digital dj

In an era of DJing when everything has gotten simpler, simply staying occupied and interested has become an issue for many DJs. Unfortunately, this has lead to excessive effects, over-mixing, and jostling the dancefloor quickly into a new…

Continuing our series of highlighting great digital DJ routines with one on Pioneer's DDJ-SX controller. The DDJ-SX has been out for over a year now, but it seems like the performance videos just keep coming - here's one out of the DJSounds…

We've had a solid week of five posts on various topics, so if you dont mind I'd like a moment to tell you about a few cool things we created for the DJ TechTools store. In order to help our younger readers and those who are attempting to…

Cue point juggling is a lot of fun, but unless you're fine with the 90's style sample repeats, then it's critical to introduce musical variation for interesting results. In the video above I showcase 4 techniques useful for creating a wide…

It’s tough to compare digital DJ equipment nowadays – wildly different feature sets, approaches and, of course, price tags, mean that one man’s trash really can be another’s treasure. Let's take a look at four of the big ones and try to…

Digital djing provides a wide set of tools that make your job better but one of the clearest benefits is the ability to see each songs waveform. A waveform is the play by play visual representation of the sonic action in a track.  By…

Interactive musical blocks have emerged big time over the past year. The Reactable, which toured with Bjork, was an amazing example of table top synthesis. Audio cubes from Percussa brought that concept into your own living room through…

Its a great time to be a digital dj, with your sources for good quality mp3s and digital dance tracks increasing every day. Not that long ago the only option was converting vinyl to digital but now you can build a set in a matter of…