To wrap up the year, we’ve brought on venerable DJ Angelo from the UK to give us his tips and tricks on surviving and rocking a New Year’s Eve DJ set, as well as our usual tradition of finding some awesome and cheesy tracks for you to use on your parties tomorrow evening. Click through for this year’s guide to making the last night of the year the best night of your career!
Continue reading A DJ’s Guide To An Awesome New Year’s Eve Set
Last week we looked at ten ways to get into digital DJ software for less than $100. Let’s take it to the next logical step and add some cost effective hardware controls to the software and really get into DJing on the computer. Today Ean and Chris will go through the best options for purchasing controllers from $50-$500, and look for the best value.
Continue reading DJ Controllers and Soundcards For Beginners
It’s been another spectacular year at DJ TechTools, and we’re glad to have spent it with you all, our readers and friends. If for some reason you’re just now waking up from a cryogenic freeze-state that has lasted exactly 12 months, we wanted to take this time to bring you up to speed. For our dedicated readers, this list is a great chance to look back and remember all of the awesome things that happened this year.
Many of our readers probably know that custom in-ear monitors are used by a number of major musicians and DJs to make their on-stage performances easier and safer – but what is it about these guys that makes them so great? Are they a realistic choice for bedroom DJs, or something that one should save for when going pro? Just how custom are they, and are there other cheaper options? We’ve got the full scoop on custom in-ear monitors for DJs after the jump. Continue reading Custom In-Ear Monitors: What You’ve Been Missing
Dear Native Instruments (and Serato Audio Research, Atomix Productions, M-Audio, Ableton AG, etc): It’s the holiday season again, and this year, we wanted to write you a letter to ask for something special – software updates! We’ve been very good this year: practicing regularly, trying out near gear, playing gigs, buying controllers, making mappings, recording mix tapes, so we feel like it’s time for some solid presents.
Continue reading A Digital DJs Wish List to Santa: Better Software
Since Christmas is just around the corner, I wanted to ship out a special present to all of our loyal readers. The brand new DJ TechTools Kontrol S4 mapping… for free! Just sign up on the S4 list and we will email it to you. Click on the picture to watch a video demo and learn how to install it. Continue reading DJ TechTools Traktor Kontrol S4 Mapping
When it comes to DJing, controllerism, turntablism and the like, all too often we think of things from a purely club based angle when there’s rich potential for many techniques in the context of routine based DJing. Making your own showcases with a looper is just one of those techniques… Continue reading Going Loopy: Creating Loop Routines in Traktor
In case you’ve been out of the world record loop for the past few days, Australian DJ Smokin Joe Mekhael is in the middle of what he’s hoping will be the longest DJ set on record. At nearly 105 hours already, he’s closing in fast on the record set by Brasil’s DJ King earlier this year (120 hours and 19 minutes). Editorial Update! He broke the record by twelve hours, see inside for videos of the magic moment!
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Last week we published a video for kids that will help them explain digital DJing. A number of our readers suggested that we should instead show them legitimate ways to get into DJing without much money. We agree, so today I am going to outline three ways for someone to get started in digital DJing for $0-$500.
Continue reading DJ Software Options for Beginners: Free to $99
In a new DJ TechTools feature, we take a look at some of the best up and coming producers and DJs in the electronic music world and ask them how they curate and perform their live shows. Special thanks to Beatport for making these interviews possible! Continue reading How I Play: The Polish Ambassador
Every year leading up to Winter NAMM, DJ equipment companies large and small get into a publicity war to make sure that their new controller/software/mixer is the most hyped and anticipated product of the show. This year, the hype machine is starting super early. We got an exclusive look at one of the most vague viral marketing campaigns ever. Continue reading NAMM 2012: “Project Ultra” Kicks Off Viral Marketing Absurdity
Pioneer’s latest controller is a departure from the strategy that they’ve adopted over the past 18 months, namely of putting big ticket prices on their first forays into controller and computer based DJ gear. The DDJ Ergo isn’t a budget priced controller, but it’s definitely in the realms of purchasing possibility for many first time buyers. Let’s see how Pioneer have managed to do it…
DJ TechTools Traktor Kontrol S4 Mapping
The long awaited Traktor S4 Mapping is here and totally FREE. Continue reading for a full video and the download link.
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