When DJTT contributor DJ Soo shared his recent article about assembling clever portable DJ setups, I noticed one reply Reddit that stood out to me. It was a DJ from the Netherlands who had built his own standalone DJ setup with a DDJ-400 and a Raspberry Pi. Obviously, we had to get the details and!-->…
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Dan White is the DJ TechTools managing editor. He's been DJing for over ten years, starting on Virtual DJ, then Serato Scratch Live, then Traktor Pro, and then CDJs. He also promotes and is a resident DJ for San Francisco's Zero Fucks.
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CDJ-3000 vs 2020: review + analysis of Pioneer DJ’s new player
What improvements have been made on the CDJ-3000 vs CDJ-2000NXS2? Why is Pioneer DJ releasing a new CDJ now, and what's still missing on these $2,299 media players?
Neural Mix stem separation control with Midi Fighter Twisters + djay
For the last few weeks, we've been working on a project in collaboration with Algoriddim, who launched their own Neural Mix stem separation technology inside their iOS djay software back in August. The goal: to build the ultimate mapping!-->…
Is this the DJM-S9 MK2? Pioneer DJ teases a sequel to their battle mixer
Pioneer DJ has just teased their new battle mixer on Instagram and Facebook - is it the DJM-S9 MK2? Or the DJM-S11? Here's what we know so far: Pioneer DJ has released another teaser image of a DJ mixer. You can clearly see two line!-->!-->!-->…
Traktor Pro 3.4 rolls out – serious love for the Browser
Continuing a trend of quality of life improvements for DJs in their software, Native Instruments released Traktor Pro 3.4 today. There's a lot of focus on the browser in this release, the biggest of which we've covered previously!-->…
Rekordbox 6.1.1 adds an “Edit Mode” and TIDAL support
Pioneer DJ's preparation and performance DJ software just got a new incremental update, Rekordbox 6.1.1. There's a feature addition that everyone saw coming (TIDAL streaming library support) and a second feature that we didn't anticipate:!-->…
[Updated] DJs might soon have to say goodbye to Facebook Live
Quarantine, coronavirus, lockdown, and the great 2020 gig apocalypse has been hard for DJs and live performers. But the one gasp of solace has been the extraordinary creativity that has been poured into live streaming DJ sets over the last!-->…
DJs: you need to say no to gigs if they’re not safe
In the history of DJing, the DJ has always played a critical role – not just as a musical selector, but also as the room conductor and vibe controller. They're filling the room with music, but they also have ability, at any time, to!-->…