Teenage Engineering has announced a new version of their much-loved OP-1 synth. The new unit joins the recently launched mini mixer, the TX-6, as the...
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Live gets a major and long-awaited update...
Ableton have announced version 10 of their popular music-making software Live. Having only announced Live 9.7.5 last week, the update brings with it a...
MPC style controller keyboard from Akai hits the stores
The MPK49 from Akai is one serious controller keyboard by anyone's standards. With 49 keys, 12 MPC drum pads, plenty of knobs and faders to...
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The 10th anniversary version of the pocket calculator-inspired unit is "louder, thinner and 100 times better"
Can Pioneer’s DJM-2000 stake its claim to the throne as the ultimate DJ club mixer? DJmag puts it to the test...
Pioneer’s newest bad boy has definitely been causing a stir since it first came to light. The DJM-2000 is their all-singing, all-dancing stab at the...
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Three Tunes: 'Ascend, 'Wrong One Feat. Prynce Mini', 'Harca'
‘Icy cold’, ‘glacial’, ‘crystalline’; these are the sorts of descriptors used for Last Japan’s sound, which takes its cues from the grit of grime, jungle...
This. Is. Big.
Akai Pro has announced the release of the MPC Live, MPC X Music Production Centre and MPC 2.0 Music Production Software.
The two new standalone...
The EVO 5 is one the most powerful DJ mixers available. But is it more of an undercover studio mixer than a hands-on DJ mixer?
Ecler's EVO 5 crosses the line between DJ and studio mixer and its awesome features make it more than a match for its nearest rivals...
The DJmag diary
It's been a good few years since I've made excuses for handing in homework late, but having been working in Ibiza (which, strangely, doesn't get...
New portable controller from Akai
Akai’s new MPX8 is a portable sample pad controller, perfect for adding a little spice to your DJ or live sets.
An upgrade to the classic, Duet2
Apogee makes the fantastic Duet2 soundcard, which DJs and producers have cited as one of their favourite bits of kit ever, but now they have released the Quartet — a four-input, eight-output MIDI interface. This beautifully designed soundcard has a host of high-end features and the usual Apogee professional sound quality, and can be combined with some of the other Apogee soundcards to give extra inputs and outputs if so desired.
Denon go digital with the launch of their new CD style dual deck controller, out this month.
The DN-HC4500 (£399.99 from denon.dj) is a Midi controller and 24-bit USB soundcard in a handy rack mount case for mobile DJs and club...
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The new instrument lets you control samples and loops from your MIDI keyboard
Music services website LANDR has launched a new plugin called Chromatic. The new instrument is what they are calling “artist-generated”, and was created in collaboration...
Bristol duo join the renowned mix series...
Khan & Neek are set to join the long list of esteemed producers who've delivered a mix for the long-running FABRICLIVE compilation series.
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Sick basslines aplenty
Breakbeat and bass music badman ILS is a master of baleful bassline building. Here he hips us on how he transformed Prof Green's 'Remedy' into a low-end beast...
Is Nu Desine’s Alphasphere, a new take on the humble DJ/performance controller
When Robert Clivilles and the late David Cole released their seminal hit ‘Things That Make You Go Hmmm’, they could never know that the title...