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 few months. On October 1st, Facebook will potentially…
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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…
Denon DJ just leaked their new screenless media player/controller – SC1000?
When the industry golaith Pioneer DJ dropped their massive news (a new CDJ-3000 teaser) yesterday, it stood to reason that Denon DJ would want to hint at a new product coming out, too. Meet the new screenless Prime player/controller -…
Pioneer DJ just teased the brand new CDJ-3000 and we analyzed every frame
Pioneer DJ has teased a brand new CDJ media player on their Instagram account. Here's our close up analysis.
Allen & Heath might be about to buy Traktor from Native Instruments
In a bit of ground-shaking news, we've learned that Allen & Heath are in discussions to purchase the Traktor product line from Native Instruments. Multiple sources with knowledge of the deal confirmed that representatives from…
A quick way to add stutter/cut FX in Ableton Live
Today we're joined by a guest educator to DJTT, Stranjah - who's hosting a live drum and bass/jungle production class starting next week. In this video, he shares a clever plugin that he uses for both production and live performance…
It’s Official: NAMM 2021 is Cancelled.
We've long expected that the COVID-19 situation here in the United States would continue to lead to cancellations of industry events. Today, the NAMM Show officially announced that they're cancelling the 2021 NAMM show: "Given the…
A new beta of Traktor Pro 3.4 has Smart Playlists (Smartlists), finally.
One of the longest-asked for Traktor Pro features has been Smart Playlists. Now in a new beta released on the Native Instruments forums, smart playlists are here, dubbed "Smartlists". Keep reading for details. In recent releases of…