So you’ve got your decks, your MacBook and a few CDJs, but they’re sat on a couple of beer crates – or a desk from IKEA, if you’re lucky. $US1300 is a sound investment for your DJ skillz, surely?
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This isn’t the first multitouch deejaying we’ve seen, but something about seeing this guy navigate his transparent control station – a homebrew touchscreen running a Traktor Pro MIDI controller called Emulator – really makes me want to do the robot.
For 99 notes, wannabe DJs can get a pair of point and looping controllers designed for use with laptops, CDJs, turntables and mixers. They glow bright red/green, look like dice (kind of) and roll dem phat beatz out. Or something.
When we last saw iPad DJ Rana June, she was just getting started. Now she’s learned some tricks, bought an iPhone 4 and is looking for Prince Charming. Check out her new music video, shot entirely with an iPhone 4.
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Cut past the nerdy hipster schtick, and – if you’re not trying to DIY – the technical orientation. Starting at 5:20, these guys bust a surprisingly palatable mashup of Prince, Vampire Weekend, G’N'R, Eurythmics and… I Dream of Jeannie.
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Meet Rana Sobhany. She puts together some great beats using only two iPads and some apps. No laptop or synth needed – this gal’s an iPad DJ.
This is awkward. We just got a glimpse of DJ Hero‘s mixer, and now we see an entirely new peripheral for an entirely different game called Scratch: The Ultimate DJ (for Xbox 360 and PS3).
The Tonium Pacemaker, contrary to its name, will not maintain your heart’s natural beat from the inside. It’s a portable DJ system, packing a 60/120GB HDD, that simplifies the DJing process in a pocket-sized package.
