Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Reloop Touch Virtual DJ 8 controller with touchscreen Reloop Touch is a brand new 4-channel DJ controller announced by the German DJ tech company and it is designed to work seamlessly with Virtual DJ 8. The notable feature on the Reloop Touch is the sizeable 7-inch onboard touchscreen and the layout, whilst obviously fairly […]
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 […]
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 […]
#PLAYSTEMS DJ Mix comp – first prize worth R 36K #PLAYSTEMS is a DJ mix competition hosted by Native Instruments and Mixcloud and forms part of their 1 year anniversary celebration of the launch of their STEMS file format and the NI STEMS DJ controllers. READ: What is STEMS? Other special activations to mark the […]
NI STEMS Format now available for all Traktor Pro users The NI STEMS file format can now be used by anybody who owns Traktor Pro 2 software. Read here: What is NI STEMS? This opens up digital djing to a whole new realm of possibilities for so many existing owners of Traktor controllers from the […]
Traktor Kontrol S5 Review – All the STEMS action, but more compact This Traktor Kontrol S5 review was done at Red Revenge on Durban Road, Bellville in Cape Town. It was at their grand opening a few weeks back and I convinced them to let me demonstrate the new Native Instruments STEMS Controllers to visitors […]
Traktor Kontrol S5 Announced by Native Instruments The Traktor Kontrol S5 has been announced by leading DJ tech company, Native Instruments, and will be available for shipping from 1 October. I suspect it’ll be in South Africa quite quickly after that since the Kontrol D2 and the Kontrol S8 were readily available within a week […]
STEM Creator Tool is out. Producers create your own file! Check these special offers on STEMS DJ Controllers The much vaunted STEM Creator Tool has been released in BETA mode and can be downloaded for free. The STEM Creator Tool is available both for OSX and Windows. What is the STEM Creator Tool? If you’re […]
Native Instruments Spring Specials There are some awesome Native Instruments Spring Specials on offer at the moment. This is an excellent time to take advantage before summer kicks in, whether you’re a DJ, Producer or both, the Native Instruments Spring Specials covers what looks like their entire range of products. Native Instruments Spring Specials for […]
Stems For DJs – Live on Beatport. Watch this video. Stems For DJs is available on Beatport and it’s no surprise that the online store has become the first third-party company to adopt the new four-part file format. In our previous report on Stems for DJs we explained the concept of what Native Instruments’ Stems […]
