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Jan 1, 2007
When most musicians see a Kaoss Pad for the first time, they usually tilt their heads and stare in wonder, and then they get excited like little kids....
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Jan 1, 2007
M-Audio is known as a purveyor of affordable yet pro-quality audio gear, such as the Delta line of PCI soundcards and a wide variety of USB MIDI controllers....
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Jan 1, 2007
Leave it to software to be the savior of hardware. In the previous year's Remix Technology Awards, the soft stuff soaked up much of the attention, but...
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Jan 1, 2007
People probably think that we listen to just metal, says Frank Delgado, whose black beanie, black coat, black goatee and black Chuck Taylors with black...
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Jan 1, 2007
In recent years, many people have predicted that DJing and live music would get back together after a long, nasty divorce. Besides several notable exceptions,...
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Jan 1, 2007
AKAI MPC500 PORTABLE PRODUCTION CENTER Anyone who regularly uses Akai's MPC pad controllers will be excited about the newest model, the portable MPC500...
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Dec 1, 2006
Ecler's HAK line of turntablist mixers welcomes its newest addition; the HAK 380 Performance Mixing Instrument. The Spanish manufacturer has a strong...
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Dec 1, 2006
This article includes software and hardware specifications on new products, descriptions of features and company contact information....
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Nov 1, 2006
Dance music is emerging from its self-destructive, monotonous slumber. Perhaps most surprising as obviously logical as it may seem is that it's not the...
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Nov 1, 2006
While digital DJ software has exploded over the past few years, unfortunately, the hardware world is always a large step behind the new technologies....
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Nov 1, 2006
Digital music has truly taken over the DJ industry. Fewer and fewer DJs head to their local record stores to sift through the latest 12-inch promos; instead,...
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Oct 1, 2006
Ben Watt has been many things over the course of his 20-year-plus career half of internationally revered British pop duo Everything But the Girl, prime...
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Oct 1, 2006
Welcome to the new world of DJ technology. In an industry dominated for decades by decks and vinyl, we now speak in terms of laptop DJs, MP3 support and...
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Oct 1, 2006
No matter what DJ software you use, there is one common variable that vinyl-emulation systems all rely on: needles. Normally, needles are the last things...
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Sep 1, 2006
It seems like many of the tools and tricks of the digital DJ world are becoming more and more system exclusive with each company outdoing the other with...
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Sep 1, 2006
If you're an outspoken house-music fan, you probably know this scenario all too well. You get all excited about a new banger, and some former devotee...
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Sep 1, 2006
In its more than 30 years in the industry, Gemini has a varied history. In the '80s, its mixers were popular with budding scratch DJs, and the company...
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Jun 1, 2006
After a long career in dance music, it's rare for me to get excited about new DJ gear. I've played with a lot of but I seldom come across serious equipment...
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Apr 3, 2006
The Urei name is synonymous with one of the most prized, iconic DJ mixers ever to grace the dance-music world: the 1620 rotary house mixer. Originally released in the '70s, the 1620 has been installed in the most legendary clubs and has been at the heart of some of the most vaunted,...
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Feb 1, 2006
Ever since Apple's famous silhouetted commercials implied that anyone with an iPod would become possessed with dangerous dancing skills, the prospect...
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Jan 1, 2006
Florida's Bass Queen and D.C.'s Princess of Darkness sparkle as they chat animatedly, flipping through record bins at DJ Hut on a brisk October evening...
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Dec 1, 2005
With all of the tricked-out multitrack DAWs, plug-ins, hardware modelers, soft synths and just about every other music-creation tool available nowadays,...
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Dec 1, 2005
The weather in Miami's South Beach is indeed hot, but so are the music scene and the record-industry types that call the area home. And these days, no...
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Nov 1, 2005
Spain-based Ecler has a long-established reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality mixing consoles (most notable, its MAC line). Recently, the company...
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Nov 1, 2005
When I first learned that I would be reviewing a new turntable, my initial reaction was to wonder not only why any company would try to add to an already-competitive...
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