DJ Gear from Yesteryear — The Gemini TT-04 turntable

STOP PRESS — Technics didn't make the only turntables capable of DJing with. And Gemini's TT-04 was half the price but definitely not half the value.

STOP PRESS — Technics didn't make the only turntables capable of DJing with. And Gemini's TT-04 was half the price but definitely not half the value.

Any distance that Denon DJ can put between themselves and v1 of Engine Prime is good. It's now at v1.5, and is taking giants steps away from that first release.

Was it Skynet that bought Pioneer DJ? I only ask because rekordbox 6.0.1 includes a cool new vocal cue feature that's powered by AI. Resistance is futile.

Stanton blazed many trails in their glory days. And for me, the SCS.4DJ is the founder of the standalone controller market, way before anyone else did it.

The mighty inMusic Brands acquisition hover sucks up yet another audio brand, this time the much loved but almost terminally ailing Stanton from Gibson.

While the Traktor Kontrol X1 was out first, it was the first Kontrol S4 that put Native Instruments on the controller map. And three versions later, it's still around.