code? If so, we might have found the role for you – We are officially looking for a Mixxx Community Coordinator. As the Mixxx community… Read More Mixxx Looking For Community Coordinator
This demo video offers the turbo-babe intro to MixMeister DJ software.
Resolume Avenue 3 is a real-time, multi-platform instrument for live (audio) visual performances. Check out this intro video and let me know what you think – it looks like it could turn into the Ableton Live of VJ software. The app is a free download, but it displays a video watermark on the output without paid registration.
Impressions from the Native Instruments Traktor Pro Launch Party at Watergate, Berlin. Featured DJs include Barem, Butane, John Spring, Pan Pot, Matthew Dear, Richie Hawtin and Troy Pierce.
This is a demo of the Dj TechTools mapping of the VCi-100 with Traktor Pro. This mapping matches the special edition controller made by Vestax for Dj TechTools earlier this year.
This video provides an introduction to DJing with Traktor Pro. It will walk you through the transport section where you will learn how to work with pause, play, cue points, hot cues, loops and grids.
Kipp Wieland demonstrates how they do it in Cedar Rapids, IA, demoing a custom digital DJ setup. The system is capable of playing up to eight stereo elements at one time, be they whole songs, clips, or loops: “I loop everything that goes into it – even 9-minute tracks! I put this together when Mike (running… Read More DJing With Percussa Audiocubes
