Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
A Speaker by Acoustic Arts could replace your in-ear headphones A Speaker is a directional speaker designed by Acoustic Arts. They claim it to be “the world’s most advanced directional speaker” and investors have certainly bought into this with their IndieGoGo campaign achieving over 600% of their funding target. So, what is a directional speaker? […]
Introducing Hybrid Analogue Processors Viva Afrika have added a range of analogue processors to their proprietary brand range, Hybrid. In total there are 5 new analogue processors and as fans of the Hybrid brand have come to expect, the prices on these are bordering on the ridiculous, they are so competitive. These new analogue processors […]
The flexible WhammyPhone and its music control The WhammyPhone is a flexible device that has a bend sensor. The bend sensor registers display bends, twists and squeezes and converts them. The WhammyPhone is based on a prototype that was originally conceptualised by a team from the Canadian Queen’s University. The original prototype was known as […]
3D animation shows how a turntable works This interactive 3D animation series shows you how a turntable works from the inside. While it’s not all too complicated, it is beneficial to understand how a turntable works if you make regular use of one. Animagraffs have developed these interactive 3D animations which gives you the chance […]
Get Played Get Paid Richie Hawtin & Pioneer DJ campaign Get Played Get Paid is the slogan for a new campaign collaboration by Richie Hawtin and Pioneer DJ. As far back as 2014 we reported on Pioneer DJ launching the KUVO network they had launched. KUVO serves two purposes. It’s a sort of social network […]
Levitating turntables could soon be yours A company on Kickstarter is looking for backers for their levitating turntables. The gravity defying turntables have an enviably slick appearance. The accompanying commercial reinforces the aspirational image behind the creation of their product. Upon first impression, the dramatic and highly emotive melodies in their classic high brow TV […]
Ditto DJ Plus will get your music onto Beatport Ditto DJ Plus is a music distribution service and its biggest sales point for now is the fact that it has a prominent ‘Approved by Beatport’ logo on the front page of the website. Previously one would either need to be signed to a record label […]
TRAKTOR PRO 2.11 update delivers Ableton Link and Step Sequencer Native Instruments have just released TRAKTOR PRO 2.11 and it is a FREE update to existing Traktor owners. It’s a pretty significant update too with no less than three massive enhancements announced. The first of these is Ableton LINK integration and this is HUGE for […]
What’s new in Ableton LIVE 9.7 Ableton LIVE 9.7 was launched a couple of days ago and as usual they’ve come up trumps with a host of awesome new features. Notably the new features also translate to many new improvements for the PUSH hardware too. Ableton LIVE 9.7 have focused once again on improved workflows […]
Soundtrap is a cloud based music making platform Soundtrap is a cloud based music making platform and this Swedish based company has managed to raise $6 million in funding for the project. This fully featured DAW has both its own set of software instruments and you can plug your own instruments in. Or you can […]
