DJ Digital Gear Reviews
If there's one area of DJ gear that's been impacted the most over the last few years, it's vinyl emulation. For a while there was only Stanton's Final Scratch, but now there's an ever growing and developing range of solutions popping up left, right and centre.
We have a small but growing list below. Expect some major additions and changes over the coming months and years.
Digital Showdown
Review by Nick Nack - December 2004
Nick Nack and his Crowd Control buddies pit their very own hardware head to head and provide the results for your viewing pleasure.
AKAI MPC-500
Review by Deft - March 2007
It's all about being on the go right now. But how do you drag an MPC out with you and make beats? AKAI bring you the pocket sized MPC-500 so you can
Akai MPD24
Review by Deft - April 2007
The MPD24 is a MIDI box, giving MPC style control to your software. Deft beats the pads and sees how it measures up.
Alcatech DigiScratch v2
Review by Deft - July 2005
Another new contender for the digital throne is Alcatech's Digiscratch. Now at v2, Deft continues his adventures in the digital realm.
Behringer BCD-2000
Review by Deft - December 2006
It's all about MIDI controllers right now. Behringer have had one out for a while though. Is the plastic marvel up to the challenge? Deft tries it out.
DJDecks v0.69
Review by Deft - August 2005
There a large number of relatively expensive software otions around these days, so it's refreshing to find one that's affordable to everyone. Deft carries on his digital roundup.
Gemini iKey
Review by skratchworx - january 2006
Gemini's iKey aims to make your recording experience a whole lot easier. Sitting between your mixer and any old USB storage device, the team try it out and see if it really is that easy.
MixVibes DVS v6
Review by Deft - August 2005
MixVibes has been around for a while now, but in a pretty rough state. Now hitting v6, it's clearly a capable piece of software. Deft installed it and drops his opinion.
Native Instruments Traktor Scratch
Review by Gizmo - August 2007
Native Instruments bounce back from the split with Stanton and bring forth Traktor Scratch - the complete NI DVS package. Gizmo gets indepth and reports from a beginning to end point of view
Numark D2 Director
Review by Gizmo - June 2007
The digital age is here and now you can spin without media. Numark's D² Director gives you all you need to start spinning your digital music.
Numark DJIO
Review by Gizmo - August 2007
So you have your laptop and your sound system... what can link them? Numark's DJIO bridges the gap very neatly as a simple I/O card for the digital DJ.
Numark Total Control
Review by Gizmo - August 2007
MIDI is all the rage and Numark are grabbing themselves a slice of this market with the small but perfectly formed Total Control. Gizmo plugs it into hid USB port and plays.
Numark iDJ2
Review by Gizmo - February 2008
You don't need to look like Arnie to take your gear to a gig anymore. The iDJ2 successfully shrinks your whole deck and mixer setup into a laptop bag and gets rid of physical media at the same time.
Rane Serato Scratch Live v1.4
Review by Deft - July 2005
When Rane picked up the digital ball in the shape of Serato Scratch Live, they almost immediately took the crown from Final Scratch. Deft checks out the goods.
Rane Serato Scratch Live v1.6.2
Review by Idlemind - October 2006
Having already covered Serato Scratch v1.4, it hardly seemed worth doing a full review for an update. So Idlemind tells us what's new.
Vestax VCI-100
Review by Gizmo - March 2007
Not a review as such, Gizmo lays his hands on a pre-production model of the hottest MIDI controller and loves what he finds.
