Allen & Heath recently caught up with John Digweed on another stop of his global tour schedule at Shindig W34 Newcastle (UK). In this interview and exclusive performance footage, John provides an insight into his recent travels, events – and includes his thoughts on the Allen & Heath Xone:DB4 mixer.
Rane and Serato are pleased to announce that the new series of Rane mixers; the Rane Sixty-One, Sixty-Two and Z-Trip Limited Edition Sixty-Two Z are shipping now. The new mixers took center stage at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim last month with some of the world’s best turntablist DJs performing and showcasing the features of these powerful new tools.
DJing has progressed to a new era with the evolution of digital media. In a world that was once first dominated by vinyl, then CDs, and now the emerging USB and streaming devices, it’s time to revolutionize the DJ booth, because right now as a DJ you make a choice between DJing with a turntable, a turntable and software, or a CDJ/Controller. No one device has ever managed to give you the flexibility to choose depending on your performance, style or your audience.
With the Terminal Mix 2 Reloop complements its Serato controller series by a dedicated 2-deck variant. Terminal Mix 2 disposes of an integrated 2 channel mixer that besides 3-fold EQ with intelligent kill technique* also offers gain and filter modulation per channel. The crossfader curve can be adjusted comfortably on the device’s front side.
Acoustic singer/songwriter Cyra Morgan is about as new as a debut artist can be. How new? She’s using the same pick she started learning guitar with on day one. She hasn’t changed her strings yet because she doesn’t know how.
SmithsonMartin Inc., the company that brought musicians and producers Emulator and which released the Kontrol Surface 1974 last December, announce its new Emulator Modular 1.0 software. The new software, which is available now at several online retail stores and directly through SmithsonMartin’s website, extends the proven functionality and flexibility of the Emulator control platform to a much broader range of music professionals beyond the DJ universe.
The Denon DJ DN-MC6000 is the perfect tool for any Mobile or Club DJ as an integrated, full blown mixer, and ‘dual deck’ MIDI Controller. This flagship Mixer / MIDI Controller combines a 4-channel / 8-source standalone digital mixer – featuring real time channel matrix operation – USB MIDI control and 2 x stereo in / 2 x stereo out USB audio interface. A slim tabletop design with solid steel chassis, paired with the DJ software of choice, the DN-MC6000 is a complete turnkey control solution.
Gemini is pleased to announce they have recently started shipping the CDJ-700, a groundbreaking professional DJ media player that incorporates the industry’s first full-color touchscreen display. The unit also features MIDI capabilities and supports playback from CDs, SD cards and USB memory devices, making this one of the most versatile DJ solutions available.
Today is the day, Dancefair is opening its doors for everybody who wants to learn, see, share and meet people who are involved in dance music in any way. And we have landed on our booth with some ultra cool gear to make sure that Dancefair gets its shot of Gearjunkiness!
Allen & Heath has released new firmware V1.12 for the Xone:DB4 digital DJ FX mixer, with many enhancements and new features, including a rotary mixer mode, revised gain structure, new effects architecture, new FX types, and the addition of X:Link functionality to connect other compatible Xone products.
unItOne was designed with Ableton Live in mind but the format is sufficiently generic to be successful with any DAW. The layout was conceived as 8 channel strips (the 32 blue encoders and the buttons below them), 3 return tracks (the 12 yellow encoders), a master section (the 4 red encoders) and also a transport section on the right hand side. The return tracks double-up as a DJ mixer when used with the crossfader, for example as a 3 channel EQ with gains.
Upcoming 11 and 12th of february will open the first edition of Dancefair, the educational event for everybody involved in dance music, and Gearjunkies will be there at booth #41! Dancefair is held at Jaarbeurs, Utrecht. Many many producers, DJ’s, record labels, manufacturers and schools will be there to show you their ins and outs when it comes to dance music. On both days, there are plenty of workshops and instructions for visitors to learn from the pro’s and get involved.
Emulator Modular 1.0 is available now! – Emulator Modular is the most flexible multi-touch software available to lighting designers, music producers, DJ’s, and VJ’s.
Propellerhead has released ReCycle version 2.2 for sale—an update to the industry standard tool that creates REX files. Sporting a completely overhauled graphical user interface, ReCycle 2.2 adds new key commands, workflow enhancements and a new Online Help system—making Recycle even faster and easier to use. Version 2.2 is a 64-bit compatible application with full support for Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion operating systems.