In its more than 30 years in the industry, Gemini has a varied history. In the '80s, its mixers were popular with budding scratch DJs, and the company...
After a long career in dance music, it's rare for me to get excited about new DJ gear. I've played with a lot of but I seldom come across serious equipment...
The Urei name is synonymous with one of the most prized, iconic DJ mixers ever to grace the dance-music world: the 1620 rotary house mixer. Originally released in the '70s, the 1620 has been installed in the most legendary clubs and has been at the heart of some of the most vaunted,...
Ever since Apple's famous silhouetted commercials implied that anyone with an iPod would become possessed with dangerous dancing skills, the prospect...
Florida's Bass Queen and D.C.'s Princess of Darkness sparkle as they chat animatedly, flipping through record bins at DJ Hut on a brisk October evening...
With all of the tricked-out multitrack DAWs, plug-ins, hardware modelers, soft synths and just about every other music-creation tool available nowadays,...
The weather in Miami's South Beach is indeed hot, but so are the music scene and the record-industry types that call the area home. And these days, no...
Spain-based Ecler has a long-established reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality mixing consoles (most notable, its MAC line). Recently, the company...
When I first learned that I would be reviewing a new turntable, my initial reaction was to wonder not only why any company would try to add to an already-competitive...
DJ CD players have been an essential element of the modern DJ rig for years now, and in many instances, they have replaced acetates as the primary medium...
Literally dozens of DJ mixers are available in today's market, running the gamut from inexpensive, no-frills utilitarian mixers to the high-priced, full-featured...
The concept of a software-based DJ rig is nothing new anymore. The market is becoming crowded with hardware and software packages from the likes of Stanton,...
The art of DJing has evolved significantly since the Technics SL-1200MKII turntable entered the scene in the early 1970s. For years, 12-inch singles and...
When DJs start talking about systems that fuse the versatility of digital audio with the hands-on feel of vinyl, it's a rare conversation that doesn't...
Picking the right DJ mixer can be a tough choice for beginning DJs and seasoned professionals alike. Serious DJs are artists in every sense of the word,...
Allen & Heath's V6 mixer was the apple of many a DJ's eye when it first hit the scene. It was the pinnacle of DJ-mixer design, a unit designed without...
Although CD players for DJs have been around since the 1990s, they have faced considerable opposition from spinners throughout the years, mainly because...
If there were any doubts in my mind about the ascendancy of digital audio in the DJ world, 2004 put them to rest. Week after week, it seemed like a constant...
The sheer number of 2-channel battle mixers on the market today speaks volumes about how popular turntablism and scratching have become. More and more...
There was a time only a few short years ago that digital vinyl was fresh, cutting-edge science. Stanton's FinalScratch was the trailblazer, the progenitor...
Well, regardless of what the pundits have to say about the health of the economy, the deluge of products that Remix received for review this year seems...
The vinyl-manufacturing process has changed little during the past 40 years. But with the advent of digital recording technologies, the manner in which...
I've had my eye on Allen & Heath mixers for a long time. Way back in the early '90s, when I was just a kid working at a music store, I knew I wanted one...
Most professional DJ mixers available these days Pioneer's DJM-600 and Allen & Heath's Xone:92, for example have some sort of built-in effects or filter...
The headphone-cue function (also called cue or pre cue) found on all good DJ mixers is an amazing invention. Originally, its sole purpose was to allow...
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