What are the top CD Players on the market? Well, there is no doubt that Pioneer is the leading brand for high-end audio and DJ products, and their products are widely used in DJ booths around the world. Pioneer CDJ and DJM (mixer) has become standard setup at nightclubs, so I would suggest that you [...]
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In a surprising announcement, the event company Insomniac wrote that the Electric Daisy Carnival will be spreading its wings to the U.S East Coast and the tri-state area for the 2012 edition of EDC. The event is taking place in New York on May 19 to 20, and no official location has been disclosed. However, it seems [...]
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Beatmatching is an art of beat recognition and sense for rhythms. There are numerous techniques that DJ’s use, depending on equipment and musical genre. But generally, it doesn’t matter if you’re using a Numark CD player, virtual DJ gear, or a professional Pioneer CDJ with automated beat signatures, BPM detection and superb master tempo. It all comes [...]
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This 74 minute long mixset starts off with Pryda and his Loaded, slowly transitioning into trashy and raw techno with a sample of the Underground Resistance-type of monotonous sirens that makes you go daft. 24 minutes into this frenzy mix, I let the German trooper Boris Brejcha wreak havoc with the track The Signal followed by Yeah! from his album [...]
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A few months ago, I received a YouTube message from a quite interesting person. It was a short and brief message in response to one of my music video uploads. To my surprise, it was signed Mashti, which is the alter ego of an ethnic chillout artist, known for his tremendesouly perfected collaborations with Bahramji. [...]
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Blue Microphones truly make good consumer products. Blue Tiki is a microphone especially designed for users who do not want to bother with troublesome microphones, pop filter, and acoustic dampers just to make simple recordings with reasonable quality, such as for podcasting and VoIP through Skype. Just plug it in the USB drive. and you’re [...]
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This year’s trend at NAMM was undoubtedly the iPad. In fact, most companies had either incorporated and adapted the functionality of the tablet device with their existing products, or found other innovative ways to make use of it. For instance, SyncKontrol for iOS (iPad & iPhone) which allows tempo control to Korg Monotribe and synchronization through WIST [...]
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Musicians as a group, and especially DJs, are true multitaskers. You see, while a DJ drops a beat or a track, he is cueing up a new segment to transition into. The seamless transition doesn’t happen by a simple X-fader (cross fader). There are several tricks involved to make a good mix, not to mention [...]
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The UK based music identification company Shazam has announced that the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12 will be Shazamable, meaning that viewers of the show will be able to use their smartphone application during the entire event to receive exclusive content such as behind-the-scenes and artist information. This, after successfully allowing the same [...]
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At this year’s NAMM show, barely a year after Tsutomu Katoh’s passing (Korg founder and chairman), his company presented a few new products. Korg Inc., a company once started by this man and his fellow companion and visionary friend, Tadashi Osanai, is the almost 50 year-old consumer electronic instrument corporation (founded 1963) that has introduced [...]
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