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Reloop puts the Spin into portablism

Continuing their march into turntablism, Reloop takes the Vestax Handy Trax and makes it properly portablist. Say hello to the Reloop Spin.

Tablebeats V3 — because you can never have enough beats

Daniel Hulth's portablist go-to app TableBeats scratch looper app has been rebuilt and bumped to V3. And it's still free.

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DMC 2018 Finals — now with added Portablism

The DMC Battle proudly marches on. And in line with the evolving scene, the 2018 event now incorporates a new portablist battle.

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Step aside portablism — the tiny SC1000 is here

Turntablism spawned portablism. And now Rasteri's SC1000 Pi based controller aims to make portablism even smaller and more flexible.

DJ Player Pro app gets a portablist split DVS mode

The DJ Player Pro app continues to shine, this time creating a portablist mode, essentially sharing DVS across two portablist setups.

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Wobbly bits from DJ Woody — the Grind Strip

DJ Woody's mind doesn't work like regular DJs, which is why he's at the very top of the turntablist tree. And from time to time, he turns his mind to devising new ways of doing DJ things. The Grind Strip is one of those things that opens new doors for turntablists.

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Shoehorning Serato DJ inside the portablist PT01 Scratch

While the portablist world seems to run on a never ending stream of analogue 7" releases, it's just a matter of time before the digital age kicks in for portablists. And DJ Underkut has brought it even closer by modding the Denon DS1 Serato DJ interface inside the ubiquitous PT01 Scratch.

Portablist? There’s an app for that

Portablism is a growing and diverse scene, with pockets of activity happening all over the world. And enterprising coder Andreas Constantinides has brought the scene to your pocket via his Portablist app, for both iOS and Android.

Bihari’s ahhh and fresh themed DIY picture disc

DIY and modding are key tenets of the portabism scene. Normally it's hardware tweaks, but established player Bihari Designs has made the snappily named "The Ahhh Fresh "Print It Yourself" Picture Disc" — a clear 45 full of the scratch sound standards, with a self adhesive back, ready for you own printouts.