Five must-read books for making your own DIY production + DJ gear
You can make your own DJ and production gear. Tinkering in the DIY space isn't that hard. Here's 5 books to get you…
Guess who’s back? Ecler to return with a new mixer in 2022
Ecler, a Spanish pro audio company with a long history of making DJ mixers, has been out of the DJ products game…
Future DJ Gear Concepts: Pioneer DJ’s DDJ-SV6
The recently released Rane One controller has become a resounding success, combining motorized platters and battle-style mixer into controller form. Pioneer DJ has nothing that can compete with the Rane One as of the time of writing. This…
Pioneer DJ’s new XDJ-RX3 is here: bigger screen, features to browse faster, Beat FX bank +…
The latest edition of the XDJ-RX series from Pioneer DJ has arrived: the XDJ-RX3. It's an all-in-one DJ system that offers a slew of both upgraded features from those of the RX2 and new capabilities brought over from Pioneer's…
Weird DJ Gear, part 3 – the Traktor controller edition.
As I've explored my extensive collection of DJ gear throughout this series thus far, I'm finding similarities that run through some of the gear. So rather than picking and choosing some of my favourites this time around, we'll focus on a…
Mixed In Key Live can analyze tracks from streaming platforms, DAWs, and any audio on your Mac
Mixed In Key has launched their newest piece of software, Mixed In Key Live – an iteration of its well-established program, Mixed In Key, that offers a new set of features to broaden an artist's ability to detect key, scale, and BPM of…
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Indie Artists: Here’s how to make your new release stand out
Releasing music is forever enchanting and brings about joy, excitement, and deep satisfaction. But it does come with price and efforts, often planned out a year in advance if not longer (for example, Frank Wiedemann as part of Howling took…
Beatsource + Mixcloud team up so you can record & share DJ sets online sans takedowns
It's a well-known fact in the music industry that Mixcloud offers its own streaming platform, Mixcloud Live (first announced back in April 2020), that allows artists to legally livestream music and video without dealing with copyright…
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…
How to produce professional-quality radio shows + podcasts: the ultimate guide
From your first podcast, to your fiftieth radio show, there's always room to improve your production. This guide shares a ton of tips on making the best possible radio show and podcast recordings.
Traktor Pro 3.5: CDJ-3000 HID mode, Beatsource / Beatport LINK
We've known it was coming for a bit, but today the updated Traktor Pro 3.5 has released. The fresh version of Traktor Pro boasts two new features that are likely to be well-received: the new streaming library features for Traktor (via…
Interview: Mathew Jonson on his “Freedom Engine Academy” and production process
With a career spanning over 18 years, Mathew Jonson is known and loved by many for his well-crafted melodic sounds and outstanding live performances. Almost 20 years after the release of his debut album, "A Box Full of Magic" on Dekmantel,…
Vinyl Synthesis: play + sequence records as synths with Ableton Live 11
John Type, a DJ and producer based out of Italy + long-time turntablist and electronic musician, has discovered a unique way to play and sequence a vinyl record as a synthesizer using the new features available in Ableton Live 11 in his…