Wednesday 20 January 2016

Live Mixing - Pt 6


NYMA Versus Controller



Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators


How To Build A DIY MIDI Controller



Short on cash, got lots of time, and want/need a new piece of DJ gear custom to your needs? It’s time to go DIY! For about $100 you can build your own MIDI controller. Watch the full how to video from guest contributor Kyle Mohr and read the full construction guide inside.

Click here for instructions

Traktor Kontrol S5 Review


Pioneer DJ XDJ-700


Make Noise System Cartesian


Denon MCX8000 (Serato Ready)


Roland SYSTEM-500 analog modular synths


Korg’s nanoKONTROL and nanoKEY 2016


VESTAX FOUNDER RE-ESTABLISHES THE COMPANY



Vestax founder Hidesato Shiino is re-establishing the company, which previously went bankrupt in 2014, with a range of new products planned for release.

He made the annoucenement in a blog post on the website of his PACO1997 guitar repair shop.

A new mixer, rebranded as STP/VESTAX, is on the way first in March 2016, with a power amplifier, turntable, SP system, signal devices and pre-amplifiers to follow.

 click here to read more

Thursday 14 January 2016

1: Effects Units


2: Compression And Gating


Vinyl is making a Comeback


7 Tips to Perfect Sounding Vinyl Records




Record storage options:
Pricier (woodier) option - http://amzn.to/1MqYf97
Cheaper (cardboardier) option - http://amzn.to/1faWQoz
IKEA Drona ($6) is a ripoff on Amazon - Go to store

Inner Sleeves:
MFSL Master sleeves - http://amzn.to/1WnIWkO
Diskeeper Audiophile sleeves - http://amzn.to/1h8lhEM
Outer sleeves (protect cover art) - http://amzn.to/1KkpZp

Record brushes:
Cheap brush (I like it best) - http://amzn.to/1DOqYlw
Pricier brush (overrated) - http://amzn.to/1KkqGiU

Stylus tools:
Stylus brush - http://amzn.to/1KkqO26
ONZOW Zerodust (worth the $) - http://amzn.to/1h8ms7p

Static tools:
Zerostat (if you can stomach price) - http://amzn.to/1MqZNQz

Wet cleaning:
Spin Clean (cheap but I hated it) - http://amzn.to/1Eq7m1T
GEM Dandy (ripoff PVC but works best) - http://www.hifigem.com/hydraulic-lp-c...
Okki Nokki RCM (it's just alright) - http://amzn.to/1KkrGUe
VPI 16.5 is good, but pricey

Tuesday 5 January 2016

9. Auxiliary Returns


The new Technics SL-1200 is finally here





Coming this summer.

Last September, we saw a preview of the long awaited new Technics turntable. Those were only glimpses, but now the company has unveiled the finished product and it’s a thing of beauty. While the earlier preview focused mainly on the new direct drive motor you can now head to their website to explore all of the new features and read the full specs below.

All New Design for Redefining the Direct Drive Turntable:
Twin-Rotor Surface-Facing Direct Drive Motor
Direct Drive Motor Controller
High Sensitive Tonearm
Brass-Top Turntable Platter
Insulator

Technics Definitive Design:
Inherited SL-1200 Series
Heavy Aluminium Top Plate

Turntable Speeds:
33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm, 78 rpm

Variable Range Pitch:
±8%, ±16%

Dimensions & Weight:
W: 453 mm (17-27/32 inch) H: 170 mm (6-11/16 inch) D: 372 mm (14-21/32 inch)
Approx. 18 kg (39.7 lbs ) *Tentative *Height including dust cover

Terminal:
Phono Output x 1 / SIGNAL GND x 1

Source.........

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