Gaming vs. DJing

Numark introduced their new controller the Orbit at NAMM 2013 and I have to say that I'm not sure what to think. I like the idea of a DJ not being locked behind the decks and be able to run around and pump up the crowd, but not looking like you're playing a Playstation game. Somehow I probably would try this if the latency is low. Got to love wireless gadgets.
Would you use it?





The Press

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Cruice control for Traktor

Some times it's OK to let the computer do the work.
I use this function when the club opens and there isn't that much guests/customers around.
The tutorial from DJ TechTools is a pretty nice run-through on how to use this feature to the fullest.
Read on!

Read more at DJTT

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Traktor 2.6 is released

The Native Instruments Traktor Pro 2.6 is now available!!

To update: Go to the Service Center on your computer or go to www.native-instruments.com/updates to get your software download.

Lately Traktor has been releasing new features along with new gear. Traktor 2.4 was released along with Kontrol S4, Traktor 2.5 was released along with Kontrol F1 and Traktor 2.6 is released along with Kontrol

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Sound Quality For Digital DJs: Tony Andrews Interviewed

You simply must see this video and read the article.
This is sooo important. Getting the sound to sound right.



The thing I was most surprised about was that CDs are 5 times better then the best quality MP3s!
I hear the CD DJs going: "Aaaah... So that's why you shouldn't use computers!". But most of the CD DJs I know normaly burn their CDs them selves from purchased MP3s, so there is not much

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Exclusive Walkthrough of the Traktor Z2 by Ean Golden

As I posted  last month, the Native Instruments Z2 is beeing released.
I think I got most of the points across in my blogpost, but I missed out on a couple of things.

I've come to love how Traktor focuses the new releases and features in to a hardware controller release and this is another great example!




What did I miss(understand)?
1. The new mixer will NOT have it's own version of Traktor,

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Traktor Kontrol Z2?

The guys at Native Instruments given us the last couple of years fantastic hardware for the Traktor series. They've mainly focused on controller surfaces for either parameter (X1), sample trigger (Machine/F1) or the all-in-one approch(S2/S4). Now their about to go for the hard core and most central piece of a DJs Tools: The Mixer. (Which I'm pretty sure is named Native Instruments Kontrol Z2)

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DJ Worx

www.djworx.com is a result of scratchworx.com evloving to target a broader audience and it has been around for a while now, but lately I've been going there more and more for DJ related news and I really like what I see.
The latest reviews have been fresh and early, very detailed and extremely good. They mainly focus on hardware and not that much on techniques and culture like DJ Techtools or

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