DJ tech news, reviews and opinion
DJ tech news, reviews and opinion
While mixers and controllers keep getting crammed with bells and whistles, turntables are not. In fact, while still being called game changing and the price going up, features are actually being removed. I am not happy — not one bit, and hereby challenge the industry.
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.
Do you think you've seen the Rane SEVENTY TWO before? You have, but its origins are from a long time before the DJM-S9. We take a sample and run a DNA test.
I obtained a Vestax VRX-2000 vinyl cutter a while ago, but it didn't operate. But after some repair work, I've hit an audio cutting wall. Can you help?
I do like a bit of Vestax Controller One magic. But Kypski just doubles the fun with a live performance of his "Head Crack" track on a pair of C1s.
The Vestax rebirth edges closer. We saw the stpVX mixer a while ago, and now Paco has posted a few small images of the Phoenix and an update on progress.
We've got some more info about the company rising from the ashes of Vestax. And we have proper images of the stpVx mixer too.
Vestax owner Hidesato Shiino has issued a statement to bring clarity to the state of Vestax old and new. Read it in full here.
We all miss Vestax. So when a domain called stpvestax pops up, and offers clues towards a 4 channel mixer with proper analogue VU meters, we get giddy.
Vestax as we know it has closed down, but that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel has been revealed by Mixware, their US distributors.
It's nice that DJWORX is a place that the DJ industry can come to and feel part of something, even if they don't always make themselves known. And although we've had to report the difficult news of Vestax's closure, Toshi Nakama, the President of Vestax dropped me a thank-you note to pass on to our readers for all the support we and you have given Vestax over the years.
In the total absence of anything official, we've held off passing any comment about Vestax rumours. But with news hitting the streets that Vestax has finally filed for bankruptcy in Japan, all we can do is lament the passing, hope that they come back, and offer a deep respectful bow for all the good things they brought to DJing.