Pioneer blasted “you’re on mute” on a studio monitor – and sent it to space
Wondering what Pioneer Pro Audio has been up to during the pandemic, when sales of their high-end speaker install systems have likely slumped due to venues and festivals being sidelined for a year? Turns out, they’ve put some of their…
Mixers, music, and the Brothers Macklovitch: a chat with A-Trak
Canadian-born A-Trak has been a known commodity in the music and DJ industry since he won the 1997 DMC World championship at 15 years of age. Known as much for his prolific music production career as his DJ prowess, A-Trak has remained a…
Rekordbox’s new Professional plan: unlimited cloud storage for your library
rekordbox is now offering unlimited cloud storage for artists with the launch of its new Professional plan. Platform users who subscribe to the plan will be able to save their library across multiple devices, as well as manage all of their…
A beginner’s guide to adding DJ tracks to your synthesizer set
To start: let’s paint a picture. You spent quarantine holed up away from shows and decided to get into synths, drum machines, samplers, and the wide world of hardware noise generators and effects. Now, you have a newfound love of live…
Chicago’s Alinka: “Take your time, don’t take shortcuts, don’t give up.”
Alinka Ratner’s story will be a familiar one to most DJs: she fell in love with house music and DJ culture as a teenager, bought decks and taught herself to mix. She eventually got a warm-up DJ role for Justin Long’s .dotbleep party at…
Review: Rane x A-Trak’s collab is a striking new take on the Rane Seventy
Rane DJ is no stranger to DJ collaborations. Back in the 2000s, they released the Grand Master Flash edition of the Empath. In 2012, they released the Z-Trip edition of the Sixty-Two. Now, in 2021, Rane is collaborating with the legendary…
DJ edits get a licensing deal: Beatsource’s new deal with Sony, UMG, Warner adds 100k edited…
Beatsource has taken quite the leap forward today in the world of music licensing and accessibility for artists. The company is partnering with Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and multiple independent labels to allow…
Rane releases an A-Trak Signature Edition of the Seventy battle mixer
Turntablists and A-Trak fans, this one's for you. RANE and A-Trak announced their collaboration today: an A-Trak take on Rane's beloved Seventy mixer. It's a limited edition battle mixer titled – you guessed it – the Rane Seventy…