Design

Designing technology for performance and music making with is an art form. But until now, no one took on the challenge of chronicling the evolution of this design process. A new book, Push Turn Move, has just dropped - and it might be the…

Welcome to 2017! This week we're launching a brand new version of the DJ Techtools blog, redesigned from the ground up. It's been a while since we've updated the look and feel of the site. This new version aims to be faster, easier on all…

We've seen a number of interesting mockups come out from designers over the years imagining the future of their favorite piece of dance music technology. Today we're featuring two redesigns of Ableton Live that take on the challenge of…

Every DJ needs to establish their signature sound and musical style - when you've got that down and are playing gigs regularly, branding can be a great next step. Designing a logo is an important branding decision, as your DJ logo will…

As you may know, Dj TechTools.com has been built on a very simple premise. Provide mappings, ideas and valuable content for free and then sell great hardware to support the development of new articles. In my quest to improve that service,…

Today, Novation announced the 'Dicer' controller that we showed in this cryptic video last Friday. Dicer is a pair of button controllers that fit snugly onto a pair of Turntables providing DVS users with access to performance functions like…