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Ralph Lawson's Xone:3D video demo continues with a look at how to utilise the mixer for loops in Ableton Live.

VIDEO: Part Two

Ralph agreed to let DJmag.com film him using the Xone:3D, and to share some tips and tricks with you lot.

NOTE: You...

DJmag.com caught up with Fabric's main sound technician Sanjeev Bhardwaj to discuss how the award-winning club is using Allen & Heath's Xone:3D.

Sanjeev Bhardwaj is Fabric's main sound technician and he kindly hosted our Allen & Heath Xone:3D testing session with Ralph Lawson in Room One of...

In part one of DJmag.com's exclusive video, Ralph Lawson shares his Xone:3D tips and tricks with us!

DJ Tools have come a long way in the past five years with software leading the way.

Unfortunately, it's taken a lot longer for DJ...

MYNC Project recently demonstrated the immense power of Pioneer's digital DJ gear, when they used the top spec equipment for a BBC Radio 1 Essential...

Pioneer's new digital DJing equipment is already being rinsed out by leading jocks such as MYNC Project, who recently used the new Pioneer MIDI mixer...

The world's first CDRW turntable has just arrived at DJmag HQ - we're so excited, we had to tell you lot!

An exciting bit of kit has just arrived at DJmag HQ – the Vestax CDR-07 is the world's first CD turntable capable of recording CDs...

VJ Anyone has organised a series of audiovisual club nights, so that AV enthusiasts and VJs can meet up, discuss knobs and visuals, and make...

The audio visual and VJ scene may still be a small industry, but it is already developing in a mature and focused manner.

VJ Anyone...

Top mixer manufacturer Allen & Heath has signed a sponsorship agreement with 10 of Australia's biggest DJs, including Nik Fish and Kid Kenobi.

Ten of Australia's leading DJs have signed a sponsorship deal with DJ equipment manufacturer Allen & Heath, to persuade you lot to go buy the...

Dance music producers pay attention: Windows XP is now available for Mac users, which should see the end of your software compatability problems.

This week Apple launched an application that may make software compatibility problems for their Mac producers a thing of the past.

Boot Camp is software...

Scratch supremo Jazzy Jay will be in the UK this week, demonstrating his immense scratching skills on digital interface Serato Scratch.

The legendary scratch-master Jazzy Jay is in the UK demonstrating Rane's new scratch mixer.

The hybrid TT57 SL scratch mixer incorporates Rane's Serato Scratch Live...

Every DJ at some point, will have to play to an empty room. Here's DJmag.com tips on how to survive those quiet nights.

1. Practise

Use the fact that no one has showed up as a chance to practice your technical skills.

No two DJ booths are the...

Producing music on computers ain't easy, so lucky for us Native Instruments have created a video tutorial about their software sampler Kontakt 2. Watch a...


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Kontakt 2 Tutorial: Sampler & Synth Filters (please wait, buffering...)

VJ duo Brainwash are this month's pick for VJ stardom, and they've created an exclusive VJ mix for DJmag. Watch it here!


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Brainwash VJ mix Watch Brainwash's exclusive DJmag VJ mix!

Miami-based VJ duo...

The copyright authorities are meeting soon to discuss the digital DJ license. DJmag.com has been asked to help compile opinions from the DJ community about...

Next week, the UK's copyright authorities MCPS and PRS will be meeting to discuss their controversial proposed digital DJ license.

DJmag.com has been asked to...

DJ kit manufacturer Pioneer has created a useful online tutorial for their EFX-1000 sound effects gadget. Check it out here.

If you're thinking of investing in Pioneer's top-of-the-range effects unit EFX-1000, but not sure if it's worth the money, then check out the cool video...

Confused about the new Digital DJ license? Then download this handy PDF booklet that explains all the legal issues about playing MP3s in public.

Last year the MCPS launched their controversial new digital DJ license that legally entitled DJs to play MP3s in public.


It is the...

Digital DJs don't have much choice when it comes to MIDI-enabled mixers. That is until Pioneer announced its next generation of digital DJ mixers.

Top equipment manufacturer Pioneer has unveiled its hot new DJ mixers for 2006.

The DJM-400 and the DJM-800 both make use of Pioneer's significant digital...

Following the special souvenir Danny Rampling issue of DJmag, guest editor Danny inteviews Layo & Bushwacka!. Extra questions not in the magazine.

Well, he's hung up his headphones now, but house music legend Danny Rampling certainly bowed out of DJing in style.

A string of epic farewell

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Luke Dzierzek uses Ableton Live to produce all his tracks. Here he guides DJmag.com through how to make a tune from start to finish using...

Luke Dzierzek is part of a new wave of young and talented producers, who are utilizing the latest technology and software to produce killer dancefloor...

Techno pioneer Richie Hawtin has revealed he's seeking touch-screen technology to control software program Ableton Live for DJing purposes.

Self-confessed tech head Richie Hawtin has made known that he's currently looking into touch-screen interface technology so that he can control software program Ableton Live...

Could a panel of industry professionals tell the difference between the different compressed audio formats of mp3, AAC, WMA, and Vorbis? DJmag put five experts...

The Judges

All our judges have extensive experience working with digital music and compressed audio and they're all foolishly confident that they'll be able to...