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OPINION: Laurel, Yanny, and the subjectivity of sound

mark Settle·May 17, 2018·17 Comments

Laurel or Yanny? You probably couldn't care less, but this little internet sensation has divided opinion. It does however crowbar open the can of worms that is sound quality. How can anyone pass judgement on sound quality when people can hear different things through the same gear?

Throwback Thursday: Let’s talk “REVOLUTIONARY”

Ray·April 12, 2018·126 Comments

When marketeers are tasked with writing PR for the hottest spangly new stuff, they all lean heavily on hyperbole, making everything game-changing and revolutionary. But how do those claims stack up when looking at what has come before? Ray wants to have a word with you all about that.

Proprietary protocols: Why can’t our gear just all get along?

Dan Morse·March 12, 2018·39 Comments

Why can't all our hardware just get along? With interconnectivity open standards getting long in the tooth, all we seem to have is proprietary protocols, which is bad for us users. We need a better, more modern solution, Dan argues.

OPINION: DJing for free hurts us all

Dan Morse·May 14, 2018·21 Comments

Just like any creative industry, the DJ scene is rife with bad pay and high expectations, but Dan argues that DJing for free is bad for everyone (with some exceptions, of course).

Dan writes for NI — how to manage your Traktor music

mark Settle·March 13, 2018·13 Comments

What happens when you write industry leading content? The industry wants you to write content for them of course. And our own Dan Morse has just written a whole thing about managing your music in Traktor for the Native Instruments blog.

ENVIRONMENT: Does vinyl really need to be plastic shrink-wrapped?

mark Settle·February 8, 2018·25 Comments

Environmental issues are hardly a hot topic in the DJ industry, but they should be. So we're making it our goal to bring these matters to the attention of everyone, and are starting with the plastic waste of shrink sleeves on vinyl. Why do we have it? Do we even need it? Is there an alternative?

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