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These are the hubs of desire that make your studio experience a total dream.

 

M Audio Code Keyboards

£182
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Inexpensive, master control keyboard with plenty of pads, knobs and sliders to control all your studio software.
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The bits of kit that make your studio experience a total dream.

Behringer X-Touch


£520
Hype
Fully automated, fully-customisable hands on DAW and hardware controller at a price all producers will be happy with.
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It’s all about the technology with these tasty studio essentials. Which one will come up trumps?

Pioneer TORAIZ SP-16


£1279
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The Dave Smith filter makes the sound real. Also there is no other sampler that puts together TR-style sequencing, pads...

We expect the DJmag offices will be innundated with more and more controllers this year, but the M-Audio offering looks set to leave a lasting...




M-Audio Xponent integrated Midi controller and USB sound card.


Words: David Eserin


2007 is going to be the year of the PC...

Sounds like we have a fight on our hands, these boxes of joy deliver that all-important crucial sound.

 

Novation Audiohub 2x4

£149
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A top quality audio interface perfect for DJs and musicians complete with a three port USB hub.
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Korg unleash the KAOSS DJ controller beast on an unsuspecting public...

Korg is a name best known for producing some of the best synthesisers that have ever been made. Almost every producer who grew up in...

Great sound is essential in this day and age. Which box of delights will take centre stage?

M-Audio M-Track 2X2M


£99
Hype
A feature-filled, well-built portable desktop interface that is easy on the wallet.
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None, its under £100.
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A good...

New flagship studio controller from NI

Native Instruments have announced an all new flagship controller and totally revamped software to their Maschine familly range of controllers. Maschine STUDIO is the new flagship groove production studio powered by Maschine 2.0 the next generation of Maschine software.

MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...

“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” 
Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.

All new updated version of its MC6000 flagship controller

More of an update rather than a new product Denon have unleashed the MC6000MK2 onto the digital DJing community.

Get into the mix with Reloop’s new Beatmix 4 controller...

When a group of DJs get together the discussion will inevitably revolve around music and the latest equipment on offer, with each DJ singing the...

AKAI's latest hardware releases are going to delight Serato DJ fans...

 It is no secret that the makers of the two leading DJing platforms, namely Serato and Native Instruments, are in fierce competition with each...

The gatekeeping around DJ tech has to end...

Picture the scene: You’re wrapping up an incredible set, outstretched arms are begging for sweaty high-fives from the packed dancefloor; your plus-one's grinning wildly, eyes...

Eats Everything

He might be able to knock out badass tunes, but Bristol boy Eats Everything is, in his heart, a DJ first and foremost (or husband if his new wife is reading!). What’s more, the man born Daniel Pearce has been doing it for exactly 20 years now, having gotten his first decks for Christmas back in 1992.

Charging through big rooms

This year the British Breakthrough DJ award has gone to a producer. Actually, that might have been how we saw Funkagenda a few years ago...