DJ Gear

Laptop Jockey  Dec 1, 2008 This article explains how to design the perfect laptop-based digital DJ and VJ rig for your live performances....

Digital DJ: Back to Basics  Dec 1, 2008 Tips include how to keep track levels even and balance frequencies with EQ....

Digital DJ: The Paper Chase  Nov 1, 2008 Paper Chase: Now that so much music has gone digital, dance music labels and artists reflect on whether that change has helped or hurt their cash flow. House music legend Kerri Chandler and the labels Strictly Rhythm and NRK Records sound off....

Digital DJ: Creative Booking  Oct 1, 2008 Creative Booking: Choose your own adventure with these five unconventional ways to get DJ gigs. Take charge of your career by seeking out gigs for sports teams, on cruise ships and at concert venues, ski resorts and tropical resorts....

Review: Tonium Pacemaker  Oct 1, 2008 Remix reviews the Tonium Pacemaker handheld digital audio player and DJ mixer. The Pacemaker combines an iPod-like handheld music player/mixer with editing software and an online community for sharing your DJ mixes...

Review: Vestax VCI-300 With Serato Itch  Sep 1, 2008 Remix reviews the Vestax VCI-300 DJ audio/MIDI interface with included Serato Itch software. With tight hardware/software integration and high-resolution jog wheel platters and pitch-bend faders, the Vestax VCI-300 with Serato Itch package represents a new level of performance in an all-in-one computer DJing package...

Digital DJ | Draggin' Ass  Sep 1, 2008 Draggin’ Ass: Stop MIDI latency and jitter from bumming out your laptop DJ sets. The timing problems coming from MIDI latency and jitter can damage a DJ performance, so learn how to maximize your system...

Review: Livid Instruments Ohm  Aug 6, 2008 Recent software innovation has evolved VJing from background eye candy into full-fledged video performance. But aside from a few exceptions such as the Edirol Motion Dive Tokyo and Numark NuVJ...

Digital DJ: One-Bill Control  Aug 1, 2008 Hackin’ the Box: Take control of your performances like never before by modding or building your own MIDI controller; it’s easier than you may think. Learn about creating a prefab modular MIDI controller or adding custom controllers to mass-market controllers...

Booming Back at You  Jul 1, 2008 If your mixes sound thin or you can't figure out why your tunes pump at home but sound like mud in the club, chances are you need to take a look at your...

Digital DJ: Hackin' the Box  Jul 1, 2008 Have you found the perfect MIDI controller yet? Chances are the answer is and you can't entirely blame it on the manufacturers either. In this fast-paced...

Digital DJ: Now is the Time  Jun 1, 2008 New features in Ableton Live 7 make it as DJ booth-ready as ever. Learn about DJing with Live on its own or together with Traktor, Torq or Deckadance....

The Power of London  Jun 1, 2008 Remix’s The Power of London technical feature. This article takes you behind the decks of the top two clubs in England to show you the kind of sound system it takes to move the masses....

Retouch This  May 1, 2008 Dance music can sometimes be a slightly boring affair for the uninitiated. Endless techno tracks seamlessly blended for five hours is great if you're...

House of Cards  Apr 1, 2008 First you figured out what DJ program you wanted and then maybe you picked out a matching controller. But wait, what about the soundcard? For many people...

Do More for Less  Mar 1, 2008 The manufacturers don't want you to know this, but the truth is you don't have to plop down $1,500 for the latest Allen & Heath mixer or $3,000 on a JazzMutant...

All Keyed Up  Feb 1, 2008 The time has come to get your keys together. This won't require a trip to the hardware store or a 10-cent key chain; you're going to need some basic software,...

Numark iDJ2  Jan 1, 2008 Improved iPod DJ workstation is ready to dock and load...

Digital DJ: DIY Battle Cuts  Jan 1, 2008 Simulate the tricks of professional scratch records using DAW and digital DJ software...

The Sixth Annual Remix Technology Awards  Jan 1, 2008 Pop bottles for the 28 hottest music production and performance products of 2007...

Dancing with the Stars  Jan 1, 2008 Read the Remix article about the Remix Hotel Los Angeles 2007 event at the SAE Institute of Technology on Sunset Boulevard. T-Pain, 9th Wonder, DJ Rap, the World Famous Beat Junkies, Carmen Rizzo and FreQ Nasty, as well as manufacturers M-Audio, Korg, Roland, Serato, JazzMutant, Apple and more were on hand for the action. ...

Microwave DJs  Jan 1, 2008 Newbie jocks get nuked on MP3 blogs and software, but their skills are undercooked...

Numark D2 Director  Dec 1, 2007 Simple and elegant rack device rifles off digital audio from USB drives with ease...

Meet Your Creator  Dec 1, 2007 UDG designed and built the Creator series of bags specifically for professional touring DJs, musicians and producers. The new Backpack (approx. $295)...

Digital DJ: Nano Technology  Dec 1, 2007 With all the computer-DJing options out there, people are still using CDs live. CD technology is so 1997, dude shouldn't they get with the program and...