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RANE announces new controller with motorised vinyl platters

RANE announces new controller with motorised vinyl platters The new ONE controller is designed to work with Serato DJ By: Mick Wilson RANE is back with a new bit of kit – the ONE controller. The new controller is for use with Serato DJ Pro and has a few tricks up its sleeve. It's unique in that it comes with seven-inch motorised platters, giving DJs authentic vinyl-style performance and feel. It also comes with slipmats and seven-inch vinyl to complete the […]

January 16, 2021 199

Technology

The world’s first AI DJs playing AI music are here

The world’s first AI DJs playing AI music are here It was only a matter of time but the pandemic has hit-fast forward on the virtual club concept Sensorium – the social VR music platform whose list of collaborators include Carl Cox, David Guetta and Armin van Buuren – has announced that it’s teamed up with AI-music generating platform Mubert to create the world’s first virtual avatar DJs playing only AI-generated music. Sensorium claim they’re “the world's first AI-driven DJs that will […]

January 16, 2021 190

Technology

Download IK Multimedia’s Syntronik Memory-V sampler synth for free

Download IK Multimedia’s Syntronik Memory-V sampler synth for free Simply sign up to the IK newsletter to download the sampler instrument You can get IK Multimedia’s Memorymoog sample instrument Memory-V by signing up for their newsletter. The plugin usually costs £49.99 and is based on the classic Moog synth with 18 oscillators and features over 5GB of samples with 146 presets and over 6,000 samples. The Memorymoog was used by Jean-Michel Jarre, 808 State, The Orb, Jan Hammer, INXS and […]

January 16, 2021 162

Technology

Beatport acquire sample company Loopmasters

Beatport acquire sample company Loopmasters The merger includes Loopmasters’ other brands Loopcloud and Plugin Boutique Beatport has acquired sample company Loopmasters, including their umbrella brands Loopcloud and Plugin Boutique. Beatport has been in the producer samples game since Beatport Sounds launched in 2010 but this move sees Loopmasters’ library folded into the digital DJ store. CEO of Beatport Robb McDaniels said: “The entire Loopmasters team are world-class people who have built amazing products for the producer community that simply belong […]

January 16, 2021 88

Technology

Apple launches AirPods Max over-ear headphones

Apple launches AirPods Max over-ear headphones The new model in the AirPod range is Apple’s first over-ear cans Apple has launched a new pair of headphones called AirPod Max. They’re their first over-ear headphones from Apple, and feature "incredible high-fidelity audio, Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, and spatial audio". The headphones drivers designed by Apple and are 40mm, with memory foam pads and they're are powered by the Apple’s H1 chip. Apple claims they’ll last 20 hours with talk, […]

January 16, 2021 110

Technology

Top Dj Gear Of 2020

DJ GearEditorials and Opinions Gear Roundup: Our Top Picks of 2020 By Rachel Black There’s no doubt that 2020 was been one hell of a year. With a pandemic completely shutting down nightlife and wrecking the music industry as we know it, 2020 took quite an unexpected turn that left many DJs, producers, and music lovers scratching their heads a bit. But not all was lost this year –– a massive amount of new music gear, both hardware and software, was […]

January 16, 2021 424

Technology

Legowelt is giving away a new free sample pack

Legowelt is giving away a new free sample pack Legowelt is giving away another free sample pack, this time called Legowelt Drum Wizardry Sample Pack. It’s a collection of 325+ drum sounds from equipment like Amiga 1200, EMU EMAX II, Soundblaster, AKAI S900, S612, Prophet2000 and more. Legowelt says “No worn-out clean soggy overused boring clinical TR techno whatever drum machine samples but all new fresh unique processed layered synthesized FX’d drum sounds with extra crispy lo-fi crunch and punch!” […]

January 16, 2021 78

Community

The BPM Festival in Costa Rica is postponed to 2022

Finally, the BPM Festival will not be held in 2021. It was supposed to be celebrated in Tamarindo from March 3rd to March 7th but unfortunately, due to the current epidemiological situation, it is postponed to January 12th-18th 2022. Now for those who had bought the tickets already the promoter gives a couple of options, either they can keep it for 2022 or they just request a refund. Unfortunately, another festival is canceled due to the covid 19 pandemic.

January 16, 2021 165

Community

100 OF THE WORLD’S BEST CLUBS by DJ MAG

100 OF THE WORLD’S BEST CLUBS 100 Of The World’s Best Clubs is a new book, from the makers of leading electronic magazine DJ Mag, that celebrates the amazing venues that define the global electronic music scene. Limited to 1,000 copies, the 184-page hardback book ships boxed as the ultimate raver’s coffee table accessory. It is available now priced at £50 from djmagshop.com From its nascent underground beginnings, clubbing and DJ culture has grown into a worldwide and multifaceted scene, and this […]

January 15, 2021 111

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