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Back at the end of 2022, Pioneer DJ had welcomed the newest controller creation in its family of products that are aimed towards helping any aspiring DJ find a starting point to an eventual career. And ahead of this holiday season, anyone that’s starting out in their DJ journey while hoping to not break the […]
AlphaTheta announced the latest addition to their family of gear today: the DDJ-GRV6. The 4-channel DJ controller is compatible with both rekordbox and Serato DJ Pro – and introduces the ability to remix and manipulate drum loops in real time via the Groove Circuit features. Key Features Take a look at the major features worth noting on […]
Kayper—real name Kaajal Bakrania—was born in Croydon, South London and raised in a family of DJ-producers. During the early 2000s, while still at university studying Music Technology, she drew inspiration from Nookie, her cousin and a pioneer in the UK’s jungle and drum & bass community, and she quickly gained recognition for her exceptional skills […]
He’s a lover man who’s not shy about sharing his bedroom tips (“Phreaky MF”); he’s a guy who gives props to a higher power for his innate groove skills (“God Made Me Phunky”). But most of all, Mike Dunn is an artist who lives and breathes acid house. The Chicago vegan knows there’s something about […]
Those madlads at Pioneer DJ (aka AlphaTheta) did it! After years of speculation, fan-made concept art, and wishful thinking, the company dropped the PLX-CRSS12 on the unsuspecting DJ community – and turntablists and hip-hop DJs collectively started salivating. Finally, there’s a turntable capable of playing vinyl with built-in DVS control without the need for needles, […]
Pioneer DJ, under AlphaTheta Corporation since 2020, plans to launch new products branded as AlphaTheta this week. What could explain it? It alludes to a possible contractual end to using the Pioneer name or the desire for a fresh identity unassociated with Pioneer’s financial struggles. The post Pioneer DJ to AlphaTheta: 8 theories behind this […]
The intention of DJ Tara, a resident of New York, is too “amplify artists and uplift the crowds,” she says—through a collage of soulful sounds. She came into music through her childhood, learning from her father, and in particular she fell in love with hip-hop. But through party promoting she decided she wanted to try […]
The DDJ-REV5 is a revolutionary scratch controller by Pioneer DJ, designed to usher in the next generation of DJ performance. This two-channel unit is tailor-made for open-format DJ performances, offering a range of enhancements that cater to the needs of turntablists and open-format DJs. The controller boasts enlarged platters complete with a vinyl-like texture, providing […]
Pioneer DJ has finally made a hybrid DVS controller and vinyl deck The post PLX-CRSS12: Pioneer DJ finally made a hybrid turntable + motorized DVS controller appeared first on DJ TechTools.
A fresh firmware update – version 3.0 – arrives for Pioneer DJ’s CDJ-3000s today, and with it comes the ability to stream tracks right from your Beatport library. A new StreamingDirectPlay feature has been added, which allows users that pay for a Professional or Advanced subscription plan to play tracks from their Beatport library on the gear. […]
Growing up, Kareem Ali—a native of New York who now lives in Tucson, Arizona—wanted to be a rocket scientist and his first musical love was jazz. He found an early hero in Miles Davis, whose seminal Kind of Blue LP prompted Ali to pick up the trumpet back in middle school. More than a decade […]
AlphaTheta Care – it’s a mouthful of a name, and it sounds familiar on first glance (hello, Apple Care?). It’s the new gear protection program for Pioneer DJ products that its parent company announced yesterday – an additional layer of security available on top of the brand’s standard one-year warranty offering. Choose your plan: Pro and Pro+ […]
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