Modular boutique MIDI beauties from Dark Controller
Imagine taking iconic Technics and Pioneer DJ features, putting them in a box, but also making them work. Behold the beauty of Dark Controller.
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KICKSTARTER: The Retro-bespoke Tinami MD-1 MIDI Controller
Another custom MIDI controller? Maybe. But the Tinami MD-1 Kickstarter project has retro styling, and plenty of control surface options.
REVIEW: Arturia KeyStep MIDI keyboard
We don't often review MIDI keyboards, so the Arturia KeyStep 32 key controller with arpeggiator and step sequencer would have to be quite special to get a look in... Well, is it?
KICKSTARTER: Special Waves Mine DIY MIDI Controller
If off the shelf isn't for you, but DIY and modular is your thing, the Special Waves Mine controller project has now hit Kickstarter.
VIDEO: Another John Type sequencing clip
John Type's Controltablism clip from a couple of months ago has evolved to include Ableton Live, a Push 2, and a Mixars DUO mixer.
DJ Backtrack’s ultra pitch and MIDI Technics mod kit
Not content with the awesomeness that a Technics 1200 has, DJ Backtrack has made a kit that injects some of his own ultra pitch and MIDI awesomeness.
Ableton releases full MIDI and display spec for Push 2
While much of the industry keeps the drawbridge permanently closed, Ableton is opening its borders by publishing the complete MIDI spec for Push 2.
rekordbox DJ 4.0.6 — now hardware mapping with MIDI learn
Pioneer DJ's rekordbox DJ has reached v4.0.6, and with it comes MIDI learn, meaning that your non-Pioneer hardware might just work with rekordbox.
Odesi: harmonic sketching from Mixed in Key
The makers of Mixed in Key and Flow are back with Odesi, an app to help you sketch out your music in harmony.
Reloop brings MIDI editor to Keypad and Keyfadr
Reloop's toe dipping into production brought the Keypad and Keyfadr to the DJ market. And now they're getting serious about MIDI and have released a MIDI mapper and extra files for other MIDI software.
TUTORIAL: Mapping freeze mode in Traktor 2.7 [VIDEO]
The Remix Decks were the last all-new feature to appear in traktor, but they were locked off from the tampering hands of MIDI mappers everywhere. This time, Freeze mode has migrated from iOS but is fully available for mapping. In this tutorial, Jared Helfer starts with the basics through to the detail of mapping the assorted elements of Freeze Mode to the controller of your choice.
FRIDAY FUN: 2manybuttons
DJing is serious business — very serious indeed. So we must be able to have a laugh sometimes, and that's exactly what the 2manybuttons video does. Being presented with more buttons than tracks, these DJs somehow make it through a set without a clue what they're doing.