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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.
KRK G4 Speaker Range - Its Rokit Science!
KRK have been a hallmark in Studio Monitors for 30 years and the G4 monitor range take in all of this experience to bring you a great sounding, det...
Best Budget Studio Headphones - Top 5!
For producers just starting to put together a home studio set up, the biggest road block is often cost. Lets not pretend its cheap to buy productio...
The Novation Peak - The Perfect Combination of Analogue and Digital
The Novation Peak is the perfect example of how to use digital technology to advance analogue sound. The Peak is an 8 voice hybrid polysynth. Can a...
Maschine MK3 - The Portable Performance and Production Powerhouse
Native Instruments have built up a reputation for creating really fun, intuitive, creative tools for music production. The Maschine MK3 utilises ev...
Pioneer Toraiz AS-1 Synthesizer- A Hidden Gem
When you think of Synthesizers, Pioneer isn't a brand that generally comes to mind. With so many people assuming Pioneer only deal in DJ gear,...
Pioneer DJ TORAIZ SP-16: Pro Sampling Made Simple!
The Pioneer DJ TORAIZ SP-16 creates a world of opportunities for music producers and performers. The company has joined forces with Dave Smith to p...
Music Production - Stand Alone VS DAW
Music production is very subjective. What might sound good to one person may not sound great to another. However despite this, there always seems t...
Akai - The MPD226 - A History in Beat Making!
When you think about Hip Hop music and sampling one of the first brands that comes to mind is Akai. The company has been synonymous with the drum m...
Mastering vocals - The Signal Chain
Many producers just starting off assume they need to add lots of processing to their audio signal to get a CD quality recording when mastering voca...
MASCHINE JAM - The Ultimate Workflow Instrument
The Pinnacle of Modern Digital Instruments
MASCHINE JAM is a digital instrument innovation – take ideas from conception to reality in intuitive, s...
Analogue Month - October
Analogue Month - October, we are focusing on all things that are analogue, mainly those beauties below £500. Analogue has never been away, so i gue...
DJ Tech Direct Production Month
DJ Tech Direct production month, simply is 30 days that we set aside to focus on everything to do with making music and producing those tracks that...