Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Pioneer DJS-1000 is a stand-alone DJ sampler Check out this newly announced Pioneer DJS-1000 stand-alone DJ sampler! It looks like a CDJ deck, but it’s not, it’s an actual sampler deck! The Pioneer DJS-1000 looks like a mixture between what Native Instruments are doing with their Kontrol S5/S8 controllers – the sampler/stems section and […]
Underground club, Liquid Sky Berlin bans CDJs & turntables A German underground nightclub called Liquid Sky Berlin has taken a rather novel approach to DJing – one that is both applaudable and bemusing all at the same time. You see, Liquid Sky Berlin has banned the use of CDJs and turntables at their club […]
Elektron Analog Four MKII Synthesizer Elektron have announced their new Analog Four MKII, a four voice analog tabletop synthesizer. The MKII sports thoroughly re-worked analog circuitry to provide deep, defined bass and they say more prominenent analog overdrive and distortion. The Analog Four MKII has a built in sequencer and can integrate with all external […]
American Audio STK-106W is great for Mobile DJs The American Audio STK-106W is a brand new portable array system with a 10-inch Woofer & 6 x 2-inch Driver Array on a mounted, adjustable pole. Built-in amplification serves up a meaty 750 watts, 500w for the woofer and 250w for the array. Features include and onboard […]
Sample Magic Klip, a new sequencer instrument Klip by Sample Magic is a new software instrument with 4,000 included sounds at your disposal to slice, dice and makes things nice 🙂 This new sequencer instrument offers a 32-step sequencer and 16 parameter lanes which can be used to trigger effect, transpose, mix and slice the […]
Reason Rack Extension Subscription gives access to all devices The Reason Rack Extension Subscription is a novel new way to get access to Propellerhead’s vast array of instruments and effects for a nominal monthly fee. It’s also a clever way to get Reason users opting for Rack extension devices rather than the newly added VST […]
Pioneer Pro Audio XPRS for mobile DJs The new Pioneer Pro Audio XPRS series is designed with the mobile DJ in mind and they’ve just added two more speakers to the range. The two new models are the XPRS10; a powered 10” loudspeaker and the XPRS115S; a powered 15” subwoofer. The XPRS10 features two […]
Mackie Onyx is an affordable new USB audio interface The Mackie Onyx is an affordable new USB audio interface which is available in two packages, namely; the Onyx Artist 1.2 and Producer 2.2 respectively. Mackie says these new interfaces “really rise above the rest”. Their previous Onyx Blackjack were pretty decent and we know it’s […]
iZotope Ozone 8 and Neutron2 released, here’s what’s new Just days after teasing with their O8N2 video, the new Izotope Ozone 8 and Neutron 2 has arrived. Ozone is an all-in-one mixing and mastering plugin favoured by many home studio users working ‘in the box.’ You can achieve highly professional mixdowns if you know what […]
Akai MPC X and MPC Live updated with new features The Akai MPC range has received a major firmware update rendering the MPC X and MPC Live even more powerful than ever. The 2.05 update focuses on new production and performance features plus there is now Ableton Link support. This is the first time these […]
