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deton8 is a little drum machine with loads of soul
Twisted Electrons move on from acid and chip synths to drum machines. And the deton8, for around three hundred bucks, packs a ton of personality and sound possibility in a cute, playable package....
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One big, open standalone grid for playing everything: dadamachines composer pro
Various devices have tried to do what the computer does – letting you play, sequence, and clock other instruments, and arrange and recall ideas. Now, a new grid is in town, and it’s bigger, more...
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No, Beatport’s subscription will not kill music – here’s how it really works
Pioneer and Beatport this week announced new streaming offerings for DJs. And then lots of people kind of freaked out. Let’s see what’s actually going on, if any of it is useful to DJs and music...
View ArticleAll versions of Pro Tools now support Ableton Link
The Link-enabled products page has gotten busy, but here's one you may have heard of - Avid Pro Tools. It's the latest to support Live's tech for jamming together across apps, software, and hardware....
View ArticleHere’s a free custom VCV Rack module controlling tempo and time in Ableton Live
Now that VCV Rack Pro 2 is here, Rack works properly as a plug-in. And here's an advanced application for it - trying new ways of working with clock and time. The post Here’s a free custom VCV Rack...
View ArticleResolume 7.12 now syncs your live visuals with Pioneer DJ gear – among other...
"Hey girls! Hey boys! Superstar VJs! Here we go!" Erm... ask your parents. Yeah Resolume will now sync your visuals to Pioneer mixers and CDJs, in a debut for PRO DJ LINK Bridge. And there's plenty...
View ArticleSinevibes Whirl phaser now has tempo sync, bidirectional stereo width
Whirl, the delightful barber-pole phaser effect (and its seemingly endlessly swirling peaks) now has added two crucial features: syncable frequency, and bidirectional stereo width. That makes this...
View ArticleHey, what is MIDI Thru actually about, anyway?
MIDI starts with the obvious - in and out, easily understood. But then it throws us this curveball of a preposition - thru. Through? Let’s really talk about what it means, what a thru box or MIDI...
View ArticleHow to use the Pioneer DJ DJM-V10 to sync your DJ set with MIDI (finally)
It's taken until the Pioneer DJ DJM-V10 to get a DJ rig from the company with standard MIDI DIN onboard for sync, but it's finally here. Lauren Flax shows it off - and here's the trick to getting it...
View ArticleHow to avoid USB and rekordbox DJing failures: a complete guide
Every few months, some DJ horror story or failure takes over social media. Here's a complete guide, with official advice from Pioneer DJ and pro DJs, on how to prepare your media and files for digital...
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