Here is a short video showing how you can sync Arturia’s Spark hybrid drum machine with Native Instruments’ industry-leading Traktor DJ software. The video is topped off with a nice little performance demonstration! Check it out!
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DJ/Production duo Disco Fries have programmed and released a free Max For Live patch that allows you to program your Novation Launchpad to flash up with custom messages – how cool is that?!
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Pioneer announce a brand new DJ offer in time for Summer! Between now and June 30th 2012, customers purchasing selected Pioneer products will be eligible to select a special free gift! Read on for full details!
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Introducing the Stanton DJ4.C, a new 4-channel DJ controller that comes bundled with an enhanced 4-deck version of Virtual DJ LE. With its two jog-wheels and huge selection of controls, the DJ4.C gives you everything you need to mix and scratch, and it can even be used as intuitive video controller!
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Whether you like Dubstep or not, you will undoubtably still be able to appreciate the skill and planning behind this video! Using a Novation Launchpad and Ableton Live, DJ Tech Tools creates an amazing live composition that has to be seen to be believed…
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Traktor Pro 2.5 is due for release on May 30th 2012, bringing with it a handful of powerful new features, new products, money-saving packages and FREE updates! The main update of Traktor Pro 2.5 is the inclusion of brand new ‘Remix Decks’, which allow you to launch loops and samples in a way that blurs the line between DJing and live performance, for even more creative, mind-blowing sets!
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The Traktor Kontrol F1 is a brand new DJ controller from Native Instruments, which seeks to blur the line between traditional DJing and live performance. It allows you to launch clips and samples in an Ableton-esque way, and then mash them up using a timecoded set-up.
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Although CDs are probably still the club DJs weapon of choice, more and more people are succumbing to the flexible temptations of software mixing. In fact, you will be hard pushed to find a club night where no DJs whatsoever mix off a laptop, and with this medium growing in popularity all the time, I doubt it will be long before laptops truly take over!
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Owning a pair of vinyl or CD decks is not enough if you want to start DJing as you will also need a suitable mixer to link everything together and sit at the heart of your set-up. Because the mixer is unlikely to affect how well you can mix, I would say that it is more important to get a decent pair of decks, rather than splashing your budget on a super all-singing, all-dancing mixer and only having enough left over for a pair of poor decks (the exception to this case is scratch DJs who will need something sturdy with a smooth crossfader to complement some decent decks). However, the mixer is likely to have a lot to do with the sound quality of your mixes, as well as determining how many turntables you can connect and mix from at once, and some mixers may even includes additional creative features such as built-in effects and sample recorders/loopers.
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In the modern DJing world, mixing with CDs appears to now rule. DJs that once swore by vinyl have been tempted by the lower cost of burning CDs (compared to cutting dubplates), and the fact that you can carry round whole albums and playlists on small, lightweight silver discs rather than having to select possibly 50-100 tracks for a night and then wearing out your shoulder dragging them into a club!
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