DJ Pro Tips for Digital Crate Digging on Beatport, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
With the inception of online music stores, a DJ’s task of finding the right music for their sets has completely…
Stanton returns, launches STX: the only portable scratch turntable with an…
Making moves for the first time since it was acquired by inMusic in 2020, Stanton dropped a piece of hardware…
RCA Chroma Cables 2.0: why we made them and how to win a pair this week
Back in 2018, the DJ Techtools team decided to make our first foray into audio cables. We learned a lot from this first adventure, and now we're back with a brand new generation of RCA Chroma Cables. You might have seen us talking about…
VirtualDJ 2023 launches with Stems2.0, a stronger stem separation engine – and positive feedback…
Two and a half years after the last version of VirtualDJ's flagship program was released – along with the initial introduction of real-time stem separation – the new VirtualDJ 2023 software has arrived. It's built with Stems2.0,…
Controlling the dancefloor: a guide on organizing playlists by energy
Whether you’re a seasoned DJ of many years or just getting into the craft, you’ve probably struggled with organizing playlists at some point in your career (I know I have). As someone who’s been DJing for over 10 years, I’ve tried…
Is this a teaser of new Traktor hardware? Nope.
I've received a handful of emails and spotted a discussion on Reddit today all about a "new Traktor hardware teaser". The "teaser" popped up on a ton of DJ's Facebook feeds because the official Traktor page updated their cover photo.…
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Serato Stems: what DJs are doing with real-time stem separation added to Serato DJ
Last week in a beta update to Serato DJ, we finally saw the future of DJ mixing arrive - real-time stem separation. This is pretty huge as it marks a large population of open format DJs getting access to a technology that works incredibly…
Breaking the Four by Four: a primer on playing in odd time signatures with drum machines
We've got a great piece that acts a primer to odd time signatures. Specifically, we'll talk about how drum machine users can program their devices to play with some of the odder time signatures out there.
Traktor Pro 3.6 releases, as well as a feature roadmap…
This week, Native Instruments' Traktor Pro 3.6 has finally hit Native Access. The major release brings two new subscriber-locked features, Pattern Player and Ozone Maximizer, as well as a number of other smaller fixes. Importantly, NI has…
Step up your production/DJ game with Roland’s SP-404A: sampling, loop importing, + more
Roland first released the iconic SP-404 in 2005 – then in 2009 as the SP-404SX, and again in 2017 as the SP-404A. The fourth and last release came from Roland in 2021, which came with the introduction of the MK2 version of the sampler.…
Traktor Pro Plus = Native Instruments adds paid subscription tier for new features
the Traktor team has announced that major new features being built in this development cycle will be behind an add-on subscription, called Traktor Pro Plus.
Algoriddim’s djay makes DVS on iPhone possible, integrates Neural Mix into their control vinyl
The djay software from Algoriddim has been on a strong kick this last decade, and this week, they're announcing DVS support! That's right, the app is finally getting full control via turntables using their own time code vinyl. DVS…
Traktor’s new beta cycle has begun: 3.6 to include iZotope products, maybe NKS support?
Last week, Native Instruments touted something that's a welcome sight for DJs still in love with the powerful Traktor ecosystem: a new beta. The new version, launched in NI's Traktor Pro Public Beta forum, is Traktor Pro Beta 3.6.0.313.…