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Pioneer DJ DJM-S11 — some observations

Pushing the product name and want-o-meter to 11 is the new Pioneer DJ DJM-S11, a maverick mixer that has more happening on the inside than the outside.

Rane Seventy – NAMM: Not the 62 sequel

While the leakage was misleading, the intention was the same. Rane does its customary NAMM release, this time with the Rane Seventy Serato mixer.

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The Reloop Elite/ELITƎ mixer — the glue that binds

The new RP-8000MK2 turntable is GAS-worthy enough. But when the Serato sandwich filling is the new Reloop Elite mixer, it suddenly gets more tasty.

Rasteri’s SC1000 scratch controller — build your own today

We told you about it — now Rasteri has detailed the whole SC1000 scratch controller project and made it open source via Github.

Rane and DMC presents the Scratch School UK workshops

New scratch tech can be daunting. Thus Rane and DMC have teamed up to present Scratch School, and short three date workshop tour of the UK.

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Reloop’s retro styled KUT scratch mixer

Many of us mourn the loss of Vestax and their unique way of doing things. So does Reloop it seems, and their new 2 channel scratchcentric KUT mixer absolutely harks back to the era where black and gold was cool on a DJ product, but blended what is good from today's scene.

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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.

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.