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Pioneer DJ snuck a new Rekordbox update past us the other week, quietly launching Rekordbox 5.4.0 into public beta on their forums. It's a smaller update compared to the spree of new features that they added earlier this year. Two features…

Want to buy a DJ controller in 2018? The Pioneer DJ DDJ-1000 is the most advanced controller we've seen on the market. While it might be locked to Rekordbox DJ, it still is one of the top offerings - read DJTT guest contributor DJ Soo's…

Instead of just one Rekordbox DJ announcement today, Pioneer DJ has two. Rekordbox 5.1 is out later today, while Rekordbox 5.2 is set to launch in mid-February. In 5.1, users will have access to a new (paid) Plus pack, Lyric, that generates…

NAMM is almost here, and Pioneer DJ is ready. Today they're announcing the DDJ-1000, a brand new controller for their Rekordbox DJ software. With new on-jog displays, CDJ-sized jogwheels, and new FX, the DDJ-1000 is clearly designed to be a…

Early in the development of Rekordbox DJ, Pioneer added MIDI mapping (in the 4.0.6 update). Almost every function in the software was MIDI mappable, except for jogwheel control, which was kept exclusively for Pioneer's own DDJ controllers.…

Digital DJs have a drastically different landscape than they did ten years ago. Instead of highly specialized tools, there now a handful of options that all have a near-comparable feature set. But which one is being used by the most DJs? We…

Pioneer DJ has been trying very hard over the last year to bring their DJ software to every DJ who uses their gear. From introducing a whole second lie of DDJ controllers, to integrating DVS - and now they're bundling the software with…

About a year ago, Apple released OS X 10.11, El Capitan - and DJs around the world either experienced or heard about the many issues that plagued digital DJ software. Driver issues, controllers failing, audio output stuttering - even now,…