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Welcome to our blog on DJ gear, digital tech and music production equipment. Written by DJs, for DJs, we'll be updating this blog as often as we can on everything that's excellent, new and worth checking out. In addition to "how to" articles and brand features, we'll be publishing product based blogs on controllers, mixers, lighting, PA speakers, DJ headphones, CDJs, turntables and related kit. If you have any other questions about anything on this blog, drop us an email or give us a call and we'll be happy to help.
Ortofon Concorde MK2 Range - A Guide to the Go-To DJ Cartridges!
Introduced in 1984, the Ortofon Concorde was brought in to appeal to a new way of playing records that demands a more rugged cartridge. DJ cartridg...
Pioneer XDJ-700 : Pro-level Features for Less!
The Pioneer XDJ-700 is the most accessible 'professional level' DJ media player on the market. With a wide touch screen, classic CDJ design and hig...
RANE SL4 - Industry Standard DVS
The RANE SL4 really is a box of tricks. It is designed to take an analogue signal and digitally process it so that you can control the music in rea...
Pioneer XDJ-1000MK2 - For The Digital Age
In a world where CD's are used less and less, DJ's are relying on playlists exported to USB sticks and software interfaces. Pioneer acknowledged th...
Pioneer XDJ-RR: Pro Level Features, Affordable Price Tag!
Pioneer XDJ-RR: Pro Level Features, Affordable Price Tag!
Every DJ has their preferences; Vinyl, Rekordbox, Serato, USB, CD, Traktor, DVS, the list...
RANE TWELVE: Changing the Game
RANE TWELVE: Changing the Game
In a world where DVS vinyl allows DJ's to utlise their turntables to control their digital music collection, RANE ha...
Get to Know: Pioneer's Rekordbox Pt. 2
Get to Know Rekordbox Pt. 2
With recent developments in digital tech and software, never before has there been so much choice in the industry.
Som...
Novation Peak: Hybrid Synthesiser Goodness
"Analogue Where it Matters – Digital Where it Counts"
Novation Peak is an eight-voice polyphonic synthesiser: unmistakably analogue sounds with the...
The X1800 Mixer - Denon's New Flagship
X1800 - Familiar Yet Innovative
The X1800 is the centrepiece of Denon's ‘Prime Series’; a 4-Channel performance mixer that's familiar yet complet...
Analogue Vs. Digital: Battle of the Mixers
Analogue & Digital in a Nutshell
Mixers, before we get stuck in let's lay things down in layman terms:
Analogue mixers are all electrical. As ...
Format Fate: Streaming Into The Future
'Next Generation' Streaming
Beatport has acquired the assets of streaming site Pulselocker, which folded in 2017, with dreams to create a ‘next ge...
Pioneer's All New DDJ-400
The All New DDJ-400
The DDJ-400, complete with Rekordbox DJ, is Pioneer's latest addition to the controller family; supported by years of innovati...