Since the advent of the usb port on CDJ’s I’ve seen a majority of djs shifting over to this new medium, what surprises me is many of the local dj’s here in South Africa overlook using softwares to organize their music they tend to just copy folders over to their sticks and comfortably play off this organizing system , however considering using a software to help you organize, could have major benefits in the way you organize your music and the way you perform it, leading the pack in the music organizing software is Pioneer’s very own REKORDBOX packs a punch in the way you keep your music organized on your sticks as well as on your laptop , look at it as an iTunes for dj’s 

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With the speedy progression of technology in the Dj realm, the vinyl era though still embraced by a small ethnic dj community has all but been forgotten in the new age world of djing with midi controllers , sync buttons  and array of gadgets to assist Dj and new dj coming in to the industry , one usually ask the question if there are any advantages into learning to play on vinyl, well myself coming from a vinyl era find that there is an emmiensce advantage to consider as a new Dj to take up learning the basic  spinning of the Vinyl , in no way is this a way for me to talk down new age Digital Dj's , it is just even though playing vinyl is a vintage form of Djing there are a few advantages that will give you an edge to your djing even if your choice of weapons are CDJ's,Controllers or DVS's  here I have listed some of most imoportant reasons:

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Pioneer DJ has announced a new professional gig mixer for gear-heads that want more control over how mixes and tracks sound while performing. Called the DVM-V10, it sports six channels (in comparison to the usual four), dual headphone inputs to seamlessly play back-to-back with other DJs, and the ability to EQ the master output.

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The new Akai Pro MPC Live

The climax of the Pro MPC Live is a multi-shading 7 inch. The multi-touch screen that puts finish inventive control is readily available. Straightforward signals end up plainly polyrhythmic drum designs and modern impacts mechanization can be made quicker and with more prominent accuracy than any time in recent history.

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