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Get up close and personal with the DJM-2000 in this clip, as Pioneer’s David Eserin takes you through its unique features and functionality.

It incorporates all the best bits of the other DJM Mixers and EFX Effectors, including a whole section devoted to touch screen controls, and they have of course been improved and polished for this amazing product.

Check out the amazing connectivity, enhanced Color FX – now named INST FX because of their instant gratification, Side-Chain, Gate and frequency mix effects.

Click here for full information on the DJM-2000.

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Best in gear: Analog synths under $1500

Interesting article, but even after the Euro to USD conversion it’s hard to find stuff at the prices listed… And some key gear has been left out! ~ djElroy
Want to dip your toes into the world of analog, but don’t know quite where to start? RA’s Francis Preve makes things easy, detailing some of the best synths currently on the market.

Even after a decade of development, no soft synth to date has been a true replacement for real analog gear. Sure, some plug-ins have come close—notably FXpansion’s impressive DCAM suite of analog emulations—but the fact remains, if you want that sound you need the real thing.

Lately, there’s been a bit of a renaissance for analog hardware synths. A few years back, Dave Smith—the inventor of the Prophet 5 and, well, MIDI itself—unleashed a brand new Prophet for the 21st century, then followed it up with a slew of truly affordable successors. Tom Oberheim recently jumped into the fray with a flawless recreation of his legendary SEM unit. Modular behemoth, Doepfer, recently released a baby modular for entry-level users. Heck, even boutique developers like Bleep Labs have produced analog toys for less than 200 euro.

To help producers get a better idea of the current state of the industry, we’ve created a guide to some of the analog synths on the market today under 1000 euro. In our opinion, these are the best and the brightest at the moment. But if the trend keeps up, there will surely be more to come.

Read the full article @ Resident Advisor ~

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Interesting comparison for all you audio-gear geeks in the house… Thoughts?

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Click thru for a bunch more vids on the specific features…

Release Date is Early June 2010 – Price TBA (but you can bet it’s out of your prince range)

4 Channels
5.6″ Touchscreen
USB Audio Interface
USB
PRO DJ Link
6 Effects Available per Channel
*NOISE
*HPF
*LPF
*ZIP
*JET
*CRUSH
.004 Total Harmonic Distortion
MIDI CONTROLS
3 Band EQs with Full Kill

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Interesting article by Kyle Bylin (@kbylin) of Hypebot ~

The Fate of a Format: Will MusicDNA Catch On?

Twenty-seven and a half years ago, the manufacturing of the world’s first compact disc took place at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, Germany.  Upon its introduction, the CD was marketed to music fans with regards to its superior sound quality and scratch free durability.  But, as time when on, those claims were both highly debated among audiophiles, and, in the case of durability, or “Perfect Sound Forever” as they called it, even refuted completely.  When compared to the record in terms of the trade-off between fidelity and convenience that music fans made when choosing formats, it’s clear that the CD offered up far more convenience than records did at the time.  Their higher portability and capacity to allow effortless skipping between songs gave the CD a definite edge.

In contrast, the record tended to resonate more deeply with music fans for the reason that it offered a considerably higher degree of fidelity.  It has been passionately argued that the record contained more natural sounding music — where the warmness of the instruments and voices hadn’t been lost.  Nor had the much finer nuances — such as background noise, minor mistakes, or even the slightest cough — been removed, adding an essence of human touch and imperfection to the format.  There was this distinctive, yet intangible quality surrounding records — that seemed representative of the culmination of artistry and musicianship that bleed into their production.  Their artwork and liner notes garnered identity not only to the music, but to the music fans themselves who preeminently displayed their vast collections.

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Wow. Now this looks fun for all you digital DJs! I rocked a DN-X1500 for several years and haven’t had a problem with it and I don’t expect anything less from this one. The sound was louder, cleaner, and the EQing was a lot better. This tank looks like it will be just the thing for all you lappies out there ~ djElroy

DJtv take an exclusive look at the new Denon DN-X1600 mixer. Digital DJ’s will be interested in the midi features plus Traktor users will like the news that 1600 & 1700 models will be scratch pro certified very shortly. It’s also the first DJ mixer to support Roland’s v link protocol…

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RIP

The DJing community and the greater dance music scene mourns the loss of a clubbing staple today. No, Steve Aoki hasn’t hung up his record bag, but rather news has emerged that iconic turntable manufacturers Technics will be stopping production on their universally loved Technics 1200s and Technics 1210s.

In a statement re-posted on dance board Global Hardstyle, the company behind the production of the Technics turntables Panasonic announced that they would cease the manufacture of Tehcnics turntables in February next year, citing an increasing decline in sales as the motivation behind the line’s demise.

The Australian arm of Panasonic issued a similar statement today, expressing their disappointment that the brand’s 35 years-and-running legacy was to be put to bed.

“It is a sad day today but due to low sales globally in analogue turntables a decision to stop production has been made on Technics Turntables,” Panasonic spokesman Ian North explained. “For Australia this means we will receive our last shipment in March.”

With the disappearance of Technics decks now imminent it’s becoming increasingly clear that the digital juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing down. We’ve already heard from trance icon Tiesto how he’s abandoned the ‘outdated’ medium in favour and gone for the ease and accessibility of digital tune libraries. Indeed, the new (and might we just say super-sexy) CDJ-2000s from Pioneer look to be making things easier than ever before with USB stick functionality, employed just last weekend by another digital convert Sasha.

Whilst we’re sure the classic Technics turntables will live on in the hearts of many club-reverent folk out there – not to mention in more than a few purist clubs – it’s still a crushing blow to lose the decks, and if nobody minds, we’ll be bringing beer o’clock around early this Friday afternoon.

Thanks to my friends @inthemix.com.au ~

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DJtv checks out Denon’s new flagship mixer the X1700 and the main features. The 3.5 inch color screen, 2 effects channels and midi activation at the touch of a button offer up plenty of quality performance variations… More info @ denondj.com ~

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Now you can “make the wildest mix ever!”

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Amidio Inc has released Touch DJ – the first full-featured DJ MP3 application on the iPhone platform. Touch DJ offers realtime independent manipulation of 2 MP3 files, including scratching, looping, positioning, equalization, effects and and pitching. The unique futuristic user-friendly interface of Touch DJ and the highly advanced zero-latency sound engine bring fantastic results comparable to what can be done with professional hardware equipment.
Traditionally iPhone and iPod Touch have only one stereo audio output which broadens the possibility of using them as a DJ device. Touch DJ overcomes this limitation by offering innovative and unique way of deejaying which doesn’t require additional headphones for prelistening to the tracks. This technology is called “visual mixing” and it implies the graphic display of the track waveforms next to each other. The low-bass (kick) parts are detected and rendered in different color compared to the rest sonic frequencies, making beatmatching as easy as adjusting the tracks position and pitch so that the kick parts become visually matched.
As an alternative for the users who really need to prelisten to the tracks, Touch DJ also offers a second “Split” mode of mixing which requires the usage of a special l/r splitting adapter. Among extra features – LP filter FX for each track, vinyl Spin and Break effects, onboard sampler with 3 sample slots (accepts .WAV files) and the ability to record samples via the microphone. As a bonus, Touch DJ is shipped with 25 dance tracks provided by DanceMusicHub.com.
Touch DJ is available at the AppStore worldwide for $19,99.

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